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New programming for the 10-day Los Angeles Film Festival has been announced today, including pre-screenings of summer movies and a conversation with an acclaimed filmmaker.
Man of Steel, the latest Superman adaptation directed by Zach Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, will be screened on June 12, before the festival officially kicks off. The film opens wide on June 14. READ FULL STORY »
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We’re a full month away, but do you know what are you doing this Memorial Day? If two studios have their way, you’ll be spending a big chunk of it in a movie theater where a pair of highly anticipated sequels will be facing off. On May 24, the Warner Bros. comedy The Hangover Part III and the Universal action-adventure Fast & Furious 6 will premiere with hopes of drawing on their similarly young, male core demographic—while not stomping on each other’s toes in the process. “It’s as close to a coin-flip weekend as you’ll ever see in the summer season,” says Phil Contrino, VP/chief analyst of BoxOffice.com. “Eighteen-to 34-year-old males—that’s the bread and butter for both [franchises]. Those people will have to make a decision that weekend.” Past performances show the franchises to be extremely well matched: Fast Five opened with $86.2 million in April 2011, while The Hangover Part II opened with $85.9 million on Memorial Day weekend that same year. READ FULL STORY »
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Are you looking for an education where extraordinary comes standard? Where you can be unique in a family of thousands? Where you can love to learn and learn what you love? Forget Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Monsters University is the place for you!
Disney Pixar unveiled its latest promo for the upcoming Monsters, Inc. prequel Monsters University at Tuesday’s Rose Bowl Parade. Styled like a typical college recruitment ad, the short TV promo shows nothing of our favorite monsters Sulley or Mike, but rather focuses on the university itself, beautiful autumn colors and all. So if you’re reeling from an early college rejection, perhaps you should consider checking out MU. Watch the spot below: READ FULL STORY »
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We already know from the four trailers released in June that Pixar’s upcoming prequel Monsters University will explore the college years of Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sully (John Goodman) — and all the hard partying, pranking, and perhaps even studying (yeah, right) that went on as the friends prepared to be professional scream-catchers. But when EW recently caught up with Crystal to talk about his upcoming babysitting comedy Parental Guidance (due Dec. 25), the seasoned Oscar host was feeling so excited about the progress being made on Monsters University, he shed light on a few more details of the otherwise unknown story. (Minor SPOILERS ahead.) READ FULL STORY »
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Pixar animators are renowned for their attention to detail. Like all of its predecessors, the studio’s latest gem, Brave, features obscure objects from other Pixar features. These hidden ”Easter eggs” transform movie watching into a round of Where’s Waldo.
In one particular scene in Brave (in the photo above), the witch, who specializes in carving wooden bear figurines, whittles a miniature replica of the Pizza Planet delivery truck that has appeared in almost every Pixar feature film since 1995’s Toy Story.
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An engraving of Sulley from Monsters, Inc. also appears on a slab of wood in the witch’s home (photo above).
Did you see any other Easter eggs in the film? Let us know in the comments section below.
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How did Mike and Sulley end up working on the scare floor in Monsters, Inc.?
As the trailer for the new prequel Monsters University suggests, well … maybe they would have landed better jobs if they’d studied more and pranked each other less in college. But hey, who can’t say the same?
Check out some new photos and the trailer(s). Yes, that’s plural … sort of.
