One of my favorite Pixar films, “Ratatouille”, is possibly getting a 3-D re-release, along with other Pixar classics. However, the 3-D conversion process takes a long time, and with “Beauty and the Beast”, “The Lion King”, and several new Disney films, I’m sure it won’t be out for at least a couple of years. Disney […]
Recently The Spectator Arts Blog – Touching from a Distance, asked me a simple question: What makes a good kids’ movie? My answer was published this week on the blog, which is found on the Times.co.uk website. Scott Jordan Harris is the blog’s editor: Movie studios spend millions of dollars, and hundreds of hours, trying […]
An incredible weekend for an incredible movie. The $109M opening for “Toy Story 3” puts it into the records books in several different categories. And fans should continue to flock to the film all this week as well, since there’s nothing coming out to steal away the attention or the $$$. Here are a few […]
The most popular and successful animated movie of all-time will soon become one of the most popular and successful DVD’s of all-time. 15 years ago the first computer animated film was released. It was called “Toy Story.” Since then it seems like there have been hundreds of films and thousands of characters, but there’s one […]
With all the movies out there that could be made, do we really need a “Clash of the Titans 2”? Well, like it or not, it looks like we’re going to get one. HITFIX is reporting that the sequel in a go, and that Sam Worthington could be back. No word on a story or […]
I’m not a big “Dancing With the Stars” guy, but I will be watching Tuesday night for a special event: The Gypsy Kings will be performing a new version of “You’ve Got A Friend In Me”, from “Toy Story 3”. Two dancers from the show worked with Pixar animators for the sequence in the film […]
In a bit of a surprise move, Pixar has announced that there will be a “Monsters, Inc. 2”. The release date is set for Nov. 16, 2012. I liked the original, but I thought if the studio was going to do another sequel (following “Toy Story 3” and “Cars 2”) they’d pick “The Incredibles”, the […]
I got to see the 2010 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films today (along with the 3 honorable mentions). Here’s my report card: The Oscar Nominees “French Roast” – C The story was tough to follow. “Granny O’ Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” – C Nothing really original. “The Lady and the Reaper” – B Clever and entertaining. […]
Traditionally, the Oscars have featured performances from all of the Best Original Song nominees. Last year, they were all combined into one musical number. And this year? No performances at all!. The academy has decided to just have the songs playing during brief clips of the films that the songs are from. Ridiculous, just ridiculous. […]
It was a great “Golden Globes” ceremony, up until the end! First off, Ricky Gervais saved NBC from another no host Golden Globes disaster. His Mel Gibson drinking line was hysterical, and his plugging of his shows and “The Invention of Lying” were right on! Facial hair was popular – George Clooney and William Hurt […]