Even fans who've seen "Ratatouille" dozens of times may have missed these sneaky details. Like many Pixar films, a lot of detail went into animating characters' reflections and features. Disney fans ...

The animated movie, “Ratatouille”, tells the tale of a most improbable hero who dreams of being a great chef. This hero is a rat named Remy. Inspired by the great chef, Gusteau, this unlikely ...

Why the great animators don’t take advantage of real, beloved cityscapes more often is a mystery, especially after enjoying the rich pleasures of “Ratatouille.” Paris is a tactile, fully formed movie ...

The softer of Ratatouille's two villains is nevertheless a solidly mid-tier Pixar baddie. Chef Skinner (Ian Holm) is Gusteau's former sous-chef who becomes the restaurant's owner after Gusteau's death ...

Now I know why the animated film Ratatouille topped all movie sales in the world, even over and above the latest Harry Potter film. Just as there is “haute couture” in French high fashion, there is ...

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The animating idea at Pixar before it was consumed by Disney last year was to make feature-length cartoons for kids, but encode them with enough sophisticated humor so that parents would eagerly tag ...