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The Top Ten Tearjerker Moments In Film

Sometimes, just sometimes, we all need an excuse to squeeze a few tears out. It helps us prove that we’re not dead inside, for starters, and allows us to get all our angst out without anybody judging us. At least, they can’t judge us TOO harshly… here are our top ten tearjerkers, as selected by the BFF team from our film database.

Pixar tackle dinosaurs and psychology in two newly announced films

Pixar announces not one but TWO new feature length animations.

5 reasons Toy Story 4 is the Worst Idea Ever

As Woody himself so devastatingly put it: “somebody’s poisoned the water-hole”. Please, John. Please don’t do this to us.

Cheat Sheet: John Lasseter

Over the years we have sat back with our families, with various sugary goods, and have indulged ourselves in some quality CGI filled entertainment courtesy of Pixar. But who do we rave about when they’re over? Well it certainly isn’t the man who made it all possible. Let us appreciate this unsung hero by looking over his years of achievement in the world of family entertainment. Ladies and gentlemen, this is John Lasseter’s Cheat Sheet.

‘Cars 2’ gets thrown on the scrapheap

Cars 2, arguably the undoing of decades of hard, sweat inducing work from the wonder that is Pixar. What were they thinking?

Win Win

Character actor and film demi-god Paul Giamatti is in fine form in this indie tragi-comedy about selfish and selfless acts in suburbia. But was it a Win-Win or a Meh-Meh?

How we all learnt to love cartoons

For the longest time animation was simply perceived as something for kids, and wasn’t taken seriously by adults. If an animated film did in anyway achieve the hallowed ground of ‘appealing to kids and grownups alike’ it was considered a pretty rare thing. Today, animated films about toys are getting Oscar nominations and reviewers like to deal out their opinions based on one neat bit of criteria: is it any good?

3D or not 3D – that is the question

What an incredible age we live in! Chemical-filled snacks are readily available on delivery at obscene hours of the morning, social networking has become a national sport and now we can even watch movies in three glorious dimensions. But with the great power of 3D comes great responsibility – so has anyone yet managed to rise up and use it to good effect? Or is it just about making an extra couple of quid per person at the cinema? So far it’s pretty much been the latter – but for every shocker there’s been one to come along and blow the rest out of the 3D piranha-infested waters…

Top 30 Films of the Decade

Ten years of film all neatly rolled into one awesomely epic list of greats! Feast your eyes on the Top 30 Films of the Decade.

Oscars: The Winners, The Losers, The Big Night

Well, what a night, eh? It was glorious to have a real nail-biter of a ceremony, with the David and Goliath battle that was Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker. But, in the end, Katheryn Bigelow’s budget Iraq epic took home the gold, in a night that was revolutionary, though rather predictable.