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Pixar’s Buried Treasures

October 11, 2012 by Michael Mallory 1 Comment divider image

Among my favorite things to discover and write about are “Easter eggs:” the little hidden references and in-jokes that crop up in practically everything that has ever been animated. Back in 2003, while researching an article about the Pizza Planet Truck, which has appeared in a cameo in nearly every [...]

Hunting for ‘Brave’s Hidden Gems!

July 5, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 2 Comments divider image

Caution: Spoiler alert! If you’ve only caught Pixar’s Brave in theaters once, you might have been too dazzled by the 3-D CG animation to notice the fun studio Easter Eggs the artists managed to sneak in to the ancient Scottish adventure. Now, the studio has unveiled a couple of these [...]

Everything You Need to Know About Pixar’s ‘Brave’

June 21, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 5 Comments divider image

Pixar breaks the toon and tech molds once again with its 3-D Scottish princess adventure tale. Move over, Cinderella: There’s a new princess in town, and she’s got more than a time-sensitive pumpkin to worry about. Meet Merida, the red-headed, bow-and-arrow-toting teen heroine of Disney-Pixar’s latest animated adventure, Brave, which [...]

Pizza Planet: It Delivers, Again and Again!

March 22, 2012 by Michael Mallory 1 Comment divider image

With just about everybody, everywhere, weighing in on the surprising flopping sound being made by Disney’s epic feature film John Carter, I’m going to exercise my right to remain silent. All I will say about the film, which is the first live-action picture from Pixar’s Andrew Stanton, is that it [...]

Pixar’s Good-Luck Charm

August 25, 2011 by Michael Mallory 3 Comments divider image

Okay, so Cars 2 was the first film from Pixar Animation Studios that was greeted by the critics with less than Messianic reviews. Was it bound to happen, given that critics are allowed to love you only so long before they turn ugly and form a mob against you? Or [...]