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Pixar Shading Art Director Bryn Imagire reveals the “incredible” art behind I2
Jeremie finds out what is new and what isn’t in the design of The Incredibles 2. |
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Muppet Babies Composers Andy Bean & Keith Horn Make Your Dreams Come True
We speak with the musical team behind the new Muppet Babies and find out how they kept it sounding classic yet contemporary. |
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The Breadwinner
This Oscar-nominated film tells of a young Afgan girl who disguises herself as a boy to support her family, after her father is arrested by the Taliban, in an eye-opening story that sees oppression fought with courage and love. |
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Oscar Night 2018
Tonight’s the night! Oscar statuettes will be bestowed on lucky filmmakers this evening at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Join us for a live chat and keep track of your contest ballot! |
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2017: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
As the Oscars bring awards season to a close, we take our own look back on the good, the bad and the ugly of 2017 in film, television and animation, plus your picks of the year! |
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Early Man
Early Man is fun, but leaves a lot of potential untapped. Aardman is still top of their game technically, but hopefully the issues here are an anomaly and we’ll see more evolved storytelling in their next generation of films. |
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Animated Views’ 2018 Oscar Contest
Animated Views is giving away $50 worth of movies — your choice of either an Amazon gift card or a Fandango gift card — during our 14th Annual Oscar Event! Enter today for your chance to win! |
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Of Rabbits and Ducks: a chat with composer Dominic Lewis
Rising star in the film music sphere Dominic Lewis has found success in feature films, TV, and animation. AV speaks with him about his current projects: Peter Rabbit and DuckTales. |
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Revolving around Revolting Rhymes with directors Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
Read about the conception of the Oscar-nominated short, adapting the work of Roald Dahl, in our exclusive interview. |
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Director/writer Robin Joseph satisfies our curiosity about Fox & The Whale
As we look forward to the Oscar nomination announcements, learn more about one of the shorts in the running, in an AV exclusive! |
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The Star
The Star isn’t stellar, but if you go in with the right spirit, and not expecting any miracles, you might find it to be an unexpected gift. |
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The 2017 AV Readers’ Choice Poll
Critics, the Academy, Hollywood guilds, and even the Animated Views staff are rendering their judgment on the top films of the year. But now it’s your turn! What was the best animated film of 2017? |
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Coco
Coco is a beautiful film in a lot of ways — artistically, musically, and culturally. But narratively it’s just a ghost of the type of stories we’re used to from Pixar. |
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Production Designer Carlos Zaragoza puts a smile on The Emoji Movie
We have a chat to learn about the inspirations and the challenges for this interesting film project. |
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Pixar Production Designer Harley Jessup “remembers” Coco
Our exclusive interview with the veteran Pixar team member also gives a peek at the gorgeous imagery from the upcoming film. |
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Justice League Action – Superpowers Unite: Season One, Part One
The World’s Greatest Superheroes battle the forces of evil in colorful bite-sized stories that are perfect for younger kids and their parents. |
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My Little Pony: The Movie
The surprisingly action-packed My Little Pony: The Movie should delight fans of the series, while newcomers can appreciate the splashy animation and great songs. |
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Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season Three
The crew of the Ghost face off against Grand Admiral Thrawn as the penultimate season of Rebels sees the Alliance fully formed and the story inches towards A New Hope. |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez reveals the hidden art of Disney’s late golden age
We discuss the third volume in this important book series, in an exclusive interview with the author. |
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The Lego Ninjago Movie
The Lego Ninjago Movie is enjoyable but not at all awesome. While there is some fun to be had, it’s hard to spin it as anything else but a letdown. |
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2017 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
An exclusive recap of the annual convention, including coverage of Rocko’s Modern Life, DuckTales, The Legend of Korra, the Adam West Celebration, and the Hanna-Barbera 60th Anniversary! |
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A tribute to X. Atencio
We acknowledge the recent passing of a Disney legend by re-presenting a series of interviews that Jeremie completed with the fondly remembered artist and Imagineer. |
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The Powerpuff Girls: The Last Donnycorn
The Powerpuff Girls come dangerously close to not saving the day in this disappointingly underwhelming collection of episodes. |
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“With a smile and a song” with music historian James Bohn
Find out more about the Music In Disney’s Animated Features, a new book addressing this under-represented aspect of Disney research, in our exclusive interview! |
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2017 D23 Expo Exclusive
An exclusive recap of Disney’s biennial event, including the animation and live-action panels, Hercules 20th anniversary, and Oswald The Lucky Rabbit’s 90th birthday! |
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Rick And Morty: Rickmancing The Stone
Adult Swim’s brilliant series is back for its third season, possibly more hilarious and twisted than ever. If you’re not already watching it, now’s the time to start. |
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The Emoji Movie
The Emoji Movie is a stupid idea for an animated movie which is also probably better than it deserves to be. |
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VIEW Conference 2017: an interview with director Maria Elena Gutierrez
Jeremie has an exclusive interview with the director of this important graphics and animation conference. |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Seventh Season
Continuing its creative storytelling and ambitious world-building, this show doesn’t lose any of its spark, also experimenting with its first miniseries: Marceline-centric Stakes. |
