9

This is conflicting: I always root for the small film, the independent spirit, the lobby that seems to have the most creativity, and yet I feel morally compelled to rip to shreds a film that could have been more than one but that never was one to begin with. 9 is both. Shane Acker's small budget short film, also called 9, had immense warmth and oodles of creativity. It was a dark yet fascinating animation film that set the internet ablaze when it released.

There's every reason to root for a full-length treatment of that high concept supported by Peter Jackson and Timur Bekmambetov o....