Ben Kippin's blog

Having led the way for so long in the field of advancing animation, Pixar have been lagging behind somewhat in the technical race. The new wave of 3D had already become an often seen feature of animations in particular as well as live action films like Journey to the Centre of The Earth 3D before Pixar announced that Up would require its viewers to don Eric Morcambe style glasses to watch it in cinemas. Though their Disney half did venture into the territory with Bolt, an early runner of the technique.

It's been suggested, by the film magazine Sight and Sound, that Clint Eastwood could be America's greatest living director. His latest film, out next week has also had praise heaped on to it. With all this considered and having enjoyed his 2004 effort Million Dollar Baby hugely I was happy to sit down and watch Gran Torino.