Every week this summer, we’ll be taking an historical tour of the Hollywood blockbuster by examining an older film that is in some way a spiritual precursor to one of the weekend’s wide releases. This week: Pixar has, for reasons best not examined too closely, returned to the world of talking race cars with Cars […]

A review requested by Lisa W, with thanks for donating to the Second Quinquennial Antagony & Ecstasy ACS Fundraiser. I’ll get to the review in a minute, but allow me a chance for a brief reflection as I draw near the conclusion of this January 2015 fundraiser, here in June 2017. One of the best […]