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Phineas And Ferb Star Wars
…of songs, too, irreverent and witty, poking fun at life and the characters more than Star Wars. The song sequences don’t dwell on plot too much, so they could largely… |
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The Return Of 2015: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
…Mouse newspaper strip reprints continuing from Fantagraphics, who also publish beautiful volumes of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Barks and Don Rosa. Meanwhile, IDW’s new line of… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Two – There Is Now A Level Zero
… Madagascar Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath Release Date: May 27, 2005 “My life is half over and I don’t even know if I’m black with white stripes… |
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Trolls
Once each year, the grotesque Bergens–miserable creatures who don’t know how to sing or dance–feast on the fun-loving Trolls. The reason? Eating a Troll is the only way that a… |
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Pinocchio: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…Come True: The Making Of Pinocchio (5:06) actually turns out to be an electronic press kit clip from around 2000 that I don’t believe has made it to disc before…. |
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Paul McCartney Web Chat Transcript
…and gals. I hope things are going well for you. Keep strong and keep your spirits up. Above all, don’t drink any alcohol in the evenings. My very best wishes… |
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Bird chirps on Incredibles sequel, traditional animation at Pixar, and upcoming projects
…and better than the one we did, you don’t just want to repeat yourself. You want to take it in a new direction. If I could find something as good… |
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Henry Selick speaks about Moongirl and more
…I don’t know his true origins. I know that when I was hired to direct a bunch of Doughboy commercials back in 1989, I received the top-secret Doughboy “kit,” a… |
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King Con! News from San Diego…
…and Don Hertzfeldt pick their favorite animated shorts from previous Animation Show tours with a sneak peak of the new upcoming theatrical program. Mike and Don will be on hand… |
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Beowulf: Director’s Cut (HD DVD)
…concerning different types of viewers. I for one have never found CGI human characters “creepy.” I understand the “uncanny valley” phenomenon, but don’t seem to have the emotional reaction to… |
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Horton Hears a Who!
…imagine this film being done using traditional animation. Not just the Who-world but the Who’s themselves have been brought perfectly to life. Sometimes certain 2D characters just don’t make the… |
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Nightmare's here! Plus the Lone Ranger, Zorro…and Wart!
…bust, but I just don’t think it’s worth the extra bucks when the standard set will still look pretty darn snazzy on the shelf. I haven’t seen the Blu-ray edition… |
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Speed Racer: Widescreen Edition
…character here, given the special effects circumstances. Even better – and providing the film with such a concrete grounding that without him I don’t think the film would have worked… |
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
…was pretty good too. The main issue was something you don’t hear too often in a review — it was a little too short. It needed about 5-10 more minutes… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 3 1941-1943
…in Quiet! Pleeze. Pappy then gets a rest after that cartoon, as we don’t see him again for a while. Olive’s Sweepstakes Ticket brings to mind that fun Flintstones episode… |
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Disney announces ten animated films through 2012
…Composer: Randy NewmanVoice Talent: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger Originally released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1995, Toy Story was the first feature… |
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The Best Of 2008: It Came…It Saw…It’s Over!
…theatrical year. You’ll find live links to our archived original comments and don’t forget that purchasing any titles through our Amazon links really does help support Animated Views and keeps… |
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Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition
…way. Now, I could go on extolling the virtues of Walt’s seminal work all week, but you don’t really want to know about Julie Andrews’ fantastic, career breaking – and… |
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Bolt
…acting chops to the game. Travolta, whom we don’t actually hear speak until almost twenty minutes into the movie, does what he can with the script, but its clear there… |
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The Venture Bros.: 3rd Season
…You Don’t – Rusty’s dwarfish brother JJ, who he used to wear like a tumor in Season One, sets up a museum on Spider Skull Island, dedicated to the memory… |
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Meet The Robinsons
…inventions don’t usually work. Most parents seem to want a less “enthusiastic” child, so Lewis is passed over again and again. He believes once he is a teenager he will… |
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The Simpsons Movie
…get to Nome, Alaska (don’t ask!) when they only spend five minutes of movie time there when they arrive? Thankfully when Homer heads back to Springfield from Nome it is… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 1
…“dangerous” for kids to see these days. Honestly! Though we don’t get an episode listing in the packaging, and no insert of any sort, the episodes menus on the discs… |
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Peanuts: 1960’s Collection
…more than overcome simplistic animation. If you don’t love this one, it would be hard to see you liking any of the others. Charlie Brown’s All-Stars (June, 1966) – This… |
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Watchmen: Director’s Cut
…me to experience it more positively, even if ultimately I still don’t think it completely succeeds in being a serious examination of superheroics and what drives the kind of people… |
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Season 1.1
…Do When You’re Lost, Barbeque – What To Do If Your House Is On Fire, Deep Six – Don’t Swim When It’s Storming, Mutt – Don’t Pet Strange Dogs, Quick… |
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Pete’s Dragon: High-Flying Edition
…I often don’t remember existing. I’m not even sure when I first saw it. I know that we had a copy of the comic book adaptation in our house, and… |
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Sister Act‘s music supervisor Michael Kosarin takes us to Heaven!
…our heads into that sound. AV: Whereas Little Shop seemed to lean toward parody, Sister Act seems to rather lean toward pastiche. MK: Yes. I don’t think we go into… |
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The Venture Bros.: Season Two
…commentaries from Season One know, these two fellas don’t necessarily talk a whole lot about the episode they are watching, preferring to ramble on about a variety of topics that… |
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Darkwing Duck: Volume 2
…So feel free to pick and choose whichever episodes you would like to watch, based on your mood and which characters you like. Don’t worry about what the proper order… |
