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Cars 2

Cars 2

Uninspired sequel fails to keep the Pixar engine running

(2 stars)13 Jul 2011

(U) 112min After 25 years of animation production and a run of critical and commercial smash-hits, the super-smooth Pixar production line finally blows a gasket with Cars 2, a colourful but overstuffed, noisy and heartless sequel that feels more like…

Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard lands Cars role

Music Gossip

15 Feb 2011

Eddie Izzard is to voice a character in 'Cars 2'. The British actor will provide the voice of Miles Axelrod, an oil tycoon-turned-environmentalist who sold off his billions, converted himself into an electric vehicle and is now dedicated to finding…

5 things you might not know about Eddie Izzard

5 things you might not know about Eddie Izzard

4 Nov 2009

1 Born in Yemen, Edward John Izzard spent three pre-school years in mid-60s Northern Ireland. Oblivious to all the politics, he was brought up in a Protestant stronghold in Bangor and loved going out to chuck mud at passing cars. 2 A committed…

Rage

Rage

23 Sep 2009

‘The world’s first interactive multi-venue film premiere’ as Rage is launched in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow simultaneously, with footage from the London red carpet broadcast live on screen at the other venues with an interactive Q&A with director…

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

(4 stars)22 Jan 2009

THRILLER Secret Germany and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler get the 24 treatment in Bryan X-Men Singer’s engaging new thriller. Months before the end of World War II, aristocratic Colonel Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise…

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Cars 2
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(2 stars) Pixar's charmless sequel replaces the homespun values of the original with impressive racetrack backdrops, violent guns-and-missile action, and juvenile comedy from the belching, flatulent Mater. A mechanical slew of pop-culture gags indicate a considerable drop in the level of invention from Finding Nemo or Up.
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