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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two
…The four-minute sequence, combining live–action with animation of a slightly taller Jerry, who also sings, turned out to be one of MGM’s defining moments and a real career highlight for… |
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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…Entertainment (December 14, January 5, December 7 2010) Mutli-disc sets, 95, 90 and 369 mins plus supplements, $40, $40, $77 Contemporary animation also took on new dimensions from other studios… |
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Kubo And The Two Strings
…all too “easy” in this day and age. Before long, Pal adapted his techniques to provide visual effects creatures, characters and props for his later live–action science-fiction classics, inspiring the… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures Of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit
…rounds out with the COA, limiting the run to 120,000 and a Disney Movie Rewards code that, while very welcome for those in the club, thankfully doesn’t infringe on any… |
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The Secret Of The Magic Gourd
…deals to produce the fully-animated feature Roadside Romeo in and for India and, back in China, the animation and live–action combination The Secret Of The Magic Gourd. Very often films… |
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Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1940-2005), Warner Home Video (June 22 2010), 2 discs, 223 mins plus supplement, 4:3 (native 1.33:1 and reformatted widescreen – not anamorphic 16:9), Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail:… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
…little live–action girl. Or a dentist. But what about going way back? Well then we’re on to something, for one of Walt’s very earliest memories was sitting in the audience… |
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Caprino animation DVD contest winners announced
…been ignored by a wolf and a bear. The film, bookended in the same way as Ashlad with live–action sequences, ends as with most of Caprino’s fairy-tales, with the good… |
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Star Trek: The Animated Series
…regular episode of the live action show (it would have only taken the addition of a “B” storyline), with intriguing dilemmas, exciting action, and charming character interplay. If anything, the… |
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Directors Buck and Brannon on Surf’s Up
…don’t always know what everyone is doing. Of course, March of the Penguins is live–action and a documentary. Happy Feet – you know, I don’t even know the genesis of… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland: Disney In Space And Beyond
…Motion about how every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Most of these segments are animated with some live action and still footage is used as well. Several scientists,… |
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Pinchcliffe races home: Caprino Studios Collection on DVD!
…in the same way as Ashlad with live–action sequences, ends as with most of Caprino’s fairy-tales, with the good fox rewarded by way of a furry new coat and marriage… |
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Pinchcliffe Races Home: A Look Back At Caprino Studios
…and instead helps an old woman out when her plight has been ignored by a wolf and a bear. The film, bookended in the same way as Ashlad with live–action… |
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David Couchariere: from Blue Sky to DreamWorks, an Animated Career
…lot of live–action reference. Working with Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois was like working with the perfect couple of directors. They were very complementary and had such a strong grasp… |
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Treasure Planet: 10th Anniversary Edition
…inclusion being the theatrical trailer for Treasure Island, Walt’s own live–action take on the story back from 1950 (and – come on! – just where is this and other live–action… |
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Treasure Planet: Special Edition
…here is where the best material is. Story rather briskly gets over any mention of Stevenson’s novel, instead substituting a trailer for Walt’s 1950 live–action version of the tale. Additional… |
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The Animatrix
…our bodies for energy, while we live our lives in a virtual world. The two shorts, with a unique blend of traditional and CGI anime, chronicle the story from the… |
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Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull: 2-Disc Edition
…Blu-ray Discs, keep your eye on the counter, and we’re off… 0:00:00 = Spielberg maintained that he wanted this Indy adventure to match the original trilogy, banning CGI from the… |
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Cartoon Network to launch new action/adventure block
…feature action/adventure programming “Miguzi will also feature live–action segments profiling entertainers, athletes and everyday heroes ranging from comic book artists to the country’s top street basketball players. These lifestyle pieces… |
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DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures
…had been founded on the back of the biggest comic book hero of all time, Superman, in the 1966 New Adventures Of Superman, which picked up where George Reeves’ live–action… |
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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
…to Ultimates. Yes, the contemporary writing and spectacular action would have made this particular comic ripe for adaptation into a live action summer movie, but the cost would be prohibitive,… |
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Seeing more spots in our Dalmatians coverage!
I had fun going through the One Hundred And One Dalmatians Platinum Edition last night – did you get yours yet? For those waiting to see how the set is,… |
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Interview with Lisa Davis
…Alice, Lisa lost the part and was sent back to England. Years later, Walt called on Davis to join the animated classic 101 Dalmatians as the voice and live–action reference… |
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Il était une fois…Walt Disney – Artistic Sources Exhibition
…so it’s just half of the exhibition. I had probably more than 400, and I had to go back to 250, so you can imagine how many drawings… AV: So… |
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Mars Needs Moms
…expression she has in real life but also how much more she could have brought to the role had it been live–action (and, frankly, there’s no reason it couldn’t have… |
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Gay Purr-ee
…of the live–action Studio tour film The Reluctant Dragon. Disney later aped the style themselves, in the theatrical Special Pigs Is Pigs. The animation style was simpler, but the characters… |
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Belleville leads sparkling UK TV Christmas line up!
…Clause – 12.00pm, BBC1 The Road To El Dorardo – 1.55pm, BBC1 The Snowman (featurette) – 2.55pm, C4 101 Dalmatians (live–action) – 3.15pm, BBC1 Chicken Run – 6.15pm, BBC1 Christmas… |
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The Incredibles: "plenty of superhero action"; "human characters based on 1960s Disney"
…Fucile, adding that the humans in some Disney cartoons of the 1950s and ’60s – notably 101 Dalmatians – helped to determine the look of the characters in The Incredibles“…. |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…is the company’s one true bright spot now that Brad Bird has also apparently become more focused on his live–action exploits. Also on the cards is Stanton’s Nemo sequel –… |
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Floyd Norman: Story Of A Storyman
…animation veterans who had been doing this stuff for some 20 or 30 or 30 years. You can’t discount that experience and they helped me immensely. So I try in… |
