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Foxy Animation: 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' Comes to DVDnew

This stop-motion animated throwback from Wes Anderson is an absolute delight. Also reviewed: Toy Story (Blu-ray), Toy Story 2 (Blu-ray) and The Men Who Stare at Goats (Blu-ray).
Tucson Weekly  |  Bob Grimm  |  04-01-2010  |  Videos & DVDs

Fantastic Mr. Fox: Coop Coupnew

Wes Anderson conquers animation with the charming Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Tucson Weekly  |  Bob Grimm  |  12-03-2009  |  Reviews

'Fantastic Mr. Fox' Brings Out the Animal in Wes Andersonnew

Rather than break out of Andersonville and into the real world, the filmmaker burrows further into the fantasy realm with 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.' Ironically, Anderson’s latest turns out to be his most heartfelt, human movie since 'Rushmore,' despite its cast of woodland beasts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Curt Holman  |  11-25-2009  |  Reviews

What's Wrong With Wes Anderson?new

A decade after Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, Generation Y's anointed auteur tries for a comeback with Fantastic Mr. Fox.
L.A. Weekly  |  Joe Donnelly  |  11-20-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

With 'Fantastic Mr. Fox,' Wes Anderson Finds His Genre: Animation

In Wes Anderson's hands, Roald Dahl's imaginative child's story takes on a meta significance as a human-development-coming-of-age story that applies across age groups, generations, social strata, and even species.
City Pulse  |  Cole Smithey  |  11-10-2009  |  Reviews

Wes Anderson's Debut is a Masterpiecenew

Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson sit down to discuss the fantastic Bottle Rocket on the film's new DVD release. Also reviewed: Saturday Night Live: The Complete Fourth Season, Burn After Reading and Lost: The Complete Fourth Season (The Expanded Experience).
Tucson Weekly  |  Bob Grimm  |  12-11-2008  |  Videos & DVDs

Quirky Vibenew

Wes Anderson proves yet again he's a master storyteller with this tale of three brothers on a trek through India. Also reviewed: Walker and The Sporting Life.
Tucson Weekly  |  Bob Grimm  |  03-06-2008  |  Videos & DVDs

Brothers and Culturesnew

Wes Anderson adds a human touch to his usual arresting visuals in the impressive Darjeeling Limited.
Tucson Weekly  |  James DiGiovanna  |  10-25-2007  |  Reviews

'The Darjeeling Limited': The Disorienting Expressnew

This is probably the most striking, and perhaps the most memorable, of Wes Anderson's five films. This doesn't mean that it's the best, or even that it's good.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  10-24-2007  |  Reviews

'The Darjeeling Limited' Goes Off the Railsnew

Wes Anderson delivers more color, less humanity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Curt Holman  |  10-18-2007  |  Reviews

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Dov Charney Comments on American Apparel Woes

​This week in Bad News for American Apparel: An employee at AA headquarters was found dead in a bathroom on...

Skunk: It's the New Cockroach, Bedbug, Coyote, Goose, Etc.

Lately, it's as though an arc of unwanted animals docked on the Hudson and unloaded onto Manhattan. There were coyotes...
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Dog Beat Dog

To pull off the biggest dogfighting bust in U.S. history, investigators went deep undercover. So did their dogs.
Riverfront Times  |  Keegan Hamilton  |  09-02-2010  |  Animal Issues

Valient Thorr's Stranger

Valient Thorr still finds its distinction by directing its menace at deserving targets via social commentaries charged by precision and power.
Independent Weekly (NC)  |  Spencer Griffith  |  09-01-2010  |  Reviews

Failure to Enforce

The Alberta government fails to enforce its own laws on toxic tailings ponds and the tar sands.
VUE Weekly  |  Mimi Williams  |  09-02-2010  |  Environment