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Let’s go nuts, kids… Cillian Donnelly returns with his thoughts on the brilliant beginnings of cartoon violence… If, like me, you believe Tex Avery to be the only true genius born in the 20th century, then you’re probably already ahead of the game when I say that Screwy Squirrel remains to this day the most tragically forgotten [...] Soaraway success It seems that hardly a year passes without an animated masterpiece from Pixar – following the wonderfully moving ecological fable Wall-E (2008), the ‘toon geniuses take us on a new journey into beauty…and this time, it’s in 3D. To be fair, writer-directors Pete Docter (Monsters Inc (2001) and Bob Peterson (it’s his first feature) [...] A fine finale, s’no word of a lie… Picturenose would take the opportunity to dedicate this review to Hélène Noël, who passed away on 16 June, 2008. It took me completely unawares, did Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha’s Ice Age (2002), not unlike falling in love with Hélène, who first showed me the film. [photopress:Ice_Age.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Ice, ice baby! Ahead of the release of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) in July, we take our own little trip back in time, to enjoy Hélène Noël’s take on the second adventure… It all begins and ends like last time. I mean the first time. We follow the desperate efforts of our favorite [...] [photopress:Bashir.gif,thumb,alignleft]Dancing with death It’s that man Gerald Loftus again, just to make sure he’s properly introduced… Will Waltz With Bashir (2008), Israeli director Ari Folman’s animated memoir of his coming to grips with suppressed memories of his role in Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, become a subversive new model for war films? Soldiers – prevented from [...] [photopress:musical_quiz.jpg,thumb,alignleft] I don’t like musicals. Really, I don’t. Many people seem to find this in some way strange, or an attempt to try to appear mildly controversial. Let’s face it, if I were trying to be contrary, I could certainly come up with something a little more hard-hitting than that. Nope, I just find them [...] [photopress:wallace_1.jpg,thumb,alignleft]The best of British This is getting silly. Revisiting this film on St George’s Day was a curious inversion of time and space. Wait a minute here…the English/British aren’t supposed to be that good at anything any more, declinism fuelled by lack in the NHS and public services, the Millennium Dome, the scandalous Olympic overspend. It [...] Cutting hedge humour We at Picturenose have a mind to bring you the best in films, so I make no apology for the subject of this review. Those who complain that it doesn’t count or is not highbrow enough may not only be missing the point, but also a very good movie. |
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