Saturday, December 1, 2012
Cinema Siren's top picks for 2012.
Last year I offered my top 10 Christmas cartoons for the first time. As an animation art gallery owner of 25 years, and an animation historian, I have been studying and enjoying them a long time. What an uproar I caused! I got a veritable avalanche of emails about the cartoons I "couldn't possibly overlook." While I stand by all last year's excellent offerings, I do have some amendments this year. Here is the list with some considered additions and subtractions. The cartoons listed below are all classics and are wonderful opportunities for holiday viewing with friends and family. You can enjoy them while chomping down highly caloric peppermint bark, or swilling down highly spiked eggnog! #10. Arthur Christmas - 2011 Such a new movie…
Saturday, June 23, 2012
PG film by Disney/Pixar debuted in theaters this weekend.
The first film from Pixar with a female protagonist is well worth seeing, even if only to celebrate a positive and complex portrayal of the mother-daughter relationship represented in the film. The story, which screenwriter Brenda Chapman said was fashioned in the style of The Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen, is of headstrong Scottish princess Merida (voiced by Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald) who, in a desire to stay free from an unwanted betrothal, inadvertently casts a spell that she must find a way to break before the cursed changes take hold permanently. The odyssey to find that way leads to an exciting and charming series of scenes, many of which boast new advancements in animated special effects. As an expert in …
Friday, April 20, 2012
Though the narration of the film is lacking, the visuals will leave viewers happy with Chimpanzee.
Opening on Earth Day, Chimpanzee, Disneynature's latest True Life Adventure, is a documentary following the challenges of a two-year-old chimp they name Oscar as he struggles to survive and find his place within his extended primate family. His sweet mug alone is reason to root for him, but there's more to his story than the usual monkey business, and the viewers get to experience his unique journey up close and quite personally on the big screen. The visuals of this movie are spectacular, with footage only the most expert nature filmmakers could create, and showing an intimate proximity only expert researchers could access and safely facilitate. Among those responsible for capturing this gorgeous eye candy are co-director producers …
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1:51 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Really want to check this one out! Maybe I can get Steve to go with! :D more ›