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This Weeks Movie Reviews: Superman Returns Directed by Bryan Singer. Written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris; story by Harris, Dougherty and Singer. Music, John Ottman. Starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella and Sam Huntington. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2006. PG-13. 154 minutes. While the revamping of a superhero franchise may not quite have the same awe-factor as the first cinematic vision of Batman driving through Gotham or Spiderman swinging from a web, in the case of Superman Returns, it's certainly close. Director Bryan Singer has taken his experience directing a troupe of superheroes (in the first two X-Men movies) and tightened his focus to just one — the lone alien in shiny blue tights, played this time by the impossibly chiseled, Christopher Reeve-esque Brandon Routh. Read more...
Cars Directed by John Lasseter and Joe Ranft. Music by Randy Newman. With the voices of Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Jeremy Piven, George Carlin, Michael Keaton, Cheech Marin, Larry the Cable Guy, John Ratzenberger and Paul Newman. Pixar Animation Studios, 2006. G. 116 minutes. Pixar, the studio behind the new film Cars, reminds me of a teacher's pet. You know the kid I'm talking about: perfect grades, perfect attendance, always won a ribbon at the science fair. As long as he stayed out of the weight room, he wasn't going to fail at anything. Pixar is like this because they can't release a movie without releasing a featurette about how they made the movie. Perfection can be downright annoying to watch. Read more...
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