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AV Readers’ Best of the Decade List: 2001-2010
In December of 2010, I was running a poll asking our readers to pick the best animated films of the decade. Unfortunately during the final week of voting I had… |
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Titan A.E. an underappreciated masterpiece?
…strong today in scifi and animated offerings (Joss Whedon of The Avengers, Ben Edlund of Supernatural, and John August of Frankenweenie) it has the pedigree Hollywood executives love. With a… |
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The Best Of 2012: Apocalypse NOT!
…freaky, frenetic and beautifully stop-motion animated ParaNorman; the oddly moving Frankenweenie; the gorgeous modern fairytale Rise Of The Guardians; the latest lunacy from Aardman, The Pirates! Band Of Misfits; or… |
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DreamWorks reveals the tech behind the art
…PC, a CG film takes up a lot of space. A typical DreamWorks film “might render 65 million hours of footage to come up with 90 minutes of worthwhile materials”…. |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…in HD and 3D formats, and the promise of Nemo’s release already confirmed, these theatrical reissues were easily spotted by the general public as the quick-buck generators and, basically, home… |
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Directors Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco introduce The Croods
…along these gigantic tree limbs and the roots of trees. There are no level spots. One of the things you’ll notice about the new world is that it has a… |
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Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…turned to alert the rest of the arcade that the lights had gone off and the arcade was theirs for the night, a moment that felt like one of the… |
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Director Bergeron, actress Paradis talk A Monster in Paris
…and I then built the script around that, using all the research I had accumulated on the period and the famous mobile police units, the Tiger Brigades. Of course, the… |
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World’s smallest movie and animated film
…a boy and his atom at play. The simple plot invokes a clear message to view the world in different ways from the atomic world to the deep space chasm…. |
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: 2-Movie Collection
…the Golden Age of Hollywood and hailing from that banner year of 1939 that also saw the release of Gone With The Wind and The Wizard Of Oz (itself a… |
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Superman Unbound
…up for his shortcomings by the end of the story, in an ending that blew the comic’s dénouement out of the water in terms of satisfaction. This is one of… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition
…groundbreaking traditional animation that redefined the technique and paved the way for the CG-enhanced “tradigital” films of the 1990s, Roger once again leaps from the screen to amaze and astound,… |
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The High Fructose Adventures Of Annoying Orange: Season 1
…amateurish; but there is some innovation and creativity on display. The crudeness of the result somewhat reflects the mood of the show, but also shows the enthusiasm of those involved…. |
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The Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons
…consistently funny. And then there are the more “way out” episodes, where you just have to admire the craziness of the plots. The first episode, The Power, involves a magic… |
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A preview of Disney’s Wander Over Yonder
…the galaxy and facing off against the appropriately named Lord Hater. The show comes from Craig McCracken and his co-producer wife Lauren Faust, with the team’s previous credits including Foster’s… |
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Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition
…they heard about the raising of a dead army of skeletons, the rather drab hero and the sucking of life out of the villain come the film’s climax. Faith in… |
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Animated Views: A Retrospective
…Don suggested that the project might work best on the stage because of the tangible nature of the original story’s focus on fabric and material and that this might make… |
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The Lego Movie
…the design of the characters and the world they inhabit was limited by the product itself, where the artists really were able to play with the animation were in the… |
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Exclusive! Legends Of Oz producer talks franchise’s future after box office disappoints
…like the story of Wicked, which is the prequel to The Wizard Of Oz, and then Oz The Great & Powerful, which is the Wizard’s side of the story –… |
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Buried Treasure: The ill-fated voyage to Treasure Planet 2
…father is Admiral Blake, the Commander of the Navy. Jim and Kate vie for top of the class but have very different skills. Captain Amelia is dean of the Academy,… |
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Toy Story That Time Forgot
…and Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space!, ended up being largely unseen, in part because of the studio’s poor handling of them (Gift Of The Night Fury, for… |
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The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness
…of the world’s most revered animation studios is presented. During the production of The Wind Rises and The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya, the studio grapples with tight deadlines and… |
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The Boxtrolls
…to come alive on the front of the box. Ink And Paint: This edition of The Boxtrolls offers up both the “flat” and 3D versions on just the one disc… |
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Big Hero 6
…the disc something of a historic release is the inclusion of the Studio’s latest animated short Feast, the Academy Award winner which gives Disney the unique distinction of being the… |
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Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
…on the front of the return to hand-drawn features The Princess And The Frog, until the mesh of a CG short in front of the much publicised traditionally animated movie… |
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Lego Justice League: Attack Of The Legion Of Doom
…action actor Mark Hamill. The only snag in their pursuit of The Trickster is Cyborg, the youngest member of the team and the most eager to impress. His mistake during… |
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Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season One
…understand the more altruistic motivations of the Ghost crew, and rejects their offer to join them. However, he begins to form a bond with their leader Kanan Jarus after discovering… |
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Watch a child deal with limb loss following cancer treatment in animated short Scarlett
…thousands of comments of gratitude and encouragement to keep making more content. After the overwhelmingly positive reception after the launch of the video, the STUDIO shared a coloring book pages… |
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Only Yesterday
…disappointments and embarrassments— and then views her present self through the lens of her childhood. By the end of the film, she is in a totally new state of mind,… |
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The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot To Remember
…Burton’s in-development Dumbo) to the films of the 1990s renaissance (the upcoming Beauty And The Beast and an Aladdin spin-off). In lieu of this, and consistently serving up the goods,… |
