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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, USA, Theater)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is perhaps the most entertaining film I’ve seen this year, alongside Kung Fu Hustle. Johnny Depp does indeed play a subtly sinister and delightfully whacked-out Willy Wonka reminiscent of Michael Jackson and crossed with, as the NY Times opined, Mister Rogers and Truman Capote. But the focus of the film [...]
Patlabor the Movie 3: WXIII (2003, Japan, DVD)
The Patlabor movies standout as good examples of full-length feature film anime that really are films that just happen to be animated. In other words, the character designs and worlds explored, although futuristic, are exceedingly realist and the story lines resemble that of a serious film, not an unserious “cartoon.”