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“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.

The critics group selections for best of everything “Cinema 2017” are here and the major players involved are arriving in limited release so audiences can play along. Big city living should provide ample opportunities to see what the hullabaloo is about and choose your own faves within it.

Not only are studios dropping their contenders all at once to ensure their yuletide cheer is tempered by box office receipts, though. They’re also not disappointing us with posters that can’t do their movies justice. I had to leave...

1. Other cities were in the running as the show’s backdrop Shonda Rhimes wanted the show to take place in a big city where surgeons would come for big opportunities. “This is not a small town life. Big city, big medical center, big surgical opportunities,” Rhimes said in a recent Master Class. She thought about placing the medical drama in Chicago, her hometown, but didn’t want to place it in the same city as “ER.” “Seattle felt fresh to me,” Rhimes said. “Seattle felt like a city I hadn’t seen in television a lot.” 2. Rhimes has a casting rule to keep her.

By Jacob Oller

Sick of La? NYC is ready for you to look upon its filmed splendor. verhead shots of New York City are some of the most commonplace openers of genres as varied as gangster dramas and rom-coms. Undressing the dense urbanity is a vertical challenge that the warm lingering streets of Los Angeles simply doesn’t have. […]

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Balletic, stylized and rather aloof, MGM’s biggest musical for 1954 still has what musical lovers crave — good dancing, beautiful melodies and unabashed romantic sentiments. Savant has a bad tendency to fixate on the inconsistencies of its fantasy concept — in which God places an ideal Scottish village outside the limits of Time itself.

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1954 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 108 min. / Street Date September 26, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99

Starring: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart, Barry Jones, Albert Sharpe, Virginia Bosler, Jimmy Thompson.

Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg

Art Direction: Preston Ames, Cedric Gibbons

Film Editor: Albert Akst

Original Music: Frederick Loewe

Screenplay, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

Produced by Arthur Freed

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

MGM underwent some severe cutbacks in 1953; most of its contract players were dropped including the majority of its proud roster of stars. The studio would have to survive in a new kind of Hollywood,...

Spoiler alert! This article contains details of tonight's series finale of HBO's Girls. Like Joan Didion fifty hears before her, Hannah Horvath said goodbye to all that. Goodbye to New York, to the friends that she’d invested in so heavily since college, and goodbye to the Big City dreams of a hopeful young writer. Goodbye to Girls. “Latching,” tonight’s series finale of Lena Dunham’s groundbreaking (truly) HBO drama was a departure all around – in plot, of course (stop…...

Jared Masters has teamed up with Allied Vaughn to reintroduce some rare B-movie gems from a bygone era. See all ten. DVDs can be purchased at major online stores like Best Buy and Target.

The Frolic Grindhouse Series includes:

RatMan (1988)

A maniac butchers a fashion model on a Caribbean island and leaves the body to be eaten by rats. The model's sister suspects something isn't quite right with the police investigation and decides to go snooping on her own. With her friend, Fred, their investigations lead them to an unknown part of the island where they discover a monstrosity of a rat like man. The creature is killed by Fred, but the true horror of it's nature is just beginning...

Centipede Horror (1982)

A crazed evil wizard uses his powers to take revenge on beautiful women by making them vomit up live centipedes, which then proceed to eat their victims.

Calamity...

I must admit, I agree with Roy Thomas and Larry Hama.

Unfortunately, this puts me in opposition to at least three of my ComicMix fellow travelers – Martha Thomases, Joe Corallo and Adriane Nash. And, probably, many others who occupy these premises. That should make our next staff meeting amusing.

Iron Fist – I’m talking about the Marvel/Netflix series – most certainly is not The Prisoner of 21st Century. It’s not even as good as Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. But from reading the reactions of the aforementioned critics and many others, I do not find it to be the You’re In The Picture of the 21st Century, a show so obscure and godawfullousy that only Bob Ingersoll remembers it.

To be fair, I’ve only seen the first four episodes. Then again, Martha’s only seen the first four as well. But those critics who have been...

I spent some time in Waco as a kid and it was always a friendly place to live, but not particularly bustling when I lived there (at least not when you come from London.) So when I had a chance to tour the Magnolia Market at the Silos and see what all of the excitement was about, I could not believe the hustle and bustle of the crowds shopping, kids running around playing, the lines at the Silos Baking Co. and the general excitement of people of all ages who were making the pilgrimage to Hgtv stars Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Market and Gardens.

Chip and Joanna Gaines may have put Waco, Texas on the reality TV map with their hit Hgtv show Fixer Upper, but the couple would consider leaving “the lone star state,” at least for a period of time.

Speaking with press at a Kilz Master Class and media tour of the Magnolia Market at the Silos in Waco on Tuesday, the reality stars revealed that leaving Waco is a possibility for their family.

“We’ve got four young babies and so the farther we get from home, it makes it almost impossible for us to figure out how to keep...

Breaking: It’s one big happy Weiner family. The Littlest Bigfoot, author Jennifer Weiner’s latest book for kids, will be made into an animated feature by Chris Bender (We're the Millers) and Jennifer’s brother Jake Weiner (Leap Year), courtesy of 20th Century Fox Animation in a deal that was negotiated by another in the Weiner family, brother Joe. The IP seems set for a sequel as the author is writing the next installment called Little Bigfoot, Big City; that one comes…...

Marni Nixon, the voice behind the stars of such films as West Side Story, The King and I and My Fair Lady, has died. She was 86. Nixon died of breast cancer Sunday in Manhattan, according to The New York Times and other media outlets. Nixon’s film career began in the 1940s, singing the voices of the angels heard by Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc. She was Margaret O’Brien’s singing voice in Big City that same year and The Secret Garden in 1949. She went on to what would…...

Marni Nixon, the voice behind the stars of such films as West Side Story, The King and I and My Fair Lady, has died. She was 86. Nixon died of breast cancer Sunday in Manhattan, according to The New York Times and other media outlets. Nixon’s film career began in the 1940s, singing the voices of the angels heard by Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc. She was Margaret O’Brien’s singing voice in Big City that same year and The Secret Garden in 1949. She went on to what would…...

Mike Birbiglia’s “Don’t Think Twice” (The Film Arcade) is the latest mid-summer hit, joining the recent turnaround in art house fortunes. Following his template for “Sleepwalk With Me,” Birbiglia & Co. boosted box office via frequent appearances at their New York cinema. The already strong film surged to a huge initial $90,000 number with many sold out shows on multiple screens.

Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society” (Lionsgate) continued to improve on the director’s recent performance, and could end up besting two other recent strong openers. “Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street) and “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” (The Orchard) continue to have strong expansions; both could end up over $10 million as well.

Asian wide-audience commercial releases are performing well in domestic play, with entries from South Korea, India, the Philippines along with China continuing to deliver strong niche results.

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“Don’t Think Twice” (Film Arcade) – Metacritic: 83; Festivals include: South by Southwest,...

Blink and you’ll miss it, the new Woody Allen film, Café Society, is packed with the genius’s usual mile a minute musings, teachings, and even action. It’s Allen’s examination, after thoughtful analyses of towns from Barcelona to Paris, of that juggernaut of the West—dreaded by all real New Yorkers like Woody himself. But perhaps because Allen’s distaste for La La Land is all too real, the film quickly extracts itself from Los Angeles, and one is left hard pressed to distinguish Café Society from any Allen film of yore. While Café Society shows flashes of brilliance in its analysis of the ennui of life, it never coalesces into a sum greater than its promising parts.

Café Society follows deer-in-headlights Bobby Dorfman, from the Bronx, as he wistfully tries to make it big in Hollywood in the 1930s. Played with stunning Allen-like obnoxiousness by the talented Jesse Eisenberg,...

Charming. A cleverly constructed and amusingly rendered fantasy adventure that sings with a sweet, wistful devotion to home, family, and friendship. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

What do our pets do all day while we’re at work or school? Mostly sleep, probably. Unless you have a Bad Dog or a Bad Cat, in which case the torn-up sofas and puddles of vomit you return to are already pulling back the curtain of mystery on their daily doings. So best consider the charming The Secret Life of Pets more an animated fantasy than a documentary, in case you were in any doubt.

The comfortable life of terrier Max (the voice of Louis C.K.: Trumbo, American Hustle), who considers himself the “luckiest dog in New York” thanks to his person Katie (the voice...

Most may think my creative output over the last few years has been little more than bitching about that company that must not be named. Not true. Not true at all.

I have been busy creating some of the best work of my career…only to have them stolen.

Stolen I say! Taken from me by those who have duped you all into thinking it was they who created such masterworks.

My first creation, the Overstreet Guide to Cosplay says on the cover it was written by Melissa Bowersox, Eddie Newsome and Carrie Wood.

Ha! I say ha! I’ve been cosplaying since I was a young boy growing up in the south back in the 1930s. I remember when I came up with the idea to cosplay; I was around oh I don’t know some age when I said out loud; “I have invented cosplay.”

Melissa Bowersox, Eddie...

One of movie fans favorite events of Oscar Week was held Thursday evening at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, as the Academy held the eighth annual event celebrating the nominees for Best Animated Feature Film.

The evening featured clips from each film, followed by an onstage discussion with each group of nominated filmmakers.

This year’s eclectic mix – Anomalisa, Boy and the World, Inside Out, Shaun the Sheep Movie and When Marnie Was There – are as international as they are distinct.

Employing a stunning variety of animation techniques, the nominees explored a wide range of topics, including existential despair, devastation of natural resources, learning to handle emotion, the value of friendship and surviving the difficulties of adolescence.

This year, members were able to stream the movies and voting came from all over the world.

The evening’s hosts were Don Hall, Chris Williams, Roy Conli, last year’s Oscar winning team from Big Hero 6.

If a romantic comedy called How to Be Single sounds rather baldly antithetical, that’s because the title is a bit of a misnomer. No, the commercials didn’t overtly deceive you: this is a glossy, New York-set ensemble rom-com, and it is populated by an assortment of camera-ready, charismatic actors, all of whom play single folk struggling to navigate the Big Apple’s hectic dating scene. Its characters are also all flying solo, for a variety of reasons and with wide-ranging levels of success.

But when it comes to actually instructing audiences in the ways of the lonely heart, the movie, directed by Christian Ditter, doesn’t have a clue. Its title would have been more accurate with punctuation added, so that it would appear less like a college seminar course (How to Be Single) and more like the socially regressive, queasily single-shaming lament it actually is for most of its length (How?...

World Club Dome is set to return to the Commerzbank Arena for its 2016 edition, and after last year saw record attendance, the event’s organizers have pulled out all the stops to ensure that this year’s festivities follow suit. The event is hosted by German radio station and promoter Big City Beats, whom have unveiled the star-studded lineup this week.

While the thought of German electronic music might call to mind images of shadowy underground nightclubs where obscure deep house and techno DJs slave over vinyl records, World Club Dome features a lineup fit for the Tomorrowland main stage. Martin Garrix, Armin Van Buuren and David Guetta are but a few of the names on the roster, in addition to the return of Hardwell.

The rest of the artists on the lineup don’t deviate far from the progressive house genre, save for Robin Schulz and Sam Feldt – both...

Paints an impressionistic canvas of unease and disquiet, of hope and wonder, filled with glorious music. Magical… though sometimes it’s black magic. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

The second feature from Brazilian filmmaker Alê Abreu is perhaps the most unlikely nominee for this year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar. Not that Boy & the World isn’t absolutely exquisite; it’s just that it got only a tiny release and so has bypassed even most animation fans, and it’s not from one of the major players in modern cartoons. Boy couldn’t be any further from the typical Pixar, Disney, Studio Ghibli, or Aardman movie: this is very nearly a one-man project from Abreu, who not only wrote and directed the film but also edited it and created the utterly unique hand-drawn animation himself.

The Legenderry line from Dynamite Entertainment takes well-known characters and reinvents them in a steampunk setting. I've enjoyed my time in this unique universe, and Dynamite's unique band of characters surprisingly suits the setting well. One of the most seamless cases is Green Hornet and Kato, whose look and characterization is just spot on thanks to writer Daryl Gregory and artist Brent Peeples. Now you can catch their solo adventure (though I do recommend giving the core Legenderry book a read as well) in their first trade paperback. You can catch the official synopsis below, as well a preview of the book, which hits stores on December 30.

When Little Lord Homicide makes his claim as heir to the Big City's underworld, the pint-sized child psychopath incites a gang war against the reigning Veiled Lady... and draws our disguised heroes into a web of intrigue and revenge. As urban warriors...

The Purple One has become increasingly generous lately. Earlier this week, the artist tweeted out a link to his infamous, super-sexy, you-had-to-be-there 2008 Coachella cover of Radiohead's "Creep," the online presence of which Prince has long denied. Even Thom Yorke, YouTube curmudgeon par excellence, was like, Yo, Prince, chill. Now the artist formerly known as an unutterable symbol has released a surprise album, Hintnrun Phase Two, the sequel to Hitnrun Phase One. The 12-track album includes "Baltimore," the song Prince wrote following the death of Freddie Gray. The album is streaming on Tidal and iTunes. You can find the track listing below.  01. Baltimore02. RocknRoll Love Affair03. 2 Y. 2 D.04. Look at Me, Look at U05. Stare06.. Xtraloveable07. Groovy Potential08. When She Comes09. Screwdriver10.. Black Muse11. Revelation12. Big City...

From Aardman, the producers of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit comes Shaun The Sheep Movie, a farm-tastic adventure for the whole family, arriving just in time for the holidays on Digital HD November 10 and Blu-Ray Combo Pack (plus Digital HD) and DVD (plus Digital) on November 24 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Perfect for the young and young-at-heart, this “world-class winner” (Rolling Stone) is rated 99% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and was the #1 movie on their Summer Movie Score Card for 2015.

In his review, Wamg’s Tom Stockman wrote the film is, “a terrific and hilarious movie.”

Meet Shaun!

He’s a little sheep with big dreams, and lately, life on Mossy Bottom Farm has become a bit dull. When Shaun takes the day off for some fun in the Big City, he gets a lot more action than he bargained for. Now Shaun and his flock must use their wits to...

Jack Larson, forever remembered as eager, wide-eyed cub reporter Jimmy Olsen on the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman, has died. He was 87.

Larson, who went on to produce several films with his longtime partner, James Bridges, died Sunday at his home in Brentwood, California, according to The New York Times. Additional details on his death have not been released.

As chronicled in a 1988 People profile, Larson was merely 18 years old and an aspiring Broadway actor when he audition for Superman in 1951 and was offered the role of Jimmy. When Larson hesitated taking the role, the show's casting director finally persuaded him,...

Shaun and his wooly pals are on a mission to make a statement next week when they hit the big screen in Shaun The Sheep Movie.

Lionsgate has released two hilarious Spectre and Mission: Impossible spoof posters before the film opens on August 5.

When Shaun grows bored of his daily routine at Mossy Bottom Farm under the watchful eye of The Farmer and his dutiful dog Bitzer, he conspires with the rest of the flock to take a much-needed day off. Their scheme seems to be working perfectly after they trick The Farmer into falling asleep (by making him count sheep, of course), but their staycation is derailed when he is unwittingly transported via runaway camper trailer to the Big City.

Determined to find The Farmer and bring him home, Shaun and his flockmates embark on a well-intentioned if ill-conceived rescue mission to the nearby bustling metropolis. Their action-packed adventure...

Ed Swiderski's up-and-down journeys on The Bachelorette and Bachelor Pad ended far short of the altar, but all that is behind him with his wedding Saturday night to Chicago TV anchor Natalie Bomke, the couple confirm exclusively to People.

Swiderski, 36 – who proposed to Bachelorette Season 5 winner Jillian Harris in 2009 before their relationship derailed – said "I do" to Bomke, 33, in a sunset ceremony attended by 100 guests on the open-air veranda of The Crown on the 25th floor of the iconic Tribune Tower.

"I feel like the luckiest man on earth," he tells People.

The couple were engaged last fall, when...

He’s Shaun the sheep, He’s Shaun the sheep.

He even mucks about with those who cannot bleat.

Keep it in mind

He’s one of a kind

Oh…..

Life’s a treat with Shaun the Sheep!

Shaun The Sheep Movie is opening in U.S. cinemas on August 5.

He and his friends are having a ba baa-baa-baa ba-ll this summer.

Cute and lovable, with his little crop-top hairstyle, his big eyes and simple face, Shaun decided to make a stop over on his worldwide tour and visit some of the well known sites of St. Louis.

With 140 TV episodes and a motion picture under his belt, this little sheep planned a fun-filled day out by taking Shaun Selfies at popular St. Louis destinations! On his list were the Arch, Busch Stadium, the Science Center and the Zoo.

Come and meet with Shaun the sheep

Oh……

Come and bleat...

Wamg has passes so you can bring the whole flock to the St. Louis advance screening of Shaun The Sheep!

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it’s up to Shaun and friends to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

We’re also giving away to one Grand Prize winner Shaun The Sheep swag!

Ready to win a Family Four-pack of passes and be the first to see the movie in St Louis??!!

10 lucky Wamg readers will win 4 passes to the Saturday (August 1) 10 Am screening in the St. Louis area.

In the British television series, Shaun the Sheep:

What Farm does Shaun and friends live on? What naughty animals are always bothering Shaun?...

Shaun The Sheep Movie is finally opening in U.S. theaters on August 5.

It was announced today that Silva Screen Records will release composer Ilan Eshkeri’s ebullient score to Aardman Animation’s latest claymation shenanigans.

Also featured on the soundtrack are songs from Tim Wheeler (Ash), Eliza Doolittle and Rizzle Kicks who provide a remix of Life’s A Treat, the ever popular Shaun The Sheep TV theme.

Ilan Eshkeri is a British composer and songwriter best known for his concert work, songwriting collaborations, film scores and video game scores.

Recent film work includes Still Alice, for which Julianne Moore won an Oscar, Kevin Macdonald’s Black Sea starring Jude Law, 47 Ronin starring Keanu Reeves, and the Oscar nominated The Invisible Woman, Ralph Fiennes’ second outing as a director. Other films include Oscar winning The Young Victoria, Kick-ass and Stardust.

Eshkeri is currently commissioned to compose a ballet, and...

Muttons and Ant-Lamb?! Together in not only one, but two posters.

Shaun and his flock are on their way to the Big City, and the Big Screen, in the Shaun The Sheep Movie, and it looks like they got themselves into some amusing mischief. Check out these furry friends trying to pose as stars in the adorable Minions And Ant-man posters.

After its big opening in UK cinemas earlier this year, as well as the world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival, Aardman Animations’ Shaun The Sheep finally opens stateside on August 5th.

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely...

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As well as returning to the fold for the latest Terminator movie (and stealing just about every scene), Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking an entirely different path with the far more tender, far more nuanced Maggie, a zombie apocalypse movie with a more legitimate heart-beat than the genre typically offers. This isn’t your usual all guts and glory, hundreds of faceless kills zombie movie: it’s rather a touching, at times devastating look at what infection and loss actually mean in human terms.

It is, quite honestly, the most authentic portrait of that cost, which is more concerned with the idea of becoming dead rather than grotesquely celebrating what it means to become undead. And at its heart is a genius understated performance by an actor whose versatility is never as openly applauded as it should be. If Copland was Sylvester Stallone’s proof that his acting chops could...

After its big opening in UK cinemas earlier this year, as well as the world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival, Aardman Animations’ Shaun The Sheep finally opens stateside on August 5th.

In their review, heyuguys says, “…this timeless story has a whole lot of heart. There’s no bleating about the bush – this truly is another instant, Aardman classic.”

Check out the adorable “Feels Like Summer With You” Music Video.

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

Shaun The Sheep Movie is a StudioCanal and Aardman Animations production, produced by Julie Lockhart and...

The whole animal gang is headed to the U.S. this summer to share their exciting city adventure in Shaun The Sheep Movie. Today, Lionsgate introduces you to a few characters from the film – Bitzer, Shirley (and Timmy!), and of course, Shaun in three new character posters.

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

Shaun The Sheep Movie opens nationwide August 7, 2015.

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Small Sheep. Big Movie. A brand new trailer has been released starring your favorite farm friends from the Shaun the Sheep Movie! From the creators of Chicken Run, Aardman Animations brings you a charming story about family, fun, and facing your fears. Grab a sneak peek of the events that follow Shaun and his flock when they decide to take the day off and end up on a great escape to the big city in the new trailer above!

Can’t get enough of these wonderfully wooly pals? Well, you can enjoy even more by download the entertaining Motion Poster Download and adorable Teaser Poster Download posters!

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Shaun The Sheep: When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead...

We take a look back at 1988's The Naked Gun, its timeless brand of comedy, and Leslie Nielsen's superb performance...

Detective Frank Drebin's outside his Los Angeles police precinct, squeezing off shots into the receding backside of his own car.

How this came to happen almost defies description. Having driven his Ford Crown Victoria into a couple of bins outside the building, Drebin stumbles out, seemingly oblivious to the airbags going off inside. One airbag knocks the car into drive and off the vehicle goes, almost running Drebin over as it rumbles downhill.

As an orchestrated bit of comedy cinema, it's the knockabout equivalent of the famous scene in The Untouchables, where Brian De Palma expertly wrings every drop of suspense from a pram thudding down a flight of stairs at a train station.

On the spur of the moment, Drebin comes to the conclusion that there's a criminal...

Aardman Animations brings you a charming story about family, fun, and facing your fears in the new trailer and poster for Shaun The Sheep Movie.

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

For more on this sweet little fella, watch his first appearance from the short we all know and love, A Close Shave.

Written and directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak, there’s no shortage of wool in the hilarious trailer and clips from Shaun’s new movie.

Shaun and friends land in the Big City and a theater near you this summer on August 7.

http://shaunthesheep.

Shaun Of The Sheep fans (including this one) – our wait is almost over.

‘Shaun’, ‘Slip’, and ‘Bitzer’ star in five adorable pics from Shaun The Sheep The Movie.

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

Shaun The Sheep Movie is a StudioCanal and Aardman Animations production, produced by Julie Lockhart and Paul Kewley from Aardman Animations (Wallace And Gromit, Chicken Run), written and directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak.

Shaun the Sheep was first seen in Aardman’s Academy winning short “A Close Shave” with Wallace And Gromit.

See what happens when they land in...

Our look at underappreciated films of the 80s continues, as we head back to 1988...

Either in terms of ticket sales or critical acclaim, 1988 was dominated by the likes of Rain Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Coming To America. It was the year Bruce Willis made the jump from TV to action star with Die Hard, and became a star in the process.

It was the year Leslie Nielsen made his own jump from the small to silver screen with Police Squad spin-off The Naked Gun, which sparked a hugely popular franchise of its own. Elsewhere, the eccentric Tim Burton scored one of the biggest hits of the year with Beetlejuice, the success of which would result in the birth of Batman a year later. And then there was Tom Cruise, who managed to make a drama about a student-turned-barman into a $170m hit, back when $170m was still an...

The critically acclaimed, worldwide sensation, Shaun The Sheep Movie will open domestically from Lionsgate on August 7th, 2015 in wide release.

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

Shaun The Sheep Movie is a StudioCanal and Aardman Animations production, produced by Julie Lockhart and Paul Kewley from Aardman Animations [Wallace And Gromit, Chicken Run], written and directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak.

Shaun the Sheep is a Aardman’s biggest global brand on air in over 170 territories, and was first seen in Aardman’s Academy winning short “A Close Shave” with Wallace And Gromit.

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There’s much more to this story at Bleeding Cool.

On January 21st of this year, the Washington Post broke the story of the return of Milestone. Missing from the Post and every article since about the new Milestone 2.0 was any mention of me. I’m a founder and co-creator of the original Milestone’s best-known property, Static Shock.

There was to be a statement from Milestone explaining my absence, but in the three weeks since the story broke, Milestone 2.0 has not issued any statement.

Because there was no statement, comic book fans, Milestone fans, and my fan (I had two, one died) took to social media speculating as to why I was missing. Missing from news stories and missing from interviews, which was curious. I was no longer a part of the new venture, but in all the interviews, I was missing from the history of Milestone 2.0.

When I...

Benjamin Oberman, CEO of Film Festival Flix announces 25% of proceeds from festival pass sales to the Online Mountain and Adventure Film Festival will be donated to nine participating non-profit organizations. The benefiting organizations include: The Access Fund, Big City Mountaineers, National Parks Conservation Association, Yosemite Conservancy, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Adventure Gap Scholarship Fund, Paradox Sports, and the American Alpine Club.

The Festival went live on February 1st with 44 films available for viewing online in a Netflix subscription style. Beginning February 9th, the festival will offer interactive Panel Discussions and Q&A’s with representatives of participating organizations, filmmakers, and athletes. “We want to support those organizations who advocate for the places and activities we love” says Oberman. Leveraging internet technologies to connect the festival with everyone interested, the Panels and Q&A’s will make use of Google Hangouts and Twitter Chats.

“Supporting these organizations isn’t just about sending a check. We want to provide a platform where they can share their mission, their 2015 initiatives, and invite viewers to get involved in supporting missions that speak to them” says Oberman. All videos and chats will be available following the interactive discussion on the festival website, social media channels, and through the festival media partners, Climbing Magazine and The Joy Trip Project.

For a schedule of discussions go to www.FilmFestivalFlix.com/Mountain-Film/

Film Festival Flix offers the film-loving community quality movies from around the world through programming of international film festival gems, online film festivals, theatrical openings and a monthly theatrical premiere series.

Legenderry: Red Sonja #1

Written by Marc Andreyko

Art by Aneke

Colors by Impacto Studios

Published by Dynamite

On a surface level, it doesn’t seem that the sword and sorcery adventures of Red Sonja could fit in a Victorian steampunk story. However, in Legenderry: Red Sonja #1, writer Marc Andreyko and artist Aneke combine witty dialogue (and voiceovers), plenty of action, and hook readers in with a mystery/conspiracy plotline along with an equally mysterious foil for Red Sonja. Andreyko may lay this doubling on a little too thickly with the hooded woman’s inner monologue being the inverse of Sonja, but she propels the plot forward and will play a huge role in the miniseries as a whole. Aneke has a good command over space and pacing and uses jagged panels during the fight scenes to make them seem especially brutal. She even makes Red Sonja’s chainmail bikini sometimes...

Charming in that gloriously detailed Aardman way, but with its simple slapstick humor, it’s strictly for the littlest tykes. I’m “biast” (pro): love Aardman cartoons

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

I love Aardman’s lovingly handcrafted stop-motion claytoons, but I never had any interest in their TV series Shaun the Sheep — spun out of the Wallace & Gromit short “A Close Shave” — and I see now that I wasn’t really missing anything. The first big-screen outing for Shaun and his barnyard friends is charming in that gloriously detailed Aardman way — down to the airplane contrails in the sky above and the visible fingerprints of the animators in the clay — but it’s strictly for the littlest tykes. Its simple story has Shaun, the small flock of which he is the nominal leader, and the drill sergeant of a dog,...

Shaun the Sheep Movie is like curling up underneath a big cosy duvet with a steaming cup of sugary tea. Everything is precision engineered to enchant and amuse, dragging us into a paradise Britain fuelled by pleasant whimsy and running to clockwork comedy timing. From pastoral dale to bustling metropolis, this plasticine world (literally) bears the fingerprints of its loving creators. And at the centre of it all is a resourceful, brave and cunning hero: Shaun the Sheep.

The moment Shaun innocently padded on screen in 1995’s Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave, a woolly star was born. A breakout success, Britain clutched Shaun to their collective bosom and the sheep became a minor pop culture phenomenon. His lasting popularity led to a spinoff Cbbc TV show in 2007, which is now in its fourth season and has 130 episodes under its belt. It’s also broadcast in a whopping 180 countries and has even launched its own spinoff.

Ahead of tonight’s Season 2 premiere of Broad City, Comedy Central said today that it wants more. The cable net has ordered a third season of the odd-couple comedy created by and starring Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, based on their digital series. They play flawed and broke twentysomethings in New York who navigate their way through life's minutiae and constantly meet the challenges the Big City throws at them, no matter how bad it gets. Hannibal Buress, Arturo Castro…...

Luise Rainer dies at age 104: Rainer was first consecutive Oscar winner, first two-time winner in acting categories and oldest surviving winner (photo: MGM star Luise Rainer in the mid-'30s.) The first consecutive Academy Award winner, the first two-time winner in the acting categories, and, at age 104, the oldest surviving Oscar winner as well, Luise Rainer (Best Actress for The Great Ziegfeld, 1936, and The Good Earth, 1937) died at her London apartment on December 30 -- nearly two weeks before her 105th birthday. Below is an article originally posted in January 2014, at the time Rainer turned 104. I'll be sharing more Luise Rainer news later on Tuesday. January 17, 2014: Inevitably, the Transformers movies' director Michael Bay (who recently had an on-camera "meltdown" after a teleprompter stopped working at the Consumer Electronics Show) and the Transformers movies' star Shia Labeouf (who was recently accused of plagiarism) were mentioned -- or rather, blasted, in...

Palm Springs, CA (December 19, 2014) . The 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival(Psiff) will present Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall with the Icon Award and Academy Award-nominated director Alejandro G. Iñárritu with the Director of the Year Award for Birdman at its annual Awards Gala. The Gala will also present awards to previously announced honorees Richard Linklater, Julianne Moore, David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Redmayne, J.K. Simmons, Reese Witherspoon and the cast of The Imitation Game. Presented by Cartier, and hosted by Mary Hart, the Awards Gala will be held Saturday, January 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 2-12.

.Robert Duvall gives an outstanding and amazingly realistic performance as Judge Joseph Palmer in The Judge,. said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. .This is sure to be remembered in his long listof iconic character roles, including Tom Hagen in The Godfather films, Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove, Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies,...

It’s been two decades since Shaun the Sheep made his first appearance in the Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit short A Close Shave. In that time, he’s starred in his own TV series, launched a spinoff TV series, and released a series of video games. Now he’s finally getting his own movie. Shaun the Sheep: The […]

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The first trailer and poster have been released for Aardman’s animated comedic adventure, Shaun the Sheep. This comes from the production company that brought us Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run. I’ve enjoyed the films and shorts that Aardman has made over the years, and this looks like it will be just as fun as the stories they've told in the past.

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for! Shaun’s mischief inadvertently leads to The Farmer being taken away from the farm, to the Big City…

Join Shaun, Bitzer and The Flock on their hilarious, action-packed, big screen adventure as they make plans to rescue the missing Farmer. A story about how we sometimes forget to appreciate the things we have in life, and the people who love us. Shaun the Sheep The...

Aardman Animation made their mark on the world with their animated franchise, Wallace & Gromit. The tale of an inventor and his dog proved successful with global audiences, so they thought – why not have a sheepy spinoff? Enter the always-silent Shaun The Sheep, who made his debut in the short film, A Close Shave. With his sole form of communication – bleats – providing a ton of laughs, he went on to star in his own children’s animated series before being granted his own big screen feature due for release next year.

While earlier this year we were graced with a first look at the movie, the studio has now debuted a proper full-length trailer. This preview offers a decent insight into the story and the chance to drool over some brand new Aardman claymation. Sticking to a family friendly plot, the film follows Shaun as he decides to leave the farm...