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The Legend of Vox Machina
…once in a while help in lightening things up in the middle of situations that are otherwise serious. The Legend of Vox Machina is the latest in a growing breed… |
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Watch the stunning SDCC trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
…characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital… |
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An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations
…to life. In Honor of Michael Reaves This retrospective was in the middle of being written when Michael Reaves passed away at the age of 72. Reaves became the primary… |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
…the genre, lampooning the troupes to a corny degree. Goldstein and Daley instead looked to find a middle ground in which things are not taken with great seriousness, but it’s… |
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
…The filmmakers took one long story and just arbitrarily cut it down the middle. Despite its massive runtime, the entire movie is just a big setup for part two. There… |
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Pixar production designer Don Shank in his element with Elemental
…bells and whistles of any typical Pixar movie. AV: How did you envision Element City? SH: We had a fairly middle-size art team so I didn’t have a lot of… |
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Dave Metzger’s Wish Comes True…
…definitely part of that musical realm, even though I would say it’s not Spain itself, but an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Hence some more African influences… |
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim brings Tolkien’s epic world back to the big screen
“New Line Cinema debuted the official trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, the upcoming anime adventure which will take moviegoers back to Middle-earth and… |
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The Best Of 2024: Back To Basics!
…first climax came in the middle of what was a tenderly quiet but funny and pleasant film, then it felt like the film would end fifteen or twenty minutes later… |
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Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age To Meddling Kids
…collectability. Plus, there were all those middle-aged and older folk who had gotten nostalgic, I suppose. During a visit to my mother’s home one holiday a few years ago, my… |
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
…that doesn’t mean there can’t be a middle ground. I’ve often seen the 2023 outing faulted for having an overly simple narrative, but really, keeping things on easy mode is… |
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DVD news
…May Hare **\\SpongeBob SquarePants – The Complete 1st Season\\** Bubblestand, Ripped Pants, Help Wanted, Reef Blowers, Tea at the Treedome, Jellyfishing, Plankton!, Naughty Nautical Neighbors, Boating School, Pizza Delivery, Home… |
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"Be vewwy vewwy quiet . . . I'm meeting rabbits . . . and the people who draw them."
So, let’s say you call in sick to work on Friday, November 14, 2003, get the kids out of school and your wife (or husband) out of their yoga class… |
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Academy Sends Animation Teaching Kits To 18,000 Schools
{{link http://www.awn.com/index.php Animation World Network}} {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=date&newsitem_no=10043 reports}} The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has produced its fifth high school teaching kit to promote understanding and appreciate the… |
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Brad Bird talks about \\The Incredibles\\
…Rock to be voicing the herculean Mr. Incredible, the superlead is played by…Craig T. Nelson. (Holly Hunter speaks for his wife, Elastigirl.) “There’s a school of thought that you simply… |
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Teacher's Pet Barks Into Theaters Today!
…the marketplace has room for the new film since a large number of school children have extra time off over the holiday weekend. The Disney brand name won’t hurt either.”… |
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Is there more to the Disney / Pixar split that meets the eye?
My bro-in-law sent me this very interesting article from the San Francisco Chronicle. It seems there could be a little school yard justice going on in the animation world. Wonder… |
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Looney Tunes swing back into action in the UK
…of Joe Dante/Eric Goldberg’s Back In Action feature film, just out this weekend for the school holidays. However, the film does not look like it will be able to turn… |
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UK box office numbers
It’s been a good couple of weeks for animation and fantasy films at this week’s theaters in the UK, mainly due to the school holidays. The Haunted Mansion was off… |
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More bad news, some good news for Eisner
…has announced they intend to vote YES. According to the \\{{link http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney28feb28,1,5371620.story?coll=la-headlines-business L.A. Times}}\\, officials that run the New York City police, fire, school and municipal workers pension fund have… |
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Disney (both Roy and the Company) in Philly!
…a look ahead to tomorrow (Wednesday’s) shareholders’ meeting. Michael Useem, a professor of management at the Wharton School, has the best quote: “It’ll be more exciting than the Flower Show”!… |
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Submissions wanted for WBIAS 2004: Raider's search for Independent animated shorts
…be between and 15 minutes in length The submission must not contain a school logo The submission must have been created no longer than 3 years ago All aspects of… |
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New Disney DVD news
…to School, A Saintly Switch, Candleshoe, Flight Of The Navigator, The Happiest Millionaire (Roadshow Edition) and a new special edition of the original 1976 Freaky Friday. Up next on August… |
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Mainframe Animation develops ties with Tony Hawk
…at school and grow up”, will be called {{link http://www.mainframe.ca/mainframe/projects/tony_hawk/index.html Tony Hawk’s Shade}}. The show will feature “extreme skateboarding action, death-defying stunts and top secret missions”, as it follows the… |
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An Evening with Ray Harryhausen
…of the Titans, he put heart and soul into everything he did. If you are lucky enough and are a fan of the amazing Ray Harryhausen, Gnomon School of Visual… |
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Annecy 2004: Official Selection
…films (TV films and commercials, etc), school and graduation films, and shorts and series made for the internet are also awarded a prize, since 2002. This year’s selection includes 5… |
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Mickey's Musketeers on the big screen!
Donovan Cook, director of this August’s DVD premiere Mickey, Donald And Goofy: The Three Musketeers, has written to us with some good news for “hardcore Mickey” and “old-school Disney animation”… |
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Gillie Potter, animator who turned advertising special effects into an art form, dies…
…the son of a cabinetmaker, by the age of 14 Gillie was studying at Ealing School of Art. Inspired to take up film making by the Ealing comedies he saw… |
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Anya Corazón hits the comics
The Orlando Sentinel [free registration required] has posted a feature about the arrival of new Marvel heroine Anya Corazón, a fiery Latina high-schooler with still-unraveling superpowers. Unveiled last month in… |
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Looney Tunes arrive on November 2nd!
…Cover art (pictured at right, featuring some wonderful “old school” character designs) has also been released for this great set. Be aware though, that like the Premiere Collection of last… |
