Snark, Critic and Pop!

Like many hapless Americans, I have been looking forward to the next Pixar movie Brave.  Not because it’s from Pixar — the computer animated studio responsible for a number of classic films such as Wall-E, Finding Nemo, & Toy Story.  And certainly not because Brave appears to be a family friendly tale of a red-haired girl in a tribe of Scots earning her place via courage (a.k.a. bravery).

No, I simply assumed Brave was based on the life story of Major League Baseball franchise the Atlanta Braves.  The little red-headed girl clearly a stand-in for Braves great Chipper Jones.  Fortunately, the Atlanta Braves are suing Pixar to cease and desist this fraud. 

Think it seems frivolous?  I dare you to watch the trailer and try not to imagine Brave is closely affiliated with the Atlanta Braves.  The two are interchangeable in my mind now. (continue reading…)

I wasn’t a big fan of the new movie Drive, but it never crossed my mind to file a lawsuit against the film’s makers because of it.  Frankly, I’d file charges against Uwe Bol over Bloodrayne: Third Reich well before the noir throwback Drive.  But, I am not an American hero.  One Michigan woman, however, is leading the charge of the dimmed light brigade and suing Drive’s distributors, FilmDistrict, over the flick.  Why?  Because of the misleading trailer and a little anti-Semitism.  So says the article from the Hollywood Reporter: (continue reading…)