Who doesn’t love Michael Keaton? I remember when this one came out, the videocassettes lined the shelves of my video store but I never took it home, though I did like the look of the cover art. Anyway. I finally got around to it, and I quite enjoyed it. Alongside Keaton is Rene Russo, Benjamin…
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Red Planet (2000) – Anthony Hoffman
I remember Mission to Mars and Red Planet seemed to come out around the same time, and I found myself more interested in the De Palma film because it had to do with the ‘face on mars’ and the possibility of life on that distant planet. And who doesn’t love that idea? Red Planet, despite…
Coco (2017) – Lee Unkrich, and Adrian Molina
A fiesta for the heart, and the souls. Coco is another proud feather for Pixar, and the House of Mouse. Pixar, since its first full length feature, Toy Story in 1995, has made some of my all time pieces of not only family entertainment, but heart-touching tales filled with humour, amazing art, brilliant stories and…
Despicable Me 2 (2013) – Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud
Gru (Steve Carell) and his adopted daughters the adorable Agnes (Elsie Fisher), ninja-in-training Edith (Dana Gaier) and just discovered boys Margo (Miranda Cosgrove) are back in the follow-up to the 2010 family friendly hit. This time around, Gru, now living the straight and narrow, and being the best dad he can be, even if…
The Lesser Blessed (2012) – Anita Doron
There was a moment in Anita Doron’s desolate, poignant and starkly beautiful adaptation of Richard Van Camp’s novel when Joel Evans character of Larry Sole crystallized not only as a real person for me, but as a lens to view my own youth (admittedly nowhere near as troubling, but there were pieces of my own…
The Mind Reels 