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Interview: Pete Docter

3-D or not 3-D? That is the first question . . .
Pete Docter was only the third animator to come aboard Pixar when he joined up in 1990, and he's had a lasting effect at the computer-animation powerhouse.

By: BRETT MICHEL | May 21, 2009

Cross country trek

A two-day mission
A two-day mission

By: BRETT MICHEL | May 05, 2009

Review: Tokyo Sonata

An unexpectedly moving J-horror film
J-horror maestro Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no relation to Akira) begins his timely, if atypical, tale with the downsizing of Japanese patriarch Ryuhei Sasaki from his administrative post.

By: BRETT MICHEL | May 06, 2009

Review: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

McConaughey is less miser than sex-addicted shithead
Jon Lucas and Scott Moore must have a pathological hatred of the winter holidays.

By: BRETT MICHEL | April 28, 2009

Review: Battle for Terra

A computer-animated sci-fi epic in 3D
Say you want to produce an independent computer-animated sci-fi epic but you don't have the deep pockets of Pixar or DreamWorks — what to do? If you're director Aristomenis Tsirbas, you simplify.

By: BRETT MICHEL | April 28, 2009

Review: Trust Us This Is All Made Up

But should we trust them?
“Trust us, this is all made up,” begins TJ Jagodowski, addressing a capacity crowd at New York’s Barrow Street Theater.

By: BRETT MICHEL | April 16, 2009

Review: Mine

Watch, animal lovers, and be stupefied.
Early in Geralyn Pezanoski's documentary, a news clip shows George Bush proclaiming, "The world saw this tidal wave of disaster descend upon the Gulf Coast, and now they're gonna see a tidal wave of compassion."

By: BRETT MICHEL | April 15, 2009

Review: Invisible Girlfriend

Surreal
Does this documentary from David Redmon and Ashley Sabin exploit its subject? You'll be tempted to say yes.

By: BRETT MICHEL | April 15, 2009

Review: Crude

Quietly compelling
Joe Berlinger returns with a documentary that follows through on the promise of 1992's Brother's Keeper .

By: BRETT MICHEL | August 10, 2009

Review: Automorphosis

A light-hearted look at auto fetishists
What kind of person would dedicate his or her life to creating "Art Cars," vehicles that have been transformed into mobile art installations by their proud owners?

By: BRETT MICHEL | August 10, 2009

Review: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li

Too many characters. And the fighting is terrible too.
Andrzej Bartkowiak's second video-game adaptation avoids one of the most egregious errors of Steven E. de Souza's first attempt at adapting the storied fighting-game franchise for the screen.

By: BRETT MICHEL | March 05, 2009

Review: Fired Up!

Despite its Cheerleader Movie appearance, this is very much a Guy Movie
If you're a guy who's reluctant to view a neutered movie (and despite its Cheerleader Movie appearance, this is very much a Guy Movie), you might want to wait for the unrated DVD.

By: BRETT MICHEL | February 25, 2009