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'Toy Story 3' Gets IMAX Treatments
18 December 2009 6:43 PM, PST
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"Toy Story 3" is going to be released in IMAX 3-D theaters simultaneously with its wide release in the U.S. on June 18, 2010. On Friday, December 18, IMAX Corporation and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures have announced that they will join forces to remaster the film into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience(R) with proprietary IMAX Digital Re-mastering technology.
Speaking about the IMAX treatment for the third "Toy Story" film, Disney's president of distribution Bob Chapek said, "We're very excited to once again unite Disney Digital 3D with The IMAX Experience, and to do it for the long-awaited release of 'Toy Story 3' is a real treat." He further claimed, "A film like this is designed to take audiences on an exciting thrill-ride adventure, making it a perfect match for both 3D and IMAX."
Additionally, Disney has also revealed that a special extended clip
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Christmas and new year TV films
18 December 2009 5:30 AM, PST
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Not sure what to watch? We can help with our comprehensive guide to the best films on TV this Christmas and new year
Choose a date
Saturday 19 December | Sunday 20 December | Monday 21 December | Tuesday 22 December | Wednesday 23 December |Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | Boxing Day | Sunday 27 December | Monday 28 December | Tuesday 29 December | Wednesday 30 December | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day
Saturday 19 December
Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)
10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere
Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.
The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family
What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all,
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- Paul Howlett
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Christmas and new year TV films
18 December 2009 5:30 AM, PST
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Not sure what to watch? We can help with our comprehensive guide to the best films on TV this Christmas and new year
Choose a date
Saturday 19 December | Sunday 20 December | Monday 21 December | Tuesday 22 December | Wednesday 23 December |Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | Boxing Day | Sunday 27 December | Monday 28 December | Tuesday 29 December | Wednesday 30 December | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day
Saturday 19 December
Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)
10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere
Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.
The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family
What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all,
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- Paul Howlett
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Austin Film Critics Agree, The Hurt Locker is Best of ‘09
16 December 2009 7:05 AM, PST
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The wonderful group of fine professional film critics and journalists known as the Austin Film Critics Association -- a group that includes the membership of yours truly and Fsr Managing Editor Dr. Cole Abaius -- has announced its award winners for the year 2009.
Within said winners are plenty of unsurprising results, including the unanimous support for Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, which took home Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. We also delivered the Best Actor award to Colin Firth, whose performance in A Single Man seems to have him right in the Oscar hunt with George Clooney (Up in the Air) and Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart).
Among the surprises, Mélanie Laurent came out of nowhere to take Best Actress for her role in Inglourious Basterds, with co-star Christoph Waltz winning yet another Best Supporting Actor award (I wonder if he'll win the Oscar...) Two fantastic choices (my votes, for
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- Neil Miller
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Decade in Review: 2004 Top Ten
14 December 2009 6:56 PM, PST
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Moving on to 2004. What follows is my original top ten list, based on films released in NYC in 2004. If I have anything new to say that'll be in red after the original text.
Top Ten Runners Up (in descending order): Aviator, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Mean Girls, Maria Full of Grace, The Five Obstructions, Collateral, Goodbye Lenin!, Birth and Closer Yes, I'm absolutely horrified by the rankings now. Nothing about that ranking feels right now. I am most ashamed that Birth was only at number [cough] 19 in its year. In my self-flattering memory I "almost" put it in the top ten despite the then brutal reviews. I was ahead of my time! Oh well... at least I did actually name it the #1 most underappreciated film of the year. At the time I said...
Jonathan Glazer made a significant splash four years ago when his brilliantly acted heist film Sexy Beast
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- NATHANIEL R
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The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
8 December 2009 10:25 PM, PST
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Best Films Of The Decade (aka The Naughties) From Alex & Terry
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1.No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more perfect vehicle for the late Sam Peckinpah.
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John’s Top Eleven Films of the Decade
6 December 2009 3:47 PM, PST
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I was just under 11 years old as we entered the 2000s, and in the last decade I have made it my mission to fill the space in my mind that should be reserved for academics to remembering the details of far too many films. In looking back upon this decade, it seems that we’ve had quite a good chunk of time for movies — there are only two years absent on my top ten list: 2000 and 2005, while 2006 is represented by three films. I still cheated, though, by extending my list to eleven entries. Some were just too good to decide between.
I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. And before you start — don’t cry. The Dark Knight isn’t on here.
11. The Royal Tenenbaums – 2001
Spoiler: you’re going to find that comedy is slightly underrepresented on this list, with Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums
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- John Cooper
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The Naughts: The Buddy Pair of the '00s
1 December 2009 1:04 PM, PST
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Nobody in the film business has had as good a decade as the folks at Pixar Animation Studios. They released seven films in ten years, all of them box office hits, all of them critical successes. Four of them won Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature (and the past summer's "Up" stands a good chance to make it five).
Because of the studio's incredible run of creativity, Pixar filmmakers are often asked to explain the secret of the company's success. In an interview with Movie City News' David Poland, "Finding Nemo" and "Wall-e" director Andrew Stanton cited a meeting the company's brain trust held shortly after the release of "Toy Story" to assess exactly what went right that time so that they could be sure to repeat that formula in the future. As Stanton explained it, "We felt that it was a weird, perfect symbiotic combination of there [being] one visionary
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- Matt Singer
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Directors of the Decade: Brad Bird
21 November 2009 7:34 AM, PST
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Robert here. My initial thought for my series on the directors who shaped the past decade was to combine the Pixar guys into one big entry. Five minutes later I was filled with great shame. How dare I think that just because these men make animated films, they don’t deserve their own entries. It was ghettoization all over again! Sure, Pixar films all tend to have similar themes but that doesn’t mean that the great Pixar directors are interchangeable. Over the next few weeks we’ll take a look at them and see what makes them the same and different. First up: Brad Bird.
Number of Films: Two.
Modern Masterpieces: One. With my apologies to The Incredibles, which is an incredible film, the masterpiece is Ratatouille.
Total Disasters: Not even close.
Better than you remember: If you think either of these could be better, you should probably just stop reading now.
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- Robert
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Blu-Ray Review: Pixar’s HD Collection Continues With ‘Monsters, Inc.’
19 November 2009 2:49 PM, PST
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Chicago – As Disney/Pixar continues to release new films on Blu-Ray, they often “piggy-back” one title with another from their catalog, choosing to release Pete Docter’s first directorial effort for the company, “Monsters, Inc.” in HD on the same day that they release his new film, “Up”. In a beautiful 4-disc combo pack that includes Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital copies of the film, “Monsters, Inc.” continues the Pixar Blu-Ray tradition.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
John Goodman and Billy Crystal star as the lovable-and-gigantic Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski, respectively. Sulley and Mike work for a scream-processing factory in Monstropolis known as “Monsters, Inc.” A little girl named Boo finds her way into the world, scaring the monsters in return, and it’s up to Sulley and Mike to restore order and get the wee one back home where she belongs.
Monsters, Inc. was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on November 10th,
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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Blu-Ray Review: Pixar’s Beloved ‘Up’ Continues HD Dominance
17 November 2009 9:21 PM, PST
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Chicago – One of the most beloved films of the year and a likely contender for the Oscar for Best Picture now that the category has expanded to ten nominees, Pixar’s “Up” was recently released on Blu-Ray in yet another lovingly produced set from a company that has been a pioneer in the next-gen format. “Up” doesn’t exceed expectations but also doesn’t falter from the critically-acclaimed pattern.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Pixar has built a reputation by taking unexpected character models and turning them into movie magic. Whether it be toys that come to life, a refined rat, a family of superheroes, or a lovable robot, one never can judge a Pixar character by its cover. Such is the case with Carl Fredericksen (Ed Asner), the delightful hero of “Up” who just happens to be a crotchety old man.
Up was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on November 10th, 2009.
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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So Long, Originality
16 November 2009 8:04 PM, PST
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Remakes. Sequels. Prequels. Screen adaptations of books, cartoons, comics, and TV shows. It can’t be denied that the film industry is starting to run rampant with movies based on something that has already been done. What’s shocking, though, is just how few original ideas Hollywood is really seeing.
Wikipedia recently posted a list of the highest grossing films of the past decade. In the top 20, only one film wasn’t based off of any other previous idea. One.
Think it gets better looking at a larger sample size? Think again. In the top 30, only two films were based on original ideas, and in the top 50 a total of nine were considered original.
The interesting thing about the nine original concepts is that all but two were animated films, and of those seven animated films five were from Pixar, with Finding Nemo being the only one in the top
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- Carly
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DVD Review: Disney’s Up and Monster’s Inc. Blu-ray
15 November 2009 6:20 PM, PST
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So there is no real need to bore you with what many already know and that is these are my two favorite Pixar movies of all time with The Incredibles right in the mix there. Perhaps the reason why these two are my favorite it because of the imaginative nature of both.
Up
Let’s start with this year’s best movie, Up. In my theatrical review I said that the film was “worth watching because when you go home you are still thinking about it. This is a film when you leave the theater and you’re not only thinking about it the next day, but this is one I will be thinking about next year.” I wasn’t kidding about this when I wrote it and I am still thinking about even now as I own the Blu-ray. The film is the perfect blend of comedy, love and
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- Kevin Coll
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Producer John Lasseter To Receive PGA Achievement Award
22 October 2009 8:32 AM, PDT
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"Finding Nemo" animator John Lasseter is set to be honored at the Producers Guild of America with Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures. PGA is acknowledging the producer's role as the first producer of animated films to receive the award.
Lasseter, the chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, will collect the trophy at the PGA awards show on January 24 at the Hollywood Palladium.
He is also currently the Principal Creative Adviser for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Some of the Academy Award-winning producer's film credits include the critical and box office hits "Toy Story" (1995), "Toy Story 2" (1999), "Monsters, Inc." (2001), "Finding Nemo" (2003), "The Incredibles" (2004), and "Wall-e" (2008).
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Pixar aims high but stays grounded with its new film Up
15 October 2009 7:02 AM, PDT
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Having led the way for so long in the field of advancing animation, Pixar have been lagging behind somewhat in the technical race. The new wave of 3D had already become an often seen feature of animations in particular as well as live action films like Journey to the Centre of The Earth 3D before Pixar announced that Up would require its viewers to don Eric Morcambe style glasses to watch it in cinemas. Though their Disney half did venture into the territory with Bolt, an early runner of the technique.
Up is, in a way, the least typical Pixar film. There's no other world as such, no completely imagined environment like those of Monsters Inc., The Incredibles or Wall-e. Though the vastness of the skies is used to impressive effect, really putting the 3D glasses to good use. The main characters are simply a very normal, grumpy old man
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Disney/Pixar's John Lasseter Talks 'Rapunzel' Casting, 'Toy Story 3' Plot, 'Cars 2', 'Winnie the Pooh' and More!
13 September 2009 3:02 PM, PDT
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Spoiler alert: The Marvel / Pixar Ant-Man rumors flying around are purely that ... rumor. That's according to John Lasseter, who headlined an enormous Disney Animation / Pixar presentation this morning. We spoke with him at a press conference afterwards, where he squashed the Ant-Man rumors, and wouldn't comment on possible sequels to The Incredibles or Monsters, Inc. He also said they have no plans to reopen the closed Disney Orlando animation studios, and when we asked him how they'll handle Doc's (Paul Newman) absence in Cars 2, to which he replied "You'll see."
Plus he had no news whatsoever of any Disney/Pixar/Marvel plans, although I guess that's hardly surprising since the ink is still drying on that contract.
That's the big news about what he didn't clue us in on. So what did he tell us? We found out that Rapunzel will feature the voice of Mandy Moore as Rapunzel, and
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Pixar's Lasseter Receives Golden Lion Accolade In Venice
7 September 2009 3:06 PM, PDT
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Disney/Pixar animator John Lasseter has been honoured at the Venice Film Festival in Italy with a prestigious Golden Lion award in recognition of his career achievements.
The illustrator was hailed by his peers on Sunday at a ceremony that also paid tribute to Lasseter's bosses, Disney/Pixar directors Brad Bird, Peter Doctor, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich.
Iconic filmmaker George Lucas - who sold off Pixar in 1986 - presented the awards to the group, congratulating the honorees as members of "my little backroom operation that started in 1979".
Accepting his prize, Lasseter said, "Pixar is founded on true creative collaboration.
"These (Disney/Pixar executives) are my best friends and my brothers in creative filmmaking. Our dream is always simple: to entertain our audiences around the world, everybody."
The Disney/Pixar animators are the brains behind the hit movies Finding Nemo, Toy Story, The Incredibles and Wall-e.
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Pixar Team Honored at Venice Film Festival
7 September 2009 11:41 AM, PDT
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For the first time ever, an entire studio has been given career recognition at the Venice Film Festival! And that honor goes to Pixar.
The home of Nemo, Woody, and Wall-e received the lifetime achievement award! And it's truly deserving!
The award was given to five Pixar directors including John Lasseter (the first two "Toy Story" films and "Cars"), Brad Bird ("Ratatouille" and "The Incredibles"), Pete Docter ("Up" and "Monsters Inc."), Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo" and "Wall-e"), and Lee Unkrich ("Toy Story 3").
Pixar, founded in 1986, has made 10 feature films to date. 4 of those movies have won Oscars!
To make the joyous occasion, the festival premiered 3-D versions of "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2." Both 3-D versions will be shown in the fall.
Pixar merged with Disney three years ago, and the audience was also treated to a few minutes of "The Princess and the Frog." Lasseter, chief creative for both Pixar and Disney animation,
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News: Pixar Win Lifetime Achievement Award
7 September 2009 11:27 AM, PDT
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Pixar started life in 1979 as the graphics group, part of the computer division of Lucasfilm before it was bought by Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs in 1986. The Walt Disney Company then bought Pixar in 2006 for $26m. Pixar first graced our cinema screens with Toy Story back in 1995 and I can't believe it's that long ago that we saw the likes of such brilliance. Since that time, they have brought us more 9 more feature films which include The Incredibles, Monster's Inc, A Bugs Life, Finding Nemo and more recently Cars and Wall-e.
Pixar are, in my opinion pure genius. They have wonderful creative minds, brilliant graphics artists, a knack for inventing brilliant new original characters and a desire to always be better. It therefore comes as no surprise that today, John Lasseter (Director of Toy Story and now CEO of Disney's animation department) picked up The Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of
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Will Pixar Make a Marvel Movie?
31 August 2009 10:10 AM, PDT
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Ever since the news broke early this morning that the Walt Disney Co. had acquired Marvel Entertainment for upwards of $4 billion in cash and stocks, a number of additional details have emerged via a shareholder conference call regarding the deal. Now, first, it's important to understand that Disney just doesn't nab every Marvel character in existence when it comes to movies, since the rights to some characters -- like Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and The X-Men -- are in the hands of other studios. Also, Paramount still has five more Marvel movies to distribute under their deal (Thor, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Captain America and one other), so don't look for Disney to begin screwing around with those (or any) upcoming Marvel projects just yet. Eventually, though, Disney wants to become the sole distributor for all of Marvel's films.
However, when you step away from those projects currently in
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