C |
** |
-1|
Kids & Up
With this sequel to last summer’s spin-off from the franchise that descended from Pixar’s
Cars, the World of
Cars has left behind not only stock cars, the open road, specific real-world settings and Larry the Cable Guy, but racing itself. Practically nothing is left of John Lasseter’s original vision, except those blasted windshield eyeballs. In this melancholy year without Pixar, it’s worse than no reminder at all.
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A |
***½ |
+2|
Teens & Up
Wait, where did
this movie come from?
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is so not the sequel to
Rise of the Planet of the Apes I expected or was prepared for.
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Scott Derrickson is such a great interview subject that it was hard for me to cut down our sprawling 45-minute discussion to the 2500-odd words of the text article that ran earlier this week. I’m very pleased, then, to be able to offer the Reel Faith video version of the entire interview.
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B |
*** |
+2|
Teens & Up
Why would a mother at the zoo throw her toddler over a railing into the moat of a lion enclosure? That’s the kind of horrible question that can look very different if you are a police officer or a priest.
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Scott Derrickson is a very nice guy who makes movies about things that aren’t very nice.
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