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Oscar, Oscar!
…the great man himself (it’s a remake of the 2004 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs), and one that sees him playing a by-the-numbers game, with all-too familiar elements from his… |
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The pirate movie that's no crime…
…many twists and turns which see deals done between various parties on both sides, characters double, triple and quadruple cross each other and pretty much all have underlying plans that… |
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Pirates continues to plunder box-office booty!
…has done so faster than any other title released internationally. It’s tracking better than last year’s sequel Dead Man’s Chest which puts the rumors of a fourth (fifth, sixth?) film… |
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Lee a marvel at Mouse House?; Disney Songbook comes to London
…off his considerable name and past glories, which include Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and the Hulk, of course. It comes as no surprise that these heroes are the main supports in… |
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Narnia news: director Apted an "interesting" choice for Voyage…
…man for the job. His credits include the revolutionary Seven Up! documentaries and many fine films, such as Gorky Park, Gorillas In The Mist and The Coal Miner’s Daughter, as… |
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The Critic: The Complete Series
…Disc Two with Sherman, Woman And Child (featuring a great, stop-motion animated riff on The Nightmare Before Christmas), Sherman Of Arabia and A Song For Margo, while the second season… |
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I Yam What I Yam…Popeye's here!
…arrangements to bring Popeye, the much-loved spinach guzzling sailor man, to DVD and this week marks the occasion. And we, simply, couldn’t be happier! Tell the truth, it’s about darned… |
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Appreciation for Filmation!
…show that quite literally started it all for Lou Scheimer and company; a terrifically entertaining, slightly camp outing for the Man Of Steel. • The New Adventures Of Batman –… |
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Woody Woodpecker And Friends: Classic Cartoon Collection
…“making of” material that presented how the cartoons were made. However, the line had gained a bad reputation and after many delays for the final few volumes, eventually limped to… |
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The Lost World (1925 and 1960 versions)
…the man who inspired Harryhausen himself was Willis O’Brien, whose pioneering dinosaur animation has come to disc as part of Fox’s ongoing line of Irwin Allen releases. O’Brien had started… |
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Meet The Robinsons
…Sweatbox Review: I’ll admit to not enjoying Meet The Robinsons as much as many others did…on my first encounter with the movie in theaters earlier this year. While it was… |
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The magic of Richard Todd, and Narnia's visual effects!
…to say the man was as fluid with recollections on making the film as one might hope would be an understatement! As well as a private, pre-screening dinner I shared… |
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Eric Goldberg's Character Animation Crash Course book!
…rush off to another panel. Thanks, Eric! All of which brings us to today’s new and exclusive interview with the man himself, as Christian speaks with Eric Goldberg on Character… |
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WALL-E: 3-Disc Special Edition
…his lifetime, and the future of mankind, awaits… The Sweatbox Review: “In the summer of 1994, there was a lunch…” though often derided by many for placing too much emphasis… |
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Kung Fu Panda / Secrets Of The Furious Five
…man of the moment Seth Rogen as Mantis) with more unexpected but welcome choices Jackie Chan (as Monkey), Lucy Liu (Viper), David Cross (Crane), James Hong (Po’s Dad, a goose… |
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Yogi! New announcements! And tons of Pinocchio clips!
…packaged with a Mach 6 toy car. Lastly, on BD from WB comes Batman: 20th Anniversary Edition (man, it just can’t be that long aleady!), also on May 5 for… |
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Monsters Vs. Aliens! Smurfs! Plus the WB Archives open up!
…helmed the movie with Rob Letterman. DreamWorks’ latest animated movie took a little while to get me juiced up about seeing it, having given the look of being highly derivative,… |
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Shawn Patterson: Composer Maximum!
…fanned out in the industry most of them have referred me to many other people. So, through many of these connections, I seem to keep getting hired in the animation… |
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Snow White: The Characters And Legacy Of The First And Fairest Of Them All!
…such as an annual event like New Years Day for example. But with Snow White’s mandate, the Dwarfs respectfully mind their best table manners and wash up! • “Jiminy Crickets”… |
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Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Unrated Director’s Cut
…like the current crop of movie brats’ take on Sunset Boulevard. Fading action star Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) desperately needs a new hit, while Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black, channeling the… |
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
…many twists and turns which see deals done between various parties on both sides, characters double, triple and quadruple cross each other and pretty much all have underlying plans that… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez on the Walt Disney Family Museum: a flame more alive than ever
…an artist, and TV host or a businessman, but really as a father, a husband and simply a human being. That’s, to me, the big different of this museum, and… |
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Michael Jackson’s This Is It
…musical community, and as the man himself said, it don’t matter if you’re black or white. I am not fundamentally a Jackson fan. Sure, his music has touched various parts… |
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Up:rising with Story Artist Enrico Casarosa!
…means of a grumpy old man and a turbulent little kid! Up-solutely winning! Animated Views: How did the writing process of Up start for you? Enrico Casarosa: When I started… |
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Fantastic Mr Fox
…man Jarvis Cocker. With a terrifically tactile feel, Fantastic Mr Fox is an immensely visual film, and like the best of Aardman, is fueled by wonderful details; a heist pulled… |
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Stan Berkowitz recieves WGA animation award
…was written under a Writers Guild contract. Berkowitz’s many animated TV writing and/or co-writing credits include Legion of Super Heroes, The Batman, Transformers: Animated, Superman, Spider-Man, Justice League, The New… |
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Monsters, Inc.
…masterpiece of styling, performance and character movement. Mike’s little green man approach perfectly compliments Crystal’s manic twenty-words-a-second delivery, and the whole Randall design (a very Tim Burton-Nightmare Before Christmas look… |
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Fox gets more animation
…show “follows the world of a beer-swilling, redneck sheriff who marries a much younger woman from Mexico. The man soon realizes, however, that he’s gained not only a wife but… |
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An Auteur is Born – 30 Years Of Miyazaki’s Castle Of Cagliostro
…the American Mad magazine – Kato made his hero, in many ways, in the image of his literary grandfather, but in many other ways, a very different person. Like his… |
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The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 3: The Orlando Features
…challenge certainly was to deal with her transformation into a man. How did you deal with that? MH: That was certainly a unique challenge with her, too. When we drew… |
