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Waltz With Bashir

3D film production

Leashed Lightning

Disney’s latest toon, Bolt, is a starry dog story

Horton Hears a Who!

After the unspeakable Grinch, Horton is a surprisingly strong Seuss adaptation.

Hit List

The top movies of 2007.

Bee Movie

No wonder all the bees are dying: Seinfeld's movie is embarrassing.

The Simpsons Movie

Breathe easy, Simpsons fans: It doesn’t suck.

The Simpsons Go High Fashion

Ratatouille

Brad Bird does it again; health inspectors everywhere shaken to their core.

Shrek the Third

The third time’s the charmless for the Shrek franchise.

Happy Feet

That whole talking-animal genre? Let's be done with it.

Burning the Yule Log

Future Imperfect

Renaissance is black and white and a little dead all over.

Ant Wussy

Get out the magnifying glass. It's time to burn a game.

The Metamorphosis

Boy turns bug in this redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation.

Unreal Estate

Cartoon kids poke around Spielberg's Monster House.

Turning Japanese

Like the anime, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is goofy fun.

Truly, Madly, Darkly

Richard Linklater's Scanner is a rotoscoped feast for freaks.

The Story of Ricky

Esquire Theatre

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 23, 2006

Anime Attraction

Local businesses want to give animation bootleggers the boot.

Looking Glass

Chihuly dazzles at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

Losing Steam

Despite its creator's pedigree, Steamboy is mostly hot air.

Talkin' 'bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone.

Flick Pick

Comédies à la Française

Machine Dreams

CU delves into the Sublime.

Super, Ordinary

These heroes may be Incredibles, but they're also normal.

Shell Shock

The sequel to Ghost in the Shell is a feast for the eyes, but a disappointment for the brain.

Baby Love

Tokyo Godfathers is genre-bending anime you can't refuse.

Toy story

The creators of Chicken Run find soul in a lump of clay.

Of Gods and Demons

Japanese anime fans rejoice with the American release of Princess Mononoke.

Rasputin's Goons