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Beautiful International Lobby Cards for Famous Films

By Alison Nastasi on

Movie posters get all the glory, but lobby cards can be just as beautiful. These smaller promotional artworks usually feature the most memorable scenes from films. Tumblr Lobby Cards — which we spotted thanks to Gems — boasts a wonderful collection of the filmic advertisements. The Tumblr explains: “The lobby card was a form of advertising that revolutionized the look of graphics. Lobby Cards were sent out by the publicity departments of the Hollywood studios in sets of eight to twenty images reflecting the content of a newly released movie. Their purpose: to lure the movie-going public into theatres across the country.” Most of the lobby cards featured on the website are from various personal collections, including the Tumblr author’s. We highlighted several eye-popping international lobby cards advertising famous films in our gallery. … Read More

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Why ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Was Revolutionary

By Julia Pugachevsky on

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the 1988 cult classic famous for fusing live action with traditional animation, turns 25 this year, and a special-edition Blu-ray of the film debuts today to celebrate the anniversary. We’re excited to see it in a form that enhances the movie’s already mesmerizing effects, which took 14 months to create in post-production — but they’re far from the only extraordinary aspect of this often-underrated film. … Read More

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The 10 Most Inexplicably Expensive Movies Ever Made

By Jason Bailey on

Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful is out this Friday, in case you haven’t looked at a magazine or a television or the side of a bus recently, and while we know it’s a big-budget would-be Mouse blockbuster, attempting to replicate the astonishing (and frankly inexplicable) success of Burton’s Alice in Wonderland three years back, we still had to pick our jaws up off the floor when we got a look at its monster budget: $325 million in production and marketing costs. Yes, you read that right: 325. No extra numbers in there. … Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Angus T. Jones now says that he’s sorry for asking people to stop watching his “filthy” show in that video he made with a preacher from the Seventh Day Adventist Church: “Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on Two and a… Read More

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10 of the Greatest ‘Life’ Magazine Covers of All Time

By Alison Nastasi on

Seventy-six years ago, Life published its first issue since folding as a weekly humor publication during the Great Depression. Celebrate with a gallery of our favorite cover… Read More

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Casting Live Versions of Animated Classics

By Emily Temple on

This week, we found out a piece of very interesting news: that Robert Downey Jr. may be playing Geppetto in an upcoming Tim Burton-directed live action version of Pinocchio. Yep, you heard that right. While we think a live action version of Geppetto should be a little… shall we say friendlier than Robert Downey Jr., the news got us to thinking about actors who could step into the shoes of some of our favorite animated characters, from Aladdin and Jasmine to the characters from UP. Click through to see our dream casts for classic (and modern classic) animated films, and let us know who you’d love to see step into your favorite characters’ cartoon shoes in the comments. … Read More

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‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Already Has a Writer

By Caroline Stanley on

Well, that was fast. Just last week we were telling you that Star Wars: Episode VII, the film that will mark the beginning of a new trilogy, would feature an original story. Today, according to an exclusive report from Vulture, Oscar-winning screenwriter Michael Arndt — who most recently penned The Hunger… Read More

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Watch Darth Vader Invade Disneyland

By Judy Berman on

The announcement that Disney has bought LucasFilm and is making a seventh episode of Star Wars has the franchise’s famously opinionated fans in a tizzy of a cosmic proportions. As our own Jason Bailey notes, the geeks’ collective meltdown is probably premature. But whether you’re optimistic or pessimistic about Disney’s Star Wars takeover — or if, like this writer, you don’t really have a horse in this space race — we’re fairly confident you’ll find this new video of Darth Vader having a ball at Disneyland irresistible. Created by Disney Parks, the clip shows the Dark Lord whirling around on the teacups, waving to his Storm Troopers from the Dumbo ride, and drawing his light sabre at the Haunted Mansion. Just one question, though: When the Sword in the Stone rises for Darth Vader, does that mean Disney has crossed over to the dark side? … Read More

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‘Star Wars: Episode 7′ Is an Original Story

By Alison Nastasi on

Have you finished wading through the Star Wars articles yet? No? Too bad, because we have another to add to the pile. Disney has revealed that the new trilogy of Star Wars films will not be based on the existing works. That means you can pretty much count out the comic books, video… Read More

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How the Disney Deal Could Save ‘Star Wars’

By Jason Bailey on

It would’ve taken a seismic shock to get Twitter and the blogosphere to stop chattering about Frankenmummystorm Sandy yesterday afternoon — and that’s exactly what happened (okay, maybe just metaphorically). Late in the day, Disney announced that they’d closed a $4.05 billion deal to purchase George Lucas’ LucasFilm production company; the same announcement also included news that a new Star Wars feature film will be released in 2015, an Episode VII that will mark the beginning of a new trilogy. Movie geeks across the Internet went, shall we say, ape-shit. And so did we, initially — how on earth can anyone in their right mind expect anything but the worst from another Star Wars trilogy? Didn’t the last one sully our beloved childhood memories enough? But the more we’ve thought about it, the more we’ve come to the conclusion that this whole Disney/LucasFilm business could, ultimately, be a very good thing. … Read More