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Film review: 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' is arrrrggg-right
Special to The Herald-MailWhy does our culture treat pirates as kid-friendly characters? They're violent criminals with notoriously bad hygiene. At least classic children's literature such as "Treasure Island" and "Peter Pan" had the decency to portray them as bad guys....Tags: Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, Movies, Charles Darwin, Theft
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40th Annie Award nominees and winners list
Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" was named best animated film of 2012 at the 40th Annie Awards on Saturday evening at UCLA's Royce Hall. Rich Moore also was named best director for the animated comedy about a video game villain who dreams of being a hero, and ...
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Oscars 2013: ‘Hobbit,’ ‘Skyfall’ nab noms, no ‘Dark Knight Rises’
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comThe 85th Academy Award nominations managed to offer some surprises Thursday morning — industry pundits were buzzing about the omission ...... -
Pirates and animals made it a big year for animated films
Among the year's major animated releases (and award contenders) are sequels in billion-dollar franchises, an expansion of a beloved Dr. Seuss book and an irreverent claymation pirate adventure. There are prehistoric animals battling other pirates who sail...Tags: Frances McDormand, Dr. Seuss, Academy Awards, Entertainment Events, Movies
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'Brave,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' among nominees for the Annie Awards
"Brave," "Frankenweenie," "Hotel Transylvania," "ParaNorman," "Rise of the Guardians," "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," "The Rabbi's Cat" and "Wreck-It Ralph" have earned nominations for animated film of the year for the Annie Awards. Notably missing...
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VOD Spotlight: “The Pirates! Band of Misfits”: a ship-to-shore-up operation
Channel Guide MagazineWorking on a stop-motion animation film like The Pirates! Band of Misfits presents its own brand of troubles. One major problem the filmmakers encountered on this particular set was the fact that the action was to take place largely at sea, but they... -
Sony rules with No. 1 'Hotel Transylvania,' runner-up 'Looper'
"Hotel Transylvania" sank its teeth into the competition this weekend, as the animated film easily ruled the box office. The 3-D monster flick, which features classic characters such as Dracula and the Mummy, had the biggest September opening ever with...
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Animated 'Hotel Transylvania' to scare off 'Looper'
"Hotel Transylvania" will suck the life out of its rivals at the box office this weekend, as the animated monster flick is set to dominate ticket sales. The 3-D film should easily claim the No. 1 position with a solid debut of around $35 million,...
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'ParaNorman' is another boy with ghost trouble ★★★
Here's the historical designation of the new animated film "ParaNorman": It's the third feature made in the painstaking stop-motion process — consciously unrealistic, herky-jerky and rough-hewn, in the George Pal "Puppetoons" or Tim Burton "Corpse...
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Box Office: 'Madagascar 3' beats 'Prometheus' with $60.4 million
This post has been updated. Please see note below.Two new 3-D films each debuted with $50 million or more at the box office this weekend, jumpstarting ticket sales at the multiplex after weeks of lackluster business. The weekend's winner was the animated "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted,"which opened...Tags: The Hunger Games (movie), Body of Lies (movie), Michael Fassbender, Snow White and the Huntsman (movie), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (movie)
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'Avengers' Muscles To Record $200 Million In Debut
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Avengers" proved that five superheroes are better than one by bursting into Hollywood's record books with a massive $200.3 million in ticket sales over its opening weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, kicking off Hollywood's...Tags: The Hunger Games (movie), Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, Think Like a Man (movie), Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Movies
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'Avengers' Rings Up $103 million In Record Weekend
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Avengers," the smash hit movie about Marvel superheroes who team up to save the Earth, crushed competitors for a second weekend with a record $103.2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales and was poised to top $1 billion...Tags: The Hunger Games (movie), Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, Drama (genre), Movies, Horror (genre)
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