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Kung Fu Panda 2

The Darkest Minds movie review: seeking a prom date for the end of the world

Fri, Aug 10, 2018
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The YA dystopia is now just another fantasy setting for teen romance. We have normalized the apocalypse. Superpowered kids are being held in concentration camps, but OMG, will Ruby and Liam get together?!

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A Cat in Paris (review)

Fri, Apr 06, 2012
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Why does this children’s book of a film morph, after a delightful, beautifully observed, feline-biographical opening, into a gangster crime story?

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The Artist will have a good night (and other Oscar predictions)

Sat, Feb 25, 2012
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Here’s an at-a-glance look at my picks for tomorrow night’s Academy Awards…

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question of the day: Has Hollywood abandoned young men?

Tue, Nov 15, 2011
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Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Thor, Green Lantern, X-Men, Captain America, etc. This is what 2011 looks like at the movies. In what way can it be construed that young men are “endangered” at the box office?

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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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Kung Fu Panda 2 (great movie quotes)

Mon, Jul 11, 2011
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“Inner peace, you’re goin’ down!” –Po (the voice of Jack Black), and more…

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film projection as a lost art; or, why projectionists must be scolded into doing their jobs

Fri, Jun 03, 2011
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If Terrence Malick can instruct projectionists on how to project Tree of Life, why couldn’t someone do the same for Kung Fu Panda 2?

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Kung Fu Panda 2 (review)

Thu, Jun 02, 2011
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What saves this from feeling like it should have gone direct to video is the animation, which is breathtakingly beautiful: this fantasy ancient China is gorgeously designed…

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question of the day: Is the biggest Memorial Day weekend ever a reboot for in-the-doldrums Hollywood, or just a blip on the radar?

Tue, May 31, 2011
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There will be no living with The Hangover Part II now: It had the biggest opening weekend ever and the second biggest ever for an R-rated film. But is this just a fluke for Hollywood in a year that’s been way down at the box office?

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trailer break: ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’

Thu, May 26, 2011
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This looks pretty okay: not one single fart joke in the trailer.

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