“Turbo,” the DreamWorks Animation feature about a snail who wins the Indianapolis 500, was a moderately successful effort to distill the spirit of America’s commercialized sports culture into a ...

“When You Wish Upon a Star” could be the theme song for “Turbo.” In this energetic, funny cartoon about a plucky garden snail (Ryan Reynolds), the star belongs to the neon sign on a Van Nuys strip ...

The San Fernando Valley has provided the setting for countless memorable film scenes. The tree-lined street where E.T. rides a bike into the sky is in Granada Hills, the high school where the stoners ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. He comes from DreamWorks, the animation studio which brought us Kung Fu Panda. Think of him as the gastropod equivalent of a plucky ...

Sheer expense aside, “Turbo” adheres to an otherwise safe formula, combining cute cartoon characters with the standard all-American “dream big” message: If a rat can thrive in a French restaurant, ...

After seeing the animated movie Turbo, Code Switch's Karen Grigsby Bates and Kat Chow reflect on the movie's attempt at showing diversity. DreamWorks Animation's movie, Turbo, hit theaters earlier ...

MANILA, Philippines – Just how fast should you be to chase your dreams? In his quest to become an Indy 500 racer, ordinary garden snail Turbo (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) goes from being a struggling ...

Ten years ago David Soren took part in a ‘pitch programme’ organised by DreamWorks Animation for its employees. He had 10 minutes to deliver his one-page idea that he admits he had thought up the ...

Director: David Soren; Screenwriter Darren Lemke, Robert D Siegel, David Soren; Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Samuel L Jackson, Michael Peña, Bill Hader, Snoop Dogg; Running time: 96 mins; ...

Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Linda Barnard is a former Toronto Star staff reporter who is currently a freelance ...

A juiced snail strives to win the Indy 500 in a very straight-line, young boy-aimed animated outing. By Todd McCarthy In delivering a film about a garden snail that dreams of winning the Indy 500, ...

DreamWork's Turbo has been touted for having a multicultural cast, but does the movie, with its distinctly "urban" garden snails and its ethnic... After seeing the animated movie Turbo, Code Switch's ...