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The bubble bursts- on Moviepass and the rise of monopoly-class movies
When I started doing these Labor Day summer wrapups five years ago, what I identified — and what plenty of other people identified — was a crashing bubble at the domestic box office, and after a rebound year in 2018, … Continue reading
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Tagged #3D, #avatar, #Avengers, #black panther, #Disney, #george lucas, #iron man, #lucasfilm, #marvel studios, #pixar, #the lion king, Aladdin, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame, Business Insider, Captain Marvel, Crazy Rich Asians, Dark Phoenix, Endgame, Frozen II, Incredibles 2, Infinity War, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Labor Day, Men in Black International, Midsommar, Monopoly class movies, MoviePass, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, Toy Story 4, Us
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Ralph breaks the mold for animated sequels
8/10 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph released near the end of a period of experimentation for Disney Animation studios after its parent company bought its chief rival, Pixar, in 2006, only to maintain Pixar as a separate studio that continued to outperform … Continue reading
Was that really a sequel to ‘The Incredibles?’
4/10 In 2004, after almost a full 10 years of redefining children’s media in the shadow of the Disney Renaissance, Disney Pixar released its magnum opus, The Incredibles. Pixar had been making waves for years with media that struck a … Continue reading
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Tagged #disney pixar, #pixar, #the incredibles, #up, #wall-e, Brad Bird, Disney Pixar sequels that are not Incredibles 2, Incredibles 2, No capes
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I’m not in love with ‘Coco’
6/10 I wouldn’t call Coco a misstep or an unwanted hug, but it’s not a very strong film. In the fictional Santa Cecilia, Mexico, the Riveras are a family of renowned cobblers going all the way back to Mamá Imelda … Continue reading
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Tagged #alejandro inarritu, #benjamin bratt, #Disney, #inside out, #justice league, #pixar, #spectre, #the good dinosaur, #the incredibles, #up, #wall-e, Alfonso Cuaron, Anthony Gonzalez, Book of Life, Cars, Coco, Death puppet grand moff Tarkin, Dia de Muertos, Gael Garcia Bernal, John Lasseter, lesser Pixar, Monsters Inc., rogue one, Toy Story, Uncanny Valley, unwanted hugs
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‘Cars 3’ is wonderful
9/10 In 2006, after an immaculate decade of releasing instant classic after instant classic, Disney Pixar released its first mediocre film. Cars, along with its numerous sequels and spinoffs, occupy an odd place in the studio’s hierarchy. Though they are, … Continue reading
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Tagged #Disney, #disney pixar, #pixar, #up, #wall-e, Cars, Cars 3, Ratatouille, The Incredibles 2, Toy Story 3, You think God is in control here?
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