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Early preview of Disney's \\Meet the Robinsons\\
…the Robinsons\\ features a voice cast that includes Angela Bassett, Kelly Ripa, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Adam West, Tom Kenny and Ethan Sandler. Danny Elfman does the score and singers… |
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Kung Fu Panda leads 36th Annie Awards nominations
The nominations for the 36th Annie Awards were announced today, and Kung Fu Panda leads all films with 17 nominations. Bolt was second with 9 nods, and WALL-E third with… |
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Kung Fu Panda wins big at 36th Annie Awards; WALL-E shut out
…Form Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible ” – Nickelodeon Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana Andy Schuler – Secret of the Furious… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents The Hardy Boys
…Americana? I was absolutely enchanted and delighted. The boys, played by Tim Considine and Tommy Kirk, were both splendid young actors and went on to have solid careers at the… |
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Popeye: A Sailor’s Story
…over by writers Tom Sims and Ralph Stein, while artwork was done by Charles H. “Doc” Winner, and later by Segar’s own assistants, Bela Zaboly and Forrest “Bud” Sagendorf. Sagendorf’s… |
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A Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…I directed in California, and the CG Roger looked great. Tom Bancroft animated Roger by hand and they pulled and pushed the model to match his animation, and it just… |
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Whatever happened to Robert Zemeckis?
…and stiffly stilted. And, for me, it’s such a shame that the chiefest proponent for this technology is one of my favorite directors: Robert Zemeckis. I Wanna Hold Your Hand,… |
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Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Unrated Director’s Cut
…to work on screen in their own way and not crowd each other. Throw in Tom Cruise as a passionately loathsome studio boss, and Matthew McConaughey as Stiller’s agent, and… |
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Annies online!
…(Bill Schwab) and Production Design (Andy Harkness). Dreamworks’ Penguins of Madagascar won Best Animated Television Production for Children and its director, Bret Haaland won the award for Direction in a… |
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Toy Story 3: Pixar writer Michael Arndt tells the story behind the story
…is why he is so adamant in insisting that the Toys should “always be there” for Andy. It’s only at the very end, when he witnesses Andy and his Mom… |
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Winnie The Pooh’s Directors Stephen Anderson and Don Hall: Back to the Hundred Acre Wood
…Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974). With bridging material and a new ending, these shorts were assembled together and released… |
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Brave, Pi, Thrones win big at VES Awards
…Manhattan; Richard Bluff, Barry Williams, David Meny, Andy Proctor Lifetime Achievement Award Richard Edlund Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Commercial or Broadcast Program Guinness: Cloud; Tom Bussell, Neil… |
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Saving Mr Banks
…shorthand line, for Travers to make a comment about another British author’s “treatment” at the American animator’s hand, and Pooh is an easy visual and instantly recognizable metaphor for this,… |
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88th Annual Academy Awards nominations announced
…Ex Machina – Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams The Martian – Richard… |
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Early Man
…settings are unique and give the animators some room to stretch. The score by Harry Gregson-Williams and Tom Howe is very hit-or-miss: sometimes a great compliment to the on-screen action… |
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The Sonic the Hedgehog trailer speeds online
…Wachowski (James Marsden). Sonic and Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination. The… |
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New look for Sonic apparently revealed on movie theater standee
…Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination. The film also stars Tika Sumpter… |
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Looney Tunes around the world!
Jerry Beck’s {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/kaz.html Cartoon Research}} just posted a look at the Brazillian edition of the Looney Tunes Golden DVD Collection, which will probably frustrate those in region one land… |
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Get your Looney Tunes: More volume 3 details
Jerry Beck’s got the low down on many of the features of the upcoming 3rd volume of Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes Golden Collection and it looks like it’s going to… |
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Is Seinfeld a Moron?
From TV Guide’s “Daily Scoop” email newsletter: “20th Century Fox TV is adapting the book Stories from a Moron, a collection of humorous correspondence between author Ed Broth and assorted… |
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The Chronological Donald gets the once-over
…collection of shorts featuring Walt’s iconic Duck star. We have a copy of the review, which includes details on the bonus features featuring Leonard Maltin (our host as always), Jerry… |
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The Muppet Show: Season Two
…and his colleagues had to rely on personal friendships to procure many of the first season guests. The Muppets had been around for years, and had been on numerous TV… |
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The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume One
…appeal and limitations of the Super Friends show. Comic writer/DC historian Mark Waid is joined by animation writers and historians such as Alan Burnett and Jerry Beck, who all talk… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 2 1938-1940
…Features Syndicate, several cartoonists, and animator and DVD producer Steve Stanchfield appear in Poopdeck Pappy: The Nasty Old Man And The Sea (5:09). O-Re-Mi: Mae Questel And The Voices Of… |
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Batman: The Complete Animated Series
…(with Timm, Reaves, Kirkland, and composer Shirley Walker), and a video one on House And Garden given by Timm, Dini, and Kirkland, and moderated by Jason Hillhouse. Disc Three offers… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Platinum Edition
…“Large Format Publicity”, “Broadway Musical Publicity”, and “Costume Design.” The navigation through the galleries is easy and informative. There are hundreds of drawings and sketches, and this makes it one… |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…songwriter and lyricist, is certain the most able person to do that, and to share with us his memories of his beloved father. And so follows an homage to both… |
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Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition
…being almost totally animated during the course of production, and here it has been finally inked and painted, and inserted, Human Again and Morning Report style, back into the film,… |
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Hi-def, Blu-Ray, and all that Jazz…
…the emergence of sound and its early days is such a fascinating one. There were competing technologies, competing studios, lots of egos and differences in public taste and perception. Sound… |
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Disney's Pixar-release Tuesday! Plus: is Bee Movie really a B-movie?
…is Gordon Yarley, from Ontario, Canada, while Andy Ricchio, from Arcadia, California, will find Ratatouille landing on his door step soon. Congratulations to both, and enjoy your discs! Speaking of… |
