Toy Story 3 has one glaring problem. You know those glasses that are required to view the sequel in glorious 3-D as director Lee Unkrich intends? You'll be removing them regularly to wipe away tears. F.A.O. my Schwartz, the third...... more »
FilmCritic entries tagged "Wallace Shawn"
Alexander Olch's fascinating The Windmill Movie is a heady combination of Synecdoche, New York, Annie Hall, Peeping Tom, and It's All True but all the more compelling because The Windmill Movie is all true. The subject of The Windmill Movie...... more »
Now that Disney finally has gotten rid of that albatross of Pixar, the Mouse can finally get on with making computer animated movies by itself. Gosh! But seriously, Chicken Little is Disney's first solo stab at a CGI kiddie flick,...... more »
Woody Allen's deliberately uneven Melinda and Melinda begins with a restaurant dinner conversation between two writers whose topic is near and dear to the director's heart - what's the essence of life: comedy or tragedy? For a filmmaker whose comedies...... more »
Fall brings us another Pixar film, a cinematic event that's become as predictable as it is highly anticipated. The Incredibles marks a departure from G-rated fare for Pixar, and it's also the studio's first shot at creating an all-'human' cast....... more »
I have a hard time deciding whether or not I like Nathan Lane. Since he starred in The Birdcage almost a decade ago, he seems to have adopted an overblown, theatrical presence to whatever role he's playing. Call it Al...... more »
Attendance must be down at Disney theme parks. It's the only explanation I can come up with that would explain the Mickey Mouse conglomerate's insistence on making movies based on attractions in its parks. After all, what better way to...... more »
Have you ever been to a party and flirted and chatted with a perfectly lovely guy or girl only not to get a phone number? That's happened to me a time or two and I've spent days analyzing what went...... more »
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion takes Woody Allen to some truly unfamiliar territory: Manhattan! I mean, can you believe it? Woody Allen in New York? But seriously: At least this time out we're in 1940 NYC, his first real...... more »
In this lighter-than-air outing from Woody Allen, he recalls his fondness for the radio as a child, an appliance that was 'always on' in his home as a kid. Most of my generation could write a Television Days, of course,...... more »
