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Maleficent
…James Newton Howard’s exquisitely intricate and often haunting score has stayed with me since my theatrical viewing, and it’s great to hear it again in context here. Yes, there’s a… |
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Uncle Grandpa: Tiger Trails
…explain the actual show, or justifying why I ended up really enjoying something which I fully expected to dislike. The most obvious thing to say about it is that it’s… |
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Big Hero 6
…it does internationally) since I could see Big Hero 6 being something of a winner in the format. A second disc, an included DVD, is in standard definition, and there’s… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Fifth Season
…many are still incredulous (but ecstatic) that it was ever greenlit by Cartoon Network. Though mention is made that the show mystifies some people, everyone claims to have known the… |
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Miles From Tomorrowland: Let’s Rocket!
…the series is as fun as it is educational, but the most surprising thing about it is its subject matter. While other kids shows focus their lessons on letters, numbers,… |
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Lego Justice League: Attack Of The Legion Of Doom
…is in every way a kid’s film, and as such I enjoyed it in a Super Friends kind of way (steeped in nostalgic reminiscing of what it felt like to… |
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Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season One
…mission that will see them take over an Imperial communications array on Lothal in Call To Action. It is their hope to contact other worlds in order to inspire other… |
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Toy Story That Time Forgot
…As is the Pixar tradition, the special is an enjoyable diversion with some occasional near-genius touches even if it does feel like it is filling a gap between instalments rather… |
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Dragons: Race To The Edge
…the Dragons series, both in film and television, is a desire for depth in the world and its characters. Each episode is engaging and hooks viewers in with well-written stories…. |
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Watch 30-second preview of new and returning Disney XD animated shows
Here is a 30-second preview that aired during the Gravity Falls series finale promoting new and returning animated shows to air on Disney XD in 2016. The returning shows highlighted… |
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The Return Of 2015: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
…but at least equalled it (no mean feat in itself), while it was very cool to finally hold a deluxe collection of my favourite band’s legendary music promos in my… |
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Ratchet & Clank
…list on the poster. Video game movies may be the next big thing in Hollywood, but Ratchet & Clank is an inauspicious start. If, instead of taking the elements from… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Four – Can’t Stop The Feeling
…it came to how it would be visualized in a way that would attract audiences. I didn’t think the film looked bad per se. There were some nice scenes, particularly… |
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San Diego 2016 Comic-Con Exclusive
…Side note, I showed Sanders the video of my giving my niece a plethora of How to Train Your Dragon stuff for her birthday and he found it adorable. He… |
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April And The Extraordinary World
…who lost her parents in a mysterious incident when she was young, attempts to solve the scientific mystery that led to the tragedy in the first place. In a world… |
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Mavis takes over Hotel Transylvania in first look at new Disney Channel series
Sony Pictures Animation has just revealed the first promo image from Hotel Transylvania: The Series on their official Facebook page, and you can look at it below. The show will… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Sixth Season
…see it for yourself. One thing I can say is that the quality of the show has not diminished, even with its new (at the time) showrunner Adam Muto. It… |
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The new Despicable Me 3 trailer is here
…Daurio, will be released in theaters on June 30, 2017. The animated film is produced by Illumination’s Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and executive produced by Chris Renaud. Joining Steve… |
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Pinocchio: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…in the film, instead of how it stands now when, after I’ve Got No Strings, it becomes a straight adventure drama. In Walt’s Words: Pinocchio (4:48) continues along the same… |
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The Boss Baby
…get into it. The basic plot is nonsensical. Nothing wrong with that, if you own it. But it is told in a very conventional way — as if we’re supposed… |
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The full trailer for Spirit: Riding Free is here
The trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming TV series Spirit: Riding Free–which, yes, is going to be a thing–is now online, and can be viewed in the player below. In addition,… |
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Spirit “gets his name” in new Riding Free clip
If you’ve always wanted to see Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron get named by a teenage girl, today is your lucky day! An extended new clip from Spirit: Riding Free… |
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Hotel Transylvania: The Series set for June 25th premiere on Disney Channel
…her father what she can do. With the help of her friends, she decides to put her brilliant ideas of how to run the Hotel into motion, but enter Aunt… |
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Watch a sneak peek of Marvel’s Spider-Man animated series on Disney XD
Marvel has launched a sneak preview of Marvel’s Spider-Man, a new animated series that once again retells the early superhero adventures of Peter Parker. The series is set to premiere… |
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Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
…is “meh”. There really is no coherent plot in the traditional sense, with strict building blocks like rising action, climax, etc. The story is more a weird assemblage of things… |
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DuckTales
…colors and snappier action sequences, and it helps greatly that the direction is excellent. Scoorge’s mansion, for instance, is introduced as a relic (which is something he fears he’s at… |
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Trolls Holiday TV special airing on NBC in November; TV series coming to Netflix in 2018
…be coming to Netflix in 2018. A full press release along with promotional images follows. DreamWorks Trolls Holiday, a half-hour animated musical special that features the A-list talent involved in… |
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Up’s Pete Docter and Michael Giacchino to intro the Academy’s Oscar Concert celebration of film music
…p.m. As part of the Oscar week celebrations for its 90th anniversary, the Academy, in partnership with the LA Phil, presents an exclusive one-of-a-kind celebration of film music, including never-before-heard… |
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Watch the theme song for the new Muppet Babies
The new opening sequence for Muppet Babies has been released online, and it’s about as adorable as you’d expect. The reboot of the 80’s cartoon arrives on Disney Junior this… |
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Chuck McCann, veteran voice actor known for DuckTales and Fantastic Four, passes away
…Ben Grimm/The Thing on the 1994 Fantastic Four show, Leatherneck on G.I. Joe, and as recurring villain Heff Heffalump on The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. McCann also voiced… |
