In 2003 FINDING NEMO won Pixar’s first Oscar for best animated feature. A lot has changed in the technology and landscape of the world of animation since then. Can this week’s highly anticipated release FINDING DORY capture the imaginations of fans old and new, and become its own box office sensation? FINDING NEMO made a …
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The Good Dinosaur: Prime Pixar or Jurassic Junk?
Full transcript with additional information on the film: This Thanksgiving weekend, Pixar brings us THE GOOD DINOSAUR. Their June 19th release INSIDE OUT has already had a huge amount of success. Will THE GOOD DINOSAUR follow suit? In this world, the meteor that caused an extinction event bypassed the planet, and dinosaurs are the ones …
‘Frozen’: a Cinematic Wonderland
November 27, 2013 Sisters…Sisters…There were never such devoted sisters… This sentiment of Irving Berlin’s lyric from an older Christmas classic is what is at the heart of the new Disney movie being released just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Frozen, which is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s 1854 tale, “The Snow Queen”, gambles by …
Monsters U, Much Ado and Zombies Too! Cinema Siren reviews!
June 20, 2013 This weekend at the movies, there’s something for everyone, with a broad spectrum of subjects and targeted audiences in the offing. Zombies are bringing about the apocalypse in director Marc Forster’s World War Z, starring Brad Pitt. Monsters University is a new release by the magicians over at Pixar who seem able, …
Cars 2: Is it ready for a Spin or are the “Check Engine” lights on?
Friday, June 24, 2011 Much has been made of the incessant ad campaign for Cars 2 reaching saturation point, and it’s possible that this big promotional push is responsible for the backlash by way of bad reviews for Cars 2. The campaign has built expectation, and with Pixar having had an impressive run of success …