"Anything that's touched by man, is transformed by man, is, by its very nature, designed." Why is a pen shaped the way it is? Why is a spoon, for that matter? Full Article at DVD Verdict

1,621 FREE Digital Prints Dealnews rounds up all the photo services that offers free prints. Take advantage of all of them and they add up to a whopping 1,621! FREE Beech-Nut Starter Kit Sign up for their monthly eNewsletter to get a FREE Starter Kit. Full Article at Wise Bread

Pixar Animation Studios is known for the best animated feature films in the last twenty years of filmmaking. Pixar's creative innovation and talent has successfully captivated a worldwide audience with simplicity, storytelling and emotional depth. Full Article at Associated Content

No, you're not hallucinating. Revanche, an Austrian crime flick that starts off in somewhat grim quarters and only ventures further into the dark from there, claims the year-end top spot in a poll of City Paper's contributing critics. Full Article at Baltimore City Paper

Over the past two decades the screenplay categories have become something of a consolation prize for acclaimed movies that fell outside the traditional definition of best picture, whether offbeat indies ("Juno," "Lost in Translation"), foreign... Full Article at Variety

Kristen Stewart did not present last year. Only Robert Pattinson was there to introduce the “romance” montage. Thanks for the good catch, Vanessa! No problem. I would think that New Moon would be included just because it was such a box office hit. Full Article at Entertainment Weekly

Yes Drew K, Tim Tebow will get picked in the first round. Sam Fuld is the more accomplished Major League Hitter- Gordon Wittenmeyer Yea, there have been mistakes. But they are playing pretty well considering. Full Article at Niners Nation

New York, 1:11 PM Sun Dec 6 19 posts in the last 24 hours New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email 9515 Subscribers Send a link to this post '' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email address. Full Article at Gizmodo

Wonderful place—sold off all of the appliances from my foreclosed home there, as well as some baby furniture from the failed adoption. Full Article at Balloon Juice

This was Apatow's first film as a director, and it remains his most rewarding: though the youthful ensemble of KNOCKED UP is looser and more comfortable with each other, the cutthroat competition for laughs in THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN results in more... Full Article at Ain't It Cool News

Robert here, still going through the directors who shaped the past decade. I admit I wondered if it was too much dedicate multiple spots on this list to the Pixar guys. Full Article at Film Experience Blog

I'm in a bit of a tricky spot, and I'm hoping that the collective wisdom of Empire readers can get me out of it. Full Article at Empire: Movie News & Reviews

• Brad Brevet comments on today's announcement of nominations for the 37th annual Annie Awards, noting, "Focus Features' 'Coraline' topped the list of feature nominees with 10, with Pixar's 'Up' following with nine and Disney's 'Princess and the Frog' Full Article at Los Angeles Times

Nobody in the film business has had as good a decade as the folks at Pixar Animation Studios. They released seven films in ten years, all of them box office hits, all of them critical successes. Full Article at Independent Film Channel

If you haven’t seen “Up” yet and intend to, you my wish to skip this entry. I’m not going to have spoilers, but I do plan to discuss some thoughts about themes. Full Article at Herald & Review

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. 2012 and The Road are only the newest entries into a longstanding film tradition: total annihilation of the Earth and its inhabitants. Full Article at The Daily Beast

Hollywood is destroying the planet this weekend. Again. The Road, a post-apocalyptic chiller, is taking on rival movie 2012’s countdown to destruction of at the box office. Full Article at Times Online

The Friday after Thanksgiving is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, so this week in Cheap Thrills, we've poured over the ads of major national retailers -- including Best Buy, GameStop, Kmart, Target, Toys R Us, and Walmart -- to let... Full Article at IGN

I haven’t seen “Up” yet, and I don’t plan to see “Fantastic Mr. Fox” because of my aversion to all movies George Clooney-related (I know it’s probably against the rules of womanhood, but I don’t find him attractive, and I don’t think he’s a good actor),... Full Article at Entertainment Weekly