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From Worst To Best: Ranking The Pixar Movies
This weekend Pixar's latest digital marvel, "Monsters University," roars into theaters (you can read our review here). Few studios can claim the kind of quality that Pixar often does – for a while there it was the most critically and commercially adored studio in the history of cinema (though they a...
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The 5 Worst Things About Pixar
It’s hard to think of a studio more singularly adored than Pixar Animation Studios, the creators of “WALL-E,” “Toy Story” and “Finding Nemo.” Of course, they weren’t always everybody’s favorite. The studio started out as an experimental, computer-based component to George Lucas’ Industrial Light & M...
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Review: Disney/Pixar's 'Monsters University'
When Disney/Pixar’s “Monsters Inc” was released way back in the fall of 2001, it was easily the studio’s warmest and endearingly heart-tugging feature. But “Monsters Inc,” in its vision of a monstrous universe that derives its power from children’s screams, was also the studio’s most self-contained ...
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Immersed in Movies: Director Dan Scanlon Talks Primal Screams at 'Monsters U'
During a recent visit to Pixar, I sat down with first-time director Dan Scanlon, a story artist on Cars and Toy Story 3, who Billy Crystal calls a "hipster," and discussed his role on the forthcoming blockbuster.
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Early Reviews Give 'Monsters University' a Decent Grade
Critics are mixed but mostly positive about the new Pixar prequel.
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From 'Avengers' To Shakespeare: If Joss Whedon Can Do It All, 5 Film Projects We'd Love To See Him Tackle
Infamously, writer/director Joss Whedon, who had recently been saddled with the task of bringing the Marvel Universe's crown jewel "The Avengers" to cinematic life, took a two-week vacation from editing that monstrous movie and spent it cheaply shooting an adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing," fil...
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Immersed in Movies: Talking 'Monsters U' with Billy Crystal and John Goodman
In Monsters University, Pixar's oddest odd couple, Mike and Sulley, meet for the first time in college as fierce rivals before becoming best buddies in Monsters, Inc. Co-stars Billy Crystal and John Goodman recently reminisced about their own college years and what it was like reuniting a decade lat...
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Latest and Final "Monsters University" trailer
Here is the latest - and final - look at Pixar's Monsters University we'll get before the film opens on June 21st. Too early to judge, but it looks great - and it certainly promises to be fun.
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Are Modern Animated Features Only Made For the Quick Buck?
Simply put: are studios creating animated feature films with only an eye to short-term profits at the expense of long-term gains? Where are the films that are genuinely unique in a cultural way and that (intentional or not) are likely to remain popular in the way Snow White has?
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Jon Stewart Takes on the Merida Makeover: The Princess and the PR
Love this. Jon Stewart kicked the shit out of Disney for their Merida makeover.
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