I’d like to piss everyone off for a moment and ask what I consider to be a simple question: Why does Disney hates mothers? Think about every possible Disney movie you’ve ever seen, and I’m only referring to the mainstream full-feature length movies starting with 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (evil, wicked stepmother) all the way to 2010’s Tangled (evil, wicked witch who pretends... 

I suppose it was inevitable. Just like no star sports player can go undefeated, eventually Pixar had to present a movie that didn’t live up to the high standards we’ve all come to expect from them. While there are some entertaining things to like about Cars 2, particularly for younger viewers, as a whole this is a terribly weak movie. With a ridiculous story, a poor change of focus, and a weak... 

I still remember the marketing blitz behind Cars in the weeks leading up to the movie’s original theatrical release. Every day Disney / Pixar was releasing something new to promote the movie – in particular character wallpapers and posters. There came a point where I really started to worry whether Pixar had its first dud on its hands. After all, the studio had never worked so hard to promote... 

Closing Tabs started as a weekly look at news we didn’t cover on the site throughout the week. As the site has grown, however, we’ve moved away from reporting most news (you can catch most of it regurgitated on other sites anyway) in favor of more original opinions and editorials. Still, that news is out there, clogging up the tabs on our browsers, so now we offer the column as a Tuesday/Thursday...