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Birthright? Well, yes. For 60 years, since its release of the cinema's first cartoon feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney has been the brand name for animation. Its chief rivals in the '40s and '50s, Warner Bros. and MGM, which were besting Disney in the quality and appeal of their animated shorts, never produced a feature-length cartoon. Only in the mid-'80s, when the studio taken over by Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg had yet to hint at a renaissance, did Disney lose its animation pre-eminence. An American Tail, produced in 1986 by Steven Spielberg...
...Sloper aside, though, over a century of readers and viewers have wanted to listen to Catherine. Washington Square, the Henry James novella from which the story derives, was one of the author's earliest successes, and Agnieszka Holland's recent film adaptation, still playing at Kendall Square Cinema, opened last month to much critical acclaim...
Harte, former captain of the men's track team, said he wanted to put more emphasis on his interests in Russian poetry and Soviet cinema...
...made to appear to be in China in Red Corner. Although such steps were not necessary for other actors and crew, the film on the whole has the feel of a fairly good court-room drama that has been uprooted and transplanted to China through the magic of cinema. It is as though someone used computers and special filters to see what Regarding Henry would be like if it took place in the Far East...
...movie's strongest points is the role of Shen Yeulin, the female court-appointed defense attorney for Moore, played by Bai Ling, making an impressive debut in American cinema. She at first is part of the overwhelming uphill battle Moore must fight to prove his innocence, as she is not convinced of his claim and tells him that a guilty plea will yield more leniency. The way that she eventually becomes convinced of Moore's story and becomes a staunch ally and hard-fighting friend on his side is genuinely touching...