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Why 'The Princess and the Frog' is Great Entertainment for Everyone

26 November 2009 9:05 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

The 1995 arrival on the movie scene of Pixar and their premiere film, Toy Story was a watershed event in the world of animation; at once a blessing and a curse. While the revolutionary animation brought cartoons to a whole new level of realism, it also quickly put several nails in the coffin of the 2-D animation those born before 1990 were raised on. Gone were the days of onscreen watercolor masterpieces like Sleeping Beauty or The Little Mermaid or The Lion King. Now, 15 years later, Disney has decided to give their old-fashioned animation one more try with the New Orleans-set The Princess and The Frog. And they succeed admirably at bringing that old Disney feeling back to the silver screen.

The Princess and The Frog is a play on the old fairytale, "The Frog Prince". This time, our princess is actually a struggling waitress named Tianna (Anika Noni Rose) who dreams not of romance, »

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Weekend Shopping Guide 11/6/09: Billy & The Boingers

6 November 2009 3:58 AM, PST | Quick Stop | See recent Quick Stop news »

The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…

(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)

When I interviewed Berke Breathed a few years back, I asked him if there would finally by a comprehensive Bloom County collection like the recently available Calvin & Hobbes and Peanuts volumes. Breathed was dismissive of the idea, claiming that no one wanted to read the strip, that it was no longer relevant, and it just wasn’t going to happen. Well, a few years have gone by, »

- UncaScroogeMcD

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Old Ass Movies: The Delightful Racism of ‘Song of the South’

20 September 2009 2:07 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Every week, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: Walt Disney's Song of the South (1946) Last night I got into a discussion with fellow Reject Brian Salisbury about how having a character with a southern accent in a movie puts you at an inherent disadvantage. Even if the accent is done well, it still seems cartoonish and silly. For the record, Brian disagrees, which should lead to a duel of epic proportions or at least a discussion in cultural sensitivity, but ultimately the Makers Mark-fueled verbal fisticuffs made me think about a classic film that gets almost no recognition. That's because Song of the South isn't a great movie. Normally I'd be selling you on how an ancient movie is still enjoyable today or that a modern audience can still be moved by pictures made over half »

- Dr. Cole Abaius

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