LOS ANGELES – A recent sneak peek into the making of The Smurfs broadened our horizons with regards to those little blue dudes (and one dudette). Yes, the Smurfs in the new live-action-plus-CGI movie ...

“As both a character actor and a vocally-oriented character actor, it was fun to turn into somebody else — literally. It was challenging in that it almost turned into a mask, so I had to work it like ...

I could say this until I’m blue in the face and you still wouldn’t believe me: “The Smurfs” isn’t half-bad. I came into the punny family film as a complete Smurfgin; I had never once seen the TV show ...

They’re famous, they’re blue and director James Cameron had a hand in bringing them to the big screen. They’re “The Smurfs,” those lovable blue cartoon characters of the ’80s who are back on Friday in ...

Smurfs after—The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) —is a brand-new animated movie that brings back the little blue characters we all love—but this time, with more ...

The good news is that there is no news in the land of Smurfdom. The cartoon creatures are still blue, three apples tall, cheerful as all get-out, and annoying as hell. Each is named after after his ...

Marketing an animated movie, if you're not Disney/Pixar or DreamWorks Animation, can be a challenge. Films like Cars 2 and Kung Fu Panda 2 are major events that dominate the weekend. Take a look at ...

I’m not sure who was asking for them, but the Smurfs are back, in their fourth Hollywood movie. Following “The Smurfs” (2011), “The Smurfs 2” (2013) and “Smurfs: The Lost Village” (2017), all of which ...

First, let us sincerely thank the makers of “Smurfs: The Lost Village’” for what they didn’t do. They didn’t allow any Smurfs to break wind or talk about poop. They didn’t substitute the verb “smurf’” ...

New Line Cinema and Village Roadshow’s “Going in Style” trumped “Smurfs: The Lost Village” at the Thursday box office, the former earning almost double of what the latter made at previews. “Going in ...

First, let us sincerely thank the makers of “Smurfs: The Lost Village” for what they didn’t do. They didn’t allow any Smurfs to break wind or talk about poop. They didn’t substitute the verb “smurf” ...