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HBO premiering new animated series Animals
How Disney make the Aladdin musical a hit around the world
Inside Out wins Animated Picture Golden Globe
ILM VFX Supervisor Roger Guyett on Star Wars VII
Disney Legend Frank Armitage dies
Inside Out, Minions, Shaun the Sheep earn Bafta nominations
Kate Hudson & Jack Black talk Kung Fu Panda 3
Gravity Falls’ Alex Hirsch developing animated series at Fox
Anomalisa points a new direction for animation
From Angry Birds to Zootopia, animals rule animation in 2016
Disney Animation contract talks begin this week
Brendan Hay talks about Netflix series Dawn of The Croods
Director Ale Abre discusses Boy and the World journey
Hollywood’s top animators sit down for roundtable discussion about the industry
Laika changes the face of animation over decade of existence
Four potential upsets in the Animated Feature Oscar category
A review of the year in animation
The Good Dinosaur

There is nothing terribly wrong with The Good Dinosaur — if you consider it a children’s movie. But for the rest of us expecting something meteor meatier from Pixar, the story here is just too ordinary and uninspired.

The Good Dinosaur opens

Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur opens today in 3,749 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is doing great with the critics who have reviewed it so far, earning an 86% from Rotten Tomatoes. The L.A. Times review says the movie “is antic and unexpected as well as homiletic, rife with subversive elements, wacky critters […]

Universal debuts short film The Competition online in celebration of the Minions release on Digital HD today

Two Minions compete in a series of escalating games in which both are doomed to lose. Bring home Kevin, Stuart and Bob in the World’s #1 Comedy of the Year! Get 3 ALL-NEW Mini-Movies when you buy Minions on Digital HD Nov 24th, 2015 or on Blu-ray Dec 8th, 2015.

Ed Catmull on Good Dinosaur, female directors and Steve Jobs
The Good Dino-Score: Behind the music of Pixar’s latest
Five cast members discuss The Good Dinosaur
Peter Lord named head of new European Animation Pride Awards group
A definitive insider’s guide to appreciating The Peanuts Movie
Good Dinosaur score breaks Pixar mold
Why The Peanuts Movie might not get a sequel
Lionsgate nabs rights to Robinson Crusoe