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Pixar

Pixar’s new one, Onward, new laughs from Greed and a new Emma from Jane Austen

And much more: Ben Affleck back from the bar, Ken Loach slams the gig economy, a tri-nation scarefest and a pair of enigmatic art films
Volkmar RichterMar 6th, 2020

Conflicting toy movies and two films to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day

Also: Anna, the assassin with a slight feminist bent and a Fakir’s international wanderings
Volkmar RichterJun 21st, 2019

Incredible superhero home life, remembering Mr. Rogers and a teenager’s rule-choked Iran

Also a best-selling mystery from Italy and the return of blaxploitation with Superfly
Volkmar RichterJun 14th, 2018

A Hollywood black mark in Trumbo, a new Rocky in Creed and an infamous psych experiment at Stanford

Also new European films, a slacker’s turnaround and dinosaurs for the kids
Volkmar RichterNov 27th, 2015

'Inside Out', 'Me and Earl' and 'Testament of Youth': all four-star films

A stellar trio of new releases plus the Taiwan Film Festival and a Nepal earthquake fundraiser screening of 'Monk with a Camera.'
Volkmar RichterJun 18th, 2015

Brad Pitt battles zombies. Emma Watson robs Paris Hilton. Shakespeare gets two updates and the NSA monitors everything.

Brad Pitt, zombie hunter and family man, in World War Z
Volkmar RichterJun 21st, 2013

Local 3D artists eagerly await SIGGRAPH, the world's largest animation conference

The SIGGRAPH trade show in Vancouver is considered by many to be an essential pilgrimage for anyone with even a passing interest in 3D technology and animation. It offers a glimpse into the minds...
Justin TanJul 12th, 2011

Bad Teacher, Cars 2, Beginners, an epic history from China and a rediscovered sci-fi gem

School’s out. Cameron Diaz has an unpleasant view of it all in Bad Teacher.
Volkmar RichterJun 24th, 2011

TwitLit, dangerous older women, Pixar comes to town and more...

It's been a curious week in the tech world with Google worried about older women, a Twitter-based book club, Pixar animating Vancouverm free music from a Canadian folk-rock legend and more...
Terry LavenderMay 15th, 2010

Pixar opens Canadian studio in Vancouver

Pixar opened a studio in Gastown yesterday. In the video below,  Premier Gordon Campbell gets very excited about it...names "thousands and thousands of talented people" in Vancouver who will...
Linda Solomon WoodApr 21st, 2010