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The Secret World Of Arrietty
…production planner), he delivered a quiet, largely peaceful and leisurely paced film that may serve as a gateway for kids into the Studio Ghibli world, just as My Neighbor Totoro… |
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UPDATED: Aladdin flies to a whole new world at box office
…people who are going to Aladdin are Disney fans, many of who saw the original in theaters when they were kids, and in the end they are the ones who… |
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Frozen II lets it go to record-breaking $350 million global opening
…benefit of opening during the summer when kids are off from school on Fridays. And there’s still a slight chance that Anna and Elsa could eclipse Dory once actuals come… |
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The Secret Life of Pets 2’s bark proves worse than its box office bite
…weekend? That is, of course, a very broad and potentially unlikely assessment. Kids usually don’t mind that sort of thing, and they are a big part of the target audience… |
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Pixar Graphics Art Director Craig Foster on Toy Story 4
…care for the kids in that environment. I did that through hand-created labels like the ones teachers could make, and other things that they could buy, like educational posters, but… |
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Toy Story 4
…kindergarten, so Forky–who can fit inside Bonnie’s backpack–is precious to her as some form of companionship, as she is too shy to talk with the other kids. On a more… |
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Care Bears return on 30th anniversary
…Care-A-Lot. Gabrielle Oliff, vice president of brand and marketing for American Greetings, said. “Now just seemed right because we had women who grew up with it… they have kids that… |
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Simba roars mighty as The Lion King makes the record books
…culture significance, and like with Aladdin earlier this summer, parents who saw the animated film in theaters as children are now able to bring their own kids to the new… |
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Friendship goes to battle in new My Little Pony trailer
…can check out in the player above. Now in its ninth season, Friendship is Magic proved to be an unexpected breakout hit, with a massive fan base of both kids… |
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Help My Beastly ABC!
Former Disney Supervising Animator Ken Duncan’s Duncan Studio is currently working on an exciting app to teach kids the ABC’s but also about the monsters they fear so much. They… |
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The Angry Birds Movie 2
…in the movie, a clip of a song stands in for dialogue, humor, or plot. The plot is full of holes. I get it. It’s a kids movie. But even… |
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Maurice Sendak Joins The Wild Things At 83
…his life. Sendak is renowned for turning the world of children’s literature upside down. His books are some of the first to depict kids as bad, angry and capable of… |
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Box office slingshot doesn’t fling Angry Birds far
…and what’s hurting the film seems to be its strangely timed release date. With many kids returning to school, why release a big family movie during mid-August? Not helping matters… |
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D23 Expo 2019 Exclusive
…they transition from scaring kids to making them laugh. Tyler will be playing Tylor’s mom Millie. The series is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ sometime in 2020. Brown introduced Kevin… |
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Cars 2
…spin-offs of the toys, just kept on selling, although eventually, even though there wasn’t really a call for a second feature film by Pixar fans or the kids buying the… |
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Toy Story 3: Pixar writer Michael Arndt tells the story behind the story
…of young children. I was afraid the film might be a little too dark for a family audience, but all the kids who saw it seemed to really like it,… |
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Little King and Bravestarr's best, plus hi-def gripes
…majority of people buying these titles aside collectors are kids with limited spending opportunities) shouldn’t get the full content experience right out of the gate. Disney are doing it again… |
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The Star
…joy to their target audience — kids — during the Christmas season. (Based on the crowd I saw it with, they have wildly succeeded in that regard.) So if you… |
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The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
…the audience, if they’re not taken in by the scene-stealing aquatic life (can’t have those kids getting bored in the ballads, right?), over-cutting or the hysterical, hyper-operatics of a strangely… |
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Shrek Forever After
…that have been less than fans of the films, Shrek Forever After is a nice and fitting end to the story. Shrek, the wife, and kids are now living happily… |
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Twenty Years of AV
…up right alongside my children. And while I’m proud to see my kids leave the nest to start their own lives, I’m happy knowing that Animated Views isn’t going anywhere…. |
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The Lost World (1925 and 1960 versions)
…the package to a very short promotional featurette that looks at real life dinosaur discovery and the film’s story, a Fox Newsreel clip that has a glimpse of a kids… |
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Nicktoons announces second season of Iron Man: Armored Adventures
…teenager will premiere in 2011. The animated series which bowed in April 2009 helped Nicktoons reach its highest-rated and most-watched year in history with boys 6-11, kids 6-11 and total… |
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Warner Archive: The Amazing Captain Nemo
…continuation of the legend for its time, with spirited performances and terrific production value. But quite what kids in 1978 would have thought about The Amazing Captain Nemo, in the… |
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Hoodwinked Too! toys now at Burger King, despite movie’s delay
Burger King is now selling six new toys based off of the movie Hoodwinked Too! Hood Vs. Evil with their kids meals. The sequel to the surprise 2006 hit was… |
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Go, Speed Racer, go! Plus new discs and Iron Man 2, 3 and more!
…genuinely surprised at my comments: I thought Speed Racer was the best kids and family picture to come along in a long time, complete with almost transparently innovative techniques powering… |
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Batman stage show in the works
Batman may soon be coming to a stage near you, according to ABC News. Tentatively titled Batman Live, the show would be “an elaborate arena production aimed at kids and… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: Basil’s Calculations (movie clip)
…such Disney animated blockbusters as The Princess and the Frog, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. As Basil sniffs out one clue after another with unmatched ingenuity, kids and adults will… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: On The Trail (movie clip)
…such Disney animated blockbusters as The Princess and the Frog, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. As Basil sniffs out one clue after another with unmatched ingenuity, kids and adults will… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: Basil’s Experiment (movie clip)
…such Disney animated blockbusters as The Princess and the Frog, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. As Basil sniffs out one clue after another with unmatched ingenuity, kids and adults will… |