Posts Tagged ‘pixar’

Q&A With Up Director Pete Docter

Pixar vet Pete Docter has made you laugh with his directorial debut, Monsters, Inc. And now — well, he's going to make you laugh again with Up, a rather odd-sounding story about the friendship that develops between a 78-year-old widower named Carl (Ed Asner) and an 8-year-old boy named Russell (Jordan Nagai) when the kid [...]

This Week’s Openings: Either Go Up or Drag [Yourself] to Hell

Or just go to the art houses and avoid that conundrum altogether. Follow the links for reviews:
Up: Can't imagine what an animated movie about an old geezer, a boy scout, and a floating house could possibly offer? It's Pixar, so plenty.
Drag Me to Hell: Sam Raimi's return to horror is at an astonishing 94 percent [...]

Up Gets PG Rating

Pixar's 10th feature, Up, has been rated PG for "some peril and action." It's only the second Pixar flick after 2004's The Incredibles to not get a family-friendlier G.
Screw the action; the kids will be fine. I'm more concerned about anyone old enough to have a) a sense of mortality and 2) anxiety about letting [...]