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The human side of Pixar's robot
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Pixar's winning streak built on smarts, stability
One critically applauded, audience-friendly hit movie might be the result of serendipity -- all the elements just somehow falling perfectly into place.
When dreams came alive and animated
Chennai: As a child, Ed Catmull filled his dreams and notebooks with cartoons. His goal was to be a Disney animator, but in high school, he concluded he couldn't draw.
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Eve, left, and, Wall-e, right, in the animated film, "Wall-E." Talk about product placements.
Directed by Andrew Stanton Written by Andrew Stanton Starring Ben Burtt Fred Willard Kathy Najimy Sigourney Weaver Pixar has long been at the cutting edge of computer animation.
'Wall-E' is a love story for the ages
'WALL-E' is, at heart, a love story. A love story between robots. Beneath the top-shelf animation, the too-cute robot speak and the futuristic ecology lesson is an old-fashioned boy-meets-girl story, even if ...
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I saw this last night and was rather disappointed with the story. This movie has gotten something like 88% at RottenTomatoes.com, which is in a region previously reserved for Studio Ghibli and Pixar movies .
A computer-animated kids movie featuring a rusty robot that hardly talks, "WALL*E" has more to say than most other films this year.
Tiny robot has lessons for media - and citizens
Whether the science-fiction movie "Wall-E" is a huge hit or just a moderate one doesn't matter.
SciTech internships for three students
The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected three students to participate in a summer internship program.
Since it's summertime, this column will have the occasional off-topic diversion.
The combination of Pixar Animation Studios and Disney continues its winning streak with this latest feature, "WALL-E," a beautifully imaginative and touching tale set 800 years in the future.
WALL-E has been out for six days, and already it is #6 on the imDB top 250 films of all time.
After over 4 years of bringing our readers insights and news related to Pixar Animation Studios , Chad and I have decided to hang up our blogging hats and bring Luxo to a close.
In this image released by Disney/Pixar Animation Studios, a scene from the animated film, "WALL-E." is shown.
At Pixar, everyone gets to be a critic
Ed Catmull is a corporate president who doesn't expect perfection from his legions of high-performing employees, a very 21st-century Bay Area blend of hip youthfulness and entertainment industry experience who ...
Robot on trash hunt dumps Smart
Wall-E, the trash-collecting robot abandoned by humans who have fled the planet, made plenty of new friends over the weekend.
WALL-E is one of the best pictures in the galaxy
It's the surest thing in the infinitely malleable world of animation: Get the eyes right, and you're halfway home.