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BusinessWorld April 30, 2021 | 12:06 am While Pixar’s groundbreaking Toy Story often achieves plaudits for the shot in the arm it gave Hollywood animation in the mid-1990s, it’s impossible to ignore the influence of DreamWorks’ 2001 computer-animated hit Shrek. The grubbier and more sarcastic sibling to Woody and Buzz, Shrek was a milestone for American cartoons that paved the way for a unique brand of animated anarchy and sardonic irreverence that still holds ...

The film’s ironic distance, scornful approach to its fairy tale subject matter, smattering of literary and film references, as well as its broader pop culture literacy, have all since impacted the tone of several blockbuster animated features.

While Pixar’s groundbreaking Toy Story often achieves plaudits for the shot in the arm it gave Hollywood animation in the mid-1990s, it’s impossible to ignore the influence of DreamWorks’ 2001 computer-animated hit Shrek. The grubbier and more sarcastic sibling to Woody and Buzz, Shrek was a milestone for American cartoons that paved the way for a unique brand of animated anarchy and sardonic irreverence that still holds sway across the industry today. Back in 2001, animation’s digital ...

Double Take: Shrek at 20 and the Iconic Legacy of DreamWorks "All Star" Its the 20th Shrekiversary. Time to peel back the layers. Double Take is a series in which Anna Swanson and Meg Shields sit down and yell at each other about the controversial, uncomfortable, and contentious corners of cinema. In this edition, they consider the cultural impact and enduring notoriety of Shrek. Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, a Scottish ogre was unleashed upon the world and changed the face of a...

Excitement Builds for SPAC That Will Bring Topps Back as Public Entity The market for sports cards is going crazy, which adds to the anticipation of the sports cards maker going public once again. Stocks quotes in this article: MUDS, RBAC Had I only known in the mid-1970s, as a child, some of what I know now, and Im am not referring to anything deep or meaningful. I would have scooped up dozens of boxes of unopened Topps baseball cards and sto...

DUBLIN — The Sunday Times of London has fired the writer of an op-ed article denouncing the campaign by women of the British Broadcasting Corporation for equal pay after the column sparked widespread accusations that it was anti-Semitic and misogynistic. The move came after the article, by Kevin Myers, an Irish journalist with a record of provocative right-wing statements, was pulled from its website and the editor of The Sunday Times and the editor of the paper’s Irish edition apologized ...

Author Bio Full-time host of the Motley Fool Money radio show, MarketFoolery podcast, and other things. Part-time connoisseur of movies, basketball & fine bourbon. Topps (yes, the baseball card company) gets ready to go public through a SPAC. Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) deals with fallout from the Archegos Capital debacle. In this episode of MarketFoolery, Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma analyzes those stories and shares why he believes a Mexican airport operator and an A...

reportedly informed Congress that it is planning to advance a $23.4 billion sale of weaponry to the United Arab Emirates that was inked under former President Donald Trump, a move anti-war critics denounced as a betrayal of President Joe Bidens recent pledge to end US support for "offensive operations" in Yemen. One of the major members of the Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing and strangling Yemen since 2015, the UAE is set to receive 50 F-35 fighter jets, more than a dozen armed...

Promising excitement, access and helpful hints for aspiring entrepreneurs, Wahlberg wants to welcome said “fans” into his personal life through the auspices of a flummoxed film crew chronicling his ability to balance acting with his portfolio of side businesses, ranging from Municipal apparel and F-45 fitness studios to his entertainment production company, Unrealistic Ideas (makers of “Wahl Street”), and his admittedly faltering Wahlburgers franchises. And to add to this shameless self...

It’s neither Disney’s first Star Wars nor 2001 for beginners, but The Black Hole merits exploration Erik Adams Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: With Voyagers  now in theaters and Stowaway on Netflix next week, we’re looking to the stars for five days of space movies. The Black Hole (1979) The Black Hole came to be: Star Wars. George Lucas’ space op...