Brussels, the capital of Belgium, is head of the European Union and the home of Tintin. It is also a fantastic place to visit if you are vacationing in Europe and are a chocolate aficionado as Belgium produces 172,000 tons of chocolate each year and has 2,000 chocolate shops. Brussels, Belgium is over one thousand […]
Tag Archives: Tintin
02
Feb
Feb
Walt Disney Pictures has followed up the successful release of the 3D version of “The Lion King” with their other modern classic, “Beauty in the Beast,” in the same format. Seeing “Beauty and the Beast” in 3D on the big screen is a completely different experience than seeing it in a home theater. It added […]
Reports about Peter Jackson’s remarks (such as this one) at the recent San Diego Comic-Con (more) give me hope that once the Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg films of Tintin’s adventures start rolling out (the first is still over a year away, as I have written about here), I’ll no longer have to explain that […]
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Jun
Jun
“The Adventures of Tintin,” a Belgian children’s graphic novel and cartoon series by Herge (nom-de-plume of Georges Remi), is finding popularity with U.S. film-going families as an animated feature. However, fans of Tintin were in danger of losing one book of the series, “Tintin in the Congo,” which came under threat of banning for inciting […]
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Dec
Dec
Back in December, Peter Jackson revealed that he’s still set on directing his own “Adventures of Tintin” entry, and, now, Steven Spielberg has chimed in to confirm that the duo are indeed working on a follow-up. In an interview with The Times of India, the Spielberg provided an update. He’ll still be along as a […]
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May
May
Since I’m always eager to see what Steven Spielberg has come up with, I eagerly showed up for an early-morning advance screening of his new action epic, The Adventures of Tintin. Everything about the pre-release hype suggested this one was special: The movie represents Spielberg’s first feature-length experiment with motion-capture storytelling, it’s a collaboration between […]