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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2
…with a completed storyboard for a show called Ruff And Reddy. Fall of 1957 saw them getting commissioned for the first Ruff And Reddy trial segment, just months after being… |
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Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
…was really great to have that background.” At age 14, Cook created his very first animated film, The Saga of Benny Caru. In the short, the title character gets lost… |
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Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…totally made up from pieces of confectionary, the supposedly sugar-coated King Candy rules, although his sweet exterior hides a most sinister plot concerning Vanellope. It’s in Sugar Rush that the… |
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Up: 3D Edition
…where it remains among my favorites of the recent rush of animated CG movies. It may sound like an overcomplicated slice of sentimental drabness going by the story synopsis, but… |
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Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition
…“new” sequence also brings up Pocahontas’ running time to the 84-minute mark, which has coincidentally been the length of many of the Studio’s most renowned productions: Snow White, The Little… |
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run
The third SpongeBob movie, Sponge on the Run, has a few of the not-so-secret ingredients that made the original television show so popular. But over twenty years removed from the… |
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The Jungle Book: 2-Disc Platinum Edition
…bars running vertically down along the sides. Certainly the argument would be moot if we could actually choose for ourselves which version to run. However, after years of offering up… |
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Read Road Runner's rudimentary ramblings
It appears that the Road Runner (Fastius Tasty-us) is the latest celebrity to get caught up in the blogging craze. Read all about his dealing with iPods, Jimmy Buffett music,… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part One – Ogres Are Like Onions!
…screen while British audiences understood the context of the joke, making it all the more pleasing to laugh at. But while Chicken Run would have a very profitable run, there… |
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Rumor ruins Disney, NC School of Arts relationship?
…Arts. Apparently, [this incident] has ruined the relationship with Disney. I don’t think they’re going to be getting any more screenings from now on.” On a final note, she adds,… |
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Renaissance
…There’s no grayscale in the Renaissance world of 2054 Paris. It’s all black, and white. Given an extremely limited theatrical run in late 2006, I caught the trailer and wasn’t… |
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Up
…by Ellie and his later boy scout companion Russell. But, ironically, and stylism aside, Carl is also the most rounded and really human character in Pixar’s history, a true personality… |
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Finding Dory
…reaction to rush out a follow-up to that smash first film and still, for me at least, a pinnacle of the computer animated medium, and an astonishing run of truly… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
…Review: Filmation ruled the Saturday morning airwaves along with Hanna Barbera during the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, with a seemingly never-ending wave of continuous animated offerings, The New… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 2
…which is just what it seems (though it runs over five minutes!), with announcer Joe Leahy and the crew (Rich Arons, Paul Rugg, John McCann and Tom Ruegger) reminiscing over… |
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
…The Tramp’s Scamp was a long-running hit on those pages. Walt made compilation features and television programs galore based around old cartoon output combined with new animation. He took Scrooge… |
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Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
…DTS-HD Master Audio, Rated PG-13, Retail: $44.99 Storyboard: Orphan boy Dastan, adopted by the King of Persia, grows to become a favored son until he is framed for the ruler’s… |
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101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (live-action)
…of this marketing might, I didn’t find myself running to the theater, and I’ve never gotten around to seeing the film other than in many disjointed snippets as it’s played… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Six
…a series highlight. The Road Runner cartoons can run into a blur, and Hook Line And Stinker features everything that was great and not so great about the series: some… |
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San Diego 2016 Comic-Con Exclusive
…the San Diego Comic Con, running from July 20-25. For over forty years, Comic Con has become center stage as one of the biggest summer events, with the biggest names… |
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An Auteur is Born – 30 Years Of Miyazaki’s Castle Of Cagliostro
…trace the origin of the forgeries, both arrive at the small European monarchy of Cagliostro, and discover that its sinister ruler, Count Cagliostro, is running a global money-counterfeiting operation. The… |
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Big Hero 6
…nothing substantial has arisen and it does seem the closest the Disney Studios ever got to transforming one of its classic characters into a superhero originally was with a run… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #56: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Santa Hates Misfits
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Go along with Chelsea, Morgan and Mason as they dive into the Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer Christmas… |
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2017 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…which panels or events were most important while also figuring out if certain opportunities would be worth taking. Because without careful planning, one would find themselves running around trying to… |
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Despicable Me 2
…tossed off the list immediately because Gru just can tell — that character is never seen in the movie again. The second is someone Gru actually knows of and we… |
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Pete’s Dragon: 35th Anniversary Edition
…1.66:1 high-definition widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: Orphan Pete goes on the run from the twisted Gogan family with one very special friend: a twelve-foot,… |
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Two
…credit in The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie and Jones offering a more pragmatic view in his Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie. With the death of Clampett, Tex Avery and… |
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Oz, The Great And Powerful (regular and 3D editions)
…to The Wizard Of Oz presents an origins story for how a small-time con-artist showman manages to become the great and powerful ruler of the magical land that Dorothy will… |
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The Disney Board answers Roy Disney's Save Disney email
…years to come. Each of the company’s businesses is run by insightful, experienced and motivated executives who understand the balance between the creative process and the realities of running a… |
