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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Tom Whelan’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” limited edition created by Tom Whelan screenprint for the folks over at dark hall mansion as a companion piece to my “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" print.

“This is, hands down, my favorite peanuts special. It invokes a quiet tone and humble demeanor that captures the true spirit of Christmas so perfectly. i had this one in rotation early this year as i was working on the poster and not surprisingly, my son is enamored with it. nice to see it captivates generation after generation.” — Tom.

poster specs:
• 10-color screenprint on cougar natural 100# cover stock
• size: 18" x 24"
• regular edition: 450
• variant edition: 100
• steel edition: 50

online sale info:
• thu, dec 1, 2011
• where: emovieposter.com
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• fri, dec 2
• where: dark hall mansion

Site:
http://www.strongstuff.net/

on Deviant Art:
http://strongstuff.deviantart.com/

Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Muppets

The Muppets [PG]
2011 Walt Disney Pictures
Directed by James Bobin

Grade: A
Up-graded from B
+1: Big music numbers move story forward.
+1: Celebrity cameos.
-1: Celebrity cameos squeezed into late telethon sequence.
+1: Chickens singing Cee-Lo Green’s “Forget You.”
+1: Gary (played by Jason Segel) as a Muppet, and his Muppet brother Walter as a human.

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Toy Story Toons: Small Fry (short running before “The Muppets”)
2011 Disney/Pixar
Directed by Angus MacLane

Grade: B+
Up-graded from B

+1: Mini Buzz.
+1: Quick gags with the fast food toy support group.
-1: Logic - Mom mistakes Mini Buzz for full-sized Buzz Lightyear.
+1: A toy, flashing, belt buckle is funny.
-1: Buzz matter-of-factly shows up back home at the end of the 7-minute short.

[overview on Fandango: http://www.fandango.com/themuppets_138235/movieoverview]