Even though it ends with a saccharine, fortuitous, foreseeable ending, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is an endearing and frightening journey for our cast of British retirees. The cash is accomplished and equates to a super group of out-of-retirement seventies rockers. (Think Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, and Robert Page on stage together.) Unfortunately, the allure […]

 

 

It’s not often that animated films make it to Gladiators, but Rango gave me reason to pause. It’s not genius, and it’s not really unique: the overall theme centers on the quest for an identity, something that is often a dime-a-dozen in animated and live-action features alike. The computer animation is flawless, and the voice talents are […]