How did 2017’s summer blockbusters do at the box office?
My season-end look back at how well 2017’s summer blockbuster movies did at the box office, from “Wonder Woman” to “The Emoji Movie.”
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“Zootopia” wins the 2017 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
A look at the animation-related winners of this year’s Academy Awards, including the winner of this year’s Best Animated Feature, Disney’s “Zootopia.”
The top 10 grossing animated films of 2016
A look at the top 10 grossing animated films (both domestic and globally) for 2016, from Pixar’s “Finding Dory” to Warner Bros.’ “Storks.”
“Inside Out” wins 2016 Best Animated Feature Oscar
The Academy Awards were held on Sunday evening. The big animation news was the much acclaimed Pixar film “Inside Out” winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. The winners for the various categories that saw animation nominees: Best Animated Feature Inside Out (winner) Anomalisa Boy and the World Shaun the Sheep Movie When Marnie Was … Read more
New trailer for Pixar’s “Inside Out”
A new trailer’s been released earlier today for the upcoming Pixar movie “Inside Out.” It gives more of a feel for the film’s “world,” aka the inside of a middle school student’s head. The film looks pretty good so far. Apparently the family (or at least the father) is a hockey fan. Nice joke about San Francisco/west … Read more
Minorities in cartoons: Frozone
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Frozone, a character from the 2004 Pixar movie “The Incredibles.” Background Frozone (real name: Lucius Best) is a superhero with ice-themed powers, similar to those of his corporate cousins Elsa (of Disney’s “Frozen”) or Iceman (of Marvel’s X-Men). As such, Frozone used his abilities to fight crime, until … Read more
RIP Tom Magliozzi
News came earlier today that Tom Magliozzi, one-half of the “Click and Clack” brother hosts of NPR’s auto repair show “Car Talk,” has passed away at age 77: http://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/357428287/tom-magliozzi-popular-co-host-of-nprs-car-talk-dies-at-77 While the brothers retired from their radio show in 2012, it’s been airing in reruns on weekends (usually Saturday morning around here) ever since. Besides the … Read more
We’re getting “The Incredibles 2″…and “Cars 3”
News came earlier this week that we’ll be seeing sequels to two of Pixar’s most successful films, “Cars” and “The Incredibles.” Yes, there’ll finally be an “Incredibles 2,” as the Pixar sequel fans have most desired, save maybe the hype around “Toy Story 2.” Meanwhile, “Cars 3” is certainly the least desired Pixar sequel, ignoring … Read more
“Finding Nemo” sequel “Finding Dory” to be released in November 2015
It was announced earlier today that we’ll be getting yet another Pixar movie sequel, this one to their 2003 hit “Finding Nemo.” Titled “Finding Dory,” the film will focus on Dory, the absent-minded blue fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. The sequel’s expected to be released at Thanksgiving in 2015. More details here: The Mary Sue … Read more
“Brave,” “Paperman” win the 2013 animation Oscars
A bit late, but thought I’d note that this year’s Academy Award animation winners are: Animated Feature Film: “Brave” by Pixar. Animated Short Film: “Paperman” by Disney. Looks like I guessed right (as vague as my guesses were), and it’s a sweep for Disney this year. This year also marks a strong showing for women … Read more