filmschoolrejects.com - 10/23/2009
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On This Week’s Show: Neil takes some time away from his preparation for the Austin Film Festival to meet up with Kevin in the Magical Studio in the Sky. The Fat Guys cut through Saw VI before taking flight with Amelia and Astro Boy then sinking their teeth into Cirque du Freak: The ...
Astro Boy Review
atomicpopcorn.net 29 days ago — Although he may not be familiar to U.S. audiences, Astro Boy is no newcomer to the animated universe. Engineered for young Japanese audiences in the 1950’s by manga artist Osamu Tezuka, the mechanical moppet has long been a cultural icon in his native country; think Mickey Mouse with ...
Astro Boy Review
screenrant.com 30 days ago —
Short Version: While the animation is excellent, Astro Boy is too intense for younger kids, too corny for teens and annoyingly political overall.
Screen Rant reviews Astro Boy
I went into Astro Boy with high hopes and nostalgia. ...
Astro Boy Movie Review
areyouscreening.com 30 days ago —
Likely destined to follow in the footsteps of its animated, robotic predecessor The Iron Giant (into some level of obscurity and cult-like reverence), Astro Boy is in every respect a stronger, more worthwhile film than most everything that actually aims at kids that has come along ...
ASTRO BOY
reelsuave.com 10/23/2009 — Genre – Animated, Sci-fi, comedy
Director – David Bowers
Cast – Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Samuel Jackson, Charlize Theron
‘Astro Boy’ revolves around a robot, young with amazing powers, that is built by a well known scientist to fill in the shoes of his lost son. The young robot tries ...
rogerebert.com
rogerebert.suntimes.com 28 days ago — / / / October 21, 2009 by Roger Ebert "Astro Boy" is yet another animated comedy in which the hero, who is about the same age as his target audience, is smarter, braver and stronger than the adults in his world. Toby is also a quick learner; after he ...
Astro Boy Review
pajiba.com 30 days ago —
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The Reject Report Anticipates a Box Office Saw-off
filmschoolrejects.com 10/23/2009 —
It’s a pre-Halloween edition of the Reject Report! Yes, October 31 is fast approaching, and this weekend promises to by scary-good at the theatres for moviegoers interested in scary movies. In fact, it’s been a banner year for horror movies at the box office. The winning ...
Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 10.23.09
filmschoolrejects.com 10/23/2009 —
SAW VI
Studio: Lionsgate
Rated: R for sequences of grisly bloody violence, torture and language.
Starring: Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith
Directed by: Kevin Greutert
What it’s about: This sixth installment of the popular horror ...
Astro Boy (Review)
cutprintreview.com 10/18/2009 —
Film about robots is mechanical. Who’d have guessed?
Astro Boy – the big-screen adaptation of the beloved 60s Japanese manga-turn-anime series by Osamu Tezuka — has been welded together using the parts of (better) films like Gladiator , The Incredibles , A.I , Pinocchio ...
Review: 'Astroboy' —
L.A. Times - Movie News 10/23/2009
"Astro Boy" plays like "Transformers" for tots, a "Pinocchio" story that stays true to its source material's storied past without adding much in the way of interest, outside of some clankingly obvious political subtext that will alienate people of all ...