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AMPAS revises Oscar's animated feature definition
…some movies. The previous rule stated that “An animated feature film is defined as a motion picture created using a frame-by-frame technique of at least 70 minutes in running time… |
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The Disney Channel…in Russian
The Hollywood Reporter this morning reports that the Walt Disney Company is to launch a local, Russian-language version of The Disney Channel, and is looking to additionally produce two to… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Black And White, Volume Two
…Mice – retains his small size in The Barnyard Battle, which almost runs as a precursor to such later films as The Brave Little Tailor, and is joined again by… |
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Mike Scully on The Simpsons Movie
…producer. From 1997-2001, he acted as show runner for The Simpsons, leading it through Seasons 9-12. But he hasn’t just been confined to their colorful world, and Scully has also… |
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Russian TMNT poster
Kinoguru.com has the Russian one-sheet for TMNT. The image reveals the Ninja Turtles readying for action against a surrounding army of menacing villains…. |
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Mickey And The Roadster Racers
…bouncy songs, and goofy comedy. Though it “officially” ran for four seasons, various TV specials kept the show going for more than a decade, making it Disney’s longest running cartoon… |
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Shrek 3, Bambi and the Great Prince, and Rapunzel casting ruminations
…Teulan (the upcoming Great Raid) has landed the role of Rumplestiltskin in Shrek 3. Meanwhile, young actor Anthony Ghannam (Kronk’s New Groove) has been cast as the voice of Ronno… |
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Mad Monster Party
…restored and results truly show – the Party has never been this popping! A childhood favorite, and run, run and re-run on my now tatty VHS, I was pleased that… |
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Restoring Rankin/Bass' Rudolph and Santa
The New York Times covers the history of two Rankin/Bass puppets of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus. Crafted from wood, felted wool and wire, the figures were created… |
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Irn Bru spoofs The Snowman
Cartoon Brew points to a hilarious but controversial Irn Bru commercial. Hosted at YouTube, the recent advertisement for Scotland’s #1 soft drink spoofs the beloved Holiday classic The Snowman. Concurrently,… |
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Fantasia / Fantasia 2000
…in, though topical cuts were made to remove a black centaur that was a clear racial stereotype. This cut removed the original intermission segments to run the film through in… |
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Danger Man / Secret Agent: The Complete Collection
…new episodes, McGoohan was able to dictate the rules. Running from 1964 until 1968, Danger Man became more developed under McGoohan, expanding to one-hour stories with more depth, leading to… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition
Walt Disney Feature Animation (1991/2002), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (October 5 2010), 2 Blu-ray Discs plus 1 DVD, 92 mins plus supplements, 1080p high definition 1.78:1 widescreen, 7.1 DTS-HD Master… |
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Batman: Gotham Knight (Blu-ray/DVD)
…it must help set up (to an extent) the happenings of this summer’s The Dark Knight. This meant a particular set of rules for the story segments: no appearances by… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition
…nose apparently based on Walt’s own! – it did inspire an on/off Sword Ceremony attraction at Disneyland. This Blu-ray HD (if it even is true HD, as some have questioned)… |
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Indiana Jones meets underwhelming box office destiny; Ruby Gillman drowns
…latest Mission: Impossible opens, and is probably going to take its audience with it. Also opening this weekend was DreamWorks Animation’s Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, but it seems the overall… |
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Bee Movie: A Very Jerry 2-Disc Edition
…television show about nothing), playing insect roles in which their characters yearn to break away from their colony’s routine, run of the mill lives and eventually leave on a quest… |
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Rumblewick headed to big screen
According to Coming Soon, DreamWorks has green lit production for Rumblewick, a film inspired by the children’s book My Unwilling Witch (The Rumblewick Letters). The story will follow a magician’s… |
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The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3
…This short, based on a book, introduces the dreamer kid Rusty, who has a love of vehicles. Rusty would return in better cartoons over the next couple of years, as… |
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Lilo And Stitch: 2-Movie Collection
…Stitch 2, unrelated to the series, was released to video midway through its run), while a further DTV, Lilo Leroy And Stitch completed the series’ run. More recently, Stitch has… |
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Fantasia will amaze ya: full details
…Museum (running time: approx. 5 minutes) – Walt’s daughter Diane Disney-Miller takes viewers on a tour of the new Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, California featuring a very large… |
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Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection
…$26.98 Storyboard: The immortal cat and mouse’s career is snapshot in this ultimately disappointing collection of shorts and episodes from their long running feud. The Sweatbox Review: Right up front… |
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Warner Archive: Red Skelton Whistling Collection
…the freedom of his also kidnapped girlfriend, Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford, who had previously played a similar role opposite Mickey Rooney in his Andy Hardy series) and his radio sponsor’s… |
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Shrek Forever After
…nauseatingly sweet birthday party, Shrek finally loses it. Rumpelstiltskin, a huckster with a grudge who specializes in magical transactions that always come with strings attached, offers to let Shrek experience… |
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Russian Despicable Me poster
A new Russian poster for Universal Pictures’ animated Despicable Me has just been revealed on the internet. It features supervillain Gru sitting on a platform of some sort while surrounded… |
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Tombstone
Cinergi/Hollywood Pictures / Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1993 / 2010), single disc, 130 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.35:1, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, Rated R for Strong Western Violence, $29.99… |
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RumpelDeals revealed, Pied Piper posted
DreamWorks has two new videos and a website out to promote the upcoming Shrek Forever After. First up is an viral-type infomercial posted at Trailer Addicts starring Rumpelstiltskin. In it… |
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\\Rudolph\\ airs tonight in HD
The perennial holiday classic \\Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\\ airs tonight at 8pm ET on CBS. And, unlike the false reports last year, it \\will\\ air for the very first time… |
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Legends Of The Superheroes
…shout “Action!”, and Solomon Grundy notes that a car horn ruined a shot. Half of the runtime is actually just alternate audio for Mordu’s big, evil rendition of That’s Entertainment,… |
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Shrek The Third
…seat and run out, right now, to buy the disc, but there is one moment that’s almost worth the price of admission. However, it is just the one moment, and… |
