Features
Friday, January 8 2010
The Best 30 Films of 2009
In one of the rarest rating periods ever, several on the staff could successfully argue for any of the Top 30 choices as a potential number one. While not all classics, they remain the consistent cream of 2009's crop.
Reviews
Friday, February 6 2009
Coraline
The other mother in Coraline is mother-love gone berserk, all-consuming and self-serving.
Thursday, October 26 2006
Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
In a digital animation era, where cartoons are meticulously rendered, Nightmare plays the role of elder statesman.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Monkeybone (2001)
In 'Monkeybone', we are given visual representation of (presumably) every man's internal struggle, between his social conscience and his unbridled testosterone frenzy.
Sunday, January 1 1995
The Nightmare Before Christmas (2000)
Jack's ultimate epiphany is in keeping with the themes that usually apply to Burton's benevolent losers.
Blogs
Monday, August 2 2010
All I Dream of Is a Friend - James and the Giant Peach: Blu-ray
Using the stop motion animation techniques that have made him an artform ace and staying relatively true to Dahl's daft vision, Selick's take on James and the Giant Peach is terrific.
Friday, December 4 2009
Coraline - 2 Disc Collector's Edition
Coraline - 2 Disc Collector's Edition - Universal [$34.98]
Sunday, July 19 2009
Coraline - 2 Disc Collector's Edition (2009): Blu-ray
We critics are often accused of celebrating the theatrical experience to the detriment of those who can only afford (or socially tolerate) the home video…
Wednesday, February 4 2009
'Coraline' is a Classic
The nostalgic effect of stop motion animation is potent. Indeed, the moment a member of an earlier generation sees the static, superlative work of such…
