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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
…is a complete lack of comments from Walt Disney himself, other than the audio commentary – itself a carry over from the Platinum DVD. There’s just not that much original… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…classic book and stage play Peter Pan, I was ready to tear the latest non-needed “sequel” from the Disney company apart when it hit theatres early 2002. I’d grown up… |
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Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Special Edition
…compilations) and that the company itself had been doing all through the 80s (remember the likes of Goin’ Quackers, Sport Goofy and various Mickey-themed collections?) on home video. There were… |
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Up
…of thousands of helium filled balloons and setting course for the almost mythical Paradise Falls… The Sweatbox Review: Pixar’s latest computer animated feature may sound like an overcomplicated slice of… |
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The first trailer for The Lego Movie 2 is here
Following the debut of the poster yesterday, the first trailer for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is now online, and can be viewed in the player below. It… |
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Ratatouille
…in, you know you’re in good, masterful hands. In fact, I started enjoying myself so much that 40 minutes had passed before I realised 40 minutes had passed and I… |
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Earthlight Pictures launches CCTV animation training
…Training Earthlight Pictures has launched a major innovation in animation training with an innovative live-video classroom, direct to students’ desktops. Coming online earlier this year after two years of development… |
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The Fox And The Hound 2 Giveaway – Winner!
…and bursting with original music by Trisha Yearwood, Lucas Grabeel, and many more. The Fox and the Hound 2 combines music and comedy in perfect harmony. Starring Jeff Foxworthy, Reba… |
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The Krang arrive in the trailer for Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
The trailer for Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is now online, and you can check it out in the player above. Although the show ended prematurely–with… |
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Ride into the Monsters world
The Orange County Register online has a detailed article today on the new Monsters, Inc.: Mike & Sulley to the Rescue ride at Disney’s California Adventure which officially opens in… |
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The new Lego Movie 2 trailer builds on the jokes from the first film
A brand new (and very funny) trailer for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is now online for your viewing pleasure. It’s absolutely loaded with jokes and also reveals… |
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Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
…2.0, sounds dated and compressed now, but for kids of the era it’s still the track to go for on the original cut. In 2000, Superman received a complete sound… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (3D)
…comments below. Included are the Original Theatrical Edition, a picture-in-picture Storyreel version, and the re-tooled Special Extended Edition, for which a commentary (from the Platinum disc) has been carried over,… |
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Everything speeds up with the final Sonic the Hedgehog 2 trailer
…it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power… |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Movie Film For Theaters
…men who had placed them in the city on grounds of security panic. Turner Broadcasting and marketing company Interference also came under fire as the companies that instigated the campaign,… |
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Fantasia / Fantasia 2000
Walt Disney Productions/Walt Disney Feature Animation (1940 and 2000), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 30 2010), 2 Blu-ray Discs plus 2 DVDs, 125 and 75 mins respectively plus supplements, 1080p… |
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Transformers: 2-Disc Special Edition
…and fan reaction both influenced and informed the creation of this eventual blockbuster. Autobots Roll Out (20:00) is all about the product placed cool cars licensed for the Transformers to… |
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Looking at the Critical Role animated Kickstarter campaign with Sam Riegel
On April 18 at midnight Pacific standard time, the Critical Role Kickstarter campaign to fund an animated program came to an end. With an initial goal of raising $750,000 in… |
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The Prisoner: The Complete Series
…five-disc Blu-ray set, though it loses the 40th Anniversary 60-page companion book, and again there are discrepancies between the US and UK editions, the Brits getting an extra disc and… |
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The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)
…Mouse House will mean for its animation division. However one feels about the circumstances surrounding him leaving the company, Lasseter’s contributions to Disney over the past 20+ years are borderline… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1
…show where the viewers’ own Looney education comes into play, when after complaining all the Tunes stars were boys and hearing voices, Babs sets out to find a female role… |
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Michael Giacchino: not so short on ideas for Pixar Shorts!
…a circle. We put everything in a circle and we recorded it with the microphones completely in surround sound. So, you felt like the orchestra was completely surrounding you, and… |
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Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians
…cartoony with the characters, obviously. We had to just push the realistic envelop with the animation. That’s what we did. Every single animator that was coming on the show, we… |
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David Couchariere: from Blue Sky to DreamWorks, an Animated Career
…computer become almost endless. AV: Who are your masters in terms of animation? DC: Some artists that come to mind, just to name a few, because there is a long… |
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Gnomeo & Juliet’s director Kelly Asbury Opens His Secret Garden!
…and be a nod and wink to their parents, how far is too far? KA: Those answers come as the story reel gets tested and revised. It becomes clear when… |
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Toy Story 3: Pixar writer Michael Arndt tells the story behind the story
…20 or 30 drafts. The opening staff meeting, which we called “Grown Up”, required 60 drafts. RI: You’ve said in earlier interviews that even comedies should be about something, or… |
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How director Steve Anderson met The Robinsons!
…supervisor’s role is not to come in and direct the story. The director is the director of the story. The story supervisor’s role is to come in and help the… |
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Frankenweenie: Cinematographer Peter Sorg’s shades of grey
…a 30 second test with Trey Thomas, the animation director animating Victor and Sparky in the attic. I also shot tests of different interiors and exteriors to establish and find… |
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Who Discovered…Lyricist Glenn Slater?
…a musical comedy environment, and now supervised by legendary animator Eric Goldberg (Aladdin‘s Genie). That’s where composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater [both right] enter. Five songs were planned,… |
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Cars 2’s Victor Navone takes the wheel!
…shots look tame in comparison! AV: What were the challenges of the new movie, animation-wise? VN: The greatest challenge was defining the new characters, such as Finn McMissile and Holley… |
