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 [...]
Review: Get Him to the Greek
“Your life’s to-do list must be a baffling document.” Get Him to the Greek begins with an uproariously bad music video starring Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) and his longtime lover Jackie Q (a deliriously skanky Rose Byrne). So bad is the video with its misbegotten save-the-children-as-self-interest message that it is considered “the worst thing to [...]
