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In Robert Zemeckis' 1994 film "Forrest Gump," Tom Hanks plays Forrest, a good-hearted but low-intelligence rube who, thanks to impeccably constructed American institutions, stumbles repeatedly into athletic, financial, and military success. Forrest is friendly, strong, and hapless, happy to tell his life story to anyone who sits on the bus bench next to him. Hanks won an Academy Award for playing Forrest, and the film itself won four additional Oscars, including Best Picture. Years later, many had started to reappraise "Forrest Gump" for its treacly tone, its sentimentality, and its unabashed conservative bent. This author was in high school when "Forrest Gump" was released and recalls a teacher sagely pointing out that the title character's "innocence" was only perceived by audiences due to his wealth. Had Forrest's decisions led to financial ruin, his "innocence" would not be positively touted. 

But in 1994, "Forrest Gump" was the bee's knees, representing mainstream Hollywood filmmaking...

It’s finally the weekend, and the various streaming services have got you covered with a glut of new titles arriving over the next three days. It’s not the biggest haul we’ve ever seen, but coming our way is a bunch of movies, new TV episodes and whole seasons and series, so there’s still plenty to keep you occupied until Monday. On that note, let’s take a look at everything that’s heading to Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video from Friday, November 6th to Sunday, November 8th.

First up, Netflix drops four new titles today. Namely, Nigerian drama Citation, reality series Country Ever After, Spanish political drama The Endless Trench and 2016’s The Late Bloomer, a raunchy comedy starring Johnny Simmons as a man with pituitary gland issues who finally experiences puberty at the age of 27.

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After bringing us a ton of great content in October, Disney Plus is looking to keep the momentum going now that we’re into November. Among other things, they’ve added a new episode of the platform’s most popular show today, along with a Christmas flick and a whole handful of interesting titles that are sure to keep you busy over the weekend.

Of course, the most exciting addition of the bunch has to be the new installment of Disney Plus original series The Mandalorian. After the season 2 premiere kicked things off an an extremely exciting note, the story continues today with another chapter and already, the early reactions online seem to be positive. Then again, it’s hard not to love anything Baby Yoda related.

But if Star Wars isn’t really your jam, why not try Disney’s A Christmas Carol, the 2009 animated adaptation of the iconic Charles Dickens story?...

Disney Plus has announced their full slate of new additions for November, and it unveils a Thanksgiving feast of fresh content.

Following its debut at the end of October, The Mandalorian will air new episodes of its second season every Friday, so Star Wars fans will be set through the rest of the year. But there’s much else to enjoy on the streaming service over the course of the month as well and you can see the entire list below.

Released November 6

Star Wars: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 2 “Chapter 10”

Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Episode 7, “The Big Egg Switcheroo”

Weird But True – Episode 313, “Camping”

The Right Stuff – Episode 6

One Day At Disney – Episode 149 “Disney Goldie & Bear” (s1)

Disney Goldie & Bear (s2)

Disney Junior Fancy Nancy: Fancy it Yourself (s1)

Disney’s A Christmas Carol

Mr. Magoo

Released November 13

Star Wars: The Mandalorian – Season 2 – Episode 3 “Chapter 11”

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Spooky season was fun while it lasted but nothing gold can stay. It’s about to be November and that means it’s time for the holiday season to start its incredibly long ramp up through to the end of the year. Thankfully on the list of Disney+ new releases for November 2020, there’s one holiday item that any Scrooge can appreciate.

The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special premieres on Nov. 17 and will reunite Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose, and Chewbacca as they observe Wookiee Life Day for the first time in Star Wars canon since the 1978 Christmas Special. And of course there will be some time travel shenanigans as well. November is a big month for the Star Wars franchise all around with The Mandalorian season 2 continuing to air new episodes each Friday.

Other originals of note include a remake of Black Beauty, which arrives n Nov. 27, several more episodes of The Right Stuff,...

The 2018 Los Angeles Animation Festival has announced that this year’s honoree is artist, animator, director, president and founder of independent animation studio Titmouse, Chris Prynoski.

“With Chris’ growing international reputation and his role in raising the profile of independent animation studios in the L.A. community and elsewhere, the Los Angeles Animation Festival is thrilled to feature Chris and his work at our festival this fall, [running] Nov. 30-Dec.2,” Festival co-director John Andrews told Variety.

“We know Chris’ involvement will inspire animation filmmakers from around the world to join the fun and enter their films into this year’s competitions and maybe even plan a trip to L.A.!”

Prynoski started working as an animator for MTV in the ‘90s. There he worked on iconic shows such as “Beavis and Butthead” and “Daria,” and created the Primetime Emmy-nominated “Downtown.”

In 2000, Prynoski and wife Shannon Prynoski relocated to L.A. and started Titmouse.

Another day, another lawsuit filed by someone who says that the 2015 animated film “Inside Out” is a rip-off of their own idea.

Disney and Pixar have been hit with a lawsuit by a Canadian man who says that the hit film infringes on his copyright for a work bearing the same title, among numerous other similarities.

The suit, filed in federal court in California by Damon Pourshian on Monday, says that Pourshian wrote a script titled “Inside Out” in 1999 as part of a script-writing class and that the script was turned into a short film the following year.

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According to the suit, the school where the work was created, Sheridan College, “has sent large numbers of its graduates to work at Disney and Pixar and is considered a ‘feeder’ school for Disney and Pixar.”

“When Mr. Pourshian saw Disney/Pixar’s ‘Inside Out,...