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“Zootopia” and Breaking the Billion-Dollar Ceiling at the Box Office
Josh Spiegel writes about "Zootopia" and the non-event status of it making more than a billion dollars worldwide.
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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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Blu-ray Review: “Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection”
The foundation for the Walt Disney Company is the short film. It’s easy to forget this simple fact--too often encapsulated in the quote from Disney himself that “it all started with a mouse”--because Disney now owns roughly 80% of our childhoods in the form of...
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‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Next For ‘Frozen’ Director Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee, who co-directed the smash-hit Frozen with Chris Buck has chosen her next project, A Wrinkle in Time.
Lee will begin work on a treatment of A Wrinkle in Time based on Madeleine L’Engle’s classic tale in which children travel through time and sp...
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Watching Movies Through a Narrow Scope
Christian broadcaster Kevin Swanson is not the first person to suggest that Disney's Frozen is an attempt by Hollywood to push gay rights, but he is certainly the most offended by it. This is what he had to say when he shared his interpretation of the latest ...
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“12 Years A Slave” Big Winner at the 86th Academy Awards
Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity may have won 7 Oscars, but Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave was the big winner Sunday night, taking home awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 86th Academy Awards.
Some cynical pundits ...
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Weekend Box Office: “Lego Movie” Knocks Out “Ride Along”
It was a surprisingly strong weekend at the box office, with people venturing out after two weekends of lackluster titles and Super Bowl parties. The big winner of the weekend was The Lego Movie, which rode both universally great reviews and a lack of family f...
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Weekend Box Office: ‘Ride Along’ Three-Peats On Slow Weekend
The Super Bowl weekend is typically one of the slowest weekends of the year at the box office, with everyone staying home to watch the game and only a couple of token counterprogramming releases put out for people who don't want to watch the game (typically ai...
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Weekend Box Office: “Frankenstein” Tanks, Everything Else Holds
With small further expansions of Oscar nominees and only one major release otherwise, it was a quiet weekend at the box office, which will only get quieter next week with the Super Bowl approaching. The top 5 was almost identical to last week, with Ride Along ...
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Weekend Box Office: “Ride Along” Rides Away
In a weekend crowded with new releases and expansions of the Oscar nominees, along with a Monday holiday, there were plenty of winners and few losers at the box office. The big winner was the Ice Cube/Kevin Hart comedy Ride Along, blew past its $28 million pre...
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