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In Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" Opening Friday, The Title Character Is The Bad Guy From A Fictional 1980s Video Game.
AP Entertainment WriterDespite faithfully doing his job well for 30 years, he gets no respect at work, so he escapes through the wires of Litwak's Family Fun Center searching for another game where he might prove his worth. Along the way, Ralph takes viewers on a nostalgic...Tags: Gaming, Apple iPhone, Sarah Silverman, Toy Story (movie), John C. Reilly
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Naysayers Would Have You Believe Disney's Purchase Of Lucasfilm Can Only Mean One Thing: Bambi And Mickey Mouse Are Sure To Appear In Future "Star Wars" Movies Taking Up Lightsabers Against The Dark Side Of The Force.
AP Business WriterNot so, say experts who've watched Disney's recent acquisition strategy closely. If anything, The Walt Disney Co. has earned credibility with diehard fans by keeping its fingerprints off important film franchises like those produced by its Marvel...Tags: Travel, The Walt Disney Co., John Carter (movie), Iron Man 2 (movie), Disneyland Park
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'Skyfall' no downer to James Bond franchise
OPENING TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT Skyfall ‘‘Skyfall’’ — To borrow a line from Depeche Mode, death is everywhere. James Bond’s mortality has never been in such prominent focus, but the demise of the entire British spy...
Tags: Depeche Mode (music group), Adele (music artist), James Bond (fictional character), Toy Story (movie), Skyfall (movie)
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Rich Moore's 'Wreck-It Ralph' is an homage to blocky video games
When animation director Rich Moore was growing up in Oxnard, he spent so much time in video arcades that his parents worried that their young son was wasting his time. “They would always tell me that I should be concentrating on the real world,&...
Tags: Gaming, Matt Groening, Andrew Stanton, Wall-E (movie), John C. Reilly
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'Wreck-It Ralph,' 'Flight' Open Strong Despite Storm
"Wreck-It Ralph" smashed his way to the top of the box office and 'Flight' had a solid take-off as the aftermath ofsuper storm Sandy turned out to have no apparent impact on the box office this weekend. "Wreck-It," a family animated comedy about a...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Quentin Tarantino, Argo (movie), Tangled (movie), Movies
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Film review: Return of the live-action Zemeckis
From the ads and trailers, you might think that “Flight” is some sort of legal thriller, with Denzel Washington's character being unfairly accused or even framed; and you'd be about 10% right. In fact, “Flight” is primarily a moral...
Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Don Cheadle, Ben Affleck, Bruce Greenwood, Movies
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DreamWorks Animation posts 24% jump in profit in third quarter
DreamWorks Animation reported a 24% jump in profits in the third quarter due to the box-office success of "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted." The Glendale-based animation studio posted net income of $24.4 million, or $0.29 a share, on revenues of $186....
Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (movie), Madagascar
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Gaming grows up: A video game revolution
The video game is 40. Its exact birthday is arguable. Cultural historians likely would date its origins further back, roughly a decade or two; prototypes of arcade games flourished in university computer labs in the 1950s. But “Pong,” the...
Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, David Lynch, Field Museum of Natural History, Teaching and Learning
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Video game world built for 'Wreck-It Ralph'
Tribune NewspapersBURBANK, Calif. — It was when he cast Bowser, the fire-breathing turtle from Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. games, that Rich Moore first grasped the magnitude of the job he was undertaking. “That was the huge one,” he said at Walt...Tags: Video Games, Sarah Silverman, Summer Olympics, Sega Corporation, Entertainment
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DreamWorks Animation Chairman Roger Enrico resigns from board
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the Glendale studio behind the "Shrek" and “Madagascar” movies, announced that Chairman Roger Enrico resigned from the board. Current board member Mellody Hobson will succeed Enrico, according to a statement...
Tags: Richard Verrier, PepsiCo Inc., Los Angeles Times, Shrek (fictional character), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Pixar and Disney animation president Ed Catmull discusses "Brave"
The lush, verdant look of the Scottish highlands that serve as the backdrop for Pixar Animation Studio's forthcoming release, "Brave," was powered by new technology. But it also came with a heftier price tag than Pixar's 2010 box office smash, "Toy Story...
Tags: Science and Technology, Toy Story 3 (movie), Toy Story (movie), Walt Disney, The Wall Street Journal
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2012 Halloween Light Show - Gangnam Style
Channel 2 NewsYoutube user “EdwardsLandingLights” said “over 8,500 lights and roughly 250 channels of computer animation” were used to make a Halloween version of the popular international pop song “Gangnam Style.” Do you have a...Tags: YouTube, Halloween, Holidays
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