The Moviegoer, Nov. 19-25

Family Flicks The delightful 1995 charmer Babe about a smart but sweetly naive little pig who goes to live on a storybook-like farm (each chapter is introduced with title cards by a trio of singing mice) is still a treat for adults and tots. James Cromwell is excellent as Farmer Hoggett. The meditative drama is as spare in dialogue as it is rich visually. Indeed it is the villainous, lip-reading AI computer, Hal 9000 (voiced by Douglas Rain), who delivers the film's most memorable lines. Thin Man Double Feature Shot over just two weeks on a B-movie budget, The Thin Man (1934) was an immediate hit with both critics and audiences.