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Composer Germaine Franco on her enchanting score for Encanto
…work with Colombian session musicians who live here in the United States, like Justo Almario, who is a clarinet and sax player, and percussionist J.B. Perez. I used authentic Colombian… |
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Critical Role assembles an ensemble voice cast for The Legend of Vox Machina
With a week left before the premiere, Critical Role released a video, which can be viewed above, announcing some of the additional voice cast who will be heard in the… |
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Oscar Night 2022
…poll! Want a sneak peek at who might be taking home the trophies tonight? Here are the the consensus picks in each category according to people who entered our contest!… |
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The Wild Robot
…an elderly goose called Longneck. Nighy is someone who remains a brilliant character actor who is also inexplicably underappreciated, and I’m always glad when he shows up in anything. For… |
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Embark on an epic journey with the Strange World trailer
…“Strange World is an original animated adventure/comedy about three generations of the Clade family who overcome their differences while exploring a strange, wondrous and oftentimes hostile world.” The voice cast… |
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New special look at Strange World explores family dynamic
…creatures. “Inspired by classic adventure stories,” said director Don Hall, “Strange World is an original animated adventure/comedy about three generations of the Clade family who overcome their differences while exploring… |
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A kind interview with the creators of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
…Animation Director for C4’s Emmy award-winning The Tiger Who Came For Tea. After directing The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse, he’s now in the early stages of… |
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Oscar Night 2023
Thanks to all who joined us in the chat tonight. And congrats to our two Oscar contest winners, lisa and marlomanners, who each got a score of 90.5%! (Head to… |
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To Infinity And Beyond with Lightyear Production Designer Tim Evatt
Every cinephile loves a good hero—someone to admire, someone to root for. And the best heroes — the ones who live on long after their films hit the big screen… |
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Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age To Meddling Kids
…collectability. Plus, there were all those middle-aged and older folk who had gotten nostalgic, I suppose. During a visit to my mother’s home one holiday a few years ago, my… |
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The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
…elements had been done at UCLA, and new work was commissioned to other helpers such as Steve Stanchfield and his crew at Thunderbean Animation, who performed an immense amount of… |
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Onward
…for him by his father, who died before he was born — a magic staff that will allow him to come back for one day to see who his sons… |
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Pinocchio In Outer Space
…turtle. Would you believe that the film’s Technical Supervisor was none other than Martin Caidin, who is likely the same aeronautics enthusiast who authored the book Cyborg, on which The… |
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Great songs never die: how director Dan Lund is giving a new life to Aria For A Cow
It all started with a team of songwriters and a song about a cow’s need for respect.. The songwriters were no less than Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who made… |
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Trolls World Tour
…sweet. Almost everyone in the story–even the creatures who wanted to devour its hairy heroes–was ultimately sympathetic, resulting in an almost defiantly non-cynical outing which worked as a plea for… |
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Inside Animation Supervisor Victor Navone’s mind
…for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions –… |
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Drawn Together – Uncensored! Season Three
…Roundtable! – Clara, the conservative Christian girl who looks suspiciously like a Disney Princess, challenges Wooldoor (who is not anything like “Spongebob”— yeah, right) over his tremendously gay children’s TV… |
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Production Designer Bill Cone feels at “Eze” in the world of Cars 3
…summer’s most anticipated films, we met with Production Designer Bill Cone, who was instrumental in giving Cars 3 its visual identity and soul. Bill is no stranger to the universe… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez reveals the hidden art of Disney’s late golden age
…Solá Franco, whom I discussed earlier; the wacky Johnny Walbridge, who designed some of the craziest characters for the clowns sequence in Dumbo and for the Tulgey Wood sequence in… |
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Comic-Con@Home Coverage
…providing entertainment in these challenging times. Taking a cue from those who have experimented with them, the San Diego Comic-Con will be streaming their delightful panels and presentations online for… |
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Dalmatians 101: Lisa Davis’ “puppy love” for a dog-gone Disney classic
…very great English director whose name is David Lean, who made Lawrence of Arabia and The Bridge on the River Kwai. He made some wonderful movies, and Walt Disney saw… |
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101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (live-action)
…to them? The film has been given the customary update by writer Hughes: Pongo’s owner Roger is now a video games designer, naturally, and one who’s obviously seen Walt’s original… |
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The Lion King Tenth Anniversary Reunion
…number of people who worked on the film and honored the regal animated feature as a benchmark in animation, one that successfully combined comedy and drama, action and song, and… |
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Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle
…set challenges, one that encompassed the whole gamut of filmmaking disciplines was the issue of the Telmarine Armies War Weapons, seen in the final battles against the Narnians. To resolve… |
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Directors Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco introduce The Croods
…the Were-Rabbit (2005) and Flushed Away (2006). John Cleese of Monty Python fame signed on to pen Crood Awakening with Kirk DeMicco, a co-writer on such films as Quest for… |
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Aardman's new home; Treasures still a comin'; new contest and more reviews on the way, plus a recharge to the site coming soon…
…to our team, Jeroen, who’s been more than plugging the gaps at our toon headlines sister site Animated News and is proving to be a sterling addition to our group…. |
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Another Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…contribution and pretty much starting the whole thing. EG: That wasn’t my idea. Stan Deneroff, one of the guys who’s working at BVHE, I believe it was his concept and… |
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Alice In Cartoonland: Inkwell Edition
…trip, including a little potato peeling ship rodent (half Mouse-half Oswald Rabbit) himself who finds himself bullied by a Pete-a-like. The cartoon ends oddly once Alice actually has a whale… |
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Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland: How illustrators Kei Acedera and Bobby Chiu shaped the Characters’ Designs
…the White Rabbit, the White Queen and her horse, etc. who had finer, more delicate design elements so I contributed to those as well. AV: Did your approach to the… |
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Bugs Bunny’s Easter Funnies
…Rankin/Bass’ The First Easter Rabbit as a concurrent release, since the rabbit that phones in sick here is clearly a reference to that special from the year before, either as… |
