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25 May

Pixar, Italian Style: Why Luca is Set in 1950s Italy

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Pixar movies have been set in all kinds of places: a coral reef, a closet full of toys, and the inside of the human brain are just a few examples of such creative flights of fancy. But with Luca, the original new fantasy coming from the fabled studio that will stream exclusively on Disney+ next month, director Enrico Casarosa and the filmmaking team have ventured into an exotic new locale: Italy during the 1950s. Luca is the charming story of two young friends, Luca and Alberto (voiced by Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer respectively), who spend a delightful, seemingly…

24 Jul

Charlize Theron Recalls Sexist Double Standards in The Italian Job and 2000s Hollywood

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There are few bigger names in the action genre right now than Charlize Theron. An Oscar winner with an eclectic career that’s spanned genres and multiple decades, Theron is the rare dramatic actor who can slip into a role of action hero (or anti-hero) so well that when she originates a character, it often becomes iconic. Just consider how folks still talk about Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road five years later, and why The Old Guard is Netflix’s biggest movie of the summer. However, this was not always the case. As Theron was quick to point out during her…

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Pixar, Italian Style: Why Luca is Set in 1950s Italy

Charlize Theron Recalls Sexist Double Standards in The Italian Job and 2000s Hollywood

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