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Pixar’s Stanton to Adapt JOHN CARTER OF MARS

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Allen

Now it’s official:  Finding Nemo and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton will be helming his first live-action movie, John Carter of Mars.  The movie, based on the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, will be released under the Disney banner and not … Continue reading →

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Continuing Up

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Allen

Finishing up my inadvertent Week of Pixar-Related Stuff: For the second straight weekend, Up was the top movie at the box office in the United States Ummm, oops, scratch that…Up was the second-place movie at the box office in the … Continue reading →

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Review: Up

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Allen

I read a discussion of Up recently — I don’t remember where — which said that the movie was ultimately about acceptance of death, which is an awfully adult theme to find in a kids’ film. (Truth be told, of … Continue reading →

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Ten2One: Ranking My Pixar Favorites

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Allen

Welcome to the first installment of yet another new ongoing series I just now thought up:  Ten2One, which is, in all honesty, just a fancy handle for a fairly standard Top 10 list.  To kick things off, in honor of … Continue reading →

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Toy Story 3: Cowboy Down

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Allen

Originally published December 9, 2005.  This is not what will actually be happening in Toy Story 3 (pretty clearly, I think).  I wrote this after I snapped this picture when Laurel dropped her Woody doll in the snow outside our … Continue reading →

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