The Illusionist and Renaissance
I just saw "The Illusionist" tonight and really liked it. It wasn't perfect, and I have a few questions about what the directors intent was with one of the plot elements (sorry for being vague, but I hate it when someone ruins a movie for me and I don't want to do it for anybody else), but I really enjoyed it.
Jenny Lerew wrote a much better review than I ever could, plus she added some great stuff about Joe Ranft. After you finish here, go read her review.
My one additional comment is that I saw a trailer for a new animated movie "Renaissance". It looks like a beautiful film. It has a black and white (and I mean black and white, that's it) graphic novel look to it. I hope the story and the rest of it lives up the the look. Check out the trailer.
I'm pretty excited about this one.