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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…a ukulele! Dad went around town and I remember Dad every day leaving early in the morning and out till the afternoon, going to every publisher, pitching songs, writing songs…. |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…natural arm and the right movement. The goal was that we would have Patrick in a harness, strapped to one end of this 20 foot-long arm and we would then… |
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Ariel’s Song: Robert Reece, a fortunate writer under the sea!
…of America West for 10 years. He has written projects for Warner Bros, Disney, Paramount, 20th Century Fox and Imagine Entertainment, and has worked with such acclaimed producers as John… |
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WALL•E: Animator Victor Navone gives soul to a bot, and Cars a Toon-up!
…at Pixar in 2000 and was hired into the Development department to work on a project that was ultimately cancelled. From there I moved into the Animation department to work… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
DisneyToon Studios (February 15 2002), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (August 20 2002), single disc, 73 mins, 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: The setting… |
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The Lion King 1½
DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Home Entertainment (February 10 2004), 2 discs, 77 mins plus supplements, 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: The “untold tale” of… |
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Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition
…illuminating in their own rights. Duncan Marjoribanks explains how he created Ratcliffe in another intro (0:50), and we lose two comic pencil tests from the LD, but the DVD does… |
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Pinchcliffe Races Home: A Look Back At Caprino Studios
…on Good Morning Norway in 2003 (11 min), while TV excerpts on a life-size drivable version of the winning car “Il Tempo Gigante” yields another 10 minutes or so. There’s… |
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Cars
…spoofs are fun, there’s probably a couple too many and they often felt thrown in just to jump-start the flagging storyline. And Cars does flag, most noticeably around the 50… |
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Ratatouille, Tinker Bell problems?; NIMH DVD!
…film could be deemed suitable enough for a trip to the theaters? Maybe for a Christmastime release!? • Finally this morning, we’ve got the good news that Don Bluth‘s first… |
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And the Oscar nominations are…
…and artisans whose names have been unveiled this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Granted, we didn’t have an exactly banner year for great movies, worthy… |
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Superman returns; Cinders III on DVD
…a short one – I’m just prepping my review for Cinderella III which should be up either later this evening or first thing tomorrow morning. In the meantime, let’s just… |
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Cinderella III review and director interview
As promised, this morning sees my take on Disney’s latest direct-to-video offering, Cinderella III: A Twist In Time, which will no doubt cause purists to raise their fists in uproar…. |
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Oscar interviews, site updates and new reviews!
Hey, hey, hey! It’s a bright ‘n’ breezy Monday morning and we’ve got something cool for you as Josh Armstrong completes his trilogy of interviews with this year’s Oscar hopefuls… |
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Win Peter Pan, plus more archive reviews and site updates
…way through our backlog of reviews and I’ve managed to post another few this morning. Look for my takes on Brother Bear‘s 2-disc special edition, Paul McCartney: The Music And… |
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We need your help!
Morning folks! You might have noticed our alternating banners above? One of them still leads to our exclusive chat with Disney animators Andreas Deja and Mark Henn on the return… |
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Good g-Reef! The latest fishy tale reviewed…
I was hoping to be able to post my take on Disney’s The Jungle Book this morning, but the weekend and this lingering flu got in the way. Instead, I’ll… |
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Birdman's back! And so are Raggedy Ann and Andy!
As promised, Randall has dropped in with his latest review, for the Cartoon Network spoof Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume Three, the show that takes classic Hanna-Barbera characters, shoves… |
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Ho-ho-ho! Season's Greetings, an' all that jazz!
A rare Monday morning Christmas Eve posting, and have we got some presents for you! We’ll be off until just after New Year’s Day, but keep an eye peeled for… |
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Batman, Pixar, Pooh…and Cinders two!
…of 70. While she turned up in a variety of different dramatic roles, she’ll always be remembered in this household as one of Disney’s funniest females, and usually the foil… |
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Weekend wrap-up…
…should have been a much more celebrational tone on Tuesday, when the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were announced earlier that morning. No surprises for Pixar’s Ratatoutille nod, though… |
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles on the Road To…San Diego!
…think this crazy idea has all come true and that the wheels really have been set in motion, but Rand (and family!) left early Sunday morning to catch a plane… |
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Is Ariel's Beginning worth going back for…?
…morning. It’s never easy when one has to criticise any project, and less so when it it understood that these films are ultimately made with the right intentions and by… |
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My vote? I'd say go for Looney Tunes or Popeye on DVD!
…when I’ll be aiming to unleash my comments on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 (currently going for $20 off at Amazon), which I’m working on finishing up right… |
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Of Paramount importance: a pair of live-action reviews!
…recommended – right at the end of this post. Have a great weekend, and stay tooned! – Ben. Sunset Boulevard: Centennial Collection Paramount (1950 / 2008), 2 discs, 110 mins… |
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Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Unrated Director’s Cut
DreamWorks/Paramount (2008), 2 discs, 120 mins plus supplements, Not Rated, $35 The Movie: An acerbic, biting satire of Hollywood and, most notably, the fickle glamor of celebrity, Tropic Thunder is… |
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Superman: Ruby-Spears on their Man Of Steel
…for us was our timeslot. It turned out 8:30 in the morning was a killer for Superman. Only the little kids were up, and they don’t understand Superman as well… |
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Princess And The Frog soundtrack streamed
…lends her voice to the leading heroine, Anika Noni Rose, has been going everywhere to support the film’s wide release. Check out her recent performance on Good Morning America of… |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 5: Down In New Orleans
…pitch in and put forward their ideas. We spent maybe a morning working on Tiana, and then the afternoon working on Prince Naveen, and all the different characters. That was… |
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The Disney Channel…in Russian
The Hollywood Reporter this morning reports that the Walt Disney Company is to launch a local, Russian-language version of The Disney Channel, and is looking to additionally produce two to… |
