On July 29, 2011, Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and Clumsy Smurf rang the NYSE Opening Bell to celebrate the opening of the 3-D film "The Smurfs" from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. Got a ...

Lots of little lessons are interspersed throughout “Smurfs: The Lost Village,” but the film itself is an example that even the big, powerful, well-paid grown-ups who run movie studios can learn a ...

A cup of glee, a dash of spunk, a sprinkle of the impossible, and an abundance of blue. Such is the recipe for Smurfs: The Lost Village—and a whole lot of innocent, albeit thematically and socially ...

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How many times can you revisit a particular creative well before it dries up? It had seemed like we’d reached that point with the Smurfs after the two most recent feature films, “The Smurfs” (2011) ...

It's been a few years since the Smurfs — those lovable little blue creatures who live in mushroom houses — have graced the big screen, but this weekend, they're back in the animated movie "Smurfs: The ...

Hollywood is so enamored of existing intellectual property, sequels, reboots and franchises that a 60-year-old joke from Belgian cartoonist Peyo continues to be recycled, refurbished and redone. Its ...

Once upon a time, I spent a heady childhood summer driving my parents insane with my Smurf obsession. I devoured the original Belgian comics in English translation (along with the adventures of ...