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Christmas Contest: The Tale Of Despereaux goodies – Winner!
…Despereaux Once upon a time, in the faraway kingdom of Dor, there was magic in the air, laughter aplenty and gallons of mouthwatering soup. But an accident left the King… |
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Few humans and some live action in Wall•E, says Kathy Najimy
Asked by Movieweb about her role in the upcoming Pixar movie while promoting King of the Hill, the talented actress revealed that “I play a character named Mary and I… |
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The Tale of Despereaux
…combination of these two problems leads to the the audience not caring about the characters, and no film can succeed when that happens. The third issue is the worst since… |
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James Cameron discusses 3D motion-capture Avatar
…during an interplanetary war in which aliens can manifest themselves through human bodies — avatars. “Avatar is the single most complex piece of filmmaking ever made. We have 1,600 shots… |
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2008 Emmy nominees announced
The nominees for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. Here are the animated entries: Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) • Creature Comforts America •… |
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Python's Gilliam honored, Gulliver's details, plus new discs!
…the mysterious Koch Vision debut of Max Fleischer’s Gulliver’s Travels on March 10, which promises an anamorphic widescreen presentation. Seeing as the film was made way back in 1939 (the… |
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Kung Fu Panda leads 36th Annie Awards nominations
…Spectacular Spider-Man – Sony Pictures Television Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre” – Nickelodeon Nico Marlet Secrets of the Furious… |
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Pixar's first digital 3D short to be shown with Bolt
…the Cable Guy, after towing a stranded car to Japan gets challenged to a race and becomes the drifting king of Tokyo. In addition, high-resolution images from the short can… |
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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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Bedtime Stories
…you factor in the naturally blue tinge of the theatrical poster artwork that’s reproduced here both on a glossy embossed slipcover and the sleeve underneath. There’s a lot of the… |
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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
…from the existing elements, mostly evident in the opening titles where a soft focus, smudged “halo” is visible around the Paramount logo. As for the rest of the images, they… |
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Kung Fu Panda
…this film was the voice work. We all know they love to get the biggest celebrities and then put their names in huge letters on the posters and trailers. It… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 2
…captured and are led to their base where they learn the true identity of the villain behind the mutates. In the conclusion of this storyline, in the episode Reunion, the… |
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Up
…the writers or maybe because the marketing of the film prepared the audience for what they were going to see — whatever the reason it mostly works. Once you’ve gotten… |
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Peter de Seve Breaks the Ice with Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…make an animated film. Unless you’ve got the money and the chops, as they say, it’s almost impossible. But it turned out they had both. They had the talent and… |
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales (with Bonus Disc)
…have a good career goal illustrated to them, Jasmine’s dad the Sultan suggests working at the local school, presumably so the women of the world grow up longing to become… |
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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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A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 1
…year, Josie And The Pussycats. ABC’s 1970 series Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down? was actually an adaptation of the comic’s movie The Family Jewels. The Lewis character… |
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Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
…is little surprise that Torumekian troops arrive the next day to investigate the crash, but the people of the Valley are surprised to find themselves under attack. There are high… |
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Cinderella: Platinum Edition
…their styles and contributions. I especially enjoyed the commentary on how they treated the live-action footage shot for the film. Great piece! A Perfect Fit: The Voices Of Cinderella (7:30)… |
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The Dick Tracy Show: The Complete Animated Crime Series
…course, there is the infamous group of evildoers that populate the show. While the bad guys typically died at the end of each story in the comic strip, they were… |
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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
…a high note, the creators thought they had gone out with a bang. When they unexpectedly got picked up for another season, they revamped the show, expanded the League’s roster,… |
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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
…The Galaxy Trio delivers when it comes to exciting the imagination. Is This Thing Loaded? Birdman: The Forgotten Hero (10:08) is the only true extra on the set. Ironically, it… |
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The Adventures Of Aquaman: The Complete Collection
…well as interloping bad guys from the surface world. Specific menaces are described in these colourful titles: The Rampaging Reptile Men, The Crimson Monster From The Pink Pool, The Ice… |
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DuckTales: Volume 3
…into the recent past… or so they planned. Instead, they end up in One Million Years B.C., where they meet a young, enthusiastic caveduck named Bubba. The ducks accomplish their… |
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TaleSpin: Volume 2
…in the air and on the ground. The Sweatbox Review: Of all the Disney Afternoon shows that premiered in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there are two that stand… |
