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Santa Inc.
…for the old man to choose a new successor…especially after his initial heir leaves the company to work for Amazon. Seeing an opportunity to advance her career, Candy makes it… |
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Computer animation too detailed for courtroom use?
…in acting out how a man shot his wife, to a jury. An attorney for convicted killer Michael Serge believes it was, as he stated that the animated segment provided… |
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Around the world with Mila: Writer (and Director) Cinzia Angelini
…that is, sadly, relevant to many current events. The small and courageous protagonist, Mila, carries the face of so many children around the world, children who become the indirect victims… |
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Just who is Sylvain Chomet?
Film critic Roger Eberts’ publisher {{link http://www.suntimes.com/output/movies/sho-sunday-triplets29.html The Chicago Sun Times}} profiles the director of The Triplets Of Belleville, the man who was an even favorite to take home the… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Three – We Have…Dragons!
…production company. While DWA had the Shrek franchise to fall back on, the first four years on their own proved to have as many bumps as they had successes. Madagascar… |
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Inside Out, Ex Machina, Bear Story win Oscars
…second nomination and first win. PETE DOCTER: “We are so lucky. Not just us, but everyone in this room, because, regardless of a gold man or not, we get to… |
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Nextoons: The NickToons Film Festival Announces Festival Judges
…Angeles, Konietzko worked as a character designer at Film Roman for Fox’s primetime series Family Guy. He soon moved to Assistant Director for two more Film Roman shows, Mission Hill… |
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Finding Dory
…much more fun and diverse looking cast of characters. Thomas Newman’s score gets a little lost in the action and humor of this film. His music for the original is… |
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Weekend Box Office: June 17 – 19, 2005
…the PG-13 flick averaged $12,166 per cinema, easily taking the #1 spot in the weekend’s top ten. However, unlike Batman, Batman Returns, and Batman Forever, which each broke the all-time… |
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CGI Popeye sailing to television
…the classic theme “Popeye the Sailor Man.” King Features will begin a multiplatform marketing campaign for Popeye’s 75th anniversary in the next few weeks, starting at next week’s Toy Fair… |
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More toons come alive in future film spin-offs
…more cartoons set to “go live” in Hollywood adaptations, including John Woo’s He Man, with Jason Lewis, and The Smurfs, a long-rumored project, with Jeff Goldblum once listed as Gargamel!… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Fifth Season
…opener for Season Five, Finn The Human and Jake The Dog, effectively resetting everything to be back as it was. There are far too many episodes in this two-disc set… |
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The Seventh Dwarf
…revenge against the King who betrayed her many years ago? The Sweatbox Review: Let’s go back in time to the late 1980’s. Filmation Associates, the production company behind He-Man and… |
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Journey to a Strange World in first teaser for Disney’s newest adventure
…adventure begins this Thanksgiving. Jake Gyllenhaal (The Guilty, Spider-Man: Far from Home) lends his voice to Searcher Clade, the son of a steadfast explorer. The original action-adventure journeys deep into… |
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Miles From Tomorrowland: Let’s Rocket!
…to boldly go where no man has gone…whoops, wrong show! The Sweatbox Review: If Star Trek had been centered around two kids instead of on Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock,… |
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Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
…so many of these recent Disney and Pixar shorts have done. Although Paperman features a contemporary-sounding score, giving it an old-school feel is a production design that finds room for… |
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Disney prepares takeover action; Animators back Roy Disney
…win the Oscar for best animated short film and use the awards platform to champion their art form against the man they regard as their nemesis, Disney Chairman Michael Eisner…. |
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Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem
…Batman, of course), three for Green Arrow (and Black Canary), one for Deadman, and two for Animal Man. There is also an episode from Batman: The Brave And The Bold,… |
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Batman: Bad Blood
…named Heretic, and Heretic himself is a match for Batman’s fighting capabilities. With the battle going badly for Batman and Batwoman, an explosion occurs and Batwoman is thrown free, while… |
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Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists
…many times over for my comics artwork on Spider-Man and The Phantom, as well as for my advertising clients,” says Alex Saviuk, 25 year veteran of the comic book industry…. |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…soul that is drawn towards a higher power, fights a struggle, and is eventually liberated. By using both film and drawing, Glen and Marion manage to overcome the constraints of… |
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Tarzan tree-surfing to Broadway; Jim Hill on Tarzan II; the price of Pixar
…production, as a “Tarzan” is being searched for who is “physically lean but toned, a swimmer’s body — NOT a muscle man”. In related news, Jim Hill takes a look… |
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Magic goes very wrong in the Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness trailer
…the player above. Said to be the “first horror movie” in the MCU, the movie will be acclaimed director Sam Raimi’s first superhero film since 2007’s Spider-Man 3. The much-anticipated… |
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Tarzan II review
…at in its predecessor’s ‘Son of Man’ sequence.” Nonetheless, the critic speaks highly of Phil Collins’ new tunes for the feature. Tarzan II will swing into stores on June 14th…. |
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Harvey Birdman flies again
…As an attorney, Harvey Birdman must rely on his shaky knowledge of torts and oddly compelling courtroom theatrics. A new season of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, featuring 13 episodes… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…Of Oz that followed soon after in 1939, or perhaps many of Disney’s subsequent animated features. There is no question that Walt Disney would have eventually produced a full-length animated… |
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R.I.P. Henry Corden, the voice of Fred Flintstone
…modern stoneage family include Hanna-Barbera’s Flintstone Family Adventures and The Bedrock Cops, among many other Flintstones series and television specials. Corden also gave Fred his singing voice, while Reed still… |
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Missing Link goes missing at the box office
…similar to those of Early Man, which opened to $3 million back in February 2018. Ultimately, stop-motion animation can be a tough sell to mainstream audiences, but Missing Link’s incredibly… |
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Arcane
…a couple original characters have managed to stand-out nicely. Jason Spisak is magnificent as Silco, a man whose willingness to do bad things to achieve his goals masks surprising sympathy…. |
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Davenport returns for Pirates sequel
Empire Online confirms that Jack Davenport, who played Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, will be returning for the anticipated sequel, Dead Man’s Chest…. |