Posts Tagged ‘Andrew Stanton’
New Column | The Stream
The Stream is a new column that will act a venue for filmdogs writers to post shorter reviews of movies they have watched on streaming video services such as Netflix, Hulu, or even YouTube. Hopefully, these more concise wrap-ups of said films will help you, the readers, to come to some conclusions about the ever growing library of steaming content on the web. Either that or you’ll at least you’ll know that Princess of Mars isn’t that new Andrew Stanton movie.
First up, Oren Moverman’s moving drama The Messenger. Read the rest of this entry »
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 13 – Podcast Forever After
You’ve got a friend in the newest epic episode of The Filmdogs Podcast. We talk about the bomb that is Jonah Hex and Pirates 4 in the news while Wall-e and Up go head to head in VS. It’s all Pixar all the time as we dissect each film from the best studio today, and get the word on their latest, Toy Story 3, from host Mr Jason in our Featured Topic. Then to wrap it Up (pun intended) we celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Steven Speilberg’s classic thriller Jaws in our One Liner of the Week.
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Geek Round Up | A Pixar great headed out for an Impossible Mission
Bird with his second Oscar for "Ratatouille"
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Geek Round Up is a Filmdogs column celebrating the best geeky filmic news. Basically anything that incites us geeks to push our glasses up the bridge of our nose, and lean closer to our computer screens with excitement. So, let’s do just that.
Brad Bird is one of my favorite directors. Period. His films The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille transcend animation in such a way that the word “cartoon” never enters your mind. Now, it seems as if the director is finally taking the leap into the live action world. According to Vulture Bird is in final talks to helm the fourth installment in one of the most diverse franchises in existence. The Mission Impossible series.
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