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Animated (Inter)Views, plus win Pinocchio on Blu-ray Disc!
Over at Animated Views, Jeremie Noyer has been keeping us up to date with all the theatrical and DVD releases by interviewing the key players behind a whole host of last week’s big titles: • Azur & Asmar: Michel Ocelot’s Quest For Tolerance – the director speaks about his latest feature and the first of […] |
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Pinocchio: Platinum Edition
Walt Disney’s true masterpiece gets the Platinum Edition treatment, though its a light affair where the supplements can’t hold a candle to the brilliant feature or its digital makeover. |
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DreamWorks' Truckers trucking ahead
Academy Awards can be handy things for screenwriters wanting to get into animation: after Michael Arndt, who won the original screenplay Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine, was picked to work on Pixar’s Toy Story 3, The Hollywood Reporter announces that this year’s adapted screenplay writer Simon Beaufoy, winner for Slumdog Millionaire, has joined DreamWorks to […] |
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Monsters Vs. Aliens! Smurfs! Plus the WB Archives open up!
Monsters V. Aliens director Conrad Vernon interviewed, plus news on the exciting Warner Archives releases and other new announcements! |
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Lilo & Stitch's directors speak!
An interview with Lilo & Stitch directors Chris Sanders and Dean De Blois! |
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Bolt, Lilo, Stitch…plus their creators!
Interviews with Bolt‘s crew, and the first of two celebrating the release of Lilo & Stitch in a two-disc edition DVD! |
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Disney/Pixar Up for Cannes
The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the Cannes Film Festival is about to go 3D with the world premiere of Disney/Pixar’s digital offering Up, which will open the Festival de Cannes in the south of France on May 13. Festival organizers saw an early version of the film and “absolutely loved it”, says Mark Zoradi, president […] |
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DC Comics animation goodness, plus director Michel Ocelot!
A whole heap of DC Comics animation reviews and videoclips, plus an interview with Azur & Asmar director Michel Ocelot! |
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South Park Chihuahua…a new breed? Get Outa Here!
Jeremie speaks to the creators of You’re Outa Here, plus full reviews for Beverly Hills Chihuahua and South Park: Season 12. |
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South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season
The boys are back in the Park for another fourteen episode run, coming over as shocking and hilarious as ever, even if this is a little more scatter-shot than usual season. |
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Disney’s south of the border comedy adventure is your typical talking dogs movie, though the off the wall promise of the teaser trailer is lacking in the final result. |
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Pinocchio and Gulliver, but which one is the big lie…?
A look at Pinocchio, plus a word of warning on Gulliver’s Travels: be afraid…be very afraid…and run, run away! |
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Marmaduke heads to the live-action big screen
With 20th Century Fox pleased with its recent forays into “live-action” editions of some fondly remembered animated characters (Garfield, Alvin And The Chipmunks, etc) the studio is set to continue the trend by updating the classic Brad Anderson strip Marmaduke for the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter states that director Tom Dey has signed up […] |
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Yogi! New announcements! And tons of Pinocchio clips!
Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! reviewed, plus new announcements and sneak peeks at the Pinocchio Platinum! |
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Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!
Hanna-Barbera’s 1964 debut animated feature arrives on DVD, and even if the old-school approach and bare bones disc doesn’t provide high-tech, extras-packed thrills, it’s immensely entertaining fun! |
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A Magic Gourd, Chipmunks, Madagascar's Nana and Wonder Woman? It's another packed post!
Well, do please excuse me…but after the excitement of the Academy Awards earlier this week I haven’t been able to find the time to drop in with my usual comments here! But new reviews have been popping up throughout the week: my take on Disney’s first international co-production, China’s The Secret Of The Magic Gourd, […] |
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
DreamWorks second go around the African continent is a schizophrenic outing that doesn’t know if it wants to be better than the first or just happy to regurgitate all the old highlights. |
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DreamWorks Animation income falls 45%
Variety reports that DreamWorks Animation’s latest earnings are reflecting the current revenue dips being experienced by most of the motion picture studios. Added concern for the Broadway musical Shrek and overall DVD sales are among the topics Jeffrey Katzenberg addresses in relation to DWA’s last quarter profit figures. |
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The Secret Of The Magic Gourd
Disney’s first international co-production is a delightfully simple hark back to classic family filmmaking, but with the modern trimmings packed in, and this disc presents it with good supplements. |
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And the Oscars go to…the (Slum) dogs!
“Each year I do one DreamWorks movie and I take the money from that to the Oscars and bet it on Pixar!” So said Best Animated Feature presenter Jack Black, cracking up Jeffrey Katzenberg and equaling Steve Martin for one of the two funniest lines of the evening at the 81st Annual Academy Awards, held […] |
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The Art Of Pixar Shorts, plus last chance for the Oscar Contest!
Added yesterday to the site is Randall’s look at Amid Amidi’s latest animation book, The Art Of Pixar Short Films, a weighty tome that uniquely explores an often overlooked aspect of the CG studio’s output. Covering thirteen of Pixar’s short films from The Adventures Of Wally B. to Lifted, the book very neatly separates them […] |
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More Tom And Jerry Tales, plus we need your Blu-ray help!
Rodney has jumped in with his latest review, a very enthusiastic one for the most recent collection of episodes from Tom And Jerry Tales Volume Six. I must admit to trying to catch the show as and when I can but haven’t seen too much of it. However I would certainly agree that I’ve been […] |
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The return of Ariel and the Super Friends!
Reviews of The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume Two; and The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea. |
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The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition
Disney’s direct to video sequel to their 1989 theatrical classic isn’t actually as bad as Ariel’s Beginning but this re-tread lacks any real magic of its own. |
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New twists on Oliver, Poppins, Peanuts and Bugs' Looney Movie!
Oliver & Company, Mary Poppins anniversary editions reviewed, plus new Charlie Brown and Looney Bugs Movie details! |
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Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition
Disney’s vastly entertaining 1988 animated feature returns to disc in a 20th Anniversary repackaging of the previous Special Edition: the only new extras being a game and glossy slipcase. |
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Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition
Walt Disney’s exuberant musical’s new DVD is a re-hash of the wonderful 40th Anniversary package, but drops some of the relevant bonus features for nothing more than commercials for the new stage show version. |
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Giveaway winners, plus our Academy Award contest!
Hey all…I’m still battling a cold, but reviews for Oliver & Company and Mary Poppins are on the way. Our recent contests to win copies of Oliver plus other recent Disney releases of Space Buddies and The Secret Of The Magic Gourd have now ended, so check out to see if you won! Yesterday also […] |
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Tons more on Coraline: character designs, podcast and more
As promotions for director Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline continue, the Character Design page has an interview with artist Damon Bard, while the W+K agency doing all that promoting has a number of interesting posts up on their blog, including photos from the Portland premiere, a fascinating Coraline campaign video, marketing materials and […] |
