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A Magic Gourd, Chipmunks, Madagascar's Nana and Wonder Woman? It's another packed post!
…to be just as noisy and schizophrenic as when I caught it last year. DreamWorks’ animation is probably more refined than last time, but the magic they brought to Kung… |
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South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season
…animation moments – unique to South Park’s production – was achieved. All four clips explore concept, storyboard, computer generated animatic and final composited shots, and the surprising amount of work,… |
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Encrico Casarosa's Venice Chronicles, plus new reviews!
…both the idea of bringing Schoolhouse Rock! back to screens and its environmental theme, Rodney comes away with “mixed feelings”, the generally decent level of animation not always gelling with… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 3
…insert for Disney Blu-Ray films. Ink And Paint: This DVD is being released in its original 1.33:1 television aspect ration. The animation has some errors here and there (sometimes the… |
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Snow White and the Seven X-Men!
…from Disney this morning is that, in addition to the eight lithographs of original animation drawings, the character pin set and a certificate of authenticity, the book in the Limited… |
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Snow White BD and signed Marge Champion photos – Winners Announced!
…ever! With an all-new, state-of-the-art digital restoration and Disney Enhanced High Definition sound, the breathtaking animation and unforgettable music of the most revered Disney film of all time will enthrall… |
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Dopey speaks: Snow White‘s characters and legacy!
…other editions), bringing the cost down to just $9.99 for a very limited time only! Continuing our celebrations of all things Snow White, Jeremie Noyer recently joined the Disney Animation… |
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
…be familiar to classic film and animation buffs: Bruce Dern, Madeleine Kahn, Art Carney, Phil Silvers, Teri Garr, Billy Barty, Edgar Bergen, Milton Bearle, Joan Blondell, John Carradine, Cyd Charisse,… |
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Sin City: Blu-ray Disc (plus Recut, Extended & Unrated Edition)
…though it employs the same technology: a terrific blend of SFX stage photography and extensive CGI animation, all seamlessly welded into a highly contrasted, gritty and almost pulp printed live-action… |
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Warner Archive: The Our Gang Collection
…down the titles of the shorts contained. As with some of WB’s animation collection sets, the back of the cover makes mention that “the Our Gang Collection is intended for… |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: With a Smile and a Song!
…(the dwarfs, the animals, etc…), sometimes up to 40 in one shot. Hence a bigger format for the animation sheets and tables, and the conception of new photographic reduction processes…. |
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Gigantor: The Collection, Volume Two
…of giant robot action. The animation remains as primitive as ever in these episodes. Characters fail to exhibit appealing designs, movement is stilted, and backgrounds are simple. Plots are pretty… |
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Katzenberg talks TV, film, stage, and more
BusinessWeek talks with DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg in a quick interview that covers a lot of ground — including sales of movie tickets and DVDs, future Broadway endeavors, runaway… |
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Disney channel snags Fish Hooks
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Disney Channel will be launching their first new animated series in three years. Fish Hooks, created using a mix of 2D digital animation and photo… |
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The Care Bears Movie
…If there are two words to describe the animation, then they would have to be “eye candy.” Everywhere you look there is a combination of reds, blues, and other soft… |
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Zemeckis defends Carol process
Robert Zemeckis defends his performance-capture animation techniques with some name-dropping in an article from the National Post, and Jim Carrey gets philosophical with the LA Times, as they both discuss… |
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Princess brings Disney and directors full circle
The Wall Street Journal has a nice piece on The Princess and the Frog, the return of traditional animation to Disney, and how it was brought about by some directors… |
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Disney/Zemeckis’ Christmas Carol: “cold”
“On a showy, exuberant demonstration of the glories of motion capture, computer animation and 3D technology level, it’s a wow. On any emotional level, it’s as cold as Marley’s Ghost”,… |
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How to Train Your Dragon to watch a trailer
Over at Yahoo Movies, the 2nd trailer for Dreamworks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon has just been released. The film, which will be shown in Digital 3D, is scheduled… |
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Joe Jump back on the drawing board?
The Animation Guild Blog notes that the rumored and then dropped Disney project Joe Jump (mentioned here back in 2006) may be back in development…. |
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Pixar profiled
In the first of three featured articles, the UK-based film blog Flickering Myth profiles Pixar Animation Studios. The second part will follow on November 11, and part three on November… |
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Berenstain Bears coming to the big screen
…“The Berenstain Bears”, are being made into a full-length movie. The movie will contain a mixture of both live-action and computer animation. It is prompted for a 2011 release date…. |
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Roger Rabbit sequel to use mo-cap
Robert Zemeckis told MTV that the Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel will feature motion-capture performances, an animation process he has used extensively over the past several years (and in tomorrow’s… |
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A Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa
…very funny teaser for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ first made for TV Christmas special, the CGI-created Prep & Landing, the only caveat to which seems the appearance of a very… |
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Despicable Hollywood
…funny, and although it has taken the some time to get it right, Universal – a studio not known for its animation outside of Walter Lantz in the 1940s and… |
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Kung Fu Panda virtual dojo coming soon
…at 8-12 year olds and will feature games and activities. Rick Rekedal, head of production of DreamWorks Animation Online, said, “Just like Po the Panda was a fan of kung… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 2
…Nervy Game; and a television western gets shot in Ricochet Rabbit’s town in TV Show. Is This Thing Loaded? Completely Bananas: The Magilla Gorilla Story (5:15) sees animation historians, as… |
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New Princess and the Frog images
A number of new images and cast photos from Disney’s anticipated The Princess and the Frog can now be found at Comingsoon.net. The studio’s return to hand-drawn animation opens in… |
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Another “Best Animated Movies Ever” list
With awards season getting ready to kick off, it might be fun to discuss some of the best animation of all time. Entertainment Weekly recently put out their take, and… |
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Oscar races heat up
The Animation Blog reports that Disney bought the cover of Daily Variety last week to promote Up not only for Best Animated Feature, but for Best Picture as well. The… |
