Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agrees to acquire
world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd, including legendary STAR WARS franchise.
Acquisition continues Disney’s strategic focus on creating and
monetizing the world’s best branded content, innovative technology and
global growth to drive long-term shareholder value.
Lucasfilm to join company’s global portfolio of world class brands
including Disney, ESPN, Pixar, Marvel and ABC.
STAR WARS: EPISODE 7 feature film targeted for release in 2015.
Frankenweenie 3D [PG] 2012 Disney Directed by Tim Burton
Grade B Up-graded from B
+1: Black and white horror/ fable. +1: Stop-motion animation. +1: Sparky’s (the “Frankenweenie”) day out. par: (Magic) lightning makes monsters. par: Score (Danny Elfman).
+1: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Joe) as a young Bruce Willis (old Joe). par: Time travel and paradoxes. -1: Logic: only the mobs control outlawed technology of time travel. par: Near future design. par: Logic: killing a man from the future - slowly.
Hotel Transylvania [PG]
2012
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
Grade: B+
Up-graded from B
+1: Animation.
+1: Monster Families. Wolfman Wayne (Kevin James) and his kids (pups?), Dracula (Adam Sandler) and daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez).
par: Story logic: from what are monsters taking a vacation?
-1: Physics: vampires burn instantly in the sun, yet endlessly without being consumed.
par: Love story: Johnathan (Andy Samberg) and Mavis.
The Disney Television Animation
studio, turned one of its production offices on Sonora Avenue in
Glendale, into an exhibit space for its fall second in-house art gallery this fall, themed “Some Kind
of Monster.”
Read more in Olu Alemoru’s article for Los Angeles Wave: [click: http://wavenewspapers.com/article_901258e8-1bdb-11e2-818a-0019bb30f31a.html]
Some Nights by Jack Antonoff, Jefferey Bhasker, Dost Andrew, Nathaniel Joseph Ruess
Some nights, I stay up cashing in my bad luck Some nights, I call it a draw Some nights, I wish that my lips could build a castle Some nights, I wish they’d just fall off
But I still wake up, I still see your ghost Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for oh What do I stand for? What do I stand for? Most nights, I don’t know anymore... oh woah, oh woah, oh woah oh oh oh woah, oh woah, oh woah oh oh
This is it, boys, this is war - what are we waiting for? Why don’t we break the rules already? I was never one to believe the hype - save that for the black and white I try twice as hard and I'm half as liked, but here they come again to jack my style
And that’s alright; I found a martyr in my bed tonight She stops my bones from wondering just who I am, who I am, who I am Oh, who am I? Oh, who am I? mmm... mmm...
Well, Some nights, I wish that this all would end Cause I could use some friends for a change And some nights, I’m scared you'll forget me again Some nights, I always win, I always win...
But I still wake up, I still see your ghost Oh Lord, I’m still not sure what I stand for, oh What do I stand for? What do I stand for? Most nights, I don’t know... (come on)
So this is it? I sold my soul for this? Washed my hands of that for this? I miss my mom and dad for this?
No. When I see stars, when I see, when I see stars, that’s all they are When I hear songs, they sound like this one, so come on Oh, come on. Oh, come on, OH COME ON!
Well, this is it guys, that is all - five minutes in and I’m bored again Ten years of this, I’m not sure if anybody understands This one is not for the folks at home; Sorry to leave, mom, I had to go Who the fuck wants to die alone all dried up in the desert sun?
My heart is breaking for my sister and the con that she call “love” But when I look into my nephew’s eyes... Man, you wouldn’t believe the most amazing things that can come from... Some terrible lies...ahhh...
The other night, you wouldn’t believe the dream I just had about you and me I called you up, but we’d both agree It's for the best you didn’t listen It’s for the best we get our distance... oh... It’s for the best you didn’t listen It’s for the best we get our distance... oh...
The Expendables 2 [R]
2012 Lionsgate
Directed by Simon West
Grade B-
Up-graded from C
+1: Cast.
-1: Logic and character motivation.
par: Dialogue.
+1: Spotlight fight sequences (Jet Li as Yin Yang, Jason Statham as Lee Christmas)
+1: Franchise entry.
