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When you first heard that Pixar is releasing a film called Brave you were probably surprised to learn that it's about a feisty Scottish girl, not one of the Atlanta Braves. Now it's emerged that the Atlanta National League Baseball Club, which owns the team, has been working for months to save other moviegoers from facing the same confusion. Though the team doesn't have a trademark on the singular word "brave," it's objecting to Pixar using the title because fans often use the term when referring to a single player. Shame on Pixar for trying to trick people into watching a kids movie with a female protagonist by suggesting it's about the adventures of a baseball player on team with a problematic name. More »
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Of the 13 feature-length films in its 16-year history, Pixar's Brave—a story about a Scottish princess/aspiring archer who defies her parents—is the animation company's first original fairytale, first movie co-directed by a woman, and first narrative with a female lead character. It's expected to hit theaters next summer, but here is a first peek. More »
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Pixar's Brave is a multitude of firsts for the animation company: it's their first original fairytale, the first Pixar movie to be co-directed by a woman, and the first female-led narrative. The movie, which takes place in Scotland, tells the tale of Princess Merida's coming of age and eventual defiance of her parents, which in turn jeopardizes her entire Kingdom. More »
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Yesterday Pixar posted video of gay and lesbian employees sharing their experiences in one of the best "It Gets Better" videos to date. Warning: Much like their other films, it's touching and may make you tear up. More »
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Toy Story 3 opens on a woman-empowerment high, with Mrs. Potato-Head displaying mad train-robbing skills and cowgirl Jessie skillfully steering her faithful horse Bullseye in the ensuing chase. And that's the end of that. More »
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In the video after the jump, the lamp is finally tried for stomping out the letter I in the Pixar intro. As punishment, he's supplied with a little too much electricity. [College Humor via Buzzfeed] More »
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The Ancient Book of Sex and Science is not, in fact, ancient - it was drawn by four Pixar animators - but the stylized, mid-century-style illustrations do indeed deal with sex, robots, aliens and math. [BoingBoing] More »
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Old? Young? This is true: The greatest adventure is… Falling in love. Sigh. More »
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People are excited about Toy Story 3. And Up made good money over the weekend. But NPR's Linda Holmes pleads to Pixar: "Please make a movie about a girl who is not a princess." More »
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While the trailer at left features the same fluffy animals that populate most computer-animated films, Apocalypse Meow is definitely not a kids movie. Based on the Japanese manga Cat Shit One, the Animal Farm-like series features rabbits portraying American soldiers attacking turban-wearing camels in the Middle East. [World Of Wonder] More »
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Pixar's latest film, Wall-e has been over a decade in the making, but the film's subversive, environmentally friendly, anti-consumerism platform holds truer today than they did ten years ago. Wall-e, which features the voices of Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin and Fred Willard, centers around a robot (named, not surprisingly, "Wall-e") who was created to clean up a deserted Earth all alone. Wall-e meets a new robot named Eve and they fall in robot-love until she is forced to leave and he tags along. On the trip, the duo discover a spaceship inhabited by humans (and where all of them have grown fat and lazy, sucking down fast food like it's going out of style). What do reviewers have to say about a children's film with such subversive messages (let alone those that may be seen as "anti-fat" and "anti-Republican")? Do the messages overshadow the heart of the film? The reviews, after the jump. More »
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• Dear writers, producers & assorted executives of Ratatouille: Please put more female protagonists in your films. Heck, give Jessie from Toy Story 2 her own film! We effing love Joan Cusack! [Salon]

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