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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…and we had a discussion about the industry. She told me everything about the (Aria) project, and about how Howard Ashman – who was responsible for so many great songs… |
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Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast
…epic vision to life. Matthias was born in 1970 in Mannheim, Germany. He spent his youth in an idyllic south-German setting. In 1990, he moved to Hamburg to find his… |
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Sherlock: Season One
…although “purists” argued against several aspects of that film, it seems many have forgotten that Holmes did use his fists when it came to it, a fact that those three… |
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Harry Gregson-Williams: Scoring the Return to Narnia!
For any film music buff, Harry Gregson-Williams is no stranger. We owe him such notable scores for all three Shreks, Gone Baby Gone, Chicken Run, Man on Fire, Flushed Away,… |
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Bolt
…myself hoping they’d work some more TV clips into the film. That said, the main story line is good too, if a lot less exhilarating. And that may have been… |
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Free Birds
…would have so many complaints. When was the last time you heard anyone say “We have too many good live action movies these days”? So the real complaint is there… |
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Avengers: Endgame
…doing so far, there’s a good chance you’ve already seen it. Twice. With that being said, since Disney kept everything “top secret” in an almost unprecedented manner with this film… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 5
…save Xavier’s life. In this final episode, Magneto comes to terms with his relationship with Xavier and the Professor manages to say his final goodbyes to his beloved team. The… |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Galaxy Divided
…back, along with more Yoda and Plo Koon. Ink And Paint: Many people have complained about the animation quality of this show, but I think it is good. As far… |
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Legacy Animation Studios starts production on Lucky!!
…brings a little good fortune to the people he encounters, but for every bit of good luck, he experiences a bit of misfortune. How ‘lucky’ can a four-leaf clover really… |
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Pixar production designer Don Shank in his element with Elemental
…any human. Human is human, no matter what your culture is. If you have a kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom, it works for any human. But early ideas for… |
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Ratatouille
…for and turns it on its head – and that is a good thing! Every really good animated film has said about it “it is made for kids but there… |
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Bee Movie
…rapid fire, back and forth, Seinfeldian jokes. John Goodman, as a southern style attorney, proves he can give a great vocal performance that isn’t just his everyday voice. Patrick Warburton,… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…the first film? No, but instead, they brought some new magic of their own to make a completely different film. Manny and Ellie are expecting and Sid and Diego are… |
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Legend Quest
…a really good looking show, making it all the more fascinating to watch. I watched the show with the English voice acting. It’s pretty good. There were maybe one or… |
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Now Playing: Pacific Rim and more
…the monster movies, and this film feels like someone’s modern day love letter to the genre. However, even with that disclaimer, I can safely say this was not a good… |
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The Lion Guard: Return Of The Roar
…has clearly put a good amount of money into producing this, and if The Lion Guard continues to look as good as this film does, then it’s going to be… |
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Sanjay Patel talks about his Super Team
…In many ways I’m a classic introvert, I really need lots of alone time to feel good. So my personality does really well with working on a book by myself…. |
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Down Under with Rescuers composer Bruce Broughton
…ethnically authentic as the Australian accents of the characters in the film! AV: How did you work with directors Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel? BB: I couldn’t say enough good… |
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Toy Story Of Terror!
…With a great sense of fun, good suspenseful sequences and plenty of comedy, there’s nothing terrible about this Toy Story Of Terror! Is This Thing Loaded? Although not over-packed with… |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
…is finally here. And going by the jawa-dropping box office returns so far, there’s a good chance that most people reading this have already seen it by now. In case… |
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Mr. Peabody and Sherman
…Outside of Frozen, I haven’t been impressed with the music in most recent animated movies lately. But Danny Elfman did a good job here, in a much more understated way… |
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Looney replacements; New reviews: Darkwing and TMNT!
…for pointing out the good news! Now then, we’ve a couple of new reviews as promised, the first for the release of the latest from the Disney Afternoon series Darkwing… |
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Oscar nominated animated shorts of 2013
…Oscar nominated animated shorts range from the traditionally told to the metaphorical, from computer animated images to painted pages, and — like any awards list — from good to not-so-good…. |
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DuckTales
…can put your mind at ease. The reboot–which was met with a fair but perhaps understandable amount of controversy when it was first announced–is in good hands. Paying respect to… |
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Ho-ho-ho with our Best Of The Year!
…a good film”. Whatever the pros and cons of the movie, it’s good to see Princess And The Frog doing so well at the box-office, even if the behemoth that… |
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Hotel Transylvania 2
…monster hotel is fun for the half-human child (who shows no sign of monster-ism), but scary for an over-protective mom. Dracula adores his grandson despite his human-ness. But when Mavis… |
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Despicable Me 2
…mommy-to-be — a reaction that shocks Gru, who until this point seemed to barely register that she was even a woman. It’s not the most convincing courtship, but it’s good… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #87: The Secret of NIMH – Too Many “J” Names
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! All good things must come to a close–it’s the final film in the Rotoscopers’ Mice & Rats podcast series, Don Bluth’s debut film The Secret… |
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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… |
