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‘Soul’ Filmmakers On That Big Emotional Moment, The Cat Conundrum, And More [Interview] Soulmarks another step forward for Pixar into fascinating narrative storytelling that is not only meant for young children. In fact, this may be the least kid-centric movie they’ve made in quite some time. Don’t get me wrong – the movie is very good and has plenty of the typical Pixar qualities we’ve come to expect from that studio....

‘Tangled’ The Musical Coming To Disney Cruises Disney is well-known for turning their hit movies into stage musicals. As you read this, not only can you seeThe Lion King, AladdinandNewsieson stage somewhere, butThe Hunchback of Notre DameandFrozenare coming too. Now, Disney’s 2010RapunzelfilmTangledis also getting the live, musical treatment. Unfortunately, you’re able to’t see it on Broadway though. This one you can only see on Disney Cruises. Read more about the Tangled Stage musical below....

‘The Boxtrolls’ Trailer: Laika Is So Square It’s too soon to say how 2014 as a whole will pan out for cinema, but any year that includes a new release by Laika can’t be all that bad. The animation studio has given us two excellent family films already inCoralineandParaNorman, and the latestThe Boxtrollstrailer suggests that their next feature will be every bit as winning. Watch the video after the jump....

‘The Jungle Book’ Early Buzz: Critics Go Wild For Disney’s 3D Remake A little less than a year ago, the very first footage fromThe Jungle Bookbrought the house down at Disney’s D23 expo, with critics raving about the"next level"animation. This past weekend, the first reviews from the full-length film finally hit theaters, and… well, it turns out critics still like it a whole heck of a lot. Reviews range from fairly positive to really positive, but a general consensus has formed around a couple of elements: one, the 3D is some of the best we’ve seen sinceAvatar, and two,Idris Elba’s Shere Khan makes for one terrifying villain....

/Film Exclusive: Mad Magazine Does ‘The Walking Dead’ On a regular basis, /Film posts t-shirts, videos and photos the poke fun at the popular culture we love. These things can be cute, seem novel, but parodying pop culture is far from a new practice.Mad Magazinehas been giving pop culture the business for almost 60 years and continues to do so today. Its mascot,Alfred E. Newman, is a cultural icon in his own right and many of the stars and properties we know and love consider it a badge of honor forMadto notice them and make them look stupid....

At Home For Mentally Disabled, Employees Made Residents Participate In Fight Club David Fincher’sFight Clubis a film that’s been debated and analyzed in the years since its 1999 release. Still, some of the things that have been inspired by the film haven’t really been true to its spirit (e.g.that awful Xbox videogame). Now,in a case of life imitating art(perhaps unintentionally), seven employees at a home for mentally disabled people (Corpus Christi State School) in Texas have beensuspendedfor forcing their residents intoFight Club-style battles with each other....

Blade II Found Its Inspiration In An Oscar-Winning Classic In 1998, when Steven Norrington’s “Blade” was released in theaters, it caused only the smallest stir in the consciousnesses of comic book fans. Based on a character from Marvel comics, Blade (Wesley Snipes) was a half-vampire, shades-and-sword-sporting badass who stalked into the night to kill vampires. In the world of “Blade,” vampires were the head of their own secret, elite, class-based underground society divided by those who were born vampires (vampires can have babies in the regular way, it seems), and those who had been bitten and converted....

Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Andre Braugher Joins The Good Fight Season 6 As Series Regular One of the best actors on television is headed to one of the most inventive shows on television: André Braugher is joining “The Good Fight.” According to Deadline, the actor will play a “showman lawyer” named Ri’Chard Lane in the upcoming sixth season of the Paramount+ series. “The Good Fight” is a spin-off of the Emmy-winning series “The Good Wife,” and it’s long-since felt like one of TV’s best hidden gems....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s ‘Dracula’ By Vania Zouravliov And Aaron Horkey Continuing their Universal Monsters series that began last year withBride of FrankensteinandThe Wolf Man,Mondo’s 2011 poster slate begins with the most famous monster of them all:Dracula. Timed with the 80 (!) year anniversary ofTod Browning’s 1931 film starringBela Lugosi, Mondo has commissionedVania ZouravliovandAaron Horkeyto collaborate on two beautiful posters. Both editions go on sale at a random time Wednesday January 12 by following@MondoNews....

Cool Stuff: New Funko POPs Coming From ‘Solar Opposites’ And ‘Rick And Morty’ There’s never been a better time for animated projects geared towards adults, especially when it comes to comedy. Two of the best animated series today come fromJustin Roiland. Adult Swim brings usRick and Morty, which he created withCommunitymastermindDan Harmon, and Hulu hasSolar Opposites, teaming him up withStar Trek: Lower DeckscreatorMike McMahanwhile. While one show has been churning out Funko POPs for awhile now, the other is making their collectible toy debut, and they seem to be breaking the traditional style of these collectible vinyl figures....

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Trailer May Feature Superior Iron Man, But Who Is That? With Super Bowl LVI come and gone, we’ve finally had a look at theofficial trailerfor the forthcoming MCU entry “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” It promises to be a massive, reality-spanning entry that will include multiple character variants (already confirmed with multiple Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch Doppelgängers), monsters, and almost certainly the Illuminati, a secret organization joined by some of theworld’s most powerful heroesto shape the superhuman world and protect reality from major threats....

Flashback: The Movie Machine - Redbox Of The 1980’s? A couple weeks ago, I was walking around a yard sale in Hollywood when I stumbled across a bookshelf full of folders — press releases and press kits for movies from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. As it turns out, the yard sale was being held be the family of a former Hollywood foreign press member (one of the critics who voted on the Golden Globes)....

Fox Picks Up ‘Locke & Key’ Television Series We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is a small update toa story that broke last week: Fox has handed in a series commitment to theAlex KurtzmanandRoberto Orci-produced small screen adaptation of the graphic novel,Locke & Keyby Stephen King’s son,Joe Hill. Steven Spielberg is involved (via: DreamWorks Television), andJosh Friedman(Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, War of the Worlds) will be the showrunner on the series....