Muppets strike again: ‘The Bride of Frog ’n’ Swine’
Disney’s PR folks sent this Halloween greeting to members of the media this afternoon…
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The Rum Diary (trailer)
Is it me, or does this look remarkably bland? Even with Johnny Depp?
question of the day: Is there any good reason for Warner Bros. to pull the Harry Potter DVDs from stores?
Is this fair to fans? Does this benefit fans? Or is it just a way to force any fencesitters to spend who might not otherwise bother to buy the DVDs right now?
critic’s minifesto #2: I work for you, not for the studios
When I am pushed to choose between being faithful to readers and making nice with studios, I will always — always — choose you, my dear readers.
question of the day: Has the surprising success of ‘The Lion King in 3D’ opened Pandora’s box office?
Are we going to see a mad rush by all the studios to convert old — and not so old — movies to 3D and get them back out in multiplexes? Would that be an entirely bad thing? Would it be better if we just got unconverted classics back on a big screen?
The Lion King in 3D (review)
However crass Disney’s motivation may have been in rereleasing the film, it’s cheering to see that even in this era of awesome home-entertainment setups and increasingly unpleasant multiplexes, people still want to see great movies on a big screen with big sound…
question of the day: Is there anything wrong with Chaz Bono appearing on ‘Dancing With the Stars’?
I mean, apart from the general idiocy of has-beens, never-weres, and Z-list celebs hoofing it on a bread-and-circuses variety show?
press release of the week: Disney hires grown man to tell your little girl how to be pretty
Cuz sometimes the stuff that ends up in my in-box is too good, bad, weird, interesting, or otherwise notable not to share. And also because I’m having fun picking on Disney tonight.
Disney wasting no time on that spectacle-over-story policy: here comes ‘Planes’
It’s like Cars, only… Nope, it’s just like Cars.
Hollywood is just trolling us now: Disney exec says story doesn’t matter
Obvious troll — Walt Disney Animation Studios chief technical officer Andy Hendrickson — is obvious.
