Wen the Blot switches to Spl Lin and seasemweriter Chris Morgan shift to higher fear during thunderous freeway chase speed tank demolishing pas. lowing up bridges and target ‘ew. While the heroic goa bit (how many times can Habbs or 2 speeding car and lve). the alls shot and edited for ma senger ears, bh lng Ooms er over the top Dom leap off. sequence over "mum impace, It followed by an even more incredible Fitht between jeeps, ears anda giant cargo Plane hurding down a runway. Jaw-ropping in terms of speed, momentum and complex: ity fs also about a plausible as one of those 1970s James Bond spectacles, Fans will be ‘overwhelmed, eventhough some of the char- ‘acters get shortchanged in the pandemonium (ootably, Brian's wife and Doms sister Mi, played by Jordana Brewster). Fost & Furious 6 tes up 3 lot ofthe fran- chise's loose ends, even sending Brian back 0 Los Angeles to deal with drug lord Braga ohn Orriz. ast seen in the fourth entry. Fase & Furious. The “surprise” ending ends Han to Tokyo, presumably to correct 3 chronological skip broughe about in The Fost ‘nd the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and to introduce ‘the next star to enter the franchise For now it appears that this is Lin's last ‘outing in the series, which may be why Fast 4& Furious 6 sometimes feels like a victory lap. ames Wan of Sow fame is sated to direct Fost & Furious 7) Lin leans on family as a theme, using emotions between Dom and Letty to keap viewers engaged in what {s often a silly storyline. He's helped alot by "Michelle Rodriguer, whose performance lifts the entire film to 2 more realistic level. “The Fast and Furious franchise as never lost les blue-collar base, even asthe fms shift nto the kind of globetrotting adventures found In comic books. Fast & Furious 6 may be Lin's coda, bu the series has plenty of lif lef. Denil Eogan EPIC 20TH CENTURY FOXIColor2.11Dalby Atmos, Dataset & SDOSIIO® Mine Rated Po ‘oe Eat: a Fara, oshHatcherso,Amands ion Sues Steven Ter ayo Roo, ib ected by Chi Wedge Scrceply ames. ar, Willa Joye, Da Shere, Yom Thule te imber bed on racers Ie Te bea ‘Men end the Brove Good Busby Wim ps Story lam Joys ames re, Cts Wedge ‘Animated adventure about ‘the soul ofa forest and a teenage ge’ ght agaist grief maker ehis a mule-textural ‘movie forall ages. JuLy 2013, a |e tery generic and no partial ape Ele aside, Epics one ofthe best features so {ar from Blue Sky Studios, producers ofthe rety good le Age it less-than-stelarse- uel. and the so-so Ro and Robot. The ani ‘mated feature hits serious emotional chords about death childhood’ end and family—and ‘that’s all before our heroine even meets che ‘magical miniscule men and other creatures who protect the green forest. Seventeen-year-old MK, (Amanda Sey- {eeg) moves in with her eccentric father, Prof Bomba (son Sudeki) following the death ‘of her mother, Bomba seems broke But busy and happy in his own tle word, searching {for bug-sited humans he believes have left tiny helmets, sadales and spears behind A grieving M.K. cane summon up a con- ‘ection with this odd stranger, and she's Preparing to leave when her childhood pet, a three-legged pug. disappears into the ‘woods. Following him, she ironically finds ‘he magical people for which her father searched, Stumbling across a once-in-a- hundred.years ceremony involving forest- protector Queen Tars (Beyoncé Knowles), MLK. shrinks to insect size, Taking ial |i perhaps a bic too readiy—the movie's ‘only minor shortcoming—she quickly finds herself allied with Ronin (Colin Farrel), the stoi military commander ofthe Leaf men, andthe brash Nod Josh Hutcherson), ‘whom Ronin is trying to mold Into Ned's lace father. The enemy, anda righ natural fone, is a foree of rot and decay, manfes in a race of share humanoids, the Boggans, led by Mandrake (Christoph Walt). Abet. ting M.K. and company is a pair of comie~ relief gastropods: Grub (Chris O'Dowd), a sna and Mub (Aziz Ansari), slug. and proud oft, too! An utterly assured ladies! rman, er, mollusk, hs fllaon attitude makes the absurd litle slimeball a breakout charae- ter you'd want 0 see again, ‘One reason ial works is that author and screenwriter Wills Joyce, who was aso ‘one ofthe production designers, helped craft a selfcontaned, internally logis ecosystem of iny humans alongside peoples plants and animals all of whose camouflage is 20 natural it’s sarding. The world makes sense Within the parameters they set, and the story here never chest ‘All hese things in themselves would have made a good, rlid move, What elevates {ebeyond that isa pervasive longing and a sense of regret as thick as fog—honest ‘emotion, not just sentiment. And maz. ingly. there's no neatly tied bow atthe end “Ths PG-rated childrens movies subtle and subtextual, offering a chemati richness in dation to this movie's surface treats. EDC ‘remains too vague 3 tle, but guess Heart fel and imaginative Coming-of Age Adventure with Emotonl Deny tht Wil Resonate and Stay with You jus won' fi on a marquee Frnk Loc