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“Arthur Christmas”
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Opening today is Aardman/Sony Animation’s Arthur Christmas and so
far, the critics like it. Michael Phillips in The Los Angeles Times …

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Talkback

“Happy Feet” and “Putty Tat” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Saturday November 19, 2011   12:05 am
Manohla Dargis in the New York Times said it’s “Lighter in mood,
softer in political outlook and less narratively ambitious …
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“Tintin” Euro-talkback
by Jerry Beck   Sunday October 30, 2011   12:05 am
The press is beginning to report on the huge European opening
box office figures for Steven Spielberg’s mo-cap adapatation of …
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Feature Film

“Puss In Boots” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Friday October 28, 2011   1:30 pm
Dreamworks’ Puss In Boots (directed by Chris Miller) opens today
and I really liked it. Michael O’Sullivan says it best in …
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Talkback

MTV talkback: “Good Vibes” and “Beavis & Butt-head”
by Jerry Beck   Thursday October 27, 2011   7:00 pm
MTV revives its commitment to animation with the much ballyhooed
revival of Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-head and the premiere …
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Talkback

“The Smurfs” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Friday July 29, 2011   12:00 pm
Guess what opens today? They are small and blue and The Los
Angeles Times says their film is “…grating and cloying. This …
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Feature Film

“Winnie The Pooh” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Friday July 15, 2011   7:00 am
Is this the last stand of Disney hand drawn animation? Today
sees the release of a new Winnie The Pooh feature film – the …
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Pixar

“Cars 2″ talkback
by Jerry Beck   Friday June 24, 2011   3:00 am
Variety loved it. Maltin hated it. What did you think? Me? I
set the bar pretty low and wasn’t as disappointed as I …
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Talkback

“Kung Fu Panda 2″ talkback
by Jerry Beck   Thursday May 26, 2011   6:30 am
Betsy Sharkey in The Los Angeles Times says: “This is the first
movie in a long time that you won’t mind paying for the …
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Talkback

“The Looney Tunes Show” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday May 3, 2011   2:00 pm
Today’s the day of judgement – your judgement, that is – as
Cartoon Network’s new Looney Tunes Show makes its debut at 8pm …
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Talkback

“Hoodwinked Too!” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Saturday April 30, 2011   1:00 pm
Hoodwinked Too: Hood Versus Evil opened yesterday. I’ll check it
out myself at a matinee later this week. In the meantime, …
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Talkback

“Rio” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Friday April 15, 2011   4:00 pm
Congratulations to our friends at Blue Sky. Bravo! Well done!
72% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, nice reviews in the New York …
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Feature Film

“Mars Needs Moms” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Friday March 11, 2011   6:00 pm
Disney’s Mars Needs Moms opened today. It got no love from The
New York Times where reviewer Mike Hale began his critique …
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Books

“Rango” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Friday March 4, 2011   5:30 pm
Most mainstream movie reviewers seemed to like it – but not all.
Roger Ebert loved it, but Leonard Maltin was a bit …
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Feature Film

“Gnomeo and Juliet” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Friday February 11, 2011   3:00 pm
Gnomeo and Juliet opens today in theatres across the United
States. It’s a Touchstone (aka Disney) release of an Elton …
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