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New movie reviews Date published: 7/3/2008
'WALL-E' (G) HHH Pixar has made perhaps the first cartoon that parents may well like more than their youngsters. With nothing more to work with than a garbage-gathering robot, a cockroach and a planet that's a waste dump, the studio known for bringing a new look to animation has created the sweetest tale on the big screen in quite a while. That's saying something, because the main character, known as Wall-E, can't do much more than whistle, squelch and emit an occasional high-pitched word or two. But with articulating eyes, a body that moves like a front-end loader on steroids and a heart of heavyweight alloy gold, this character longs for company, feelings and--dare we say it?--romance. That comes to pass when a survey robot lands one day, a white little wisp of a droid that can fly, blow holes in boulders, and is made with interesting eye shapes with two blue spots where her eyes should be. She's Eve, or as Wall-E calls her, Eve-A. It sounds a little strange, but it works onscreen. Things take a more rapid turn when Wall-E and Eve-A head off to find the ship humans took when they abandoned Earth, which had filled up with trash from a greedy, stuff-obsessed society. That point is more than made when we see what mankind has come to on its escape ship: fat, lazy people who don't do anything but consume. The side point works, but even more fun are some rogue robots that link up with Wall-E as he tries to save mankind from itself. Though a few big stars lend their voices or images to the project (Fred Willard, Sigourney Weaver), little-known stars bring the main characters to life in a way that makes this a true film treasure. Rated G. 119 min. [RF, RA, M] 'WANTED' (R) HH RUNNING TIME: 126 MIN. I really wanted to like "Wanted." But all the wanting in the world can't overcome this overdone mess of a movie. The first hint should have been the four or five exploding heads--bullet goes in, big red splash comes out--that happen before we even have any idea who's doing all the shooting.
Date published: 7/3/2008
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