“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 ...

“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 ...

Even within the world of animated-film logic, it’s a bit of a stretch that a snail — even one with superpowers gained during a trip through a car’s engine — could compete in the Indianapolis 500. But ...

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, ...

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 ...