A former editor of millimeter, the magazine about the technology of making movies, I’ve written about movies for the World and Independent Film Page on About.com. the Kansas City Star and local site KCActive. I’m a guest critic on the independent, foreign and documentary review episodes of Steve Kraske's "Up to Date" on KCUR, the Kansas City NPR affiliate and a former member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.

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Ratatouille (2007)

August 21, 2008

Brad Bird and Pixar's take on a rat that yearns to be a chef is more than a message on becoming more than what you are: it's proof. Its amazing animation sometimes looks like actual photography and leaves out no detail, especially in the kitchen. For me; however, the highlight of the movie — on par with the Grinch's expanding heart — is the seconds-long memory that finally cracks the dour food critic out of his lifelong cynicism.