Monsters University has us worried. Late Sunday evening reviews for the Pixar sequel, which comes out on June 21, began trickling out and they range from mixed to bad. The world may well survive a not-so-great follow-up to Monsters Inc. But we don't think our sense of nostalgia could bear similar treatment of the impending Finding Nemo sequel.
The early trailers for Monsters University may have reminded you of Animal House, but today's final preview adds a bit of Legally Blonde misfit-striving-for-inspirational-glory into the mix. Cue the cute nostalgia.
Can we all agree that we are unanimously, as a society, excited that Pixar's new movie Finding Dory, the sequel to 2003's Finding Nemo, is now officially on the way? Can we agree that not only children watch Pixar movies? Good, now let's feel even better about that.
Twitter is ablaze with word of Toy Story 4 coming to the big screen, but the "news" seemed a little computer-generated to begin with — and here's why.
With two new looks at Monsters University, it appears that Pixar is trying to make their characters' college experience actually mimic something like reality. That is, if reality involved googly-eyed monsters.
If it weren't for the .edu missing at the end of the URL — and, you know, the monsters — it would be pretty easy to believe in Monsters University, which is part of the adorable new viral marketing campaign for Pixar's Monsters, Inc. prequel.
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There's a funny and sad—mostly funny, well, mostly sad—video going around the Web Monday of kids reacting to the ending of Disney's The Odd Life of Timothy Green that reminded us of our own "Bambi's Mom" moments—the time pop culture taught us some hard lessons.
Today we review two new adventures, Brave and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
The latest redhead in the headlines right now is Merida, the Titian-tressed heroine of the first Pixar movie to focus on the tale of a female protagonist, Brave. But what about her predecessors in Y.A. and children's fiction?
Pixar's new movie, Brave, is out Friday, and it features the first girl lead the studio has ever had in 17 years of existence. Her name is Merida, she is Scottish, and she is a princess.
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In just under a month, the latest Pixar movie, Brave, will make its debut on screen and the credits will have a special dedication to a fallen member of the Pixar team: Steve Jobs.
Today: A new book/movie combines tropes (sort of), Keanu Reeves suffers a setback, and Pixar contemplates death.
Today in sports: The power outages during last night's Monday night football game have NFL conspiracy theorists buzzing, the Atlanta Braves don't want any of Pixar's magic rubbing off on them, and Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish is headed to Texas.
Lars von Trier gets the French off his back, Ice Cube heads to TV, and Chris Columbus finds Jesus.
South Park is never going away, two new fairy tale movie trailers intrigue, and Kristen Stewart plans her next move.
Plus: Roman Polanski is returning to Zurich to receive his lifetime achievement award
Plus: Pixar's two new projects involve dinosaurs and the human mind
It's the studio's first film threatened with the "rotten" label
Plus: Jeff Greene and his 145-yacht reenter the news cycle
National Geographic creates a balloon-powered flying house
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