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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 224: “Race to Witch Mountain”
Friends, we've got no time for preamble on this week's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. We're off to the races, heading to...which mountain? Which one? Which--we have to figure that mystery out soon, because Josh and Gabe are talking about the last film in the ...
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“The Good Dinosaur” Is Pixar’s Most Beautiful Film Yet
Almost 10 years ago, Pixar Animation Studios established the high standard of photorealism in computer animation with Cars. The 2006 film is far from perfect (its story is thin, as are its characters), but its approximation of the American Southwest is a pinna...
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Why “Frozen” Tried to Deny Its Nostalgic Influences
Editor's note: Today, we're proud to present readers with an exclusive passage from Josh Spiegel's book Yesterday is Forever: Nostalgia and Pixar Animation Studios. Be sure to pick up the book up now that it's available for purchase from The Critical Press.
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Video Essay: On The Timelessness of “Toy Story”
Josh Spiegel's new book, Yesterday is Forever: Nostalgia and Pixar Animation Studios, is a critical study of the 20-year filmography of Pixar Animation Studios, and how the company's use of cutting-edge technology is designed for stories that look back at the ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 223: “Pocahontas”
Friends, if you take a look just around the riverbend, it's possible that you'll be able to discover a brand-new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. This week, Josh and Gabe are taking another trip back to the historical period when English settlers "discovered" t...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 221: “The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men”
All for one, and one for all! Oh, wait, no, wrong swashbuckling epic. No, no, we mean...let's rob the rich to give back to the poor! (That's more like it.) This week on Mousterpiece Cinema, Josh and Gabe are headed back to the Middle Ages in England to talk ab...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 220: “Return From Witch Mountain”
It's almost Halloween, and so Josh and Gabe are embracing the spooky spirit of the season by facing something truly scary on Mousterpiece Cinema: a sequel. Only weeks after they watched the 1975 live-action adventure Escape to Witch Mountain, your intrepid hos...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 219: “Bridge of Spies”
Do you love films? I mean, really love films? I'm talking classic movies like The Conversation and The Godfather. You do? Good, because it's time for a special episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, but it might as well be called I Love Films. Why? We're talking abou...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 218: “Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale”
With the holidays right around the corner, Josh and Gabe couldn't think of a better way to bring on another Thanksgiving by starting early, and going back. Way back. Further than that. No, not quite that far, just--yes, that's it. Right there, to the beginning...
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Blu-ray Review: “Tomorrowland”
Tomorrowland is an immensely frustrating film, precisely because it gets so many things right.. As directed by Brad Bird, Tomorrowland is a bright, well-paced, visually intriguing, and complex spectacle. In many ways, it feels like a Brad Bird film in that its...
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