Animated kiddie fare is a dime a dozen these days. This year alone, we’ve seen far too many cartoons collapse due to subpar stories, from The Croods to Epic to Despicable Me 2, so much so that the occasional bright spots (Turbo) are just not enough to make most critics look forward to reviewing animated family films (Pixar aside).
Luckily, next year looks much more promising on that front; the first trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody and Sherman features an immediately engaging mix of animated dazzle and cute historical gags.
I’m looking forward to seeing this new take on the Peabody’s Improbable History segments of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The Trojan horse gag in this trailer is particularly good, but there’s a lot to like about the new Mr. Peabody and Sherman. The animation is flawless, the central trio’s time-travelling shenanigans should...
Luckily, next year looks much more promising on that front; the first trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody and Sherman features an immediately engaging mix of animated dazzle and cute historical gags.
I’m looking forward to seeing this new take on the Peabody’s Improbable History segments of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The Trojan horse gag in this trailer is particularly good, but there’s a lot to like about the new Mr. Peabody and Sherman. The animation is flawless, the central trio’s time-travelling shenanigans should...
- 10/26/2013
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Yesterday, the Winnipeg Free Press published an article about the casting of Canadian director Kevin Tierney's upoming comedy, French Immersion.
This will be the directorial debut of Kevin Tierney who has always worked as a producer. The film will talk about the old topic about the division between French and English speakers in Canada.
The story follows five English-speakers: one each from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Ontario and New York. The five of them decide to go in a small town of Quebec to learn French in a school. Besides, the school is run with an iron fist: everything must be done in French. Besides, the five participants are under constant surveillance, because they have to live in an adoptive family of the village during their two-weeks stay. However, those who escaped from the school's grip in order to speak English at the village's Indian restaurant will realize that everybody...
This will be the directorial debut of Kevin Tierney who has always worked as a producer. The film will talk about the old topic about the division between French and English speakers in Canada.
The story follows five English-speakers: one each from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Ontario and New York. The five of them decide to go in a small town of Quebec to learn French in a school. Besides, the school is run with an iron fist: everything must be done in French. Besides, the five participants are under constant surveillance, because they have to live in an adoptive family of the village during their two-weeks stay. However, those who escaped from the school's grip in order to speak English at the village's Indian restaurant will realize that everybody...
- 5/26/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Puzzling over the newfound box-office success of horror flicks with female audiences, the New York Times looks into what's happening with Jennifer's Body. With its theme of demon-assisted vengeance of a woman done wrong, the movie is making a fairly obvious play for the women in the audience. It allows women, as the paper puts it, to "take back the knife."
Beyond that, the movie's creators tell the Times that they set out from the beginning to insert some feminist themes without sabotaging the movie's appeal for 15-year-old boys. By sticking to the tried-and-true genre formula of "screams, skin and death" — and having Megan Fox play Jennifer — an audience of young boys seems pretty much guaranteed. As for the feminists, writer Diablo Cody explains:
The tricky thing is if you're going to subvert [the sex and violence], they have to be there.... We were constantly bobbing and weaving. [Director Karyn Kusama] and I talk about the film...
Beyond that, the movie's creators tell the Times that they set out from the beginning to insert some feminist themes without sabotaging the movie's appeal for 15-year-old boys. By sticking to the tried-and-true genre formula of "screams, skin and death" — and having Megan Fox play Jennifer — an audience of young boys seems pretty much guaranteed. As for the feminists, writer Diablo Cody explains:
The tricky thing is if you're going to subvert [the sex and violence], they have to be there.... We were constantly bobbing and weaving. [Director Karyn Kusama] and I talk about the film...
- 9/7/2009
- by Bill Stouffer
- Reelzchannel.com
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