The most ambitious film yet from the House of Pixar, “WALL-E” is an intergalactic epic about robot romance, furious physical comedy and the fate of humanity.
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You don’t have to like ’80s pop culture to appreciate “Son of Rambow.” The movie charmed and impressed this skeptic most of the time. And if mighty, monosyllabic he-men and New Wave music fashions get your nostalgia juices flowing, I’ll bet you’re really going to have a blast.
In “The Love Guru,” Mike Myers must come to love himself before he can love others. From the credits of this scattershot comedy sketch stretched and strained to movie length, Myers clearly loved himself to the point of narcissism going in.
Apparently there are two actors named Steve Carell. One appears in sharp-witted, humanistic “small” movies such as “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Dan in Real Life” and the occasional smart comedy blockbuster like “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” — not to mention starring in “The Office,” one of TV’s edgiest comedies.
“The Visitor” is a movie reminder that “quiet desperation” can be very quiet indeed. Unless, of course, you take up the drums.
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