Tag: "Up"

Discussion with Peter Docter and Bob Peterson

Discussion with Peter Docter and Bob Peterson

Up is still in my top three films of the year. Even now with it’s release on Blu-ray, the gut-punch still gets me and it’s still a marvelous film to watch. The Blu-ray is also no slouch in it’s pristine presentation of the film, it also features a nice batch of extras that go into [...]

Top 10 Films of Summer 2009

Top 10 Films of Summer 2009

With the summer movie season of 2009 drawing to a close, it’s time to look back at the ten films that made us laugh, cry, howl and above all entertain us. Now bear in mind while films like The Hurt Locker and Moon saw release over this summer, they won’t be included here as this [...]

Atomic Midterm: Mid-Year Top 10

Atomic Midterm: Mid-Year Top 10

With June now leaving us, this marks the midway point of the year. It also means Comic Con, District 9, the 2009 NFL Season (GO STEELERS), my birthday, and Christmas are all around the corner. It also means it’s time to take a look at as of right now are the ten best films of [...]

The Wrong Guess – Box Office Predictions for June 26-28, 2009

The Wrong Guess – Box Office Predictions for June 26-28, 2009

This is one of those weeks where what happened last week doesn’t matter, what the Top 5 will do doesn’t matter, and Michael Bay gets to count all his money. Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen is going to storm in, kill everything, and destroy all competition. If this topples what The Dark Knight did last [...]

The Wrong Guess: Box Office Predictions For 6/22/2009

The Wrong Guess: Box Office Predictions For 6/22/2009

Greaaat day in the morning was I off or what last week? I figured the quartet in Vegas would still pound strong but bland do-gooder Ben Stiller is proving to be a bigger juggernaut than originally thought. As far as Eddie Murphy is concerned, he better start seriously moving the ball on Beverly Hills Cop [...]

The Wrong Guess: Box Office Predictions for 6/15/2009

The Wrong Guess: Box Office Predictions for 6/15/2009

Coming at you now and every Friday from here on is a new thing we’re calling The Wrong Guess where I’ll do my best to predict what the weekend totals for the box office.
First we’re going to take a look at the top five from last week and I may have been the only one [...]

Up Flies Over All

Up Flies Over All

What turned out to be a not-so-surprising end result, Disney/Pixar’s Up dominated the weekend box office. Raking in 68.2 Million, it jumps into the top three biggest opening Pixar movies (behind Finding Nemo & The Incredibles). Up, featuring the voices of Edward Asner and Jordan Nagai, was a film that definitely filled up the seats [...]

Toys Are Set for 3

Toys Are Set for 3

 
Earlier this week we made reports on the overall description of the teaser trailer of Toy Story 3 that would be attached to this week’s release of Disney/Pixar’s Up. Well since today is the initial release date of the latest Pixar achievement, the teaser has appeared online. Enough chit-chat, check it out and let us [...]

UP Movie Review

UP Movie Review

“Adventure is out there!”
So claims Charles Muntz, famous world explorer and star of black-and-white newsreels. Carl Fredericksen, an elderly widower, grew up idolizing Muntz. Muntz discovered Paradise Falls, a seemingly mythical jungle paradise, home to a strange beast Muntz claimed to have discovered – but was rejected and shamed by the scientific community. Fredericksen was [...]

Up Review

Up Review

Critics and audiences alike often get flack for championing Pixar’s films every time a new one is released. While everyone does go crazy with praise, just take a look at their catalog. Cars and A Bug’s Life may not be up to the standards of Toy Story 2, WALL-E, or Finding Nemo but they’re still [...]

2009 Summer Movie Preview: Part Two

2009 Summer Movie Preview: Part Two

Well we decided to chunk these articles up into two portions so your eyes don’t hurt after reading through all of my recaps. I hope you are all still here with us. Make sure to check out the first one if you arrived here by some twist of internet fate!
We will start back on track [...]

2009 Summer Movie Preview: Part One

2009 Summer Movie Preview: Part One

Well, it’s that time of year again when school’s going to be out, people will dive into their local pools or if you’re lucky beach, and baseball takes the sports limelight (GO ST. LOUIS GO!!!). But what really makes the summer so special are the mindless explosions, riveting car chases, and occasional psycho clowns who [...]