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Art of the Movie Poster #2: The House of the Devil

3 hours ago | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Kellerhouse Inc., has created stunning covers for Criterion Collection releases, and even developed logos for Pixar's "Finding Nemo", and "Up" (his website is well worth a look). This time around he creates his own inspired version of a 70's/80's horror poster that evokes its own kind of chills while tipping its hat to the likes of "Carrie", "Rosemary's Baby", and "Black Christmas". - This month we welcome Art Director, Neil Kellerhouse, to discuss our featured poster for "The House of the Devil". The man is no stranger to film graphics: His company, Kellerhouse Inc., has created stunning covers for Criterion Collection releases, and even developed logos for Pixar's "Finding Nemo", and "Up" (his website is well worth a look). This time around he creates his own inspired version of a 70's/80's horror poster that evokes its own kind of chills while tipping its hat to the likes of »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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Toy Story 3 Official Movie Trailer 3

28 November 2009 12:46 AM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Walt Disney Studios UK just released this official movie trailer for the upcoming animated film “Toy Story 3″ by director Lee Unkrich (Finding Nemo, Toy Story 2) and starring Tom Hanks (Cars, The Polar Express), Michael Keaton (Batman), Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, Timothy Dalton, John Ratzenberger and Wallace Shawn. “Toy Story 3″ will be in theaters everywhere June 18th, 2009. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Pixar’s “Toy Story 3″. Synopsis: Woody, Buzz, and the rest of their toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, departs for college. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news, posters and more from Pixar Animation and “Toy [...] »

- Brian Corder

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‘Toy Story 3′ Trailer Hits the Web

27 November 2009 2:35 PM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Adding to the anticipation for the third Toy Story film, the second teaser trailer has made its way to the internet.

The trailer shows all our favorite toys back in action–sort of. Andy has gotten older, and his toys have been stowed away and fallen into disuse.

Toy Story 3 sees Andy heading off to college, and consequently getting rid of his beloved playthings.

The toys are given away, but not liking their new home, they scheme up a plan to escape.

While the trailer has much of the same adventurous, funny vibe as its predecessors, it also hints that the film may have a more serious tone than the first two movies.

With Andy grown up and no longer wanting his toys, and the toys themselves feeling antiquated in comparison to brand new toys, Toy Story 3 is dealing with a heavier subject–aging–than the previous two films. »

- Carly

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Second ‘Toy Story 3′ Trailer Online

26 November 2009 6:05 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

Two of my most highly anticipated movies of next year are Disney-affiliated: Tron Legacy and Toy Story 3. My nostalgia/geek meters are going to go way off the charts.

Lee Unkrich, co-director of Toy Story 2, Monster’s Inc. and Finding Nemo, is handling the director’s chair for Toy Story 3, with a script by Little Miss Sunshine’s Michael Arndt (and surely, a great deal of input from the head honchos at Pixar).

While not quite as eloquent as the first trailer for the film, this second teaser trailer definitely gives a good impression of what we’re in store for. I’d imagine that this storyline, which focuses on aging characters that increasingly find themselves out of place in Andy’s life, will have many of the emotional beats that Pixar has displayed brilliantly in Up and Wall-e lately. There’s a lot of silliness in this trailer, »

- John Cooper

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Toy Story 3 Releases Second Teaser Trailer

26 November 2009 3:07 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

The second teaser trailer for Toy Story 3 has been released on Youtube. They've added new footage and touched on a number of scenes in the first two instalments. Lee Unkrich, director of Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo, has been given the reins for this instalment - which sees Woody, Buzz, and the rest of their toy-box friends dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, departs for college.

Surprisingly, none of the trailers released so far have included any of the new, main toys, confirmed or rumoured. There's Lotso Hugs, an evil bear played by Ned Beatty ; Barbie's man Ken, voiced by Michael Keaton; Mr Pricklepants a pretentious hedgehog played by Timothy Dalton and some other mystery stars as yet to be announced.

Toy Story 3 is scheduled to hit 3D screens on 23 July, 2010. Check out the teaser below the break and let us know what you think. »

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International Trailer For Toy Story 3

26 November 2009 12:18 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Disney and Pixar have release a new international trailer for Toy Story 3! Reuniting the original cast Ten Years after Toy Story 2, Andy has grown up and leaves for college. Suddenly Buzz, Woody and the gang find themselves becoming “hand-me-downs” and are donated to a local nursery – only to try and escape of course!

Check out the new trailer below, go on, reconnect with your inner child!

Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo co-director Lee Unkrich strikes out on his own with this installment into the popular computer-animated series detailing the adventures of wide-eyed cowboy doll Woody and space-ranger action figure Buzz Lightyear. Oscar-nominated scribe Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) handles screenwriting duties.

Us Release: 18th June 2010

UK Release: 23rd July 2010

Australian Release: 24th June 2010

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- Craig Sharp

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New Teaser Trailer for Toy Story 3

25 November 2009 11:33 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Slashfilm.com have stumbled across a brand new teaser trailer for Toy Story 3. They’ve speculated that this trailer is a mashup of previous ones but it does have a little bit of new footage in it. It looks like it’s been posted by Disney France but the text is all in English so I guess it’s an international trailer of sorts.

Toy Story 3 will be completely in 3d and reunites cast members which include Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, John Ratzenberger and Wallace Shawn. This third installment is directed by Lee Unkrich and we can expect to see it in the cinema 23rd July 2010. Check it out below.

Synopsis: The creators of the beloved “Toy Story” films re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favorite gang of toy characters in Toy Story 3. Woody »

- David Sztypuljak

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Toy Story 3 International Trailer

25 November 2009 7:54 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »

A new international trailer for Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 3" starring the returning voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, John Ratzenberger is now online.The film is due out on June 18, 2010.Have a look at the trailer below and let us know what you think. The creators of the beloved “Toy Story” films re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favorite gang of toy characters in “Toy Story 3.” Lee Unkrich (co-director of “Toy Story 2” and “Finding Nemo”) directs this highly anticipated film, and Michael Arndt, the Academy Award®-winning screenwriter of “Little Miss Sunshine,” brings his unique talents and comedic sensibilities to the proceedings. Source: LatinoReview »

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The Princess and the Frog

25 November 2009 4:30 AM, PST | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »

The Princess and the Frog is Disney's first traditionally animated feature film since 2004's Home on the Range, which eked out just $50 million at the domestic box-office; the first fairy tale we've heard of in which a princess (voiced by Dreamgirls' Anika Noni Rose) kisses a frog, then becomes one; and features a Disney cartoon's first black leading lady. Is this departure as risky as it sounds? "No," says Jeff Block, a box-office analyst with the movie-tracking firm Exhibitor Relations. "Disney pushed the envelope even further with Up, a kids' movie centered around an 80-year-old, and got its biggest hit since Finding Nemo." -- Dm

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Blu-Ray Review: Pixar’s HD Collection Continues With ‘Monsters, Inc.’

19 November 2009 2:49 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – As Disney/Pixar continues to release new films on Blu-Ray, they often “piggy-back” one title with another from their catalog, choosing to release Pete Docter’s first directorial effort for the company, “Monsters, Inc.” in HD on the same day that they release his new film, “Up”. In a beautiful 4-disc combo pack that includes Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital copies of the film, “Monsters, Inc.” continues the Pixar Blu-Ray tradition.

Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0

John Goodman and Billy Crystal star as the lovable-and-gigantic Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski, respectively. Sulley and Mike work for a scream-processing factory in Monstropolis known as “Monsters, Inc.” A little girl named Boo finds her way into the world, scaring the monsters in return, and it’s up to Sulley and Mike to restore order and get the wee one back home where she belongs.

Monsters, Inc. was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on November 10th, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Blu-Ray Review: Pixar’s Beloved ‘Up’ Continues HD Dominance

17 November 2009 9:21 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – One of the most beloved films of the year and a likely contender for the Oscar for Best Picture now that the category has expanded to ten nominees, Pixar’s “Up” was recently released on Blu-Ray in yet another lovingly produced set from a company that has been a pioneer in the next-gen format. “Up” doesn’t exceed expectations but also doesn’t falter from the critically-acclaimed pattern.

Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0

Pixar has built a reputation by taking unexpected character models and turning them into movie magic. Whether it be toys that come to life, a refined rat, a family of superheroes, or a lovable robot, one never can judge a Pixar character by its cover. Such is the case with Carl Fredericksen (Ed Asner), the delightful hero of “Up” who just happens to be a crotchety old man.

Up was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on November 10th, 2009.

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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Big Surprise: Top Grossing Movies of the Decade Are Basically All Franchise Films

17 November 2009 3:14 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Here's another list for you to digest as we approach the end of the decade. Jason Kottke [1] recently took a look at the list of highest-grossing films from 2000-2009 courtesy of Wikipedia [2], and makes the observation that only one movie in the top 20 is based on an original screenplay. The rest of the movies are all adaptations of books or sequels to existing franchises. Now, it's pretty easy to jump on this list and whine and moan about how it means there is nothing original in Hollywood anymore. While I agree that there is a problem with studios valuing brand over concept, don't forget, we are talking about the movies that made the most money here. Of Course familiar characters and titles are going to attract more viewers than strange and unfamiliar ones... doesn't that make sense? A lot of people don't even see movies at the theatre, so they »

- Sean

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[DVD Review] Monsters, Inc.

17 November 2009 3:02 PM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Monsters, Inc. has everything a Pixar movie should: an interesting take on a common story, fantastic animation, top-shelf acting and a sense of child-like wonder. Oh, and John Ratzenberger. Flipping the monster in the closet paradigm on its head, Monsters, Inc. takes the traditional idea and asks a question few consider “Why do they scare?” Many horror films waste countless frames of celluloid attempting to give a brief background or origin story to their ghoulies, but Monsters, Inc. upped the ante. Instead of a mere glimpse, they completely dive into the world of monsters and tell us a story about avarice and business ethics while still providing a film most kids will go ga-ga for.

James P. “Sulley” Sullivan (John Goodman) holds the record in Monstropolis for the most energy generated by scaring children. Contrary to the really simple conceptualization of monster-lives-in-closet, the monsters of Monstropolis have a genuinely genius method for reaching their targets. »

- Lex Walker

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2012 brings Indian summer to UK box office

17 November 2009 7:38 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Roland Emmerich's disaster blockbuster heralds a period of sunny box-office receipts, with the vampires and werewolves of Twilight set to keep the winter chill at bay next week

The winner

Question: when is a summer blockbuster not a summer blockbuster? Answer: when it's released in November, of course. Roland Emmerich's patented formula of awesome planetary destruction and human heroics always screams out for a summer release, but this year Sony chose not to throw his 2012 into a competitive market already crowded with Transformers, Terminators and Wolverine. And the strategy has paid off, with an opening gross of £6.49m, proof that audiences will line up to see a big, dumb action flick no matter what month it is.

It's not the biggest opening of the year – it is behind both Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. But if you strip out the »

- Charles Gant

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So Long, Originality

16 November 2009 8:04 PM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Remakes. Sequels. Prequels. Screen adaptations of books, cartoons, comics, and TV shows. It can’t be denied that the film industry is starting to run rampant with movies based on something that has already been done. What’s shocking, though, is just how few original ideas Hollywood is really seeing.

Wikipedia recently posted a list of the highest grossing films of the past decade. In the top 20, only one film wasn’t based off of any other previous idea. One.

Think it gets better looking at a larger sample size? Think again. In the top 30, only two films were based on original ideas, and in the top 50 a total of nine were considered original.

The interesting thing about the nine original concepts is that all but two were animated films, and of those seven animated films five were from Pixar, with Finding Nemo being the only one in the top »

- Carly

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Here's Proof Originality Doesn't Pay in Hollyw'd

16 November 2009 4:48 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Lisa Horowitz

Some enterprising Wikipedia contributor decided to pull together a list of the 50 films with the highest worldwide gross of the decade so far.

Here's the thing: One has to go all the way down to No. 15 on the list, Disney/Pixar's "Finding Nemo," before finding one created from original material -- in other words, not a sequel, remake or adaptation of existing material or characters (such as Batman or Harry Potter).

And then, to find another, you have to g... »

- Lisa Horowitz

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Only Two of the Top 30 Grossing Films of This Decade Are Original

16 November 2009 1:36 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Wikipedia has a list of the highest grossing films of this decade so far, and kottke noticed that of the top 20 films at the box office, only one movie was not based on a past film or tv show (remake/sequel), or an adaptation of an established property (be it a comic, book, play, toy...etc). Which is the only original feature film to make it into the the top 20 grossing films of this decade (so far)? Answer after the jump. Finding Nemo, which lands at #15 with $864.6 million. If you take a look at the top 30 films from this decade, there is only one other original film property among the bunch, that being... DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda, #30 spot with $631.7 million. In fact, out of the top 50 grossing films of this decade, there are only 9 movies based on original properties. And five of those nine films were created ... »

- Peter Sciretta

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Gold Derby nuggets: 411 on 'Nine' | Two perspectives on 'Avatar' | Four toons top 50 Oscars snubs

13 November 2009 3:04 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

• Tony-winning composer Maury Yeston talked in great detail to Harry Haun about the journey of "Nine" from screen (as "8 1/2") to stage and back to screen. "There are only two ways to approach Broadway shows becoming movies," Yeston says. "One of them is to be an over-controlling fuddy-duddy and not let anybody change anything. The other is to step back and go with the new medium." For Yeston, "The adaptation back into film was a very organic one that made a tremendous amount of sense. It was a great opportunity to allow this piece -- which had been so cinematic to begin with -- to find again its place in the grammar of cinema. That means things like dissolves, edits, close-ups, lighting effects -- things film can do for exposition to get inside the mind." Playbill

• Steve Pond delivers more scoop on Saturday's inaugural Governors Awards at Hollywood and Highland's Grand »

- tomoneil

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DVD: Review:DVDs In Brief: November 11, 2009

10 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

It’s frustrating to watch Disney’s increasingly mercenary tactics for wringing money out of its dutiful audience, which is already expressing outrage over the way Up (Buena Vista) is being released: The latest CGI film from hit factory Pixar (Toy Story, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, etc.) is available on DVD in a standard-issue $20 disc or deluxe two-disc $30 edition (the extra $10 mostly gets you a digital copy to download onto portable media), but Blu-ray fans will have to cough up a whopping $45 for a four-disc edition. (Weirdly, one of those discs is just the film again ... »

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'Modern Warfare 2' Unleashed And The The 'New Moon' Premiere Dress Hunt In Today's Twitter-Wood

10 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" might as well have been a major Hollywood premiere last night, because Twitter-Wood was all over it and Ice-t even posted a shot of himself with the pair of nightvision goggles packaged with the game's Prestige Edition bundle. Other first-day buyers included Fred Durst, Diablo Cody, and possibly Michael Ian Black, whose snark is sometime difficult to see through.

In a follow-up tweet, Korey Tinsel revealed that she still doesn't have a dress for the "New Moon" premiere, so she may be forced to do something desperate. All of those tweets and more are waiting after the jump, along with an impressive home security camera video taken by producer Dana Brunetti that shows what happens when you try to steal plants from his yard. I'm @brianwarmoth and this is the Twitter-Wood report for November 10, 2009.

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@Finallevel http://twitpic.com/oy9by - Yes! »

- Brian Warmoth

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