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Penguins of Madagascar movie review: it’s cheezey-dibble-icious

Fri, Dec 05, 2014
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Gloriously bonkers. Like, Looney Tunes levels of cartoon madness. You will laugh your homo sapiens head off.

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press release of the week: DreamWorks Animation’s Jennifer Yuh Nelson Becomes Highest-Grossing Female Director Of Worldwide Box Office Film

Sun, Sep 11, 2011
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It’s shame that Kung Fu Panda 2 isn’t really much of an expression of Jennifer Yu Nelson-ness and is very much an expression of Big Corporate Cartoon Franchise-ness.

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question of the day: How much is too much to spend on producing a movie?

Mon, Aug 15, 2011
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Disney shuts down production on The Lone Ranger over budget concerns even though it seems like a sure thing. Have we finally hit a ceiling on production costs?

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celeb news of the week: DreamWorks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg says recent movies “suck”

Sun, Jul 24, 2011
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Jeffrey Katzenberg was an executive producer on Shark Tale, so he knows sucky movies when he sees them.

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Disney is very concerned that you don’t mistake that fake ‘Fright Night’ David Tennant poster for the real thing

Sat, Apr 16, 2011
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Don’t be thinking the coolness of that poster is in any way the doing of Disney…

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Adult Swim is killing; 80s flicks that shaped our world today; can gays play straight?; and more: leftover links

Sun, Mar 06, 2011
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Plus: too many depressing links about the Charlie Sheen feeding frenzy…

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awards season has officially begun…

Tue, Sep 21, 2010
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DreamWorks Animation must be feeling some intense pressure this year, because they’ve gotten the jump on everyone else…

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Bret Easton Ellis, sexist pig; that hot chick in ‘Prince of Persia’ is like so fat; Joss Whedon Comic Con doc!; more

Sat, May 22, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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North American box office: ‘Dragon’ flies high…

Tue, Mar 30, 2010
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…but not as high as it might have: 1. How to Train Your Dragon: $43.7 million (NEW) 2. Alice in Wonderland: $17.7 million (4th week; drops 48%) 3. Hot Tub Time Machine: $14 million (NEW) 4. The Bounty Hunter: $12 million (2nd week; drops 42%) 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: $10.1 million (2nd week; … more…

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my week at the movies: ‘Taken,’ ‘The Uninvited,’ ‘The International,’ ‘New in Town’

Tue, Jan 27, 2009
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Taken (has come and gone from U.K. cinemas, and opens in the U.S. on January 23, 2009) has one of the most perfect trailers I’ve seen in a long time, teasing the movie without giving too much of it away — it’s makes me want to see the movie instead of making me feel like … more…

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