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In the new zombie epic "World War Z," Brad Pitt jets around the world seeking an elusive solution to an intractable problem. He's been doing a lot of that in real life too. Six months ago, Pitt's new movie appeared doomed — by a release-date...

It's been a dozen years since Mike and Sully scared up some big laughs in Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." The 2001 film was so successful that a sequel seemed logical, but it was delayed while writers tried to find the scariest / funniest way to get the pair...

**1/2 (out of four) Remember how you felt watching “The Incredibles” or “Ratatouille” or, most recently in the Pixar canon, “Toy Story 3”? Those movies are funny and moving. You delight in their universe and are sad to...

OPENING FRIDAY World War Z    "World War Z" promised to be some sort of ultimate zombie movie experience, and it’s hard to call it that. But the first 25 minutes or so of this "Contagion"-meets-"28 Days Later" thriller will leave you breathless....

The Walt Disney Co. spent more than $1 billion in recent years rebuilding an underperforming theme park in Southern California. Now, though with far less fanfare, Comcast Corp. is doing something very similar in Central Florida. And it reaches its...

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY Rating: G What it's about: We meet those master scarers of "Monsters, Inc." back when they were in college. The kid attractor factor: It's a "Monsters, Inc." prequel, and a G-rated college fraternity comedy in animated form. Good...

Disney's premiere for Pixar's "Monsters University" at the El Capitan theater turned Hollywood Boulevard into a blue-and-white tailgate party, complete with a marching band and cheer squad, themed around the scare school in the prequel that brings back...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It has been over a decade since "Monsters, Inc." and its two top scarers Mike and Sulley first proved that things that go bump in the night can be cuddly and adorable too. Now, Pixar is returning once more to the fright...

Jun 18 (TheWrap.com) - Hollywood's gamble on a crowded summer movie season chockablock with pricey tentpoles is paying off, with the box office running 12.7 percent ahead of last summer and on track to possibly break the all time summer record. That $4.4...

Cheerleaders flipped and cart-wheeled their way down the monster-blue carpet along with a marching band and giant film characters Monday at the premiere of "Monsters University" at the El Capitan Theatre. Celebrities, including star Billy Crystal, and...

The Walt Disney Co. means a lot of things these days: Marvel superheroes, "Star Wars" and Pixar among them, but the company is going back to basics for its latest Disney Channel series, titled simply, "Mickey Mouse." The new series will feature short...

It wasn’t that long ago when Disney was struggling to revive a moribund animation division while its powerhouse subsidiary Pixar was on a serious roll. Things look a little different these days. “Cars 2” and “Brave,” both...