Tag: Turning Red
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‘Elemental’ Draws 26.4 Million Views in First Five Days on Disney+
The Disney and Pixar film “Elemental” had a strong start on Disney+, with the film pulling in 26.4 million views in its first five days of streaming availability.Per Disney, that makes “Elemental” the most-watched movie premiere of the year on the service and among the top 10 movie premieres they have ever had. For context,…
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‘Elemental’ Gets Most Viewed Disney+ Premiere of 2023
Elemental has emerged as Disney+’s best-performing movie premiere of the year, securing its position among the platform’s Top 10 movie premieres of all time. During its initial five days of streaming, the film garnered an impressive 26.4 million views. In its first five days of streaming, Elemental has become the most viewed animated movie premiere…
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‘Quiz Lady’ – Release Date, Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far
Game shows have been a consistent fixture in reality television programming since the inception of TV broadcasting. Across the wide variety of game shows, general or specialized trivia has often been the foundation of competition that contestants try their luck in. The simple enough premise has always engaged audiences and posed the possibility of being…
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‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ Review: ‘Turning Red’ Takes to the Seas for Familiar Monster Adventure
Audiences might bemoan the lack of original thinking at the movies these days — all those sequels, remakes, and reboots! — but even new ideas can feel suddenly played out when faced with the horrifying specter of parallel thinking. Consider everything from “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon” to “Dante’s Peak” and “Volcano,” “Capote” and “Infamous” to…
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‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ Review: DreamWorks Animation Is Sweet yet Shallow
It is hard to be disappointed in a movie like Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. In a year that, with some notable exceptions aside, has been relatively light on solid animated fare, there is something nice about just getting to take in a largely sweet story like this one. In many ways, considering the release from…
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James Hong on 70 Years in Hollywood and ‘Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai’
James Hong has had a storied career in Hollywood. Starting out in the 50s, Hong has worked with everyone from Groucho Marx to Clark Gable. Known as a character actor, many people might find his voice familiar as he’s voiced characters from Mulan, Jackie Chan Adventures, Teen Titans, Kung Fu Panda, and Turning Red. A…
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How The Good Dinosaur Became Pixar’s First Bona Fide Box Office Flop
The last few years of Pixar have been rather dispiriting. I don’t mean this in terms of quality. Far from it. “Soul,” “Turning Red,” and “Luca” have ranged from good to great, continuing to show a studio brimming with imagination as newer voices come into the mix. When I say they have been dispiriting, I…
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Is ‘Marcel the Shell’ Animated Enough for the Oscars?
.A24’s acclaimed stop-motion/live-action hybrid “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” could be the wild card in the animated feature Oscar race — going up against such early favorites as Pixar’s “Turning Red,” Disney’s “Strange World,” and Netflix’s two stop-motion behemoths: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” and Henry Selick’s “Wendell & Wild” (the latter being the lone…
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Oscars 2023: Best Animated Feature Predictions
.At the midway point of 2022, here’s the current state of the animated feature Oscar race: Pixar’s “Turning Red” is the early frontrunner, the studio’s “Lightyear” is still a contender after underperforming at the box office (especially if it heats up Disney+), GKids’ sublime “Inu-Oh” (from visionary director Masaaki Yuasa) is an impressive international entry,…
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‘Cars On The Road’ Trailer: The Pixar Film Series Gets A Disney+ Spinoff Show On September 8
Pixar‘s “Cars” franchise may not be the most critically beloved of the animation studio’s films. However, all three movies did very well at the box office, so much so that Disney made the “Planes” spinoff movies and other “Cars” shorts. Now, Pixar looks to continue the adventures of Lightning McQueen in Mater in a new…