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A Magic Gourd, Chipmunks, Madagascar's Nana and Wonder Woman? It's another packed post!
…here! But new reviews have been popping up throughout the week: my take on Disney’s first international co-production, China’s The Secret Of The Magic Gourd, went up a few days… |
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The Lion King Director Signs on for The Prophet
…the creative team are: Tomm Moore (The Secret Of Kells ), Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets Of Belleville), John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis), and Nina Paley (Sita Sings… |
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Directors Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco introduce The Croods
…himself. It’s sort of a secret weapon. We’d get to a place in the scene that we just couldn’t crack, and that would be the way sometimes it would open… |
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Disney targeted by new intellectual-property theft lawsuit
…points for Disney’s live action hit Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl were stolen from a 1995 short film of his. Many of the plot points… |
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Disney Movie Rewards now accepting ticket stubs
…Rewards 50 points. Scheduled to last until the end of this year, the program allows such points to be traded for movie and event tickets, magazine subscriptions, DVDs and more…. |
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South Park: Imaginationland
…points home, Parker and Stone, for once and very rarely, forgot to put in their usually very clever humor or jokes. It could be that I was just awed by… |
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Ratatouille: Cooking 101
JV Pixar News points to Disney.com wich now showcases a new Ratatouille Podcast named: Ratatouille – Cooking 101. The behind-the-scenes featurette mainly focuses on how the Pixar-crew handled the cooking-aspect… |
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South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season
…episodes being among the best ever put out in the series’ now ten-year history, it seems that, in their attempts to sledgehammer their points home, Parker and Stone, for once… |
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[AN&V DVD reviews!] Ratatouille, Pixar Short Films, Shrek the Third
…significantly smaller rating, though still providing the full DVD 8 out of 10 points. A meager amount of supplements also hinder Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 in Ben’s eyes,… |
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WALL•E: Angus MacLane’s burning love for BURN•E!
…development of WALL•E did you start planning the story of BURN•E? Did they construct any plot points in the feature to facilitate the short, or vice versa? AM: I came… |
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Disney and Pixar: a Hollywood marriage that works?
The New York Times takes an interesting look at the surprisingly smooth integration of Pixar into Disney two years after their merger. Among other victories, the paper points out that… |
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Scooby! Samurai Swords! Sin City! Plus Something Wicked, Honey!
…gets blasted with claims of self-plagiarism, and while I would admit to agreeing to this on several points, his music for Disney’s 1983 Ray Bradbury adaptation Something Wicked This Way… |
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High-Def Animation Took Off in 2007
…the upgrades now in time for what’s sure to be an even better 2008! Please note the following points about this listing: – It’s a given at this point that… |
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Watchmen: Director’s Cut
…surface gloss. But it does gain points for being something different and for not always running in the tried and tested directions we might expect. The layering does work for… |
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Beetle Bailey/Hagar The Horrible/Betty Boop
…this disc you get the following: Camp Invisible – Zero accidentally uses invisibility paint on the camp with comical (what else?) results. Bonus points go to this episode for integrating… |
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Metropolis
…than the actual plot points. It was their intent to create a spectacular movie that encompassed the notions seen in Tezuka’s work, but with a greater depth and structure than… |
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A Boy Named Charlie Brown
…enhancement halos and truly drab colors, and there is not much to get excited about. So, points are given for using a non-edited, widescreen transfer, but points are taken back… |
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Dinosaurs: The Complete First And Second Seasons
…Dark humor abounds, as the merits of killing mothers-in-law are debated, and Earl faces being eaten by a romantic rival. As well, the satire is anything but subtle, and points… |
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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: The Complete 2nd, 3rd & 4th Seasons
…to watch. Sometimes, Velma literally points out the clues in the background to the viewer without mentioning them to the gang. Keep an eye out for her magnifying glass if… |
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Kachow! The Cars Speedway Premiere
…fact, as the SCENE Daily points out, several cars featured in the Coca Cola 600, including those sponsored by DLP and Valvoline, were decorated with characters from the film. The… |
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Frank Walsh: Setting The World of Narnia
…the secrets of the making of the newest episode of The Chronicles of Narnia, where design, concept, architecture, building, setting, special effects and visual effects, just to name a few… |
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Despereaux: Olivier Adam discusses a European tail!
…helps me to develop more ideas and check if the concept is working nicely on different points of view. To do so, it allowed me as well to find some… |
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Wizards
…when important plot points are trying to be conveyed, though paradoxically there is usually an interesting or subtle moment just around the corner, which only points out what is not… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two
…Tortoise Beats Hare and Slick Hare. All offer insightful comments, especially Ford, who points out some additional things to look out for along the way. Music And Effects tracks are… |
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The Plague Dogs: (1983 US Edited Edition)
…is the 85-minute re-edit it loses points. However, the tone of the film still comes through and is still sufficiently powerful enough to warrant a high score. The film has… |
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Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition
…retain a third test, which emphasises the points Marjoribanks makes. Creating Grandmother Willow (2:10) lets us in on the computer animated breakthrough that allowed the tree’s bark to be CGI… |
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Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition
…Williams amongst its (many) producers. Williams, as I’m sure you’ll remember, is “a producer of Shrek and Shrek 2” as the packaging rather weakly points out, hoping that you’ll find… |
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The Critic: The Complete Series
…his name, among other interesting points. As anyone familiar with The Simpsons and Futurama commentaries will know, the participants are lively, coming as they do from the same stable, offering… |
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Renaissance
…animated pictures, and one more specifically from the artistic capital of the world, France. The interesting points to pick out here is that the film is an English reworking of… |
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Rumble in the Jungle!
…had an email taking me to task over my points scoring, so let me explain. The movie itself is nigh on perfect for any number of reasons, but for one… |
