Films using a mixture of animated and live-action elements have been around since the earliest days of animated cinema.
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Why streamers are paying for sports programmes with no actual sport in them.
The film zeros in on the generation of children whose formative years are unfolding in front of screens.
The new Disney/Pixar film Hoppers may seem like standard animated fare. But it reflects real scientific themes and philosophies.
The backlash reveals a strain of snobbery that confuses manufactured fun with a lack of meaning and authenticity.
Hoppers arrives 17 years after Wall-E, Pixar’s last overtly environmentally themed film.
The most sensational, inspirational, celebrational and Muppetational show was originally rejected by all the big US TV networks.
US industries have traditionally consolidated into 3 to 5 main players. When it comes to streaming, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney are the top trio.
Different licensing models could help ensure the rights of creators are reconciled with AI companies’ hunger for data.
After a lengthy and bitter dispute, the future of the media empire after Rupert Murdoch’s death has been resolved – and son Lachlan is to take the reins.
Was Cinderella’s happy ending with Prince Charming really largely the result of personal ambition? This is the kind of question I address in the course Economics for Everyone.
Will costly settlements over news stories the president sued about influence network journalists when deciding whether to pursue investigative stories involving the Trump administration?
Eye patches aren’t just for pirates and villains. In Elio, Disney/Pixar introduces a young hero with a patch – and breaks old stereotypes in the process.
The muses must spend the whole evening on costume changes, appearing in a series of fabulous frocks, each more spectacular than the last.
After a few live-action remake flops, Disney seems to have captured the original joy and charm of the original 2002 animation – with a few snags.
Does Hollywood really need Trump to protect it with tariffs?
In 1999, decades after Walt Disneys’s death and nine years of production, Disney’s dream of a new Fantasia was realised with the release of Fantasia 2000.
The Hollywood Māui would have no chance against the Māui of Polynesia, whose biggest muscles were in his head and stomach.
Warner Bros. assumed ‘Trick ‛r Treat’ would be such a bust that the studio released it straight to DVD in 2009. Here’s how it became a holiday classic.
Fans lamenting on social media the fact that they will no longer be able to see a film featuring ‘real dwarfs’ ignore the parallels with the Victorian freak show.
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