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Of pigs and men – Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi talk about The Dam Keeper
Our exclusive interview looks at how two former Pixar artists created a singluar style for their new animated short. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #83: Mickey’s Christmas Carol – They’re Just Actors
For the annual Christmas episode of the Animation Addicts Podcast, the Rotoscopers review 1983 short Mickey’s Christmas Carol. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #82: Duet – Interview with Glen Keane
Disney Legend, Glen Keane, takes a moment out of his very busy schedule to talk to Mason and Chelsea about his new short, Duet! Check it out! You won’t be disappointed! |
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A Duet with Glen Keane
The legendary animator discusses how new technology mixed with traditional craft to form his breakthrough Google animation. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #81: Ratatouille – Da Brad Bird
The Rotoscopers continue with their Mice & Rats podcast series by reviewing one of Pixar’s most critically acclaimed films: Ratatouille. |
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Toy Story That Time Forgot
The latest adventure starring everyone’s favorite toys proves to be a fun one, with cool new characters and great jokes. Just don’t expect it to feel like a Christmas special. |
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AV Interactive #2: Sorting the Classic Animated Christmas Specials
With the holidays just a few weeks away, we want to find out how well you know those Classic Animated Christmas Specials from the 1960s and 1970s! |
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Penguins of Madagascar
Penguins of Madagascar is not Pixar, but it’s not trying to be either. It compares much more favorably with the Looney Tunes cartoons of the past — zany, silly fun for fun’s sake. And, Hoover Dam, does it succeed! |
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The Wind Rises
The final Miyazaki is a fictional account of the life of a major figure in Japanese history. It’s a tricky and even controversial subject, leading to conflicted viewer reactions, but the filmmaker’s craft has never been stronger. |
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Kiki’s Delivery Service
This charming Studio Ghibli film about a good little witch lands on Blu-ray with improved picture, and all of the improtant DVD features. |
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Princess Mononoke
The Studio Ghibli masterpiece finally comes to Blu-ray, sporting a vastly improved picture and new-to-disc supplements, but dropping the literal translation subtitle track. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #80: Big Hero 6 – Do Not Even Compare it To Frozen
The Rotoscopers review Disney’s newest animated feature, the superhero film that everyone loves: Big Hero 6. |
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Phineas And Ferb Star Wars
Disney allows its hit TV show to cross over with its newly bought Lucasfilm franchise, and the result is a fun celebration of both. |
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Star Wars – The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions
The post-cancellation episodes of the excellent Star Wars program push the mythology further, and accomplish the task of making the prequels better, simply by giving them context. |
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Big Hero 6
Big Hero 6 is yet another winner from Disney — with an assist from Marvel! Despite some nit-picking criticisms of the story, audiences will be more than satisfied with their film. |
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Maleficent
Angelina Jolie is excellent as Disney’s iconic villain, here given the backstory treatment in a visual feast of a film, though this new Blu-ray disappoints with a lack of any magnificent extras. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #79: An American Tail – How Many Bands Have a Thunder Tube?
For the next film in The Rotoscopers’ ‘Mice & Rats’ series, they cover Don Bluth’s 1986 mouse film An American Tail. |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
Dusty is back again with the second in the Planes franchise (and fourth film set in the world of Cars), this time joining a band of air firefighters for a lightweight diversion. |
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Toy Story Of Terror!
With Halloween upon us, we take a look at the Blu-ray release of the Toy Story gang’s creepy stay at a roadside motel, now on disc with a terrifyingly great package of extras! |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Fourth Season
Cable television’s most popular show reins in the craziness just enough to produce a season’s worth of charming stories that are about as insane as ever, but are becoming more cohesive, heartfelt, and often even poignant. |
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AV Interactive #1: Best Animated Monster Movie of the Past Decade
In the first edition of AV Interactive, and just in time for Halloween, tell us your opinion on what the best animated monster movie of the past decade was — and comment on our new Facebook page! |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #78: The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad – The RotoSPOOKERS
The Roto-SPOOKERS make an appearance for their annual Halloween episode. This time, they tackle the last of Disney’s package films, The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad. |
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The Book of Life
Story, as the saying goes, may be king. But a weak story doesn’t have to be the death of a film when, like The Book of Life, the animation, music, humor, acting, and everything else is so heavenly. |
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Jack And The Cuckoo-Clock Heart
The astounding clock-punk rock opera masterpiece from Europe comes to North America. Read the review to find out more about one of the year’s best releases. |
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Thunder And The House Of Magic
Shout! Factory brings us a wonderful animated movie from Europe that may not transcend the family film genre, but it does provide quality entertainment, while also providing one of the best 3D experiences out there. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #77: The Great Mouse Detective – Sit, Toby
The Rotoscopers discuss the first film in their ‘Mice & Rats’ podcast series, Disney’s 1986 The Great Mouse Detective. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #76: Sleeping Beauty – Make It Pink! Make It Blue!
The Rotoscopers finally review one of the films that they’ve had on their bucket list since they started the show: Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. |
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The Boxtrolls
The Boxtrolls isn’t necessarily bad. And it tries very hard not to be. But it takes more than crazy characters in a cardboard cutout story to make a really good movie. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #75: Quest for Camelot – Draw That Axe in a Chicken Suit
The Rotoscopers head back to medieval times to discover King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and a really bizarre movie: Quest for Camelot. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #74: We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story
Get ready, the Rotoscopes are warping back in time to review the 1993 animated film We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story. |
