Planes

Cartoons can go to some very strange places.

These animated films are unwatchable.

In a weekend with four new major releases but no definitive frontrunners, the Matt Damon sci-fi action flick 'Elysium' snagged the top spot over some seemingly powerful competition. Director Neill Blomkamp's film continues this summer's trend of R-rated fare opening big ('The Purge,' 'The Conjuring,' '2 Guns') and proves that there's plenty of box office success to be had in the typically slow fin

'Planes,' in theaters now, was a major step in broadening the world of 'Cars.' Pixar and Disney are so confident with this new universe they're building that, during the D23 Expo, Disney chief creative officer John Lasseter previewed the next installment, 'Planes: Fire & Rescue.'

On top of the news about two untitled Marvel movies, Disney has updated their calendar, and changed the title of 'The Muppets' sequel, which is now going by the name 'The Muppets Most Wanted.'

Disney has released the first full trailer for 'Planes,' their spin-off of Pixar's 'Cars,' in which Dane Cook plays a crop duster plane named Dusty (obviously), who has big dreams of competing in an air race. But he's a crop duster plane! Shenanigans ensue!

Disney's upcoming 'Planes' was already on turbulent ground with many film fans before it cast Dane Cook as the lead character, so expect the eye rolling and the weary sighs that tend to happen whenever this project is mentioned to be extra pronounced today. 'Planes' just went from being a cash-in spin-off of Pixar's worst film to being a cash-in spin-off of Pixar's worst film starring a not partic

Disney might as well call this 'Flying Cars', so identical does 'Planes' look to the 'Cars' movies. The 'Planes' trailer has just landed, and boy, does it ever look like parents will have to take one for the team with this offering. Pixar this is not. Check it out after the break.

For a children's film about anthropomorphic airplanes, Pixar's 'Planes' sure has courted a lot of controversy from film fans. A spin-off of the widely derided but highly successful 'Cars' films, it was set to be Pixar's first direct-to-DVD movie and to many fans of the animation studio, it looked like a huge stumbling block for a company that has always valued artistry over crass moneymaking. Well