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'Dark Knight' shines light on grim America
Batman realizes he's never going to get a serious answer out of the psycho known as The Joker , so he whacks his clown-faced adversary at the end of this interrogation scene from "The Dark Knight." No, just ...
'WALL-E': The Anti-Corporate Parable That Shills For One Specific Corporation
The problem with an anti-corporate parable shilling for one specific corporation.
Criminal probe ended, Apple CEO still has hurdles
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 A criminal probe of Apple Inc.'s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs over stock options tampering is now over, but the potential legal shadow over him and the company isn't going away just yet.
I'm Matt Holzman with the Business Brief, a guide to what's happening in and around the business this week.
How does one animation studio consistently put out box office hits like Pixar? Sometimes I wonder how they do it, but I think it all boils down to incredible graphics and incredible story-telling. Oh, and the ...
Wall-E accused of Fascism. Um, I mean Fattism.
Wall-E, the hero of Pixar's latest huge success, has waddled into an unexpected spat.
A story of growth against the odds
IT COULD be argued that the rise of Pixar Animation Studios from a failing production company to one of Hollywood's most profitable studios parallels a mission statement attributed to John Lasseter .
Ghibli by Pixar: Totoro Forest Project
"Over 200 top international artists from animation, illustration, and comics are donating artwork especially created for this cause.
Check out this astounding gallery of paintings and prints from some of the greatest illustrators around the world.
Pixar's tightknit culture is its edge
Jobs: Gigs: More on why Pixar 's movies are so much better than the competition: According to "Pixar Rules - ' Secrets of a Blockbuster Company," the company has created an incredible work environment that ...
The human side of Pixar's robot
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Ice Shows Are Unlikely Branding Tool For Disney
The New York Times Disney on Ice--traveling shows populated with ice skaters dressed as Disney cartoon characters--are teaching youngsters about the Disney brand and helping the media company expand into ...
Pixar's winning streak built on smarts, stability
One critically applauded, audience-friendly hit movie might be the result of serendipity -- all the elements just somehow falling perfectly into place.
When dreams came alive and animated
Chennai: As a child, Ed Catmull filled his dreams and notebooks with cartoons. His goal was to be a Disney animator, but in high school, he concluded he couldn't draw.
Bits: - Wall-E': An Homage to Mr. Jobs
Eve, left, and, Wall-e, right, in the animated film, "Wall-E." Talk about product placements.
Directed by Andrew Stanton Written by Andrew Stanton Starring Ben Burtt Fred Willard Kathy Najimy Sigourney Weaver Pixar has long been at the cutting edge of computer animation.
'Wall-E' is a love story for the ages
'WALL-E' is, at heart, a love story. A love story between robots. Beneath the top-shelf animation, the too-cute robot speak and the futuristic ecology lesson is an old-fashioned boy-meets-girl story, even if ...
One of the biggest laughs for adult viewers of WALL-E will come not from co-writer and director Andrew Stanton or voice talent Jeff Garlin .
I saw this last night and was rather disappointed with the story. This movie has gotten something like 88% at RottenTomatoes.com, which is in a region previously reserved for Studio Ghibli and Pixar movies .
A computer-animated kids movie featuring a rusty robot that hardly talks, "WALL*E" has more to say than most other films this year.