Shrek

Been a minute since you hit up the swamp, right? Haven’t felt its fetid ooze between your toes, or had its owner’s Scottish tenor vibrate your eardrums, insisting you get out. Fear not this tragedy’s continuation, beautiful Chronicle reader! Everyone’s favorite ogre returns to screens in his pre-9/11 picture debut, where Princess Fiona still needs saving from the Dragon – and the subtly Michael Eisner-coded Lord Farquad – and Donkey’s making waffles. Some tut-tutters in recent years have claimed the early CG animated feature doesn’t hit as good as everyone thinks, but you and I, we know the truth. Shrek rips big-time, both as a film and a practitioner of the flatulent arts. – James Scott Read a full review of Shrek.