The top 10 Pixar films. By Simon Miraudo. Pixar has established itself as the most reliable studio in Hollywood, churning out critically-acclaimed blockbuster after critically-acclaimed blockbuster; collecting 11 Oscars, more than $7 billion at the theatrical box office, and inspiring an infinite number of tears (both joyful and sorrowful) from adults and children alike. Selecting […]
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The top 10 romantic gestures
February 10, 2012 
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The top 10 romantic gestures. By Simon Miraudo. Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and you know what that means… it’s time for everyone’s cinematically-raised expectations of love and romance to be crushed spectacularly! Kidding, kidding. Sure, Hollywood might like to exaggerate about the experience of falling for someone, but there are plenty of flicks […]
Continue readingState of the art – Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D review
September 13, 2011 3 Comments
Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D – Directed by Werner Herzog. Rated G. By Simon Miraudo. Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D is not just about the 32,000-year-old paintings recently discovered in the cavernous abyss of France’s mountain region. No, that spectacular find is just the tip of the glacial Palaeolithic iceberg. Werner Herzog’s documentary is more […]
Continue readingMonsters, Inc. sequel to debut November 2012
April 23, 2010 1 Comment
Disney has revealed that Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. 2 will debut November 16th, 2012. It was confirmed back in June 2009 that Pixar would indeed work on a sequel to their hit 2001 flick. Pixar, who once announced they were “not in the sequel business”, have a second sequel to Toy Story hitting cinemas in June […]
Continue readingHead to Head – WALL-E
August 18, 2009 6 Comments
Welcome to the latest edition of our newly revamped Head to Head feature, in which our Quickflix critics take on our readers in a rip-snorting battle to the death! You pick the film, and we pick the fight! This week we received a shocking attack on the Pixar hit WALL-E from Kali Sekhmet. For her […]
Continue readingThe 20 greatest animated films of all time!
April 6, 2009 11 Comments
You know, for kids! Well, not anymore. Animated pictures are no longer simply the realm of the young and young at heart. There are plenty of legitimate adult cartoons being made, as well as animated pictures that appeal to people of all ages. With the action comedy Monsters vs. Aliens hitting cinemas last week; the […]
Continue readingWhy WALL-E should have been nominated for Best Picture …
February 19, 2009 0 Comments
source: awardsdaily.com We’ve taken a great interest in the For Your Consideration posters released over the last couple of months. Each of them encourages Academy voters to nominate a film for a particular Oscar. We’ve brought to your attention the best FYC’s and the worst. However, with less than a week until the Academy Award […]
Continue readingThe 10 greatest movie couples!
February 2, 2009 5 Comments
Ah, romantic films. For centuries, men and women have sat down and enjoyed a romantic film/play/cave drawing with one another. From 1st date to 500th date, a film about love always works a charm. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’re going to begin celebrating love in all its wonderful forms. Take heed lovers, […]
Continue readingKung Fu Panda demolishes WALL-E at Annie Awards. Wait, WHAT?
February 1, 2009 1 Comment
source: annieawards.com Kung Fu Panda has collected Best Director and Best Animated Feature at yesterday’s annual Annie Awards, the highest honour in animated films. Panda’s 15 nominations are a new record, and the film went home with 10 awards in total. The short film Secrets of the Furious Five (a spin-off of KFP) also picked […]
Continue readingOSCAR WATCH – We predict the nominees!
January 21, 2009 2 Comments
The announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees are just 30 hours away, at which time the most respected films of 2008 will be revealed, and the shroud of mystery will be lifted from Hollywood’s most coveted prize – a naked gold man. I know, the Oscar’s don’t really mean anything. After all, who’s to say […]
Continue readingIntergalactic Planatar-E – WALL-E DVD review
January 5, 2009 2 Comments
WALL-E – Starring Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin and Fred Willard. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Rated G. 98 mins. *WALL-E is released on DVD January 14th. To celebrate, here is our original review published Sep 22nd.* WALL-E has not met a single human being in his 700 years of existence. He has spent his […]
Continue readingOSCAR WATCH – Pre Christmas predictions
December 23, 2008 2 Comments
No matter how many you love, there can only be one. Welcome, to Oscar Watch.They’re coming. You can’t stop it. The highs, the lows, the unnecessary competition. On Boxing Day, the Academy will have nomination ballots mailed to them, and on January 22nd, the five contenders in each category will be announced. So with less […]
Continue readingWALL-E wins its first Best Picture award
December 10, 2008 0 Comments
source: incontention.com WALL-E has been named Best Picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, increasing it’s Oscar chances significantly. The Dark Knight was named runner up in the Best Picture category. WALL-E’s victory is another shocking blow to former favourites The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road and Frost/Nixon, who are yet to […]
Continue readingThe WALL-E Oscar Juggernaut Rolls On
October 30, 2008 0 Comments
source: slashfilm.com Disney weren’t lying. The push for WALL-E to get a Best Picture nomination has begun. We want to know what you think? Does WALL-E deserve a spot in the top 5? Related Articles: WALL-E For Best Pic? Hey If Crash Can Win… Who Are the Major Oscar Contenders? Pixar: Greatest Filmmaker’s Ever? WALL-E […]
Continue readingMamma Mia Outgrosses The Dark Knight!
October 30, 2008 0 Comments
source: indielondon.com OK, that heading might be a bit misleading. I was referring specifically to the United Kingdom. But Mamma Mia has in fact become the 2nd highest grossing film in the UK’s history. The film has grossed approximately £67 million since it’s release in July, just behind Titanic‘s stellar £69. Co-financed by the US […]
Continue readingWALL-E for Best Picture? Hey, If Crash Can Win…
October 29, 2008 0 Comments
source: nytimes.com The Oscar race has begun, with major studios pushing megahits WALL-E, Iron Man and The Dark Knight for Academy Award consideration. Disney has officially begun their campaign to push WALL-E for a Best Picture nomination at next year’s Oscars. Walt Disney chairman Dick Cook told the New York Times the film was deserving […]
Continue readingTotall-E Awesome!…WALL-E Review
September 22, 2008 6 Comments
WALL-E – Starring Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin and Fred Willard. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Rated G. 98 mins.WALL-E has not met another human being in his 700 years of existence. He has spent his days tottering around an abandoned planet Earth, cleaning up the skyscraper-tall piles of garbage left behind. Humanity, whose consumption […]
Continue readingPixar – Greatest Filmmakers Ever?
July 17, 2008 0 Comments
source: rottentomatoes.com To coincide with their 10th anniversary, Rotten Tomatoes have released a list of the best reviewed films for each of the last 10 years. Looking at the list can only lead to one conclusion – Pixar is the greatest film studio of the decade, if not of all time. Pixar Studios – Giant […]
Continue readingWall-E – 2008’s Best Picture?
June 30, 2008 3 Comments
source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/, http://www.imdb.com/ Could a lonely, lovelorn, trash compacting robot become the first animated film to win the Best Picture Oscar at next year’s Academy Awards? While it seems unlikely, the critics certainly feel that Wall-E is deserving, giving it almost unanimously ecstatic reviews. The film follows the romance between robots Wall-E and Eve circa […]
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