Tag Archives: Ratatouille

Film review | Brave – Pixar’s bow-wielding princess hits the bullseye

Posted on 16 August 2012 by Jason Best

A pull-string cowboy sheriff, a rodent chef and a waste-collecting robot have all made their mark as Pixar heroes. Now, not before time, a girl takes centre stage in Brave, Pixar’s 13th animated film and its first to feature a … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Up – Pixar’s unlikely heroes float away to adventure

Posted on 15 February 2010 by Jason Best

A racing certainty for this year’s Best Animated Film Oscar, Pixar’s buoyant comedy adventure Up is another triumph for the studio behind Toy Story, Ratatouille and Wall·E – and it’s just as enchanting in 2D on DVD as it was … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Up – Pixar’s buoyant comedy adventure soars aloft

Posted on 9 October 2009 by Jason Best

With their buoyant new movie, Up, those computer animation wizards at Pixar have come up with another cartoon gem to match such earlier triumphs as Toy Story, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Wall·E. And they’ve scored with the same winning formula: … Continue reading →

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The Tale of Despereaux & Giuseppe Arcimboldo – Seeing Double

Posted on 8 January 2009 by Jason Best

I caught up with the latest animated mouse movie The Tale of Despereaux recently. As rodent-themed cartoon flicks go, Despereaux isn’t in the same league as the brilliant Oscar-winning Ratatouille, but it does boast a number of inventive and entertaining … Continue reading →

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The Best View – Persepolis & Leatherheads

Posted on 18 August 2008 by Jason Best

The Oscar-nominated animated movie Persepolis lost out to Pixar’s brilliant Ratatouille at this year’s Academy Awards yet I reckon it would have been an equally deserving winner. Released on DVD today, the film – hand-drawn and mostly in black and … Continue reading →

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