Fans of “Despicable Me,” can breathe a collective sigh of relief — their cute Twinkie shaped and colored Minions are back for Despicable Me 2. Today Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures released a Halloween inspired teaser trailer for the animated feature that features nothing but Gru’s adorable, little servants. Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait for…
The town in Frankenweenie is New Holland and it must be Tim Burton’s dream of what a town should be. There is a large windmill hovering on the edge of town, an abnormally spacious pet cemetery, and most of the school kids are various shades of macabre characters from horror literature and films. Even the…
Within every bad guy, no matter how small it may be, is a good guy trying to get out (even Darth Vader had it in him!). In Disney’s upcoming animated family feature Wreck-It Ralph, big Ralph is such a “person.” He’s a character in the video game Fix-It Felix Jr. and his job is to…
For kids and monsters and kids who love monsters (and for adults, too!) comes a movie about kids and monsters and kids who love monsters (and it’s about adults, too!). Far from normal, ParaNorman is sweet little stop-motion confection that bleeds love for horror cinema and channels that passion into a concentrated celebration of odd…
What can really be said about Ice Age: Continental Drift that hasn’t been said before? Not a heck of a lot since, this being the fourth installment of the successful franchise, it follows the same predictable story arc as it predecessors, ending up basically in the same place — ready for another sequel. This go…
The bond between a boy and his dog is a strong one. So when Victor’s dog Sparky goes to the big kennel in the sky, Victor brings him back to life. There are always complications, however, and in the case of Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie — an interesting take on the Frankenstein story — those complications…
Back-to-back duds from Pixar? What’s next — the Apocalypse? The writing was on the wall, however, when the opening short, “La Luna,” (about two men and a little boy shoveling little stars on the moon) — so long one of my favorite ingredients of this studio — comes across as overly artsy and not at…
