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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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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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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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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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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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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 Croods: A New Age
…whereas Aardman parlayed whatever concepts they had been nurturing into the slightly similar inventor-caveman stop-motion feature Early Man (with Aardman’s Peter Lord and David Sproxton still receiving thanks in The… |
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A Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa
…in a computer drive, but attempting to manoeuvre around on a set-top machine’s remote keypad means many of the options are missed. In addition to the artificial running-time extension collection… |
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Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas
…The Sweatbox Review: And so the last taboo of Disney Animation has been broken. Recently we’ve said goodbye to animated musicals, and even the traditionally drawn 2D feature itself, replaced… |
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Elio
…clarify this: Elio is a good movie. It might even be a really good movie. But it is also, you could argue, a disappointing movie, and while that statement might… |
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Gay Purr-ee
…Review: In the grand scheme of things, Chuck Jones will always be remembered chiefly as the instigator behind many of the best Looney Tunes cartoon shorts, and the best animated-cats-in-France-musical… |
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Abominable
…spread out evenly and in a manner that makes it all easy to follow without being overwhelming. It manages to time when to go from dramatic sequence to character moment… |
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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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Lilo & Stitch: Producer Clark Spencer on a Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride!
…they were wonderful. They were so supportive of this film from the very beginning, and they allowed us to do so many things that are very unusual: have this many… |
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Bruce Broughton: The Great Prince of Bambi II‘s Music
…very beautiful film to watch, and the performances are terrific. It works effectively on many different levels. It was very well directed, and very well produced. The Bambi II DVD… |
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Timmy Time
…making: after the show run on television, Lionsgate will issue a DVD compilation in 2011, with Timmy toys set to join Aardman’s merchandising ranks next spring. Timmy Time may not… |
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Inside Animation Supervisor Victor Navone’s mind
…are pretending to be monkeys. Many animators would rely on video reference for the human shots, but not so much for the mind world shots (unless it was a very… |
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure‘s director and producer take us to a Once-in-a-Blue-Moon experience!
…up to a supervising director. This took many years and lots of dedication. During this process, I learned to work with many different types of personalities, which helped me understand… |
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Lilo & Stitch: A Little More Conversation with directors Chris Sanders & Dean De Blois!
With Lilo & Stitch ready to gain new appreciation in a special Big-Wave 2-Disc Edition on DVD, it is clear that the unique personality of the movie is first and… |
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Lego Star Wars – The Freemaker Adventures: Complete Season One
…a comedy either, as it encompasses many things that make Star Wars so popular. Given a chance, the show can surprise and thrill, even as it winks to the audience…. |
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Spider-Mouse: the ultimate character crossover team-up as Disney buys Marvel!
…Disney has obviously noticed the good sales of all those Marvel animated properties they own already on home video through their acquisition of the Fox Kids network a few years… |
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I want me a fur coat – we've hit 101 reviews!
Actually it’s 102, but that didn’t sound so good! You can thank Randall for the big push into triple digits for our DVD database, as he’s recently added several reviews… |
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Once Upon A Time…; Peter Pan specs…what's up with that?
…am a little disappointed to say the least. Many of the features are holdovers and carry-ons from previous LaserDisc or DVD editions (the always excellent John Canemaker’s audio commentary, a… |
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The Herculoids: The Complete Series
…electrode men, and many, many more. Just looking at the episode titles is enough to make one smile, but the true treat is actually seeing the designs. It’s hard to… |
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Oscars, LaserDiscs, Lost Chords, and Wild animals!
…all those wonderful animated boxsets that we used to drool over, with many of them containing material still unavailable on DVD. And while we’re nosing around the forums, I’ve been… |
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Metropolis
…and Japanese 5.1 DTS tracks, Rated PG-13, Retail: $24.95 Storyboard: Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga is brought to life in a state-of-the-art animated epic. In a future society, a madman’s plan… |
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Whisper Of The Heart
…with Baron had its elements combined using a computer. Whisper Of The Heart, like many anime films, began as a manga; this one’s title actually translates to “If You Listen… |
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Director Roger Allers on The Little Matchgirl
…as a bonus feature on The Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD. It would later garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short. Days before this year’s Oscar ceremony took… |
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Potter, Austen, de Vil…and lots of spots!
It only seems yesterday that we were excited about the Platinum Edition of The Jungle Book coming to DVD, but the series is back already with the big new release… |
