Weekend in D/FW: ‘Repo Chick,’ ‘Summer Wars,’ ‘Illusionist’
Green screen on a budget, two animated features, and a drug dealing drama await.
Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Not bad … for a FREAKIN’ INSTANT CLASSIC!!! The very first frame announces the intent of the movie: the Universal Studios logo, in pixellated form, with cheesy synth music playing the theme. We’re in an 8-bit world, and director and co-scripter Edgar Wright is at the controls. A dazzling plunge into an unending deluge of [...]
Review: Get Low
The opening scene in Aaron Schneider’s marvelous, nuanced Get Low (at Angelika Dallas and Cinemark West Plano) introduces a mystery that isn’t solved until the final reel: a house, barely visible in the darkening gloom, begins to burn, and a man escapes from the second floor and runs away. The film is about much more [...]
Review: ‘Despicable Me’
Delightful and droll, Despicable Me is also refreshingly modest. And it’s fun. All animated films fall under the shadow of mighty Pixar, which has set the gold standard. But that doesn’t mean that every animated film must follow the same pattern. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, Despicable Me is less story-driven and more [...]
