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Composer Frode Fjellheim on Frozen‘s native spirit
Any composer would tell you this: the first notes you hear in a movie are certainly the most important ones in order to set the tone and the musical identity… |
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Sausage Party
…just a small piece of the film. Most of the movie is focused on skewering everything people care about! This movie is equal parts irreverent, pornographic, sacrilegious, and bigoted. Some… |
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Rio 2
…• A cookie cutter story — The whole movie feels like it was written by executives using the least original ideas from every other animated film: let’s give the main… |
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We’re off to see the Wizard!
Comments on the wonderful Wizard Of Oz box set, South Park’s movie on Blu-ray, plus Tezuka Osamu’s Astonishing Work reviewed! It’s ironic that I should be recommending a film over… |
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
…the most adult of the Pirates movies, with hangings, people getting shot in the head and sword deaths aplenty, all apparently within the PG-13 guidelines, but surely pushing an R… |
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Monsters University
…Monsters University they have absolutely done it again. Toy Story 3 and Up had adults in tears. But don’t worry, if you’re crying during this movie it will be from… |
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Toy Story 3
…lost in the historical aspects is the fact that is was a really great movie in its own right. The second film topped the first, and earned the Golden Globe… |
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return opens
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, the first animated movie from new studio Summertime Entertainment, opens today on 2,500 screens, Box Office Mojo is reporting. A “sequel” of sorts to The… |
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Chicken Little enters stores today
The very first computer animated movie from Walt Disney Feature Animation, Chicken Little, enters stores today. Budgeted near $60 million, according to the Internet Movie Database, the film opened in… |
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Batman: Year One
…the groundwork for whatever came next. Warner Premiere’s line of DC animated movies also takes its latest inspiration from Miller, with a direct adaptation of Batman: Year One. The PG-13… |
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Popeye returning to the big screen
…the word.” This won’t be the first time that Popeye has had a movie. He was also the star of a 1980s live-action movie starring Robin Williams and Shelly Duvall…. |
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Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
…of snowmen in history and film along with some trivia. While short, the featurette is entertaining and provides some interesting commentary on the history of snowmen. Case Study: The movie… |
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Animation supervisor Jamie Beard captures The Aventures of Tintin!
…Polanski soon entertained the idea of their own Tintin movie. Warner Bros. negotiated for the rights but lost, unable to promise the “creative integrity” previously offered by Spielberg. In 2001,… |
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Mad: Season One, Part Two
…previous attempts (a 1970s animated special, an embarrassing 1980s movie, and an aborted Hanna-Barbera show) didn’t really stick, and the 1995 to 2008 live-action Fox series MADtv may have run… |
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DC Nation Block – Week 1
…aired a few months earlier in November as a feature movie combining the first two episodes. The movie was exciting and entertaining with much promise for the new show, but… |
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Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero / Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm
…brought into the mix, and livens the movie up with his trademark homicidal glee. After Joker gets into the picture the movie picks up the pace and heightens the drama…. |
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The Art of Brave: an interview with author and Pixar story artist Jenny Lerew
Who better than the filmmakers could talk about all the art – and the heart – put into a movie? That’s the idea of some “Art of” books published these… |
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\\Cars\\ impresses theater owners and reviewers
…SHOWEST IN MARCH Reuters’ reported a Canadian theater owner said, “I thought it was a great movie” and that he believed the film would have the same broad appeal as… |
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The Art Of Kung Fu Panda 2
By Tracey Miller-Zarneke Foreword by Dustin Hoffman Insight Editions May 2, 2011 Hardcover, 156 pages with extensive full color illustrations $39.95 Even just before the movie opens, I’m finding it… |
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Hotel Transylvania Production Designer Marcelo Vignali’s “Suite” Time!
…the Production Designer of Hotel Transylvania, he not only designed Dracula’s place, but the whole world of the movie – a monstrous achievement, no doubt about it! Animated Views: You… |
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Despicable Me 3
…exactly what it’s missing. As you can probably tell from the plot summary, the movie is certainly busy. In fact, there’s so much going on that it’s sometimes at risk… |
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My Neighbor Totoro
…the same time making the audience accept what they once thought to be impossible. It’s a neat trick. This simple movie generally keeps a quiet tone, and its plotting may… |
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Two
…credit in The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie and Jones offering a more pragmatic view in his Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie. With the death of Clampett, Tex Avery and… |
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Picks Of The Year 2004
…the most fun I’ve had in a movie theater in ages, as many who saw the film on its theatrical release this past summer have agreed. On DVD, the film… |
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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…movies was shown to the public for the very first time. Enjoy! D23 Expo 2015 is in the books. Let me tell you, it was an amazing experience. Arguably one… |
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From Paris to home video: A Monster finally arrives!
Fans of offbeat animated movies rejoice: Bibo (Shark Tale) Bergeron’s Euro-animated feature A Monster In Paris is finally headed to the US, when Shout! Factory unleashes the film on Blu-ray… |
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Arrietty, the Borrower and Cecile Corbel, the Composer…
…later, and one month after that I was receiving the first elements of the movie. It went pretty quickly, that was so amazing. I wasn’t even expecting a feedback! AV:… |
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A Front Row Seat in Philadelphia
…gave presentations on what shareholders could look forward to in the future. Walt Disney Studios President Dick Cook – highlights: theme: “making the right movie at the right price” one… |
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The Road To Broadway And Beyond: Disney’s Aladdin – A Whole New World
…can safely pinpoint my number one film as Superman: The Movie, my love of all things Disney has always been greater in a general sense. But how to pick a… |
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Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
…Ultimately, plans were set in motion for more movies and series to keep the brand alive for a new generation. In previous direct-to-video releases, Tom and Jerry have gone to… |
