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The Pirates of Dark Water: The Complete Series
…shows from the 1980s but with a more modern script keeping it appealing to a new generation of kids used to more sophisticated stories. The show would last for a… |
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Indiana Jones dials down; Elemental passes $100 million
…with bored kids!). Keep in mind that all of those films crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide with ease. Mermaid, by comparison, has only $542 million in its undersea wallet,… |
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Romeo, Romeo…Sealed With A Kiss DVD Special!
…it’s been made accessible to kids, a fair few darker moments from the play remain and it certainly has sincerely dramatic and heartfelt moments. For the total skinny on the… |
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Sin City: Blu-ray Disc (plus Recut, Extended & Unrated Edition)
…leaves one feeling more exhilarated than when they went in. The film won’t be for everyone – this is NOT the fun loving hijinks of the Spy Kids trilogy –… |
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Tinker Bell picnics in the park
…food trucks, including Top Chef alum Brian Hill’s gourmet food truck, along with a bevy of activity stations for the kids – including face painting, Tink tattoos, coloring stations and… |
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The Odd Couple: Centennial Collection
…and Oscar’s kids (differently named from the TV show), paled in comparison, especially coming after the very similar Grumpy Old Men movies. It was always fun to see the two… |
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New project for DreamWorks Animation: Imaginary Enemies
…friends of children–fed up with being blamed for their misdeeds–looking for revenge when their kids have grown up. Mike Mitchell of Sky High and Shrek Forever After fame is working… |
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Shawn Patterson: Composer Maximum!
…Selick, Tom McGrath and many others. Shawn is consistently in demand for his unique and powerful scores in episodic animated television, such as Oh Yeah Cartoons, The X’s, Dave the… |
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The epic trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water is here
…of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe,… |
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Apple’s The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse wins BAFTA Film Award for Best British Short Animation
…offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favorite screens. After its launch on… |
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The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 3: The Orlando Features
…just express his deep love for her. As a parent, we all feel that way for our kids – at least I do. That gives you goosebumps talking about it…. |
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The Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken trailer makes a big splash
…fractals, and she’s prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom (Oscar® nominee Toni Collette, Knives Out), has forbade Ruby from ever getting… |
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The Tick returns! Plus yay or nay for TransFormers Bay?
…the superhero spoof that Disney are slowly releasing thanks to picking up the show as part of a licensing agreement when they bought the Fox Family Kids channel. This go… |
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Composer Harry Gregson-Williams takes us far, far away, from Prince of Persia to Shrek Forever After
…long time, I don’t know, from the fifties or sixties, even if the movie had to catch and keep the attention of young kids. So, there were action cues to… |
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Scooby-Doo…and World Wrestling Entertainment, Too?
…up with World Wrestling Entertainment stars to fight crime, in an effort to appeal “to both adults and kids.” The movie is expected to come to DVD sometime in 2014…. |
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Onward
…and kids visiting the land of the dead are great one-off ideas, but their worlds are inextricably tied to their specific plots. The monster world may be the next most… |
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Around the world with Mila: Producer Andrea Emmes
…in theater, she began her career as a singer/dancer at Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Hollywood, Trinity Arts Center, as a choreographer for Little Kids Dance Party, casting/production assistant for… |
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Frozen catches fire at the box office
…Desolation of Smaug opens, but with Chrismas break coming up and kids being out of school, Frozen probably has a lot more to put in the bank before it’s done…. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #39: Rise of the Guardians – Guardians of Liberty
…‘Night-Mares’ or ‘The Night Mayor?!’ • Simpsons references, Mason’s animation pet peeves & Aladdin flashbacks. • “You dare have fun in MY presence?!” -Pitch, you’re a nerd. • “Kids rule!”… |
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Inside Animation Supervisor Victor Navone’s mind
…for cartoony animation and different styles than we had done in a feature. AV: You were a supervising animator, here. How would you explain that new role? VN: At Pixar,… |
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Elstree 1976
…Star Wars came along, especially for British kids of the 70s who will remember him for the road safety campaign as the Green Cross Code Man, which his superhero bodybuilder… |
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Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 1
…Superdog: Volume 2, McKids: Volumes 1 & 2, Tom And Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers, How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Kids Holiday 2006, and Harry And His… |
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Avatar toys now featured in McDonald’s Happy Meals
…first time the resturaunt chain has had a Happy Meal promotion for a movie with that rating since 1992’s Batman Returns. Meanwhile, there will be Avatar goodies for big kids… |
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Kiki’s Delivery Service
…easy dub to listen to if you (or your kids) prefer to avoid subtitles. The small changes made for the 2010 DVD release have been retained, making the English dub… |
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Planes rated PG, with Blu-ray coming this December?
…and its 2011 sequel were rated G – a rating which proved controversial for the latter film as parents found it too violent for younger kids. Interestingly, IGN also lists… |
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Free Birds creators explain why Reel FX’s first theatrical feature is no turkey
…Studios’ Frozen could provide serious competition later in the month. Parents fearing the movie might encourage their kids to skip the big Thanksgiving meal need not worry: Hayward insists the… |
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Superman Unbound
…Son Of Krypton (introducing that series’ concept of Brainiac), New Kids On The Block (more Brainiac, this time also with teenage Clark Kent meeting the Legion Of Superheroes), and both… |
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The Boxtrolls
…kids are easily scared or you yourself don’t enjoy unpalatable imagery you might want to be weary of this film. The Boxtrolls isn’t necessarily bad. And it tries very hard… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #38: How To Train Your Dragonite…I Mean, Dragon
…parallels to life. • Would Stoick the Vast get along with Gaston? More Pokemon tangents! • Holy Dragon! Stoick’s got problems. • ”Kids Rule!” The motto of the 90s. •… |
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Sausage Party
…the design of the characters was the filmmakers trying to make it look like a stereotypical kids movie, the low budget was probably the driving factor. Eight-time Academy Award winner… |
