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The second of today's movies is the prequel to Monsters, Inc., Monsters University. The Movie: Monsters University is the 14th film from Pixar.  Though it wasn't as highly acclaimed as the first movie, it received generally positive reviews and outperformed the first film at the box office. Monster University begins with the childhood of Mike Wazowski, who commits himself to being accepted at the title school and becoming a scarer.  Mike succeeds in the first goal, and works hard to be the best student in the program.  However, Mike's work effort contrasts with that of his classmate, Sulley, who has all the physical makings of a scarer but not the grades.  When both Mike and Sulley are kicked out of the program by Dean Hardscrabble, they must find a way to prove themselves to her and their fellow students. While the idea of a sequel to Monsters, Inc. has potential, this was once again not a movie people were necessarily asking for.  That being said, d...

Today we wrap up Pixar week with a double dose of monsters.  First up is Monster, Inc. The Movie: Monsters, Inc. is the 4th movie from Pixar.  It was released to positive reviews and critical acclaim.  At the time it became Pixar's highest grossing film and was nominated for multiple Oscars. Monsters, Inc. tells the story of James P. Sullivan, aka Sulley, and Mike Wazowski, two monsters who work at the title factory in the city of Monstropolis, which is run on power produced by the screams of children.  Sulley is the top "scarer" at the factory, a job in which monsters travel from the monster world to the human world via doors that function as portals to the rooms of sleeping children.  When a little girl is accidentally brought into the monster world, Mike and Sulley have to find a way to get her back to her room while avoiding agents of the Child Detection Agency and Sulley's rival Randall, who is hatching his own schemes. Monsters, Inc. has always ...