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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
…Playing theatrically with Cars 2, the first of these is Hawaiian Vacation (5:53, 1.78:1, 2011), which for many was the highlight of the Cars 2 experience in theaters and on… |
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From Johan to Jordan: Peyo’s daughter tells the Smurfs’ story
…the depiction of that young couple expecting a baby, of the arrival of the Smurfs into their lives, and how they interacted. VC: Exactly. That’s something I realized: the kids… |
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Lilo And Stitch: 2-Movie Collection
…time of the one-two-three-punch of Beauty And The Beast’s Best Picture Oscar nomination, the commercial success of Aladdin and the record-breaking phenomenon of The Lion King earlier in that decade…. |
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire – 2 Movie Collection
…before. Although hits, the likes of Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Mulan and Hercules had proved less successful in the second half of the 1990s, when Pixar’s rise had… |
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The Emperor’s New Groove: 2-Movie Collection
…also somewhat marked the end of the 1990s Disney renaissance, when the Studio’s films – on a high since the decade’s early one-two-three-punch of Beauty And The Beast’s Best Picture… |
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Beyoncé records song for Epic
…for the movie. Titled Rise Up, the song was “written by Beyoncé and Sia and produced by Hit-Boy and Chase N. Cashe. The track will be released by Columbia Records”…. |
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Meet the Small Potatoes on DVD today…but only at Wal-Mart
…the story of the Small Potatoes’ rise to fame, and features the voice of Malcolm McDowell as the band’s manager. The film aired on Disney Junior a number of times… |
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DreamWorks stock goes up and investors gain hope
Despite recent financial difficulties resulting in the downsizing of employees, DreamWorks Animation’s stock rose after The Croods dominated the weekend box office. The Hollywood Reporter gathers analysts’ reviews of the… |
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Stripped
…a whole is the goal of course. But with the rise of the Internet and the concurrent fall in the influence of print, another central focus of the film is… |
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Thunderbirds reboot on the way
…comeback, Screen Rant is reporting. The reboot will come from WETA Workshop, the special effects powerhouse behind The Lord of the Rings, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and… |
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Bugs Bunny Superstar
…The Incredible Mr Limpet) didn’t exactly hit the bullseye. Ironically, some of these Studios had to then outsource their cartoon requirements when they found theatrical distributors balked at then paying… |
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Rango wins big at VES
…Animated Feature Motion Picture. Hugo, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon all took home two awards in the Feature Motion Picture categories, while… |
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Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure
…and the rest of the down and out dogs for the sake of simplicity? Here, they take the bold step of not re-introducing any of the characters they do not… |
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Home On The Range
…or two on the way to the theater. Until the Studio set itself right again, under the new leadership of John Lasseter, and started producing the very kinds of films… |
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The Muppets
…evoked the Muppets of old, particularly I felt, the chaotic sleeve design of The Muppet Show Albums and some of the set-ups in The Muppet Show Annuals of their heyday…. |
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The Lion King II / The Lion King 1½
…fool rather than the mystical eccentric that we loved in the first film. The slightly “off” nature of the film continues throughout the rest of the soundtrack, never really becoming… |
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UPA’s continuing influence on animation
The LA Times has a story on animation pioneers United Productions of America and how their unique style continues to inspire animators today. Up director Pete Docter said, “Seeing the… |
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The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
…For the next few minutes I marvelled at the tangible textures, the very real feel of the scene, and the sheer immense detail of the thing, all the while moving… |
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Lady And The Tramp
…to explain their role in the making of the picture, including a potted storyboard version of the story, the work of the layout boys, pencil test footage, original recordings sessions… |
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SpongeBob SquarePants returning to theaters in 2014
…starts off our new animation effort,” the Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said. The film is part of the studio’s plan to release animated movies each year with production budgets of… |
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Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax: Deluxe Edition
…about the importance of the trees to the local ecosystem. At stake is the welfare of bar-ba-loots (bear-like mammals), swomee-swans, and humming fish. The Once-ler pays no heed, and repeatedly… |
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure‘s director and producer take us to a Once-in-a-Blue-Moon experience!
…about the look of this film and what inspired it? KH: Certainly the inspiration comes from the original 1953 Peter Pan movie. The colors and the richness of the backgrounds… |
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We’re off to see the Wizard!
…To call any of these films a mini-masterpiece is to diminish the others. Even if the themes of the films may be too big for young minds, most of them… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
…Neige, and all the writings in the Queen’s book of spells, and the names on the Dwarfs’ beds were translated in the artwork. There are other reasons for the film’s… |
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Watchmen: Director’s Cut
…I recall in the theater, when Dr Manhattan’s power is released as a huge sphere of energy, reminded me of the recent remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still… |
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Directors Buck and Brannon on Surf’s Up
…for the voice box of the toy, that kind of thing. They were considering them. But I can’t remember all the names of the people who were considered. AV: Not… |
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Star Wars – The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions
…a boil before everything hits the fan in Episode 3. We have the origins of Order 66, the origins of the clones themselves, Palpatine’s seizure of the Banking Clan, and… |
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Justice League – The New Frontier: Special Edition
…get to see much of the cartoon versions of the Challengers Of The Unknown or The Suicide Squad, but even as it does rob the story of some of its… |
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Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show: The Complete Series
…up the slack again. On The Case Of The Dreadful Dolls, we get a discussion of the “minority heroes”, and on The Royal Ruse there are comments made about the… |
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The Muppet Show: Season Two
…in the second season of The Muppet Show, and the addition of absolutely superb guests makes it probably the best season of one of the finest variety shows in television… |
