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  • August 2008

    • Force is Weak in Clone Wars

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Aug 15, 08 1:45 PM CDT

      Force is Weak in Clone Wars

      (Newser) - Star Wars: The Clone Wars fills a gap in the saga's chronology, and although the animated feature may give devoted Lucasfilm fans their fix before the TV series launches this fall, the oddly lifeless movie "isn't the Star Wars we've known and loved, Todd McCarthy writes in Variety. More »

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      movie review  • Star Wars  • science fiction  • George Lucas  • animated movie  • Lucasfilm  • Darth Vader  • Samuel L. Jackson

  • June 2008

    • Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 6, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt

      (Newser) - Dreamworks' animal extravaganza Kung Fu Panda isn't packed full of surprises, the critics say, but top-notch visual and voice acting lift it above the standard animal adventure fare. Jack Black gives the lead character, a pudgy panda who dreams of becoming a martial arts master, a "slightly abashed suburban-couch-potato sweetness," Owen Gleiberman writes in Entertainment Weekly . More »

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      movie review  • Angelina Jolie  • DreamWorks  • Jack Black  • animation  • animated movie  • Jackie Chan  • Lucy Liu  • Dustin Hoffman  • kung fu

  • April 2008

    • DreamWorks to Theaters: Where's the 3D?

      Reuters  |  Apr 30, 08 12:28 PM CDT

      DreamWorks to Theaters: Where's the 3D?

      (Newser) - Movie theaters just aren’t adding digital and 3D screens fast enough, says DreamWorks animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, a big believer in the technology. DreamWorks has pledged to make all future releases available in 3D, at a cost of $15 million per film. But theater chains haven’t matched his enthusiasm. “Things have dragged along, and it’s been pretty disappointing,” he said. More »

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      movie  • movie industry  • DreamWorks  • movie theaters  • animated movie  • Jeffrey Katzenberg

  • March 2008

    • Horton Enormously Entertaining

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Mar 14, 08 7:56 AM CDT

      Horton Enormously Entertaining

      (Newser) - The big-screen adaptation of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! succeeds in large part because the film's actors are not seen. "Unlike those behind the recent live-action grotesqueries The Grinch and Cat in the Hat ," observes Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer , the makers of the CG-animated Horton succeed by calling on "the great, good medic of metrical writing."  More »

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      movie review  • Steve Carell  • Dr. Seuss  • animated movie  • Jim Carrey

  • December 2007

    • Persepolis an Animated Triumph

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Dec 25, 07 12:24 PM CST

      Persepolis an Animated Triumph

      (Newser) - Persepolis isn’t just a good animated movie. “It’s a small landmark in feature animation,” writes Nick Pinkerton of the Village Voice . Rendered with handcrafted charm in black and white, it tells the poignant-yet-funny story of a girl growing up amidst the Iranian revolution. But “bare synopsis doesn’t begin to convey [its] imaginative breadth,” says Newsweek ’s David Ansen. More »

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      Iran  • movie  • movie review  • comics  • animated movie  • graphic novel  • Persepolis

  • November 2007

    • Buzz Uneven for Bee Movie

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Nov 2, 07 9:10 AM CDT

      Buzz Uneven for Bee Movie

      (Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld uses “every stupid bee joke that he and his cronies could cook up” in Bee Movie , Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal says, and USA Today 's Claudia Puig calls the animated feature “so unfunny it almost stings.” But Newsday finds Barry B. Benson’s quest to escape 9-to-5 hive drudgery by suing humanity “infectiously amusing.” More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Jerry Seinfeld  • animation  • bees  • animated movie  • computer animation  • Renee Zellweger

  • July 2007

    • Mmm . . .Good Reviews

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 27, 07 7:55 AM CDT

      Mmm . . .Good Reviews

      (Newser) - Critics are overwhelmingly pleased by The Simpsons Movie , even if they agree it doesn't push the envelope further than usual. By all accounts, rapid-fire sight gags and one-liners keep diehards and casual fans alike in giggles. Even naysayers, like the LA Times, don't argue it's not funny, just that it doesn't go far enough: "It doesn't take the gloves off." More »

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      television  • movie  • movie review  • cartoon  • animated movie  • The Simpsons Movie  • The Simpsons

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