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'Wreck-it Ralph' Wrecks the Annie Awards

Jacob Hall — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:30:50 +0000

The Annie Awards may not be as high profile as the Oscars, but they're always a fascinating look at a corner of the film and television world that is often overlooked during the awards season: animation. Considering the company's legacy, it feels appropriate that Disney dominated at the 40th Annual Annie Awards, with 'Wreck-it Ralph' and 'Paperman' going home as the big winners.

'Argo' Wins Big at Producer's Guild of America Awards

Jacob Hall — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:33:00 +0000

With each passing awards ceremony, the Academy's snubbing of Ben Affleck for Best Director looks increasingly ridiculous. Some thought that 'Argo' winning Best Picture and Best DIrector at the Golden Globes was something of a fluke, but now that the critically acclaimed box office hit has won big at the Producer's Guild of America awards, you may want to shuffle around your Oscar bets.

Cosplay of the Day: 'Wreck-It Ralph's' Vanellope Is Pretty Schweet

Britt Hayes — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:38:22 +0000

Today’s cosplay is so sweet it’ll give you a toothache, but watch out, ’cause ‘Wreck-It Ralph‘s’ Vanellope Von Schweetz can be sour if you cross her. ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ is a great film, and while Ralph is definitely the main attraction, his sidekick Vanellope Von Schweetz (voiced by Sarah Silverman) really stole the show. We love [...]

'Wreck-It Ralph' Review

Matt Singer — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:22:04 +0000

Movies allow us to experience life through another person's eyes. Video games allow us to experience life through another person's eyes -- and to control their decisions. We spend hours upon hours with these video game characters, until we feel like we know them; Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, their adventures are so memorable, and their personalities so vivid that they almost seem alive. But of course their adventures and their personalities are all predetermined by programming, and they remain forever trapped by their unbreakable directives. If these characters weren't just a series of electronic impulses and computer code, it would be a tragic existence.

That, essentially, is the premise of 'Wreck-It Ralph,' a manic children's film about the souls of video game avatars. Made by Disney, it greatly resembles the premise of Disney's (and Pixar's) modern classic 'Toy Story,' in which toys are revealed to have lives and thoughts of their own when no one's around to play with them. Here we learn that when a suburban arcade shuts down for the night, the characters inside all the games cross over into each other's universes to socialize.