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Tag Archives: Brave
Not the Only Titan: Moving Past the Age of Pixar
Last month the news broke that Pixar was working on Finding Nemo 2. Original Nemo director Andrew Stanton, reported to also helm the sequel, played the usual Hollywood game of denying without denying anything, and though Pixar’s made no official announcement Ellen Degeneres … Continue reading
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Tagged Aardman Animation, Alfonso Cuaron, Andrew Stanton, Brave, Dreamworks, Ellen Degeneres, Finding Nemo, Genndy Tartakovsky, Guillermo del Toro, Hayao Miyazaki, Hotel Transylvania, John Carter, John Lasseter, Laika, Marjane Satrapi, Michel Gondry, Monster's Inc, Monsters University, ParaNorman, Persepolis, Pinocchio, Pixar, Ratatouille, Rise of the Guardians, sequel, Sony Animation, Sylvain Chomet, Tales from the Hanging Head, The Good Dinosaur, The Incredibles, The Pirates Band of Misfits, Toy Story, Up, WALL-E, Walt Disney
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ParaNorman: What Brave Should Have Been
After The Dark Knight Rises, I told myself, “That’s it for summer.” There was still another month-and-a-half of $200-300 million budget blockbusters to go, from Bourne Legacy to the Total Recall remake, and this weekend it ends with a literal bang as Expendables II rolls into … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Kendrick, Avatar, Bourne Legacy, Brave, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz Plasse, Christopher Nolan, Chuck Norris, claymation, Coraline, Ender's Game, Frankenweenie, Friday the 13th, George Romero, grindhouse, Halloween, horror films, Hotel Transylvania, James and the Giant Peach, James Cameron, Jeff Garlin, John Carpenter, John Hughes, King Kong, Kodi Smit McPhee, Laika, Miyazaki, Monster House, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Gaiman, Nightmare Before Christmas, Nosferatu, ParaNorman, Pixar, stop motion animation, Sylvester Stallone, The Corpse Bride, The Dark Knight Rises, The Expendables, Tim Burton, Total Recall, Walt Disney, Wes Craven, zombies
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Why is it called “Brave”?: Pixar’s Problem of Flow and Gender
Do I need to explain why Pixar’s awesome? It’s a given by now, and I’ll only add that they prove a company made up of self-motivated artists devoted to their craft can enjoy continued commercial and critical success. That said, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliens, Brave, Cars, Cars 2, Disney, Disney princess, gender, homosexuality, How to Train Your Dragon, James Cameron, Kieran Culkin, Matt Stone, Pixar, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, screenplay, Sigourney Weaver, South Park, Tangled, The Hunger Games, Toy Story, Toy Story 3, Trey Parker, WALL-E, Wallace
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Why You Should See Moonrise Kingdom
I haven’t seen Brave or Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer yet, although I intend to watch and cover both this week. Really, the only summer blockbuster I’ve gotten around to is Prometheus and I’ve already discussed that film’s many issues (as has Film … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer, Alexander Desplat, Alfonso Cuaron, Benjamin Britton, Bill Murray, Bottle Rocket, Brave, Bruce Willis, Coen Brothers, Damon Lindelof, Edward Norton, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Film Critic Hulk, Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Lost in Translation, Moonrise Kingdom, Prometheus, Romeo and Juliet, Rushmore, Sofia Coppola, Sylvain Chomet, The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson
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