Delgo

Delgo
Freestyle Releasing
December 12, 2008
Animation, Fantasy
DVD
B-

I liked this more than I expected, although the tropes do cross over into cliches at times.  The look is good, and I'm saying that as someone who is generally not a fan of computer animation.  The celebrity voices help*, most notably villainess Bancroft and Idle as her spooneristic minion.  Mark F. Adler and Jason Maurer co-directed, and co-wrote with others.

*I'm omitting Sally Kellerman, Kelly Ripa, and Burt Reynolds from the crowded tags.

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange
Warner Bros.
13 January 1972
Sci-Fi, Crime Drama
DVD
F+

I've known of this film by reputation for decades, so I suppose I was biased going in, but it really is an unpleasant viewing experience, pointlessly so (at least in the first quarter-hour, which I had to make myself watch).  I won't rate it lower though because the unpleasantness is filmed stylishly, and this wasn't the dull slog of 2001.  Kubrick not only directed but adapted the Anthony Burgess novel, which apparently is very different.

Bolt

Bolt
Walt Disney
November 21, 2008
Action, Fantasy, Children's
DVD
C

I saw this at the time but didn't remember much about it today, so I actually felt let down that the surprisingly good action sequences led to some sort of canine rip-off of The Truman Show (and I liked The Truman Show).  At least in TTS there's a whole set-up for how they've fooled Truman, while here I kept thinking, Wait, so the show has been on the air for five years and they've been fooling a talking dog since he was a puppy?  I gave it twenty minutes total (rather than my usual fifteen) to see if it could bounce back, but the addition of stereotypical Hollywood types didn't help.

Chris Williams co-wrote, with Dan Fogelman, and co-directed, with Byron Howard (who'd do much better with animals in Tangled and of course Zootopia).