Archive for June, 2008
Bits: ‘Wall-E’: An Homage to Mr. Jobs
June 30th, 2008 by By DAMON DARLINSyndicated Reviews
“Wall-E,†the Pixar movie, is chock-full of references to Apple products. Perhaps that’s because Steven P. Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, used to own Pixar.
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Redford Is to Keep His Mark on Sundance Channel
June 30th, 2008 by By JACQUES STEINBERGSyndicated Reviews
Mr. Redford is also working with the new owner on efforts to bring more documentaries to the cable channel, which specializes in independent films.
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Movie Review | ‘Trumbo’: When an Eloquent Voice Was Stilled in Hollywood
June 30th, 2008 by By STEPHEN HOLDENSyndicated Reviews
Peter Askin’s stirring documentary “Trumbo†gives you reasons to cheer but also to weep.
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Critic’s Choice: New DVDs: ‘Mishima’ and ‘Framed’
June 30th, 2008 by By DAVE KEHRSyndicated Reviews
New this week are the handsome, superbly restored edition of Paul Shrader’s 1985 film “Mishima†and the 1975 film “Framed,†one of the last old-school film noirs.
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WALL-E
June 30th, 2008 by Rolling Stone Movie ReviewsSyndicated Reviews
Starring:
Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger,
K...
Review:
First image: the Earth as a garbage dump, a future reduced to
ruins. For the past 700 years, what's left of humanity has been
cruising the skies in a spaceship. Only a tiny robot,
WALL-E (for Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth class),
scoots around on urban terra firma compacting trash into piles that
grow into skyscrapers.
First sound: a voice lifted in song: "Out there/there's a world
outside of Yonkers." The tune is "Put On Your Sunday Clothes," a
merry ditty from the forgotten 1969 movie version of Hello,
Dolly with Barbra Streisand. WALL-E, his eyes like binoculars
(hell, they are binoculars!), watches...