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Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas
…packed angles, was too intense, as if the camera needed to take a step or two back. Even though it’s Sinbad, and the basic story points are known, I found… |
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Nike spreads the Love
Cartoon Brew points to the official site for Nike Love, a campaign hoping to excite kids about exercising. The page provides three animated shorts for the movement…. |
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More Giselle! More Enchanted! More Beowulf!
…points Rand actually concedes to – as it does. I praised the script and almost everything else about the film…but at its heart, it knows it should have been made… |
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Bird serves Ratatouille at WonderCon
JV Pixar News points to /Film, where a description of Brad Bird’s appearance earlier today at WonderCon is placed. At the event, Bird revealed artwork and sculptures for his latest… |
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Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Special Edition
…anywhere near bold enough as it should be to carry it off (unlike Lion King 1½, which succeeded simply by going totally off in the other direction). Some plot points… |
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Images: WALL•E, Enchanted, Toy Story 3, Ratatouille
JV Pixar News points to the latest Disney Investor Relations slideshow, where new images for WALL•E and Enchanted await. Furthermore, the presentation unveils the official logo for Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story… |
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Garrett to play dead in Ratatouille
Upcoming Pixar points to About: Hollywood Movies, where Brad Garrett shares some info about his character in Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille. “I play the owner of the French restaurant where the rats… |
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Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron
…disc, several points came to me as to why I hadn’t been awed by what I’d seen and heard in the theater. First was Matt Damon. His voice is essentially… |
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Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
…about songs and cues that were discarded and some musical secrets (a song sheet confirms that Bedknobs And Broomsticks’ Beautiful Briny Sea was on the list at one point, and… |
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Meet the Robinsons, TMNT websites updated
At the Animated News & Views Forum, “Sullivan” points out that the official website for Meet the Robinsons has been updated. At this time, the site contains a synopsis, games… |
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Ratatouille video game images
Upcoming Pixar points to Nintendo Power, where one can see three screen grabs from the Ratatouille video game. Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille will be available in game form for such Nintendo systems… |
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Munroe, Gray talk Turtles
…the film’s writer/director Kevin Munroe and producer Tom Gray. Points raised in the interview include the rating of TMNT, as well as where the Ninja Turtles franchise may be heading…. |
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Tarzan II
…is an uneasy mix of the good and the TV-level. At some points, it reaches the almost-feature quality that the DisneyToon unit have been striving for in releases such as… |
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Bambi II
…(don’t forget that Bambi II is going into the vaults after only 70 days on sale), while a chapter index card provides the stop points. Most frustratingly, and while I… |
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Ratatouille website updated
“JV” at the Animated News Forum points out that the official website for Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille has been given a makeover. The site now sports the film’s teaser poster as its… |
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DVD reviews: Flushed Away, Teen Titans – Trouble in Tokyo
For Animated Views, Ben Simon contemplates the pros and cons of the Flushed Away DVD, finding far more points for the earlier of the two options. With tremendous enthusiasm for… |
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Monsters, Inc.: 2-Disc Collectors Edition
…the video on this release is as good as it gets. The back packaging points to the fact that this is a digital film, mastered digitally and presented here in… |
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Animation test for Where the Wild Things Are
Sea of Waking Dreams points to an interesting artifact: an animation test from 1983, for Where the Wild Things Are. Directed by John Lasseter, the sample blends computer-animated backgrounds with… |
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Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword
…“Zoink Points.” On the back of the same insert is a promotional code for an exclusive online adventure at Scoobydoo.com. The cover prominently features Scooby-Doo and Shaggy in their martial… |
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Wonder Woman
…as a sad sign of the times, she was relegated to being their secretary— this, on a team that several non-powered members who could never hope to best her in… |
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Disney parks plan Pixar attractions
Upcoming Pixar points to The Blue Sky Disney Blog, which has the latest Disney theme park plans. For instance, more information is revealed regarding the rumored renovations to Tomorrowland that… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland: Disney In Space And Beyond
…calls the “Project of Tomorrow”. He shows a huge map, and points out that the theme park is only a small part of the project (a total of 27,400 acres)…. |
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Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies
…first disc coincides with the beginning of a new phase in the Silly Symphonies. Animators had already begun working with personality animation and stronger plot points for their shorts. Beginning… |
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Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition
…aim correctly and win points. The second game is the Rescue Maid Marian game where you search for 6 items in 4 background scenes to rescue Maid Marian. The Ye… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: The Election Collection
…by covering the most important points of the Declaration. The other two shorts celebrate American culture and accomplishments. Mother Necessity celebrates some of the most famous American inventions such as… |
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Pixar doing live-action?
Upcoming Pixar points to the Daily Bulletin, where an interview with Brad Bird reveals a unique step for Pixar. According to the Ratatouille director, Pixar is venturing into live-action, as… |
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[UPDATED!] Ratatouille roundup
…with sequels. Update! JV Pixar news now points to Movieweb, wich has published coverage of their visit to Pixar, as well as an interview with Patton Oswalt on the film…. |
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TMNT roundup #2
Superhero Hype! points to Turtle-Power.co.uk, where an online game allows visitors to fight with TMNT action figures. The earlier site also notices that eleven video clips from the CGI flick… |
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Director Frank Nissen on Cinderella III: A Twist In Time
…Movie for Disney. Many of the points raised during the conversation regarded the Cinderella projects that have preceded A Twist In Time, such as Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and… |
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Raketu CEO Greg Parker on John K. collaboration
…developed the storylines. Then, periodically when John was drawing this, and it was getting colored and put into Flash, I got involved at certain points to see the development. I’m… |
