Tag: thrilling

  • Pure Genius

    Up Review The people at Pixar perform a master-class on story with practically every film they put out now. Toy Story, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Wall-E, and now with Up: these folks create modern classics on a near-yearly basis. For my money, Up is their best at least since The Incredibles and maybe their best ever (full disclosure, I…

  • Half A Solid Movie

    Angels and Demons Review These movies (Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code) are simply miracles. Da Vinci was tremendously boring, ended essentially with Tom Hanks reading a monologue from a newspaper, and made over $750 million worldwide. Huh? I think that success either a) had to do with the controversial theological elements or…