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‘Dumb and Dumber To’ takes top spot at the weekend box office
The top three films at the US box office this weekend are a sequel, an adaptation, and an original property. Leading the way is new release Dumb and Dumber To, the sequel to the Farrelly Brothers’ 1994 film Dumb and Dumber. The third film in the franchise saw original stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise […] More
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‘Big Hero 6’ delivers big action in a cuddly package
Big Hero 6 Written by Robert L. Baird, Daniel Gerson & Jordan Roberts Directed by Don Hall & Chris Williams USA, 2014 If kids needed their own version of the Guardians of the Galaxy, they now have it in Big Hero 6. Hopelessly irreverent with an emphasis on brain over brawn, this gang of self-appointed […] More
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Obsessed with Pop Culture: Best of the Week
The Hype Cycle: Contenders Arrive in Theaters Excuse the absence in this column for the last few weeks. I’ve been covering the Chicago International Film Festival, catching up with a few of the Foreign Language Oscar contenders while there. Now however, many of these movies are finally making their ways into theaters, providing an extra […] More
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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. More
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NYCC: New ‘Big Hero 6′ Footage
Disney kicked off New York Comic-Con today with a panel featuring new footage from Big Hero 6 as well as the first trailer for Tomorrowland (which you can see here). In the new trailer we get to see more of the action and superhero suits that were inspired by visits to real-life robotics labs, not […] More
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‘Big Hero 6’, Disney’s animated adaptation of the Marvel comic book, gets a full trailer
While now known for a variety of film offerings, Disney has often been known best for their animated features, from older movies such as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King to more recent features such as Tangled and Frozen. Thus, news that the animation studio was working on a new project was met with […] More
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First trailer for ‘Big Hero 6’, the Disney adaptation of a Marvel story
Big Hero 6 is a Walt Disney Studios adaptation of a Marvel Comics story about a superhero team. The film features the voice talents of Maya Rudolph, Josh Hutcherson, Jamie Chung, Samuel L. Jackson and Freddie Highmore. Director Don Hall has said that the world in the film is not part of the Marvel universe and is more […] More
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The Most Anticipated Science Fiction Films of 2014
While for a long time science-fiction has been something of a secondary genre, the current age of effects-heavy summer blockbusters has turned sci-fi cinema into big business, with movies about aliens, robots and men in spaceships having exciting space adventures among the most hyped and publicized films of the year, with trailers, billboards, comic-con panels, tv spots and every form of advertising imaginable creating anticipation months or more in advance. More
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Watch the First Footage From Disney Animation’s Marvel Movie ‘Big Hero 6’
Marvel, having already dominated the multiplex with its live action comic book films, is now looking to expand its box office universe with animation. Those of you who have been impatiently waiting to see some animated results from Disney’s purchase of Marvel, should find this very good news. Disney has adapted a fairly obscure Marvel […] More