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The Cars 3 Animation and Effects Teams Breathe Life into the Next Generation of Cars

It happens to the best of them. Michael Jordon. Tiger Woods. Mickey Mantle. Joe Montana. The superstars of yesteryear face the end of their careers, as the brash, young newcomers take centerstage. Why would we expect anything different from the star of Cars 3: Lightning McQueen? Harken back to the first Cars film, and you may remember a fairly cocky #95 not really caring to hear anyone else’s advice. He was young and a bit …

13 Reasons I Just Can’t Look Away from Lemon Snicket’s Unfortunate Events

by Andrew Kardon

From the very opening of Netflix’s original series Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, viewers are told to look away. A deadpan narrator practically begs and pleads with us to watch no more as an endless series of unfortunate events awaits three beautiful children. No happy ending. No good to counter the bad. Just look away. Of course, like most humans, when you’re told to look away, what do you do? Yeah, you look …

How to Throw the Most Bodacious ’80s Pizza Party

by Andrew Kardon

“I gave her my heart. She gave me a pen.” Wiser words have never been spoken on the Big Screen, and if you’re a fan of John Cusack or the ’80s, those two short sentences speak volumes. They come from 1989’s Say Anything, which cued a perfect ending to the perfect Bubble Gum Decade. Yes, the ’80s. Atari. Bubble Yum. Cartoons. Star Wars. And the land of horrifically awful (yet I loved every single one) sitcoms. …

The Cars 3 Writing Team Reveals the Story Behind the Story

by Andrew Kardon

Story is King. That’s pretty much the mantra at Pixar Animation Studios, where they tell some amazing stories. From Toy Story to Finding Nemo, the Pixar team seems to flawlessly crank out success after success. But what really goes on behind those closed doors? How do these masterpieces make it to the Big Screen? That’s exactly what I got to find out on a recent #Cars3Event Blogging Trip to Pixar Studios, where we sat down …

Make Your Own Baby Groot Cupcakes and Celebrate Guardians of the Galaxy

by Andrew Kardon

Marvel Studios can say so very much with so few words. Why, just three little words in fact can move even the stiffest of hearts. No, I’m not talking about, “I love you.” I’m referring to the tree-like alien Groot, who’s famous for his extremely limited vocabulary that consists almost entirely of, “I am Groot.” We just saw Guardians of the Galaxy 2 this weekend to celebrate my son’s 14th birthday and the movie was …