Over the last few years, Netflix has continued to grow and grow into a cultural powerhouse, consolidating its content licenses and making big swings towards trying to change the entertainment industry, if not take it over entirely. They're currently mired in a battle with Paramount to buy Warner Bros., attempting to pull one of the … Continue reading DownStream – For Your Consolidation, Part 1: Animation
At the beginning of the year, I set a goal for myself to go full completist on potential contenders for next year's Animated Feature Oscar race. I've tried several times to finish the whole list, but I've invariably missed some titles that had limited runs or which weren't even screened in Los Angeles at all, … Continue reading DownStream – June Toons
Earlier this month, I took the rare step of including Pixar's latest movie, Turning Red, in the monthly "This Film is Not Yet Watchable" column. That almost seems like tempting the cinema gods, right? Saying that a trailer for a Pixar project looks bad? Pixar, the studio that's only had maybe three misfires outside of … Continue reading Panda Express Yourself – Turning Red
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