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WALL-E: Pixar's Animated Robots Are Better Actors Than Most Live Humans

Alex Remington | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, WALL-E Hello Dolly, Wall-E, Pixar, Disney, Movies, Animation, Entertainment News

After billions of dollars of box office revenues and over a decade of unbroken blockbusters, Pixar might just be making the world a better place.

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WALL-E: Why Pixar is More Valuable Than General Motors

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 06.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sci-Fi, Disney, Ecology, Robots, Pixar, Animation, Wall-E, Star War, Justin Wright, General Motors, Entertainment News

It strikes me as no accident that the best film I've seen all year is WALL-E, created by a cadre of fiercely independent filmmakers at a studio that values independence.

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DVDs: The Abortion Movie

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mike Myers, Abortion, TV Shows, Cartoons, Carmen Miranda, Disney, Movies, Dvds, Animation, Popeye, Entertainment News

You know a movie is special when people in opposite camps of a polarizing issue claim it speaks for them. That's what has happened with 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days.

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Iran in Persepolis: Good Versus Evil, Again

Hossein Derakhshan | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran Bush, Persepolis, Iran, Academy Award Nominees, Animation, Nicolas Sarkozy, George W. Bush, Politics News

The world of Persepolis is divided into two very separate groups: you are either with Marjane, or you are against her.This is not much different from Bush's and Sarkozy's official line on Iran.

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DVDs: The Red Balloon Vs. White Mane

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Golden Compass, Bbc, Shorts, Bob Dylan, Che Guevara, Dvds, Movies, Animation, TV Shows, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, The Waltons, Blue Planet, White Mane, The Red Balloon, Cheers, Entertainment News

Some delightful children's shorts have come to DVD recently. One is the all-time Albert Lamorisse classic The Red Balloon, a delicately charming, word...

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DVDs: Good Greek

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Yul Brynner, Greek, Stephen King, Shakespeare, Horror, Science Fiction, Robyn Hitchcock, Dvds, Movies, Scott M. Foster, Animation, Catherine Tate, Othello, Entertainment News

The ABC Family drama Greek is...good. That's not faint praise. Heck, most TV shows don't come within spitting distance of "good."

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DVDs: A Perfect Movie-Going Experience

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.17.2008 | Entertainment

Once in a while, you see the right movie at the right time with the right audience (and maybe even the right weather) and the experience is just... perfect.

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DVDs: Long Live Blu-Ray!

Michael Giltz | Posted 02.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Ang Lee, Don Rickles, Jake Gyllenhaal, Criterion, Nicole Kidman, Peanuts, Tv, Blu-Ray, George Clooney, Hd-Dvd, Movies, Animation, Tommy Lee Jones, Entertainment News

If the studios think we're all going to happily replace our library of movies and TV shows on DVD with Blu-Ray, they are in for a rude awakening.

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DVDs: 1939 -- The Best Year For Movies...Ever!

Michael Giltz | Posted 02.15.2008 | Entertainment

In 1939, the ten movies nominated for Best Picture include landmark classics in so many genres that it makes your head spin.

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On Sundance

Jennifer Phang | Posted 01.31.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sundance Film Festival, Half Life, Sundance 2008, Animation, Entertainment News

Late last year we were quietly informed that our film Half Life, the film that has been part of my life in one way or another for more than two years was selected for this year's Sundance Film Festival.

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DVDs: "It's A Wonderful Life," Again?

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.19.2007 | Entertainment

Everyone knows that the Jimmy Stewart film It's A Wonderful Life ($24.99; Paramount) is a classic. If you don't own it, you should. It's even more pow...

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