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Inside Out (2015)
Another outstanding offering from Pixar, made with their unique and magical combination of creativity, humor, and polish. They keep one-upping themselves. It’s obvious they did some research into brain anatomy and function. Lots of interesting explorations about how emotions work, like how memories can be happy and sad at the…
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I Heart Huckabees (2004)
A movie about nothing. Awful. Theatrical long takes, lots of hoity-toity, existential, nonsensical dialogue. It’s dramatic and tongue-in-cheek at the same time, which never works. Is Russell laughing at us? The whole thing feels like a Robert Altman film with the quirky, quick-talking characters and goofy music of a Wes…
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Your Friend the Rat (2007)
A literal documentary? Combined with a musical number? Who thought this was a good idea?
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Lifted (2006)
The Pixar humor and emotive characters are there, but why doesn’t the guy wake up? The animation is still a couple of years from being Pixar perfect.
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BURN-E (2008)
Similar charm as WALL-E. I love how Pixar makes these little tie-ins to their main features, but I love the original material even more.
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The Fighter (2010)
Quality direction, but something’s a bit off, and I’m not sure what it is. Bale’s quite an actor, isn’t he? He’s a great addict and a great younger brother. Wonderful casting all around, if you look at the real-life people they played.
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