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D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive
…convince the largely male actors of the fun they would have in leotards. “They didn’t like it,” she chuckled. She noted some of the extras quit rather than wear them,… |
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2022 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the idea. Without specifically naming it, Diamond noted in the introduction that The Man Who Planted Trees was one of the films that inspired him to begin curating the Animation… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase
…interesting way to do it, and it sets it apart from The Lion King in many ways because Lion King connects itself to its music through its choral work. It’s… |
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2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the air in that everyone in the packed room paid attention and allowed themselves to be absorbed into the discussions that were taking place. There was absolute affection for the… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…feels like pure Don Bluth in terms of its weirdness, in its grotesque nature, and its sort of screwball, almost operatic level of comedy. In Titan A.E. it’s much harder… |
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Superman: The Complete Animated Series
…guys in “Dini’s apartment” as they sit and watch the episode, presented in a split-screen fashion predating the picture-in-picture technology of Blu-ray. It takes a while for the guys to… |
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The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…
…itself as a minor film overly inspired thematically by Finding Nemo and The Little Mermaid, but managed to become its own charming tale of friendship, set in a lovely Italian… |
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A tribute to X. Atencio
…about the drawing of the whale, but then, when it was all finished, it was covered with water effects. It was the same as for the Magic Mirror in Snow… |
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The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over
…but then soaring in its own new direction: Tim Burton’s Dumbo [below]. Seemingly an inspired choice initially, before the box-office made us unnecessarily wary, the film turned out to easily… |
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Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation
…they’re laughing, it’s funny; if they aren’t, it’s not.) It gave us good instincts that we use to this day. The trick now is to do it without an audience,… |
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Arnold Leibovit on producing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2
…probably with Jerry. It’s not just the release, it’s getting them seen. It’s a big undertaking. That’s’ the biggest help, is just getting it promoted. That’s my biggest need is… |
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The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still
…not just because it’s the last move I watched in an actual theatre! It has all the humor and heart you expect from the best of Pixar, and it’s the… |
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Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas
…Red-Nosed Reindeer (and) Frosty The Snowman,(plus) The Grinch, Charlie Brown, all of them. But the stop-motion specials that Rankin & Bass produced were always the ones we loved the most…. |
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The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?
…stage and slapped him, in a nod to another infamous incident that had just appallingly occurred in front of a much bigger audience). The film [right] hit the festival circuit… |
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An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations
…hit in its own right, having led its time slot for the majority of its run before declining ratings resulted in its cancellation without a proper finale made. Rights issues… |
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DC FanDome Online Event Recap
…later). The conversation then shifted to the spin-off TV series which is already in early development for HBO Max. Told from the perspective of “the city,” it will chronicle the… |
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Flip The Frog: The Complete Series
…from Flip completes the package. Ink And Paint: Years in the making, and worth the wait! The shorts here look the best they have in decades, thanks to meticulous work… |
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Into The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Studio Cast Recording with Music Supervisor Michael Kosarin and Orchestrator Michael Starobin
…is indeed incredible. MK: You know, the tone of that piece is still evolving. It’s very interesting the journey that it’s had. It started out, as you know, as an… |
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Into The Forest Of Enchantement – A Disney Musical Adventure at Disneyland Paris
…their films. New scenery appears over the course of the stories, brought by the spirits of the forest, inviting the audience in to discover new worlds as though they themselves… |
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Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast
…see the clouds are a little bit over the top, but it allows the audience to look into infinity. That’s why it had to look that realistic. And it fits… |
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The Best Of 2023: Back To Normal-ish?
…(not always exactly upgrades) to earlier titles, including The Emerald Forest and impressive amounts of 4Ks (The Italian Job), and debuts for The Big Bus, Rin Tin Tin‘s initial adventures,… |
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Bolt: Cinzia Angelini – one bold, Bolt animator!
…the work involved, there isn’t much difference between the two. Of course it depends on the project and the people you work with. It’s fun to work on both realms…. |
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The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
…by the screen captures shown in the review; the real magic is in the animation, and it is incredible. Arnie Leibovit has once again honored the memory of his friend… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…Amos in CTN last November. They showed an animatic and told me how everything works in the team. The most interesting part to me is the idea to use the… |
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Composer Michael Kramer on He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
…I believe in the power of melody. It’s not used as much as it could these days, but when it’s done right, it’s unforgettable. The showrunners gave me so much… |
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Comic-Con@Home 2021 Coverage
…Once again, Mark Evanier (The Garfield Show) gathers together four of the most-heard actors in the animation business to talk about their craft, to demonstrate the voices they do on… |
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2021 Quick Review Recaps
…the devices themselves. Even better, it does it without getting preachy. And to top it all off, it’s a very funny movie! ANIMATION: While the animation in Ron’s Gone Wrong… |
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The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3
…Blu-ray’s bonus features. In fact, Together In The Weather was part of the original Puppetoon Movie proper, but now it is fully restored and has its titles/credits. All of the… |
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For Smurfs: The Lost Village‘s art department, it’s great to feel blue!
…of this movie. Veronique and the Lafig Studio also were instrumental in the choice and approval of the hair color for the Smurf girls which I believe was the best… |
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A kind interview with the creators of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
…artists you can find; it doesn’t matter where they are in the world, as long as you think they’re the right fit for the project and for the team. It’s… |
