Tag: Looney Tunes
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When accountants attack: why Netflix is cancelling Halle Berry’s new sci-fi movie
Could The Mothership have been 2024’s Ex Machina? We’ll never know, as the alien farm drama joins Batgirl in the dustbin of write-offsWhy would you scrap a movie that is all but finished before anyone except studio suits have had a chance to see it? The answer, for Hollywood bigwigs, is a tax write-off. In…
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‘Tiny Toons Looniversity’: Trailer, Cast, and Everything We Know So Far
Class is back in session for the next generation of Looney Tunes, as the Tiny Toons are back and better than ever in Tiny Toons Looniversity. Children of the 90s will remember the Steven Spielberg-produced animated series Tiny Toon Adventures, which chronicled the many wacky scenarios that titular Tiny Toons got up to. At the…
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‘Pinky and the Brain’: Now Is the Perfect Time for a Movie
Steven Spielberg’s Animaniacs introduced us to a wide variety of new, fun characters which, along with Tiny Toon Adventures just before it, brought back that element of WB zaniness that endeared their Looney Tunes cast to generations. Animaniacs had recurring gags, and a healthy dose of both intellectual and juvenile humor (“The Great Wakkoroti” is…
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How Paul Reubens Saved Pee-Wee’s Playhouse From An Animated Fate
“Pee-wee’s Playhouse” was an anomaly. It premiered a year after the surprise box office success of Tim Burton’s “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” and, like “The Pee-wee Herman Show” before it, seemed to be strictly kids’ stuff. But Paul Reubens’ overgrown child act uniquely appealed to the inner brat in all of us. It wasn’t like Looney…
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‘Air’: Everything We Know so Far About Ben Affleck’s Nike Film
The sport of basketball has a rich and vibrant history in cinema history, but it’s a bit difficult to believe that we haven’t seen a proper biopic that centers around one of the biggest stars ever to play the sport, Michael Jordan. Not that we’d ever try to discount Space Jam (1996), where the NBA…
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256 ‘Looney Tunes’ Shorts, 3 Seasons of ‘The Flintstones’ Removed from HBO Max
After a year of content purging and cancellations, HBO Max saved one last cull for the new year. On December 31, the streamer removed 256 “Looney Tunes” shorts and three seasons of “The Flintstones,” IndieWire has confirmed.The “Looney Tunes” shorts were marketed as “Seasons” 16-31 on the platform. Released between 1950 and 2004, the removed…
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The Daily Stream: The Bad Guys Dares To Try Something Different
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “The Bad Guys“Where You Can Stream It: PeacockThe Pitch: What if “Ocean’s Eleven” starred Sam Rockwell instead of George Clooney as Danny Ocean? Better yet, what…
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The Daily Stream: Freakazoid! Will Give Your Brain A Chocolate Coating
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Series: “Freakazoid!”Where You Can Stream It: TubiThe Pitch: Back in 1990, Terry Semel, the president of Warner Bros., felt that the company’s cartoon department was running…
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The Daily Stream: A Chinese Ghost Story Is Hilarious, Horrifying, And Heartfelt
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “A Chinese Ghost Story”Where You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime VideoThe Pitch: Take the exciting action and romance of a Chinese wuxia film, like “Crouching Tiger…
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Human Looney Tune John Cena Joins Coyote Vs. Acme
Big match John Cena is on a roll! Fresh off the announcement that James Gunn’s “Peacemaker” has been given the second season order from HBO Max, we’ve recently learned that Warner Bros. is doubling down on the face that runs the place by casting him in the upcoming “Looney Tunes” live-action/animated hybrid flick, “Coyote vs.…