'Polar Express' Brings Risky New Animation to Film
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Even at a hefty cost of around $165  million to make "The Polar Express," director Robert Zemeckis  thinks an innovative new animation technique he used may have  saved the Warner Bros. studio and the film's producers about  $835 million.
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New technology supercharges dog-sled racing. This is the real polar express. By Aria Pearson from Wired magazine.
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This cinematic season has already had two unique holiday offerings. Ben Affleck&#39;s black comedy Surviving Christmas died at the box office, while The Polar Express has soared with critics but stalled with viewers.
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Think of "Arctic Tale" as a mash-up between "March of the Penguins" and "An Inconvenient Truth" &#151; apropos, since it's being marketed at Starbucks like some innocuous folk-rock music &#151; except unlike both of those movies, it isn't even trying to be a pure documentary.
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Many films start out as award-winning books. But they arenât usually picture books. Emperor of the north: An engineer (Michael Jeter) takes a wild ride in âThe Polar Express.
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Casino Royale is narrowly beaten at the US box office by an animated comedy about a tap-dancing penguin.
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The Polar Express: Childrenâs fantasy. Starring Tom Hanks and Nona Gaye. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. (Rated G. 93 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.
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&quot;The Polar Express&quot; got a relatively chilly reception at the box office this weekend, pulling in far behind the season&#39;s other highly touted, animated family flick, &quot;The Incredibles.
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Tom Hanks doesn't turn Polar Express into much of a thrill ride. For that you need 3-D goggles
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After a slow start out of the station, "The Polar Express" just keeps chugging along. Taking in nearly &#36;10 million over the weekend, the holiday tale lifted its domestic total to &#36;110 million with plenty of steam left for Christmas and New Year's.
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With more than a dozen computer-animated movies being readied for release, Hollywood is facing the prospect of serious viewer fatigue.
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Warner Bros.' big-budget movie for  children, "The Polar Express," pulled into theaters on  Wednesday with a load of mixed reviews, ranging from praise for  an instant holiday classic to jeers for a huge disappointment.
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The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad will partner with Warner Brothers Studios to bring the blockbuster movie âThe Polar Expressâ to life on the tracks.
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When the film based on Chris Van Allsburg&#39;s delicate and haunting children&#39;s book &quot;The Polar Express&quot; plays in its own backyard, it has the purity of virgin, new-fallen snow.
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Toy-inspired movies like Transformers and Bratz are lucrative for Hollywood, but experts warn they could also be harmful for kids' development
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Films use artwork the way they have long used music: to set a mood.
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Sales of model trains are picking up steam again thanks to deals linking them to the "Harry Potter" and "The Polar Express" movies, along with a new approach to marketing the old-fashioned toys.