Ranking All The Pixar Sequels, From 'Toy Story 2' To 'Incredibles 2'
In honor of the release of Incredibles 2, we will made an obligatory Pixar ranking, but with a twist: here are the Pixar sequels ranked.
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'Cars' Honest Trailer: The Movie That Paid For 'Ratatouille', 'WALL E', And 'Up'
Watch the Cars Honest Trailer, which isn't quite as hard on the first film in the franchise as it is on the far worse, garbage sequel Cars 2. Watch!
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Cool Stuff: Splendid Pixar Artwork Handpicked By John Lasseter For Gallery Nucleus
If you're in Alhambra, CA, check out the Gallery Nucleus Pixar artwork exhibition with one piece for each of their movies, handpicked by John Lasseter.
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VOTD: A Tribute To 20 Years Of Masterful Storytelling From Pixar Animation
For the Pixar 20th anniversary, editor Kees van Dijkhuizen has delivered a wonderful tribute to the company that changed the face of animation forever.
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WTF: Disney's 'Planes' Gets An Asylum-Style Knockoff, 'Wings'
When Disney took a long look at the DisneyToon studios film Planes, which acts as a spin-off from Pixar's Cars films, the decision was made to give it a theatrical run of its own. Once intended as a direct-to-disc moneymaker, the movie once knocked as a cash-in knockoff of Pixar's work hit the big time. That…
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Theory: All Pixar Movies Exist In The Same Universe
For all the hate, garbage and stupidity the Internet brings us on a daily basis, every once in a while it provides a global platform for something awesome. In this case, Jon Negroni's Pixar Theory. Negroni wrote a post that has been circulating since last week which goes through every single Pixar movie since Toy Story…
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Pixar Releases Three New 'Cars' Short Films
Among Pixar and Disney fans, many regard the Cars movies with a certain degree of apathy. Generally, the sense is that the first movie is okay, the second movie is slightly less okay, and neither ranks anywhere near the best Disney or Pixar has done. However, we also know how much money the franchise makes for the…
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Pixar's 'Brave' Easter Eggs Revealed
We love discovering the hidden easter eggs that Pixar hides within their movies. We've been collecting the easter eggs for some time now, having extensive write-ups of all the hidden secrets in Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, and even the short film Day & Night. When it was announced that Pixar would be released…
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Pixar's Films Ranked: From The Revolution Of 'Toy Story' Through The Adventurous 'Inside Out'
The release of Inside Out is an invitation to revisit all the films from Pixar, going back to the studio's 1995 debut Toy Story. That movie changed the landscape of feature animation with stunning immediacy; after Pixar hit the scene nothing was the same. The twenty years since have given us a total of fifteen animated…
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Exclusive: Katherine Sarafian, Producer Of Pixar's 'Brave,' Talks Director Controversy, Pixar's Reaction To The Chilly 'Cars 2' Reception And More
Save for a few of the original directors, few people can give you a better snapshot of what's going on at Pixar than Katherine Sarafian. The production coordinator turned director of marketing and now producer has been with the company since 1994 and their first film, Toy Story. For the past five plus years, she's…
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Disneyland California Adventure's 'Cars Land' Opens June 15
The two Cars films may be Pixar's worst-reviewed films to date, but the scorn of critics certainly doesn't stop kids from loving the hell out of Lightning McQueen, Mater, and company. There are Cars-themed lunchboxes, t-shirts, games, even beds -- and starting in June, there'll be a Cars Land as well. Disney has just announced the…
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Watch A 12-Minute Making Of Video For Disney's 'Cars Land'
Whether you're a Disney superfan like our own Peter Sciretta or more a casual admirer like myself, it's hard not to get extremely excited when a whole new world is opening up at one of their theme parks. The next one up is Cars Land, based on the popular Pixar films, which is scheduled to…
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/Filmcast Ep. 174 - The Grey
This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam chat about this year's Oscar nominations and point out how Warner Brothers continues to try and screw over its customers. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. There won't be any live broadcast next week on account of the Super Bowl,…
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Producers Guild Award Nominations Include Nods For 'The Artist,' 'The Descendants,' And 'Midnight In Paris'
Here's your best indicator yet as to what the crop of nominations for the Best Picture Oscar is likely to be. The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced its nominations for 2011 awards, which will be doled out on January 21. The ten films nominated for the PGA's top honor include expected pictures such…
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/Filmcast Ep. 167 - Martha Marcy May Marlene (GUEST: Keith Phipps From AV Club)
This week, David, Devindra, and Adam discuss the sad business of Brett Ratner's Oscar-hosting gig, unabashedly praise Alexander Payne's The Descendants, ponder the bizarre world of Cars, and get excited for new episodes of Arrested Development. Special guest Keith Phipps joins us from AV Club. To read more about the twisted world of Cars check…
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Eighteen Films Eligible For 2011 Best Animated Oscar Mean Five Nominees Possible
In 2010, only 15 films were eligible for the Best Animated Film Oscar. Under the current rules, at least 16 films have to be eligible to have more than three nominees and this year that's looking likely. Eighteen films have been deemed eligible to be nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 84rd Annual Academy…
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Michael Giacchino Talks The Music Of Pixar [D23 Expo]
Going to big conventions is a lot of fun until a few days later and you hear what you missed. Recently, this happened at Comic Con when I heard what happened at the Lost panel. Speaking of Lost, that show's composer, Michael Giacchino, apparently had an amazing panel at the D23 Expo. Which we missed.…
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VOTD: '[the Films Of] Pixar Animation Studios'
For the past seven months, Kees van Dijkhuizen's been releasing tribute videos for his yearlong "[the films of]" project, each showcasing the work of a different director via a montage, and we at /Film have been with him since the beginning. For his newest installment, however, van Dijkhuizen chose to go a slightly different route:…
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'Cars 2' On Track To Become Pixar's Worst Box Office Performance Since 1998
Poor Mater and McQueen: After a 35% Rotten Tomatoes score gave Cars 2 the unhappy distinction of becoming the worst-reviewed Pixar movie of all time, it is now tracking to earn Pixar's lowest domestic gross since 1998's A Bug's Life. Read on after the jump. Though Cars 2 initially got off to a strong start,…
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Watch The 25 Minute Documentary 'A Day In The Life Of John Lasseter'
Walt Disney Animation Studios has released a 25 minute documentary titled A Day in the Life of John Lasseter, which follows Pixar Animation Studios as Chief Creative Officer and director of Cars 2 from the moment he wakes up through the end of his work day. The documentary short was shot on March 23rd 2011,…
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'Cars 2' Easter Eggs
Disney has released a list of Easter eggs and fun facts from Pixar's Cars 2. Did you see the reference to The Incredibles in Radiator Springs?
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'Cars 2' Will Be Pixar's First 'Rotten' Movie
It's only fair, I suppose, that if we run articles trumpeting the fact that other Pixar movies have achieved some form of massively positive consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, that when the company finally releases one that falls far short of the same margin, it would be worth noting. So this weekend will stand as a…
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'Cars 2' Review: Pixar Cranks Up The Action, Dials Down The Emotion
When audiences see Luxo Jr. hop across the screen at the beginning of Pixar movie, we expect pure magic every time out. That's because the pioneering computer animation company has set the bar incredibly high, consistently making some of the best animated films ever. Talk about pressure. Cars 2 is the latest film to be…
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Sequel Bits: John Lasseter Directed 'Cars 2' On An iPad, Dates Set For 'Scary Movie 5' & 'Halloween 3D,' Tyrese Thinks Steven Spielberg Could Direct 'Transformers 4'
If you saw the above image and thought John Lasseter and Steven Spielberg were going to co-direct Scream 5, sorry to get your hopes up. It just so happens each has a bit of news involving the long standing champion in the battle of apathetic filmmaking, the sequel. Sequel Bits won't be a daily occurrence…
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VOTD: How Many Hawaiian Shirts Does John Lasseter Own?
We all have our collections. For me it's pop culture themed art prints, for Quentin Tarantino it's film prints and for John Lasseter it's Hawaiian prints. On shirts. We've all seen the Pixar Creative Chief do interviews in what has become his patented Hawaiian shirt and it seems like he's always wearing a new one.…
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'Cars 2' Trailer #4
Just on the off chance that you'd overlooked the fact that a sequel to Cars is being released this summer, Disney and Pixar have released another full-length trailer (after a unleashing a legion of clips and TV spots) for Cars 2. The Disney/Pixar channel on YouTube calls this trailer #4, and who am I to…
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Cinema Con: Disney Previews 'Cars 2', 'The Avengers', 'The Muppets', And 'Winnie The Pooh'
Walt Disney Pictures' presentation at Cinema Con included footage from Cars 2, The Muppets, Winnie The Pooh and a sizzle reel for The Avengers. After the jump you can read my virtually spoiler free reactions. Cars 2: Like many others, Cars is my least favorite Pixar movie. That's not to say that I don't like the…
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