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February 14, 2006
The Wild
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A bunch of Central Park Zoo animals (a lion, a giraffe and so on) break out of captivity and wreak havoc in the big city. No, it's not a Madagascar sequel. It's the latest offering from Disney's animation department, The Wild, and if it sounds suspiciously familiar, this isn't the first time that's happened between the folks at Disney and DreamWorks: Think A Bug's Life vs. Antz or Finding Nemo vs. Shark Tale.
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February 04, 2006
Cars, SuperBowl Spot
I've had more than a year to get used to it (since the first glimpses of Pixar's next feature started popping up on the web), and I'm still skeptical. Could Cars be Pixar's first misstep? Toys, bugs, monsters -- kids love 'em. But anthropomorphic hot wheels? I dunno. Boys, maybe. But even then, these wheels don't even look that hot. Then again, I remember having similar apprehensions about fish, and Pixar proved me wrong with their most endearing film yet.
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