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Animated Short Film ‘In a Heartbeat’ Makes Waves Online
Animated short films have that beautiful particularity of striping their stories from customary narrative structures and other inessential details to share an honest and powerful message with audiences. In a Heartbeat, a new short recently released online that tells the story of a boy whose heart pops out of his chest to chase down the one he loves, faithfully represents that unique quality... and something more.
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The Emoji Movie
Not every film aiming to heavily market products can manage to follow in the footsteps of The Lego Movie and meet with the same unforeseen success. That, Tony Leondis, director of The Emoji Movie - and probably everyone at Sony Pictures Animation, by now - learned it the hard way... It's no longer a mystery (or was it ever?) for anyone that The Emoji Movie, an animated feature film inspired by our modern age's wordless/lazy way of communicating via smartphones, is a BIG flop...
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Behind the Scenes of ‘Atomic Blonde’: Or Why Charlize Theron Deserves to Be the Next 007
Charlize Theron gives a new meaning to the expression "fight like a girl" in an impressive behind-the-scenes look at her new upcoming movie, Atomic Blonde. After her incredible, two-fisted performance as Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road, the actress demonstrates here that she's far from done playing strong, forceful female characters and ready to take up any challenges, as physical as they might be!
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Why Have Trailers Become So Revealing?
If you're a regular theatergoer, chances are you've probably already found yourself attempting to look away, hands on ears, from a trailer that was revealing more than you needed to know about an upcoming movie. And you're not alone. For the past few years, a growing number of audience members have complained about trailers in theater and online that deliberately give away too many important scenes and plot points. What often feels...
