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If Only the Monsters University Writers Had Taken a Quick Sendak Seminar

But hey: At least it ain't Cars 2

A Weekend-by-Weekend Guide to This Summer's Biggest Movies

The Lorax and IHOP Get Together to Completely Undermine the Movie's Message

You've likely noticed a vexing pattern in a particular genre of movies lately. The plots always suggest post-apocalyptic worlds where greed and gluttony have trumped Mother Nature. The culprit of these films is mankind's self-indulgence and detached ignorance. And while technology and fabrication ar ... More >>

Get Animated with Anime

Cars 2: Life in the Breakdown Lane

Animated franchise stalls out.

The Oscars: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Funny, but I don't think Justin Timberlake is Banksy. Is he? 9. As far as early-year Super Bowls of industries go, give me football (Super Bowl), followed by music (Grammys), auto racing (Daytona 500) and movies (Oscars). 8. Original score? Original song? Sound mixing? Sound editing? En ... More >>

Brief Encounters: A Showcase for Academy-Anointed Shorts.

Tangled: Disney's latest looks and feels great, so why is the studio selling it short?

Despicable Me Is Any But Despicable.

Toy Story 3: Pixar's Juggernaut Turns Morose

Miyazaki Dives Under the Sea for Ponyo, His Latest Environmental Fairy Tale

Up Soars in Unexpected Ways

Bolt

Disney's latest toon is a starry dog story

Robots in Love

WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie's gone before. And that's a good thing.

Bonus MP3: Daniel Folmer -- "Robots"

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 6

Dust Bowlin' Daddy

Terry Allen plays the Sons

Mr. Sandman Jr.

Connick plays Nokia

In Small Doses

The Modern hosts some splendid shorts

Scary Cold

Burning the Yule Log

Future Imperfect

Renaissance is black and white and a little dead all over

Kickin' the Tires

Pixar's latest is no lemon, but it does have that used-Cars smell

Fahrenheit 2050

Al Gore takes on the other imminent threat to America

That's Incredible

Reel Killer

The Deep Ellum Film Festival offers cinematic pleasures...just not in Deep Ellum.

Cool Girls

Big Fun, Even Small

Comic Relief

It ain't quite Fantastic, but it'll do in a pinch

Animal Crackers

In Madagascar, the wild things romp, then roam

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone

MF Doom

MM..Food (Rhymesayers)

Super, Ordinary

These heroes may be Incredibles, but they're also normal

Twist at the End

Sometimes the worst movies have the best soundtracks

Oh-la-la!

Funky and grotesque, The Triplets of Belleville will animate your world

A Second Opinion

Our critics pick the flicks that the best-of list overlooked

Undersea No Evil

Parents, take heart: Finding Nemo is better than the average Disney 'toon

Old News

Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded some good harvest

Joystick Cinema

It's man vs. machinima when video games become, ahem, movies

Deep Freeze

In the Ice Age, three mammals and a baby try to keep us warm

Are You In or Out?

Or, one man's passion for Clooney, killers, kooks and corn

Boo Who?

Monsters, Inc. opens the door to a world so good it's scary

Sick, Not Twisted

Moments of brilliance are few and far between in this year's Spike and Mike

Best toy store

Lakeshore Learning Store

Reel lists

Or: Where in the hell are Three Kings and Election?

Good buzz

Toy Story 2 is the rare sequel worthy of the original

Gods almighty

Princess Mononoke is beautiful, but is she worth the wait?

A slightly dirty dozen

Although many standout films were released in 1998, no one movie really stood out

Making a mountain out of an anthill

The craftsmen at Pixar delight with the inventive and enchanting A Bug's Life

Building the perfect beast

Phil Tippett and his studio--creators of Starship Troopers' murderous bugs--are envisioning the digital future of creature features