Best of 2006 – Page 3 – RazorFine Review

Title: Cars
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Rarely have I enjoyed myself more than Pixar’s newest film Cars (the last made before the Pixar/Disney merging). Every once in a long while I see a film that makes me enjoy the art form and gives me a sense of wonder at its accomplishment that I actually feel like a young kid in a candy store.

Cars is the best animated film to come out since Pixar’s last (The Incredibles) and is a terrific family film that all can enjoy. Pixar is dominating the genre in such a way that if it can continue will rival that of Disney’s golden age (no surprise why Mickey dipped into his deep pockets to bring Pixar under the Disney banner).

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Thank You for Smoking

Alan Rapp / April 14, 2006 / Movie Reviews

Title: Thank You for Smoking
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“Death is easy; comedy is hard.”
“Satire is fascinating stuff…it’s the only thing that makes any sense.”

Big Tobacco is constantly under attack from all sides. That’s where Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) comes in. He’s their chief spokesman who can spin any situation to his advantage making both himself and the Tobacco Lobby look good in the process. How does he do it? It’s a gift.

At the same time Nick is trying to help raise his impressionable 12 year-old son Joey (Cameron Bright), giving an interview to an attractive young reporter (Katie Holmes), fighting a Senate Investigating Committee headed by anti-tobacco Senator Ortolan K. Finistirre (William H. Macy) and trying to pay-off the Malboro Man (Sam Elliott) who is dying of cancer and ready to speak against Big Tobacco to the press.

Aaron Eckhart is the heart and soul of this film as everything rests on his performance, and he delivers an Oscar caliber performance. Not only does he make Nick Naylor compassionate but he actually starts to persuade you with his arguments as well. With a warmth and charm he actually makes you believe Big Tobacco isn’t really that bad. Is it?

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