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Kimball to receive Oscar's Bonner Medal
…chief technologist, and director of digital production. His feature credits include Tron, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Dinosaur and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Currently Kimball works… |
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Kung Fu Panda wins big at 36th Annie Awards; WALL-E shut out
…won the Television award. Avatar: The Last Airbender won the Children’s TV award. And Sebastian’s Voodoo won the Short award. The full list of winners follows: PRODUCTION CATEGORIES Best Animated… |
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Like a Bolt out of the Blu! Plus The Odd Couple!
…to television for five successful seasons during the 1970s. Like the subsequent M*A*S*H*, the TV incarnation of The Odd Couple became the de facto edition of the basic concept, outstripping… |
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1997 Kimba Movie Sees First US DVD Release
The news page at Kimba W. Lion’s Corner of the Web reports that the 1997 movie Jungle Emperor Leo will be released through AnimeWorks on DVD October 28 in the… |
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Bedtime Stories
…kind of guy that we should be feeling for by the film’s denouement. Of the rest of the cast, Griffiths and Pryce seem to be appearing to pay off their… |
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Family Guy breaks Emmy glass ceiling with Best Comedy Series nod
…the overall comedy category. The Simpsons and King of the Hill have tried in the past but failed to make it, meaning their show got recognition in neither category those… |
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Gulliver’s Travels
…a state of the art representation of the original, this is like a copy of a copy of a copy of the original. That wouldn’t be so bad in itself,… |
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Kung Fu Panda
…in a lot of their films). But story-wise things just weren’t clicking for me. In the past DreamWorks has competed with Disney by making two different types of movies. There… |
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Bolt
…it more pithily, the story is fulfilling if not edifying. The biggest problem is that part of the story upstages the rest of the film. The clips of the Bolt… |
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Up
…to just find the most popular star of the moment to help their box office clout, they find the right voice for the job regardless of any other concern. Ed… |
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Peter de Seve Breaks the Ice with Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs. Everything is in the title! The third opus of the beloved saga now features the impossible meeting of ice age creatures and dinos for… |
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The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
…of positions. In the case of the Wallace & Gromit films, the armatures are covered by simple Plasticine, which provides the external appearance of the characters. These doll-like miniatures measure… |
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest: Family Fun Edition
…a meaty look at the film for film buffs. The Making Of FernGully, the film’s original puff piece from 1992, serves the purpose of giving a lighter overview of the… |
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Valiant
…military. The two of them join three other pigeons, and together the five of them form Squad F, the last hope of a desperate nation. So begins perhaps the weakest… |
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Cinderella III sells, and reviews catch-up
…Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume One. Then, looking for something to tie in with this King Features mash-o-rama, I posted a review for Image’s Beetle Bailey/Hagar The… |
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Justice League Unlimited: Season Two
…liaison between the office of the Attorney General and the Justice League. Shadow Of The Hawk (or, Wouldn’t it be cool to introduce Hawkman to the show?) – Archaeologist Carter… |
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Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series
…the original negatives, and there is some dust here and there. The biggest problem, though, is the banding seen at the sides of the frame throughout the episodes. Depending on… |
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Birdman & The Galaxy Trio: The Complete Series
…of the digipack to himself, while The Galaxy Trio are alone on the back cover of the slipcase and both covers of the digipack (the same arrangement as with Space… |
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The Adventures Of Aquaman: The Complete Collection
…Dragon, Vassa – Queen Of The Mermen, The Sinister Sea Scamp, The Mirror-Man From Planet Imago, and The Sea Sorcerer. These are just some of the fun 36 cartoons on… |
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Jerry's new book, and Warner's Blu announcement
…Shrek The Third was the only HD DVD-exclusive title out there, compared to the Blu-ray exclusive Disney and Pixar movies, plus the dual format release of a few titles from… |
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The New Adventures Of The Lone Ranger And Zorro: Volume 2
…of the first disc. That is a whole lot of silver bullets! Moving on to the second disc, we get the balance of the New Adventures Of Zorro episodes, making… |
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It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…clings to blind faith in his embracing of the myth of The Great Pumpkin, despite the ridicule of his friends. Meanwhile, a beagle soars into battle atop his doghouse. The… |
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The Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries: The Complete First Season
…(1945). After teaming up the two characters, Freleng directed all of their many theatrical cartoons except for the final one. The series was quite celebrated, as the first pairing of… |
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You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…was in the spirit of the strip. Unlike some of the other latter-day specials, this one has a strong narrative, telling the story of Charlie Brown coming to the rescue… |
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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…heard, the featurette does discuss how Vince Guaraldi came up with the idea for using a trombone to take the place of the off-screen adults’ lines. Finally, the participants address… |
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…They all had to learn the fundamentals of making an animated TV special— pacing, music, and a balance between gags and story. AND, of course, they had to capture the… |
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Kachow! The Cars Speedway Premiere
…for the presentation of the oversized checks to the two charities. The subsequent section of the pre-show consisted of Larry introducing the various Cars celebrities seated in the bleachers, in… |
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Director Roger Allers on The Little Matchgirl
…baby. AV: Looking back on the short, is there anything you wish you had done differently? RA: Yeah, I see things here and there. There’s one of the scenes of… |
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Phil Nibbelink talks Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss
…of animating. Then, it was another half-year of posting, which means editing and sound. Then, another year of all the mumbo jumbo of trying to sell the film and then… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…of the dragon, the shape of the eyes and the shape of the eyelids and the eyeball itself were taken directly from her. It was the one element that Kevin… |
