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    May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. TV picks: 'Arrested Development,' biopics, 'Longmire,' cartoons

    <strong>"Arrested Development" (Netflix, Sunday, then anytime).</strong> The 15-episode, seven-years-belated fourth season of what was formerly a Fox comedy and now belongs to the Internet is not being offered in advance for critical review, so you know as much as I do. Apart from appeasing the critical community, and, as my wife pointed out, not wrecking our Memorial Day weekend by making us work on Sunday, there doesn't seem to be any reason to make it available. Public interest is already running high &mdash; higher, anyway, than when the show was actually on &mdash; and the producers don't have to worry about winning their time slot, because they have don't have one. The whole series will become available at once Sunday, and then remain available, to Netflix subscribers, something like forever; new subscriptions will be the only metric that matters. I don't think for a moment that this coyness disguises any sort of tactical damage control &mdash; given that the old team (who are back every man-jack and woman-jill of them) had an unerring sense of how to make this show, I suspect watching the new episodes will be like running into an old friend from whom the longest separation feels like no time at all. The third season ended not at a moment of resolution but of escape &mdash; escape is a kind of resolution, I know &mdash; with Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) and son George Michael (Michael Cera) and Michael's father, George (Jeffrey Tambor), sailing off to Mexico; Michael's mother, Lucille (Jessica Walter), hijacking the Queen Mary to evade the SEC; and George Michael's cousin, Maeby (Alia Shawkat), who turned out not to be his cousin, pitching her family story to "AD" executive producer (and narrator) Ron Howard, who didn't see it as a TV show. (But maybe a movie.) Some things have no doubt happened in the interim.
    Los Angeles Times Television Critic
    "Arrested Development" (Netflix, Sunday, then anytime). The 15-episode, seven-years-belated fourth season of what was formerly a Fox comedy and now belongs to the Internet is not being offered in advance for critical review, so you know as much as I do....

    Tags: Jason Bateman, Mad Men (tv program), Nickelodeon (tv network), John Doe, Memorial Day

    2. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Review: 'Epic' looks like its title but doesn't feel that way

    "Epic," a fairy tale about a tiny universe of creatures who protect the forest, has many virtues.
    "Epic," a fairy tale about a tiny universe of creatures who protect the forest, has many virtues. The animation is lush and imaginative. The 3-D effects are stunning, among the best we've seen. The coming-of-age ideas are framed in eco-friendly ways....

    Tags: Poetry, Aziz Ansari, Christoph Waltz, Rise of the Guardians (movie), Chris O'Dowd

    3. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. With Bill Hader leaving 'SNL,' here's 5 movie roles we want for him

    For Bill Hader fans, Saturday was a dark day, as it marked the actor's last episode as a regular cast member of "Saturday Night Live."
    For Bill Hader fans, Saturday was a dark day, as it marked the actor's last episode as a regular cast member of "Saturday Night Live." Hader, 34, takes with him beloved characters like enthusiastic "Weekend Update" city correspondent Stefon, creepy...

    Tags: Kristen Wiig, Academy Awards, Steve Buscemi, Bill Hader, Entertainment Events

    4. May 20, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  4. ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’: Patton Oswalt’s dream plot gets animated

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    Remember Patton Oswalt's eight-minute “Parks and Recreation” monologue about his proposed plot for “Star Wars: Episode VII”? It took YouTube […]...
    5. May 16, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Studio Ghibli’s ‘Totoro,’ ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ coming to Blu-ray

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    Two classic Studio Ghibli films are getting the Blu-ray treatment. Disney is releasing Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Howl’s […]...
    6. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Film Independent at LACMA celebrates 'Valley Girl'

    <a href="../../www.lacma.org">Film Independent at LACMA</a> is holding a 1980s costume contest after the 30th anniversary screening of Martha Coolidge's endearing comedy "Valley Girl" on Thursday evening at the Leo S. Bing Theater.
    Film Independent at LACMA is holding a 1980s costume contest after the 30th anniversary screening of Martha Coolidge's endearing comedy "Valley Girl" on Thursday evening at the Leo S. Bing Theater. The romantic comedy was inspired by Frank Zappa and his...

    Tags: Roger Ebert, Larry Karaszewski, Entertainment Events, Citizen Kane (movie), Arts and Culture

    7. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Is Disney sexing up 'Brave' heroine Merida for merchandise line?

    <em>This post has been updated, please see below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated, please see below for details. Merida, the feisty, outdoorsy heroine of Pixar's 2012 animated film "Brave,"  was many a parent's dream come true. In an era in which girls are often hypersexualized in entertainment and the...

    Tags: Pixar Animation, Brave (movie)

    8. May 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Cannes: With 'The Congress,' Ari Folman votes for new audacity

    CANNES, France -- Few independent directors have won as many plaudits for their visual inventiveness as Ari Folman. Five years ago, the Israeli first-timer came to Cannes and caught the film world&rsquo;s attention with his combat piece &ldquo;Waltz With Bashir.&rdquo; A largely autobiographical account of his experience in the first Israel-Lebanon war, &ldquo;Bashir&rdquo; subsumed real-life acting into a palette of painstaking hand-drawn animation. The film went on to be nominated for the foreign-language Oscar and win the Golden Globe in the category.
    CANNES, France -- Few independent directors have won as many plaudits for their visual inventiveness as Ari Folman. Five years ago, the Israeli first-timer came to Cannes and caught the film world’s attention with his combat piece “Waltz...

    Tags: Film Festivals, Politics, Entertainment Events, Fiction, Celebrities

    9. May 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Rhythm & Hues effects house in search of a new home

    Rhythm &amp; Hues, the Oscar-winning visual effects house that recently emerged from bankruptcy protection, is now looking for a new home.
    Rhythm & Hues, the Oscar-winning visual effects house that recently emerged from bankruptcy protection, is now looking for a new home. As Times writer Roger Vincent reports, the company's 200,000-square-foot El Segundo headquarters has been sold for $25...

    Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations, The Weinstein Company, Economy, Business and Finance

    10. May 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Disney unveils plan for first animated Marvel film

    The studio behind the animated fantasies "Bambi," "Dumbo" and '"The Lion King" has a new kind of hero tale on the way &mdash; a Marvel Comics one. Walt Disney Animation Studios on Thursday announced plans to release "Big Hero 6," an action-comedy inspired by a little-known Japan-set Marvel series about a team of state-sanctioned superheroes.
    The studio behind the animated fantasies "Bambi," "Dumbo" and '"The Lion King" has a new kind of hero tale on the way — a Marvel Comics one. Walt Disney Animation Studios on Thursday announced plans to release "Big Hero 6," an action-comedy inspired...

    Tags: Artists, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Arts and Culture, Dumbo (movie)

    11. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Ray Harryhausen dies at 92; special-effects legend

    Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation legend whose work on "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," "Jason and the Argonauts" and other science fiction and fantasy film classics made him a cult figure who inspired later generations of filmmakers and special-effects artists, has died. He was 92.
    Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation legend whose work on "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," "Jason and the Argonauts" and other science fiction and fantasy film classics made him a cult figure who inspired later generations of filmmakers and special-...

    Tags: Artists, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Fiction, Arts and Culture

    12. May 4, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  12. May the fourth be with you: ‘Star Wars’ writer Simon Kinberg talks spinoff films

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    “Star Wars” fans have dubbed May 4 as “‘Star Wars' Day” (as in “May the fourth be with you…”), and ......
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