Directed by first-timer Dan Scanlon, Monsters University reunites the beloved voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, and Steve Buscemi while introducing a powerhouse supporting cast! It is my pleasure to report that real Pixarian heart and humor are back for summer 2013.
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Gushing out the ole’ horror movie poop shoot this week is Ethan Hawke in The Purge! But if you see one Ethan Hawke movie this week, see Before Midnight.
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Sightseers is the UK’s highly anticipated (by me at least), Edgar Wright produced, acclaimed festival darling.
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Oz The Great And Powerful is the lesser of the three Oz movies the last century has seen, but I suppose it could be a lot worse….it could have been Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland!
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For 13 years I anxiously waited to find a copy of and the time to watch 2000’s epic five-part fairytale miniseries The 10th Kingdom. Netflix finally made that happen.
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It’s 2013! A new year of movies and a new year of Video Vaults! Why don’t we start it off right with a movie that celebrates the movies, 1997’s box office disaster, Cats Don’t Dance! The only film ever produced by Turner Feature Animation Studio (before being absorbed in the Time Warner/Turner Broadcasting merger), this [...]
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The standards for what is acceptable in cinema are in a constant state of evolution as we move toward a more compassionate and politically correct world. While I can’t condone the following controversial material, it is still interesting to see the “artistic choices” of filmmakers of yore. Now having given you the obligatory Leonard Maltin “it was a different time” preface, I am pleased to present to you this list of questionable animated shorts that don’t quite understand the meaning of the holidays. There is something off about these cartoon Christmases
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For many of us the combination of Disney and Christmas is the culmination of all things magical and good in this world. In Southern California the holidays aren’t even official until you see Sleeping Beauty’s Castle glisten in seasonal lights! But old Walt was producing Christmas memories long before Disneyland opened. Here are some of the best animated Christms moments, pre-1950′s. We [...]
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While the kids today don’t know who Max Fleischer was, his contributions to the advancement of animated family entertainment are pretty important. Betty Boop, Popeye, and Superman are just a few of the many characters he brought to the big screen, along with some pretty significant creative and technical innovations. His characters possess distinctly more [...]
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