The image of a squarefaced old man dragging his hovering house behind him through a dreamscape jungle feels pulled straight out of the deepest Fruedian recesses of the unconscious. Pixar’s latest triumph, Up , is packed with such images, along with the considerable voice talent Ed Asner as the old guy, Carl Fredrickson.
Review by Noah Mallin Notice I said “film” in the headline and not animation. Oh Wall-E, like the rest of Pixar’s films is the result of gloriously detailed brilliantly rendered computer animation all right. There are people who loathe animation, who think it’s kid’s stuff, or that it’s not serious. Those people are idiots. OK, [...]
Remy the rat Every new Pixar movie is treated with the expectation that this will be the one to finally break their winning streak. The advance word on Ratatouille was that it was a marketing nightmare set in a country (France) Americans don’t like, about a subject that wouldn’t resonate (gourmet cooking), and with a [...]
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