If you’re a Disney fan, you may have heard that Disney is keeping three of its parks – the Magic Kingdom here in Orlando, as well as Disneyland Park and Disney Adventure Park in California – open for 24 hours straight on May 24. We’re sure it’ll be fun and all, if you’re into...
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This week: Cannes, More PR Nonsense from Netflix, Jax and Clay Together Again Bro, and Paris Hilton Cries Delicious Tears.
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Tags: Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Dance of Reality, Alex Gibney, Alexander Payne, Alexey Balabnov, Angelina Jolie, Ari Folman's The COngress, Bradley Manning, Cannes, Catching Fire, Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Kaufman, Claire Denis, Coen Bros, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Cosmos, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Disney, Donnie Yen, Drew Struzan, Emma Watson, Europe Report, Ghost in the Shell, guillermo del toro, Inside Llewyn Davis, james franco, jean-pierre jeunet, jennifer lawrence, Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin, Jerry Seinfeld, Jia Zhangeke's A Touch of Sin, julian assange, Justin Marks, Katniss Everdeen, Koreeda Hirokazu, Merida, michelle yeoh, Nation Treasure, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Netflix, Pacific Rim, Paris Hilton, Pedro Almodovar's I'm So Excited, Pixar's Brave, Ron Perlman, Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station, Sofia Coppola, The Bling Ring, The Catcher in the Rye, The Young and Prodigious Spivet, Toy Story, Un Certain Regard, Wikileaks, Yeun Wo Ping
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You know how when you go to the theme parks these days, you’re asked to stick your finger into the little reader at the gate so it can scan you before you enter? This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee discussed using that technology as a model for the United States to keep tabs on...
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Tags: border security, Disney, immigration, rubio
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Today, the New York Post reported that “Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disney World.” According to the story, some well-off families have taken to “hiring disabled people to pose as family members so they and their kids can jump to the front” of the notoriously long-ass...
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Happy Mother's Day! The Roundup Turns Two Years Old! DISNEY WTF?!
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Tags: Adam Yauch, Alfonso, Andrew Bujalski's Computer Chess, August: Osage County, Beastie Boys, Beauty and the Beast, Big Hero 6, Cannes, Captain Philips, Christy Lemire, dia de los muertos, Disney, Disney Princesses, Ender's Game, greta gerwig, If These Knishes Could Talk, Kickstarter, Merida, Orson Welles, Oscilloscope Labs, Pixar's Brave, Sleeping Beauty, Star Wars, The Customized Play, Tom Hanks, Zero Dark Thirty, Zhang Yi Mou
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The Big Brains at Disney and Pixar Animation HQ tried recently to trademark the term “Dia de los Muertos” – Day of the Dead – so they could co-opt it for marketing an upcoming Pixar film about the Day of the Dead celebrations. We’re sure it’ll be a completely adorable rendition of the traditional...
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Tags: culture, day of the dead, dia de los muetros, Disney, mexican holiday, Pixar
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By now, you’ve more than likely heard that the high-waisted pants brigade known as One Million Moms, a Christian family organization that’s “fed up with the trash in today’s media,” is having a hissy fit over the upcoming annual Gay Days celebration at Walt Disney World in Orlando. The organization has declared war on...
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Fans of his art and environmental efforts have the chance to meet Wyland in person this week, as the artist stops by his two galleries on Disney property in honor of 35 years of artistic endeavors.
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Tags: art show, conservation, Disney, documentary, florida keys, marine art, Selections, sylvia earle, Visual Art, wyland
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Between offending Sarah Palin fans, the start of principal photography on House of Cards Season 2 and the supposed Great Purge of titles that hit this week, Netflix had an interesting week. Sarah Palin is not worth talking about — ever, and we know nothing about House of Cards yet. Streamaggedon, as it was called, is...
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Tags: Anette Benning, Badges of Fury, Disney, Emma Watson, Fast Six, Girl Most Likely, Harmony Korine, Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises, House of Cards, Jet Li, John Ford, John Williams, Kiki's Delivery Service, Kristin Wiig, Larry Clark's Kids, Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac, Mark Hamill, mickey mouse, Netflix, Oscars, Quentin Tarantino, Short films, Sofia Coppola, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, Terrence Malick, The Bling Ring, The Hangover, The Tree of Life, Voyage of Time, Warner Archive Instant, William Friedkin
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I think even people who have been living under a rock are aware of the passing of Roger Ebert earlier this week from complications due to a reemergence of the cancer that took his jaw and his ability to speak, but never took his voice. I can’t quite remember the last time I’ve seen...
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Tags: 42, Anna Karina, Anne Hathaway, Asghar Farhadi's The Past, Band of Outsiders, Bryan Singer, Chadwick Boseman, Disney, Emma Watson, Gene Siskel, Jackie Robinson, Jean-Luc Godard, Juno Temple, LucasArts, Lucasfilm, Michelle Obama, Nicholas Hoult, nicolas winding refn, Only God Forgives, Paul Newman, Rhianna, Roger Ebert, ryan gosling, Seth Rogan, Sofia Coppola, Terrence Malick's To the Wonder, The Bling Ring, The Brass Teapot, This is the End, Tony Raynes, Wesley Snipes, x-men, yasujiro ozu
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