Cinema: Star-toon Time

The galactic graphics are spectacular in Titan A.E.

Well, why shouldn't Hollywood make a science-fiction adventure using animation instead of live action? The Japanese have been doing it for decades (they call it anime). Besides, in Star Wars and its myriad clones the characters, the acting and the plots are already on the cartoony side. So give half a chance to Titan A.E., which has the retro-pioneering spirit of recent s-f movies.

In A.D. 3034, the universe is ruled by Drej, translucent, electric-blue beings of pure energy and malefic power. The lowest form of life is the human, including our hero Cale (voiced by Matt Damon), who has a...

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