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Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull: 2-Disc Edition
…there? It’s the extra “Of The” that kills it dead, and as we shall see, there’s not much of a “kingdom” in play in the film anyway, the word evoking… |
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The Transformers: Season Two, Volume One (25th Anniversary Edition)
…Storyboard: The second season of The Transformers continues the success of the show’s inaugural season with new episodes featuring the continuing battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. The season’s… |
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Merry Madagascar
…characters after the dreadful Shrek The Third. So why not do it again? That’s the basic premise behind Merry Madagascar, the latest addition to the franchise that has already seen… |
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Warner Archive: Atlantis: The Lost Continent / The Power
…book on working with Pal, and The Power was a project that received an interesting treatment, with the director not totally happy with the end result or the way the… |
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Warner Archive: The Green Slime
…the film is going (even after the hilarious “asteroid”, which basically resembles a meatball…ahh the Italian connection again!) is when the opening song (yes, there’s a theme song!) starts to… |
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Firebreather
…intelligent monsters that seek that total destruction of humankind. Sixteen years prior to the film’s opening, the Kaiju attacked led by their 120 foot tall king, Belloc who stopped the… |
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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…mediator between the two and making a firm choice in backing Blu-ray all the way. Disney was another big proponent of the BD format from the beginning, releasing their prestigious… |
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Tales From Earthsea
…is suggested that the kingdom’s numerous problems and the bad omens being seen are signs of nature being out of balance. And then, the king’s son, who we had been… |
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Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
…Studio and the remainder of the series being completed without them. Better to marvel at the nine Fleischer Studios cartoons themselves: Superman/The Mad Scientist, The Mechanical Monsters, Billion Dollar Limited,… |
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Aesop’s Fables: Volumes 1 & 2
…but also lots of crude, badly drawn cartoons. The sound era brought the magic of Disney, and the brilliance of the Fleischers. And somewhere in there … there was Paul… |
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The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
…they were published over time, meaning that no one ages, the characters themselves and the situations they find themselves in are as fantastical as they come! So it’s a brave… |
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2012 Annie Award nominations announced
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 40th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. The nominees for Best Animated Features… |
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Cook to voice Planes’ Dusty
…Hall (King of the Hill, The Simpsons), the film is about a plane who dreams of competing as an air racer despite his unfortunate fear of heights. “Dane Cook brings… |
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Howl’s Moving Castle
…the upcoming Blu-ray release of The Little Mermaid, the theatrical release of Monsters University, and the direct-to-video Iron Man/Hulk: Heroes United. Further Sneak Peeks from the menu offer ads for… |
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Annie Award nominees for 2013 films revealed
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 41st Annual Annie Awards, which recognize the year’s best in animation. Frozen and Monsters University lead the field with 10 nominations each. The… |
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The Puppetoon Movie
…And The Magic Lamp, The Magic Atlas, Jasper And The Haunted House, The Philips Broadcast Of 1938, and The Ship Of The Ether. There are several little masterpieces in there,… |
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Arthur Rankin Jr. of Rankin/Bass Productions passes away
…its “sequel” The Return of the King in 1980. But one of their most popular hits came in the 80s, when Thundercats debuted in 1985. It lasted more than 100… |
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Strange Magic
…their lap. Based on the fact that it was given the January spot on their calendar, only announced three months before it was released, and was put out under the… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part One – Ogres Are Like Onions!
…stage musical. The Prince of Egypt would gross a worldwide tally of $219 million against a budget of $70 million, making it the most successful non-Disney animated feature at the… |
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Composer Mark Watters on Disney’s Silly Symphonies music
…the 1930s, the Silly Symphonies laid forgotten for years. Some of them had a second showing in the ’60s on an occasional episode of Walt’s TV show, The Wonderful World… |
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Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
…films based within their popular worlds. Kingsglaive marks the third attempt at creating a feature-length film and is set within the world of the upcoming Final Fantasy XV. The kingdom… |
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My Little Pony: The Movie
…things over or drag any of the adventure down. The scope of the movie is also massive when compared to the series, with the widescreen animation looking much lusher and… |
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The Star
…writers sometimes assume the audience already knows the story so they don’t always fill in certain gaps in the narrative. The animal character storylines make up the bulk of the… |
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2018 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…had on them, the people they worked with, and the fans they’ve met over the years. All of this, of course, was leading up to the surprise reveal that the… |
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Oscar noms for 2018 movies announced
Nominations for the the 91st Academy Awards were announced today. The nominees for Best Animated Film are: Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Mirai, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Spider-Man: Into… |
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Luca opens on Disney+
Pixar’s Luca is out today on Disney+. It’s a hit with the critics earning a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. Their consensus: “Slight but suffused with infectious joy, the beguiling Luca… |
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Apple teases first look at Skydance’s Luck
At its media event today, Apple previewed a clip from Skydance Animation’s upcoming film, Luck, along with several other movies currently on or coming soon to the streaming service. The… |
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Pixar announces Elemental
Pixar announced their latest film on Twitter today, titled Elemental. In a city where fire, water, land, & air residents live together, a fiery young woman & a go-with-the-flow guy… |
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Groot is cute in I Am Groot trailer
The trailer for Disney+’s I Am Groot is now online, and it’s pretty safe to say that you’re going to find it adorable. The series of six brand new short… |
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Best Animated Year Poll – 20th Anniversary Edition
On our 10th anniversary we asked you to pick the best year for animation during our existence. Now it’s time to vote again, this time for the top annual slate… |
