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Anomalisa
…more recent work has been a little hit and miss, and Anomalisa itself had to turn to Kickstarter to raise funding. Co-directed with stop-motion animator Duke Johnson, it’s clear from… |
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Bubble Guppies-Bubble Puppy’s Fin-tastic Fairy Tale
…little educational lessons to make little kids’ brains grow, i.e. counting, colors, directions, though it is hardly seamless. While these little baby mermaids swim around and learn in their underwater… |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…yourself.” I was a little nervous to take something so personal as my own spiritual life, my own faith and my own love for Psalm 42, and put that out… |
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Mars Needs Moms, but Earth needs Director Simon Wells!
…a full-on pitch of a “little kids” movie. Bob went, “Eh, not really interested in that.” We thought, “Oh, okay. All right.” So we thought out a completely different storyline,… |
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Warner Archive: Captain Sindbad
…way down the restoration line) titles out on disc (and bring in a little revenue on masters that would otherwise stay lined up on shelves). Some have bemoaned the lack… |
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Rockin’ With Judy Jetson
…perfectly fine. I’m just not a little girl, and hence not part of the target audience… assumedly. Nevertheless, we DVD reviewers sometimes have to tackle subjects that are not of… |
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Private Snafu Golden Classics
…appeal to young men. This means there is a little bit of near and partial nudity on display, and some light cussing (like “hell”). Although quite tame by today’s standards,… |
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Happy Feet Two
…it, Happy Feet clearly divided audiences’ feelings back when it was released in 2006. Thanks to the mega-success of the documentary March Of The Penguins, the cute little birds were… |
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Pete’s Dragon
…little more stark. That is isn’t, but still works as shock when it comes, is testament to Lowery’s soft but assured touch, where even the nastiest things are still “nice”,… |
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Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Unrated Director’s Cut
…where the movie is going to be filmed, guerrilla style, from secretly placed cameras. However, little known to the group, including rapper Alpa Chino (an absurd gag name that is… |
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The Fox And The Hound: 30th Anniversary 2-Movie Edition
…feathered double act out to catch a sneaky caterpillar – that might feel a little old hat, but I don’t remember thinking that when I first saw the film theatrically… |
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Director Gore Verbinski wrangles up Rango!
…off the path a little bit, and fumble to see what maybe we can do over here, just a little left of center. It’s nice when people recognize that you’re… |
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Captain America (1990)
…secrets. Steve has little time to recover, as Lt. Col. Louis (Michael Nouri) informs him that the Nazis are about to send a rocket to the USA that could kill… |
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Snow White: The Characters And Legacy Of The First And Fairest Of Them All!
…had began to crystallize his idea of making Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs as a feature-length animated film. Development on the seven little men began early on and by… |
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2016 Los Angeles Comic Con Exclusive
…Con was the toughest to plan and the toughest to stay on course because there were so many things I wanted to do with so little wiggle room in time… |
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Gnomeo & Juliet’s director Kelly Asbury Opens His Secret Garden!
…(2001), Toy Story (1995), Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Beauty and the Beast (1992) and The Little Mermaid (1989). In addition to films, he is a noted author… |
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How To Train Your Dragon
…village felt lived in, and everything just felt like a little extra care had been taken to get it just right. But they didn’t take it to the other extreme…. |
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DCA Expansion
…dark ride based on The Little Mermaid, presumably similar to the virtual ride included on the recent Platinum Edition Little Mermaid DVD. A rumored Ratatouille ride was not announced. The… |
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The Secret Life of Pets
…and 1970s Warner Brothers cartoons — a little too loud, a little too brash, but fun. Most of the voice cast, like a lot of the film, was serviceable if… |
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David Couchariere: from Blue Sky to DreamWorks, an Animated Career
…For example, over-shaping the mouth or loosening the face too much sometimes looked to human-like and we had to pull back. It had to look a little “raw”, but subtle… |
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Bambi Diamond Edition: an interview with Donnie Dunagan, the original “Young Prince of the Forest”
…films between 1938 and 1941, making his film debut in Mother Carey’s Chickens (1938), playing the son of the Son of Frankenstein (1939) and providing the voice of young Bambi… |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: With a Smile and a Song!
…he gathered his lead animators in a little soundstage, and, during four hours, we told and played the whole story for them, even already envisioning the songs. For three years,… |
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Sherlock: Season One
…for the Holmes fans, as well as many smart little touches of its own. The Afghanistan line, in Conan Doyle’s first story A Study In Scarlet, referred to John Watson’s… |
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Sealab 2020: The Complete Series
…to educate and give the Saturday morning crowd a little adventure. Unfortunately, such an approach did not prove successful, as it ended its run that December with three episodes left… |
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Wallace And Gromit: The Complete Collection
…entirely by the movement of his eyebrows. While personality animation gives the emotional payoff, it is often the other little touches that can truly impress the viewer and bring big… |
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Princess Mononoke
…it got dumped into just 129 theatres, largely art houses, and got little promotion on its way to making just over 2 million dollars in its American engagement. It received… |
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Wolverine Anime
…enamored with the character of Wolverine— too much anti-hero for my taste. I guess I can see the appeal for some, but I like my heroes a little shinier and… |
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Superman Vs. The Elite
…goofy, rubbery S on his chest didn’t help matters. There was really too little difference between the main body of the film and how Superman was presented in the silly… |
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Of pigs and men – Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi talk about The Dam Keeper
…with human characters. We ended up switching to animal characters as our story theme got a little heavy. We thought these simple animal characters allowed us to keep the fable-like… |
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Phineas And Ferb Star Wars
…desert planet to become embroiled in a galactic conflict. And, a platypus stalks an evil Sith wannabe. The Sweatbox Review: Ah, corporate synergy. Disney fans have been a little excited… |
