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...alien community of “Planet 51”—brought to life by co-directors Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, and Marcos Martinez alongside screenwriter Joe Stillman (“Shrek??)—immediately calls to mind an idealized 1950s America. White picket fences and pink-lipsticked Stepford alien wives make up the charming atmosphere of their small-town utopia. The film acquires all the makings of a sci-fi romantic comedy when Lem, the teenage protagonist voiced by Justin Long (of Mac commercial and “He’s Just...

Author: By Jenya O. Godina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Planet 51 | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...raunchy opening minutes of “Role Models,” Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Seann William Scott) chug energy drinks, verbally assault a preteen, and note that their green-tinged urine looks “like Shrek??s piss.” It’s easy to assume that the rest of the movie will play out like any other flick about emotionally stunted man-children and their misadventures. Yet while “Role Models” is indeed formulaic, the film is saved by a number of hilariously memorable side characters?...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "Role Models" | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...Your narratives twist well-known fairy tales. Which came first: your stories, “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” or “Shrek?” GM: I think “Shrek?? came first...

Author: By Lauren J. Vargas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Gregory Maguire | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...revealed, as does the fact that she’s an heiress. She becomes a pig-nosed press darling. And obviously, since this is a Reese Witherspoon movie, she learns to love herself and gets her happily-ever-after. (Unfortunately for porcine fetishists, not in a “Shrek?? way.) “Penelope” is a charming movie that has none of the saccharine sweetness of other fanciful movies like “Enchanted.” The sets evoke the feel of an unconventional fairytale. The woodland colors in Penelope’s quarters...

Author: By Candace I. Munroe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Penelope | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

...Pinocchio. And there aren’t any cringe-worthy moments. But it’s not really “funny.” Also, the trailer (and the existence of the film, itself) seems to suggest that this series has no end in sight. “Shrek??: this generation’s “Police Academy” franchise? The Kingdom Trailer Trash HEY GUYS, DID YOU KNOW THAT TERRORISM COULD EXPLODE EVERYTHING AT ANY MOMENT AND ONLY JAMIE FOXX AND THE GIRL FROM “ALIAS” CAN SAVE US? This...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: And the Trailers Keep Coming! | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

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