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Tokyo 2014: ‘Big Hero 6’ a compelling futuristic adventure comedy with surprising deftness

Loosely inspired by an obscure series of Marvel comics, Disney’s Big Hero 6 is here to firmly shut the door on Let It Go’s last dying breath with an unlikely origin story that merges the emotional core we’ve come to expect from the House of Mouse, with a splashy, manga-like aesthetic and millenial sensibility. From the vibrant cosmopolitan mash-up San Fransokyo, where the story takes place, to the technologic conundrum of research development versus sale for immediate gain that protagonist Hiro (Ryan Potter) faces, Big Hero 6 weaves together a compelling futuristic adventure comedy with surprising deftness.

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Once Upon a Time, Ep. 2.11, “The Outsider”: “This isn’t the Belle you grew up with.”

Once Upon a Time, Season 2, Episode 11: “The Outsider” Written by Andrew Chambliss & Ian B. Goldberg Directed by David Solomon Airs Sundays at 8pm (ET) on ABC A car driving down a darkened road, close up of the Storybrooke sign, and our dear Rumpelstiltskin emerging out of the car with a captive. The …

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Shaw Bros. Sat.: ‘The Man with the Iron Fists’ is as close as it gets to modern day Shaw

The Man with the Iron Fists Directed by RZA Written by RZA and Eli Roth U.S.A., 2012 The RZA’s directorial debut, The Man with the Iron Fists, is not a Shaw Brothers picture. It was released by Universal Studios, although its inclusion in the column feels right for reasons that shall be discussed in the …

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RZA’s directorial debut ‘The Man With the Iron Fists’ gets an animated prequel ahead of its release

While RZA is known to many as one of the members of legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan, he has also been steadily building up a career for himself in the film community over time. Having been composing songs for various soundtracks since 1995, and having made his acting debut in director Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog: …

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Once Upon A Time, Ep. 2.01, “Broken”: Magic has returned, in full force

Once Upon A Time, Season 2, Episode 1: “Broken” Written by Adam Horowitz & Edward Kitsis Directed by Ralph Hemecker Airs Sundays at 8pm (ET) on ABC A postcard delivered to an unknown person, attached to the leg of a pigeon, with one word, “Broken”, written on it. Simple, and rather confusing, as that, Once …

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