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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…DVD set, 455 mins plus supplements, $30 Don’t get excited for Paul Terry’s original, undervalued TerryToon series, or even Filmation’s late 1970s/early 80s Saturday morning television revival, but be energized… |
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Bee Movie: A Very Jerry 2-Disc Edition
…putting people off. In theaters, some didn’t seem to appreciate Bee Movie’s “episodic” nature, but I really don’t see it that way – the movie’s narrative structure takes on a… |
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The Lego Ninjago Movie
…aimed at preschoolers who don’t get subtext — like Dora the Explorer telling us what she needs then repeating it over and over. But who are we kidding? The star… |
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The Incredibles
…such films as Up, instead choosing the “caricatured” look as opposed to the “real” attempts of a Final Fantasy or Shrek. That they don’t look quite real is all part… |
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"I have a dream . . . about Roy Disney"
…wisdom: “Creative minds need room to expand with flexible boundaries. Sure, chime in, but don’t go for the jugular and whip out the spleen. Don’t pollute. Pollinate. Don’t expire. Inspire.”… |
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Allers & Minkoff: The Legacy of The Lion King
…movie, because he was really good at that,” said Allers. “I don’t think we felt like, ‘Oh, I wish I had Alan Menken.’” “At the time, one of the first… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #87: The Secret of NIMH – Too Many “J” Names
…The scientific elements make sense; the mystical, not so much. We rate it! Voicemail Don’t forget to use the hashtags #AnimAddicts and #AnimAddicts87 when talking about this episode on Twitter!… |
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A Christmas Carol
…inside him. But the Ghost Of Christmas Present somehow manages to fully overcome this difficulty – whatever it is they were doing differently I don’t know, but he just works,… |
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Animated Views’ 2017 Animated Movie Guide
…audiences should bother (or not) to see them in the first place. Remember, of course, that all release dates are subject to change, and don’t forget to check out our… |
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Dr. Seuss’s Holidays On The Loose!
…himself, although this also felt at odds with their previous character dynamic. Trying to add some pep is Muppets composer Joe Raposo’s other, brighter songs, but they don’t have much… |
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Peanuts Deluxe Holiday Collection
…to do. The limited animation, simple backgrounds, and cheap production values of these old TV specials don’t really lend themselves to impressing in high definition. Nevertheless, Warner apparently felt that… |
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The Best Of 2012: Apocalypse NOT!
…Blu-ray! Still, we don’t feel any doubts when placing Superman Vs. The Elite on our list, the movie being adapted by DC Comics writer Joe Casey from his original comic,… |
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Director Gore Verbinski wrangles up Rango!
…It just comes from live-action. I’m not a traditional animation director. It was basically based on fear. You don’t want to abandon techniques you’ve used before. I really enjoy having… |
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Real Steel
…a kind of cheesy 80s movie they don’t make anymore, but there are some fine dollops of top-drawer visual effects filmmaking to be found and enjoyed here: for a family… |
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Moana
…with a magical fishhook that allows him to transform into animals at will. Moana herself is the daughter of the island’s chief — but don’t call her a princess, as… |
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Animation supervisor Jamie Beard captures The Aventures of Tintin!
…even though they don’t look similar. I often equate it to being like when you see a great comedian doing an impersonation. They can endue themselves with all the qualities… |
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Batman Vs. Robin: Exclusive Figure Edition
…corporate synergy is well upon us, with the multinationals apparently thinking that we don’t just want more of the same— we want exactly what we just read to appear on… |
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Into The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Studio Cast Recording with Music Supervisor Michael Kosarin and Orchestrator Michael Starobin
…season. AnimatedViews: In every way, from the animated feature to the New York musical, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame seems to have taken a prominent place in music history, don’t… |
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Ice Age: Collision Course
…isn’t funny. I don’t feel like I’m doing it justice, how bad this film is. And part of that is I’m ready to be done thinking about it! But I… |
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One Hundred And One Dalmatians: Diamond Edition
…where the addition of Tibbs the cat watches the various pooches and their owners wandering by while Mr Radcliffe tinkles away on his piano. We don’t get the trivia track… |
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The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under: 35th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
…named The Rescuers delivered and put the company back on track. In a day and age when many new animated films proudly claim that they don’t have any songs within… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Five
…Abbott & Costello cats, Babbit & Catstello, though it became more notable for the first appearance of a featherless Tweety Bird. The disc ends with Porky’s Pooch, which, if nothing… |
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Shrek the Third fun facts
…frames were created to bring Shrek the Third to the big screen. •Shrek is seven feet tall. (Fiona would prefer that we don’t reveal her height – but she’s up… |
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Presenting Felix the Cat: The Otto Mesmer Classics 1919-1924
…“by comparison”, so don’t set your expectations too high.) Pat Sullivan, as would be the case for the next decade or so, gets credit on the title card for the… |
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Super Friends: The Lost Episodes
…ground, where they teach a lesson in getting along to two tribes of subterranean humanoids. Episode 4 – Giant preschoolers threaten Earth in Playground Of Doom. You don’t see The… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two
…of the cat’s plans. Another cartoon that displays some brilliant ideas and plays them out with great wit and invention! As we get to side three, the screen opens up… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Your Host, Walt Disney
…next presented cartoon. The draw of history was always of a particular interest to Walt, and in the Donald Duck cartoons Donald Gets Drafted and Fall In, Fall Out, it’s… |
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
…especially the earlier ones which don’t contain much in the way of any spark or life and would have drawn out the movie with a load of mythology hogwash –… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 3
…pretty good shows yet to share… Scooby’s success led to several other shows starring groups of kids and often a mascot and rock music, such as: Josie And The Pussycats… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #56: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Santa Hates Misfits
…Two requests for Cats Don’t Dance!, Andreas Deja’s blog, Saving Mr. Banks predictions, Incredibles error, Melissa K.always has our back! The Muppets, New interview podcast, Clay Katis is directing Angry… |
