In one of the first best-of lists of the year, the Los Angeles Film Critics have named Pixar’s ‘Wall-E’ the best movie of 2008. ‘The Dark Knight’ was named runner up. Danny Boyle was named best director for ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ while Christopher Nolan was named runner up. In case you think it was a case …
It was no shocker that Hellboy didn’t go up in flames this past weekend, taking the top spot with a $35.9 million dollar debut.
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It’s no shocker to anyone that ‘Wall-E’ shined at the box office this weekend. The film, received to major critical acclaim grossed $62.5 million from 3,992 runs. It’s competition, ‘Wanted’ an R-rated film brought in $51.5 million.
Pixar has dropped a new, 1 minute trailer for their upcoming ‘Wall-E.’ Unlike previous trailers, which have played up the playful and romantic side of the little robot, this trailer really shows the epic sci-fi adventure that the film will apparently explore. All I have to say is, bring it on, Pixar! I cannot wait …
Well, not technically a trailer in the traditional sense. Instead, Pixar is giving us a little peek into the future world and the robots that inhabit them in this “meet the characters” vignette. It’s another cute little one-off by the gold-mine of a brain trust that is John Lasseter and company and it makes me …
Things have been relatively quiet from the house that mouse built. Since the merger of Pixar, and John Lasseter taking over as head of the animation studios, there’s hasn’t been a public road map to the direction Lasseter was going to be taking the group. Looking at what is on the schedule, I definitely feel …
The full trailer for ‘Wall-E‘ has been released. Now that I know a little more about the movie I can safely confirm this statement to be true: Robots are super cool and can easily make any movie awesome. I think Jesus actually said that, right before he blasted off into space to fight some robot-hating …
I love animation. Few other genres cause their viewers to immediately suspend their disbelief for the duration of the film. While it could be argued that part of the challenge for filmmakers is to create a story that lends itself to this suspension, I think animation’s ability to instantly trigger it offers filmmakers more liberty …