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The Legendary Laugh-O-Grams: Fairy Tales by Walt Disney
…of the story that packs in all the main plot points. The cutting back to the ticking clock provides real narrative structure, showing that in just a handful of films… |
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Disney tins, rumors, and the Shrek 3 trailer…what’s up with that?
…up as a Christmas treat! In the meantime, we’re back with a new Rumored Rumblings that points to jaw-dropping swing in production for Disney’s currently-titled American Dog, though until this… |
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Irn Bru spoofs The Snowman
Cartoon Brew points to a hilarious but controversial Irn Bru commercial. Hosted at YouTube, the recent advertisement for Scotland’s #1 soft drink spoofs the beloved Holiday classic The Snowman. Concurrently,… |
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Disney hires Animated American
Coming Soon points to the Variety scoop that Walt Disney Pictures has acquired Animated American, which will blend live-action with animation. Bob Cooper’s Landscape Entertainment and ImageMovers partners Robert Zemeckis… |
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Tour of Pixar unveils interesting tidbits
Upcoming Pixar points to MiceChat, where Daniel Chapman shares photos and memories from the tour he recently took of Pixar Animation Studios. The highly-recommended read suggests that Tim Burton may… |
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Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 2
…know…it’s just a cartoon! Let me take a second to collect my thoughts… Here are some good points: I was excited when I saw the episode Fire Breathing Tomcat, because… |
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Enrico Casarosa on storyboarding Ratatouille
…the fact that he just kind of flicks at somebody offscreen, you know, all confident and he points to them, and this bicycle comes by and the guy hits the… |
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Hear a Happy Prince
…stores on Halloween, October 31st. Mentioning the track Prince wrote for the film, the article points readers to AOL Music, where the tune, “Song of the Heart,” may be heard…. |
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Alice In Cartoonland: Inkwell Edition
…cases, the Inkwell disc gains major points for the fuller picture: no pun intended, Alice’s Egg Plant is much more preferable here in an uncut print with more accurate framing… |
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Lee a marvel at Mouse House?; Disney Songbook comes to London
…instrumental in bringing Lee to Disney and will remain heavily involved in the projects, which points to direct-to-DVD features more than anything else even though POW will supposedly “develop and… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland – Secrets Stories And Magic
…The Secrets, Stories And Magic Of The Happiest Place On Earth. Rumored to have undergone some re-editing since being pulled from the 50th Anniversary schedules, some odd facts remain intact,… |
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The Little Mermaid grab bag #3: Two press releases
…of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. “As this campaign points out, each one of us can make a huge difference by being more aware of how we dispose of trash…. |
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Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney
…Girvaeu, film expert Serge Bromberg and Lambert to make their points and express their knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject. At a time when general Disney DVD documentaries seem all… |
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101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure Special Edition
…great for a DTV release, a feature-style Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix. Points are lost for dropping the originally included DTS from the previous release, probably due to having to… |
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Veggie eaten by controversy
Through Yahoo! News, the Associated Press points to the recent controversy regarding NBC’s decision to cut religious references from VeggieTales. On August 8th of this year, it was announced that… |
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And the Oscar nominations are…
…to its originality. Happy Feet, on the other hand, was the surprise smash of the season and again points up just how dull these awards are going to be. In… |
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Groovie Goolies: The Saturday Mourning Collection
…episodes take their names from one of the two songs featured in that particular show, and not based on any plot points, with the first disc starting out with When… |
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Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection
…(4:3 on disc one, 16:9 on disc two) aren’t anything amazing, just the Droopy theme played over a still graphic that annoyingly points to the animated shorts as “episodes”. Droopy… |
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Batman: The Complete Animated Series
…smart and sophisticated show. As their reference points, they used the old Fleischer Superman cartoons, film noir films, and pulp novels. They wanted to treat the actual source material respectfully,… |
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He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe: Volume Three
…more action, and even a few interesting plot points. At its best, it reminds me much of Flash Gordon, with its varied races of Eternia and almost romanticized action. At… |
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More Nightmares, plus is The Chosen One worth choosing?
…in all honesty, used a bit more bite. In this day and age when crudity often passes for humor, it’s refreshing when a sly comedy can make its points without… |
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Listen to rare Disney songs
While writing about “Faith, Home and Pixie Dust,” the new album of Disney covers by Broadway star (and, since this morning, Tony Award nominee) Kerry Butler, Jim Hill points to… |
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The Muppets launch new Disney XD site
The Muppets Newsflash points to the Muppets‘ official website, wich has undergone a major restyling and has now become part of the Disney XD network. The new site showcases an… |
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Brad Bird radio interviews
Cartoon Brew points to a pair of recent radio interviews with writer-director Brad Bird which are worth a listen. The first interview elaborates on what he thinks is wrong with… |
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Cars Blu-Ray trailer
Upcoming Pixar points out that a trailer for the Blu-Ray release of Cars is now available to view at the official Disney Blu-Ray website. As the earlier site notes, the… |
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Shrek The Halls
…version also bundled in crops off the sides as expected, and does a fine job of dumbing it down to look like television, knocking points off the scores here because… |
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Pixar video tour, Brad Bird videos
UpcomingPixar points at an exclusive video tour inside Pixar Animation Studios available on EmpireOnline. The video tour is hosted by “Pixar University Dean” Randy Nelson. In addition to this, UpcomingPixar… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents Annette
…really a preview of the first couple of weeks of the storyline. So, if you wish to be kept surprised by the plot points in the story, you may want… |
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Making the Wall•E picture book
Cartoon Brew points out that “illustrator Ben Butcher has done an interview with Grain Edit about his illustration process on Lots of Bots, a graphically-striking illustrated book being released this… |
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WALL•E Clip featuring Andrew Stanton
UpcomingPixar points at a new WALL•E Clip at Yahoo! Movies wherein the director Andrew Stanton discusses the character of WALL-E and the adventure that awaits him…. |
