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Composer Mark Watters on Disney’s Silly Symphonies music
…interplay of music and film with LACO @ the Movies: An Evening of Disney Silly Symphonies, a program of dazzling and delightful Academy Award-winning animation created by Walt Disney Studios… |
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Kubo and the Two Strings
I admit it. I’m not a fan of any of Laika’s previous films, unlike most other animation fans (and the Motion Picture Academy apparently, which has given a Best Animated… |
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The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot To Remember
…countless areas of the company, most notably in publicity for the Disneyland and Feature Animation units, but also at the Archives as an author with the legendary Dave Smith and,… |
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Moana
Walt Disney Animation Studios has been a nice roll since 2008’s Bolt, with all but Winnie the Pooh earning at least $250 million, and all but The Princess and the… |
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The BFG
…the movie on a fixed camera alternating with the Giant in hand-held shots that are perhaps designed to show off the clever visual effects’ melding of animation, environments and live-action,… |
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Lego Star Wars – The Freemaker Adventures: Complete Season One
Lucasfilm Animation (2016), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (December 6, 2016), 2 Discs, 299 mins, 16:9 ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated TV-Y7 , Retail: $27.99 Storyboard: Three siblings struggling to make… |
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Legend Quest
…which would go on to produce three sequels. The success of the films would be instrumental in turning the studio into the largest and most prestigious animation firm in Latin… |
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The Boss Baby
…potty and rear-end related “humor” in this film borders on the obsessive. The animation in The Boss Baby is par for the course for 2017. The character designs are well… |
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The Red Turtle
…lush animation, produced in France and Belgium, lives up to the term—this world is simple, but extremely alive. The bamboo trees, the birds, and the sea all move continuously, bringing… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez reveals the hidden art of Disney’s late golden age
The late Golden Age ushered in an era of great productivity at the Walt Disney Studios. At a time when animation was becoming increasingly popular, it was also becoming more… |
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My Little Pony: The Movie
…Fans of the franchise will almost certainly adore it, while newcomers should be able to appreciate the splashy animation and toe-tapping songs. Like the cartoon, it takes heavy inspiration from… |
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Early Man
…voice acting is a real highlight in the movie. I’m usually not a fan of big stars coming in to do animation when there are so many talented animation voice… |
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Muppet Babies Composers Andy Bean & Keith Horn Make Your Dreams Come True
…the animatic and ship it overseas for final animation.” AV: “From an animation standpoint, this is such a bright series. It’s so colorful and vibrant, and I wondered if that… |
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Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
…Titans Go! is a perfect fit for the newly revitalized Warner Animation. Both the show and the studio have made madcap humor their forte. And from the production logos to… |
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Smallfoot
…flipped again. The animation here is beautiful, the music Oscar-worthy, and the twist (while not completely unforeseen by the audience) so well down in-story to make you doubt everything you… |
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“Claymation” pioneer Will Vinton passes away at 70
Oscar, Emmy, and Clio Award winner Will Vinton has died at age 70. Vinton was a pioneer in stop motion animation, trademarking the name “claymation” for his process. He and… |
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Longtime Pixar/DreamWorks animator Adam Burke passes away
…from cancer. We’ll miss you, Adam. pic.twitter.com/LRUV7cgzGm — Brad Bird (@BradBirdA113) October 8, 2018 Burke had quite an impressive resume, doing animation on Bluth’s Thumbelina and A Troll in Central… |
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Critical Role Art Exhibition and Live Show
…animation voice actors. What started two years prior as a home game between Matthew Mercer and his friends of fellow “nerdy ass voice actors” has since transformed into a pop… |
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Missing Link goes missing at the box office
…the worst debut that stop-motion animation studio Laika has seen to date, grossing just $5.8 million according to studio estimates. Prior to the weekend, tracking didn’t have Missing Link faring… |
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Abominable opens to $20 million
…the states. Sure, the trailers were fine at selling another film in that vein (complete with beautiful animation), but they never treated the movie like an “event,” nor was TV… |
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The Owl House
…enjoy. And the comedy hits the right notes to be quirky and genuinely funny. The animation is quite lovely to look at. The designs play upon visualizations one might be… |
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The Blazing Dragons of Monty Python’s Terry Jones
…Nelvana studio and the French-based Ellipse Animation. Jones created the premise to be a spoof of the King Arthur legend, spinning it to where anthropomorphic dragons were the protagonists and… |
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Trolls World Tour
…them. Back in 2016, DreamWorks Animation released Trolls, a movie which almost no one expected to be good which ended up being an extremely pleasant surprise. Opening towards the end… |
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Things get intimate in the trailer for Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
…Disney Animation as they race against time to finish the film, with both creative breakthroughs and frustrations along the way. Produced by Lincoln Square Productions and Walt Disney Animation Studios…. |
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Baobab Studios announces “The Art of Baobab: The Beginning” book at CTN Live
…as the upcoming Baba Yaga and some additional yet-to-be announced future projects. Announced as part of their “BAOBAB STUDIOS AT 5: Pioneering Interactive Storytelling in Animation” panel at CTN Live… |
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Helluva Boss
…through A24, Medrano has been self producing Helluva Boss since Halloween 2020 with episodes released on an infrequent schedule. It goes without saying just how spectacular the animation is. The… |
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run
…more like a Blue’s Clues movie than what fans have come to expect and love about the show. The animation in this film has switched from the old-school-looking 2D style… |
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Raya And The Last Dragon
…the movie’s over-aching message was admirable, but was all but lost amongst the wisecracking until near the end. Let’s turn to something done extremely well in this film: the animation…. |
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The Croods: A New Age
DreamWorks Animation (November 25 2020), Universal Home Entertainment (February 23 2021), two discs, 96 mins plus supplements, 4K UHD and 1080p high-definition widescreen 2.35:1, Dolby Atmos Audio, Rated PG, Retail:… |
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The cell phone is in charge in independent animated short film Like and Follow
…us about Like and Follow’s production. “Tobi and I met in 2017 at an animation studio in Tokyo,” Forrest said. “We’re both compulsive filmmakers and we’d both just finished making… |
