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Disney Producer Reveals Motivation, Method Behind Beauty And The Beast 3D By David Chen/Dec. 8, 2008 6:49 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I recently had the opportunity to speak with legendary Disney producer Don Hahn while he was promoting his new fabulous book, The Alchemy of Animation. Don Hahn has produced a few small, low-budget animated Disney movies during his career (not sure if you’ve ever heard of them, but they include films such as The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Emperor’s New Groove)....

Early Buzz: Disney’s Animated Short Film ‘Paperman’ Plus New High Resolution Concept Art By Germain Lussier/June 3, 2012 12:00 pm EST Since its earliest rumblings, we’ve been following a new project by Disney Animation Studios called Paperman. It’s a short film directed by John Kahrs about “a young man in NYC relying on his heart, imagination, a stack of papers—and a little luck—to win the girl of his dreams.” The short is scheduled to premiere in theaters with Wreck-It Ralph this November....

Early Buzz: Netflix’s New Series ‘GLOW’ Is Funny And Emotional By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2017 12:00 pm EST One of my most anticipated new shows coming to Netflix is GLOW, which stars Alison Brie and Marc Maron. Set within the real 1980’s world of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, Brie plays the fictionalized Ruth Wilder, an out-of-work, struggling actress in Los Angeles who “finds one last chance for stardom when she’s thrust into the glitter and spandex world of women’s wrestling....

Exclusive: New AMC Theaters Subscription Service Will Compete Directly With MoviePass [Updated] By Jacob Hall/June 20, 2018 5:36 am EST Update: AMC Theatres has released an official announcement for AMC Stubs A-List. See the details below.Update 2: MoviePass has responded to the A-List announcement and, as you’d imagine, they don’t sound very happy. With its monthly subscription model, MoviePass has fundamentally changed the way millions of people watch movies in theaters....

From The Set: An Oral Pre-History Of ‘Prisoners’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 11, 2013 5:00 pm EST Everyone on the set of Prisoners looked exhausted. Some of that was makeup, but some of the drain and fatigue was quite real. When I visited the production, it wasn’t working on a constructed set, but in a location. A real hospital, complete with physical dimensions that aren’t all that friendly to wide lenses and large groups of film crew, was the site of the shoot towards the end of the film’s schedule back in March....

Interview: ‘Frequency’ Showrunner Jeremy Carver On The Rules Of Time Travel And Expanding On The Movie By Fred Topel/Oct. 5, 2016 6:00 pm EST At Comic-Con, we spoke with Jeremy Carver, the creator of The CW’s Frequency TV series, about gender-swapping the 2000 movie to make the show a father/daughter story. When Carver attended a Television Critics Association party over the summer, we got to go further into the nuts and bolts of the series with him....

Jeff Goldblum Teases ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Improvised Scenes, Return In ‘Jurassic World 2’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 9, 2017 6:30 am EST The best thing about reading a Jeff Goldblum interview is that it’s so explicitly Goldblum that you can practically hear him talking and guffawing in your ear. More so than the tidbits he teases about Thor: Ragnarok — his first venture into superhero territory — or the fact that he’s returning to the dinosaur franchise that he helped make famous as Dr....

Magnolia Thinks Bloggers Should Chill Out About Let The Right One In’s Subtitles By David Chen/April 1, 2009 4:36 pm EST About a week ago, we reported on the fact that the North American DVD/Blu-Ray release for Tomas Alfredson’s Let The Right One In had its subtitles completely butchered. Understandably, many fans of the DVD were incensed and took to the interwebs to voice their discontentment. The din grew so loud that Magnet/Magnolia responded by adding on a theatrical English subtitle track to the discs, although it would not offer exchanges for the hardcore fans of the movie who undoubtedly went and purchased the initial inferior discs right after they were released....

Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic World 2,’ ‘Transformers: The Last Knight,’ Dwayne Johnson, And More By Jack Giroux/May 18, 2017 4:30 pm EST In today’s edition of sequel bits: Dwayne Johnson discusses a Hobbs and Shaw movie. A new logo for next summer’s Untitled Bumblebee Movie. A clip from Despicable Me 3. Talk of Karl Urban playing Judge Dredd again. And more. Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are getting their very own Fast and Furious spin-off from writer Chris Morgan....

Star Wars Bits: Baby Names, Deleted Scenes, And Shirtless Kylo Ren By Rosie Knight/Jan. 20, 2018 2:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Rian Johnson argues about the Force Porgs take over the Millennium Falcon in a new game The most popular Star Wars baby names An unexpected version of Boba Fett appears in statue form The Last Jedi’s costume designer on Kylo’s shirtless scene And much more!...

Sterling K. Brown Loves ‘Shrek’ A Little Too Much In ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debut By Ethan Anderton/March 11, 2018 11:00 am EST There couldn’t be a better time for Sterling K. Brown to host Saturday Night Live. Aside from the fact that this NBC series This Is Us is at the height of its popularity, he also has a small role in the blockbuster giant Black Panther. Both were ripe for lampooning in the latest episode of Saturday Night Live where the award-winning actor made his hosting debut....

Superhero Bits: Agents Of SHIELD Returning Early, Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 Deleted Scene & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2017 5:00 pm EST Want to see a deleted scene from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? How buff is Evangeline Lilly looking for Ant-Man and the Wasp? When is Agents of SHIELD coming back to ABC for the next season? How was Tony Stark’s “Underoos!” line in Captain America: Civil War translated around the world?...

Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Wolverine, Kick-Ass 2, Thor: The Dark World, Man Of Steel By Germain Lussier/May 27, 2013 1:00 pm EST Is there some behind the scenes controversy on Thor: The Dark World? Will The Amazing Spider-Man 2 be at San Diego Comic-Con? Where does Iron Man 3 now rank on the all-time box office list? Want to read the first full review of Man of Steel? How does Peter Dinklage look on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past?...

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Deadpool, Kick-Ass 2, Iron Man 3, Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Wolverine By Germain Lussier/March 20, 2013 2:30 pm EST Will Marvel show up at San Diego Comic-Con this year with Captain America: The Winter Soldier? Which member of The Expendables wants to be in The Avengers 2? Want to hear James McAvoy and Peter Dinklage talk about their roles in X-Men: Days of Future Past?...

The People V. ‘Daredevil’ Season 2: Marvel’s Netflix Series Is Back And (Mostly) Better Than Ever By Jacob Hall/March 22, 2016 8:00 am EST Daredevil season two is very, very good. It’s not quite Jessica Jones-good, but it’s a significant improvement over the wildly inconsistent first season and a sign that Marvel Studios is really getting a handle on this whole Netflix series thing. The streaming corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe truly feels like it’s in a good place....

The Ten Best Deleted Scenes On The ‘Twin Peaks’ Blu-Ray Set By Russ Fischer/July 17, 2014 8:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery, the upcoming remastered blu-ray release of the two seasons of Twin Peaks and the feature film Fire Walk With Me, contains a huge treat for fans. One disc in the set features ‘The Missing Pieces,’ a feature-length compilation of deleted and extended scenes....

This Week In Trailers: Craigslist Joe, Dear Mr. Watterson, Call Me Kuchu, Pincus, Neighboring Sounds, Question Bridge: Black Males By Christopher Stipp/July 8, 2012 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Three Reasons Why That ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Ending Is The Worst By David Chen/June 9, 2014 4:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow is out in theaters now and it’s one of my favorite films of the year (see Germain’s review here). But if you were like me and many other film critics, you might’ve found that ending to be a wee bit lacking on a variety of fronts....

Trivia: Marvel Once Turned A ‘John Carter’ Story Into A ‘Star Wars’ Story By Russ Fischer/Aug. 6, 2015 9:15 am EST This is a comic book story, not a movie story, but it’s a good one. It’s the sort of thing that happened in the comics industry of decades past, but would probably never happen today. The tale comes to you now thanks to a reminder by the tremendous artist Walt Simonson, who worked on Marvel’s Star Wars comic in the ’70s and ’80s....

TV Bits: ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Girls,’ ‘Walking Dead’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘Childrens Hospital’, ‘NTSF:SD:SUV’, Daniel Craig, M. Night Shyamalan, Jason Bateman By Angie Han/Oct. 4, 2012 9:00 am EST Yes, that is James Bond rocking a horrible wig. Makes Silva’s odd blond mop look positively attractive, doesn’t it? After the jump: M. Night Shyamalan sets up Moby Dick-ish series at NBC Jason Bateman sells Wonder Years-esque show to NBC Arrested Development announces walk-on role contest Bryan Fuller adds a Pushing Daisies star to Hannibal Lena Dunham promises more racial diversity in Girls Childrens Hospital and NTSF:SD:SUV get renewals Daniel Craig gets silly for Saturday Night Live promos The Walking Dead Season 3 teaser makes the case for jail Confirmed plot details on Lost Horizon are hard to come by, but Deadline’s spies report that it takes place in an East Coast fishing village....