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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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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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Cinderella: Diamond Edition
…lot I remember, and a lot I don’t, so the mix seems to be pretty reasonable. I was wondering how Disney’s animated short Tangled Ever After (6:29, in HD and… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
…home video! When their new owner is off on holiday, Ken and Barbie plan the ultimate getaway, though when their plans don’t take off as expected, Woody, Buzz and the… |
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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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Robin Hood: 40th Anniversary Edition
…done the complete opposite! The Jungle Book and, to a large extent, The AristoCats had both been projects overseen or approved by Walt himself, as had a steady stream of… |
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The Smurfs 2
…live smurfilly ever after. Don’t worry, I don’t do that “smurf” thing all the way through the review. The Sweatbox Review: The Smurfs was a bit of a surprise hit… |
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Annie Awards nominations for 2014 films revealed
…Ubisoft Don’t Starve: Console Edition – Klei Entertainment Inc. Alex Drouin – Child Of Light – Ubisoft Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production Andy Suriano – Disney… |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Frozen II
…to be fresh and not just rehash what came before. What you don’t want is a sequel that doesn’t feel connected to the original. In fact, this almost doesn’t feel… |
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The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still
…to ever give the proper amount of respect in a single article. Among the notables were Sir Sean Connery (who many probably don’t know lent his voice to the pioneering… |
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MeTV generates nostalgia with Toon In With Me and Saturday Morning Cartoons
…And you don’t have to leave your house to play them. In fact, with the internet, you don’t have to even leave the house to interact or play with your… |
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Pixar’s Paul Abadilla, Sets Art Director on Soul
…this next central core. It is very abstract, but for me it was very informative because you have on one side a finite world where things are ephemeral, don’t last… |
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Raya And The Last Dragon
…Park instead. I really don’t know if I can articulate just how bad this film was measured against my expectations. I usually don’t like to spoil much about a movie,… |
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An interview with the creators of Oni
…people or cultures you don’t know or don’t understand. The fear of the unknown still exists today, and that’s how I started to think about this whole story of Oni…. |
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Dave Metzger’s Wish Comes True…
…different. They know exactly what their role is. In the other way, they don’t know what the brass will be doing, so they don’t know how to play their part…. |
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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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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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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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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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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 –… |
