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How Disney historian Didier Ghez wrote as he pleased…
…way Disney approached cartoons? DG: This will sound a little bit vague, but Bianca introduced a woman’s sensitivity to the projects she tackled. The colors and motifs in her drawings… |
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How concept artist Dawn Brown transformed into a director for House Of Monsters
…don’t know why it works out that way. Maybe because the staccato feeling of this technique naturally adds a little creepiness that serves monster stories very well. AV: Since horror… |
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Dinotrux
…awful, and for its target audience of little kids, it should be a harmless distraction. The most appealing thing about Dinotrux is the animation. While the series doesn’t look nearly… |
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Rick & Morty
…a little while to find their footing, Rick & Morty burst out of the gate with extreme confidence, producing one terrific episode after another. Every time I thought I had… |
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Minions
…I hadn’t seen already. Minions is definitely in the Despicable Me camp — great performances, always musically interesting, somewhat entertaining, sometimes funny, a little bit of heart, but with a… |
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Apple and Walt Disney Records finally reach agreement on adding Disney catalog to iTunes
…such as \\Alice in Wonderland\\, \\Beauty and the Beast\\, \\The Lion King\\, \\Snow White\\ and \\The Little Mermaid\\; Disney/Pixar’s \\Toy Story\\, \\Toy Story 2\\, \\A Bug’s Life\\, \\Monsters, Inc.\\ and… |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
…spin-off movies keep the characters and ideas coming. These are money-makers, pure and simple. And that should be allowed without complaint. But the whole thing is just a little too… |
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Frozen: The Poster Collection
…than substantial and, dare I say it, even a little “cheap”. This it is certainly most not with a $25 retail cost, and despite my initial reaction that it felt,… |
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Gladiators Of Rome
…run last year (where it reportedly made only $8,000 or so), and now the movie has found itself on American store shelves, albeit with very little fanfare behind it. Which… |
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Smurfs to smurf back to the smurf screen
…little {{link http://www.mushroomvillage.com/smurfs-comeback.html more digging}} on the site reveals that a new Smurf movie and/or TV series is in the works, and Peyo’s little blue characters’ comeback could be “well… |
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Disney DVD update; Range specs
…Three Little Pigs – could this be one of the three Totally Twisted Fairy-Tale shorts that Disney produced in the 1990s (and were a precursor to the lopsided “Once Upon… |
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Maleficent
…think I noted one soundbite), so it’s disappointing but hardly surprising that he isn’t on hand to introduce the cuts here (title cards provide a little info and these moments… |
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Announcing Toonacious Family Entertainment
…Society Award for his animation supervision on Stuart Little 2. Bancroft seeks, along with his colleagues, to provide quality, values-based entertainment through traditional, hand-drawn animation along with some computer animation…. |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2! Yes, Brunhilde and Michigan J. Frog included!
…of shorts, read on here: {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001757.html [More…]}} “Hare-Brained Hypnotist” (Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd – 1942) “Little Red Riding Rabbit” (Bugs Bunny – 1944) “Stage Door Cartoon” (Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd –… |
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The Book of Life
…and talent went into every scene. To be honest, it’s almost a little distracting how amazing everything looks. But as I’ve said many times in reviews, I’m a story guy…. |
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Director Kevin Munroe revisits Imagi’s TMNT franchise
…see us explore the Karai and Foot Ninja thing a little more. I love the Rat King, even though he’s such a one-opp villain, but I still think it would… |
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Russell Schroeder has retrieved Disney’s Lost Chords!
…the U.S., as the demand for Disney comics was greater overseas at that time. I also wrote 2 Disney Little Golden Books, the first being Pluto and the Adventure of… |
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The Venture Bros.: The Complete Sixth Season
…to impress her. And The Blue Morpho has his most stunning victory yet, if a little by accident. The Guild makes the fateful decision to take down The Blue Morpho,… |
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Batman Beyond: Season Three
…as impressive as it was in the first season introduction of the character, this episode scores with a creepy twist or two. Big Time is just a little less impressive,… |
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More Nightmares, plus is The Chosen One worth choosing?
It’s a little early in the year, but tomorrow Tim Burton’s ultimate bad dream, The Nightmare Before Christmas finally comes to DVD and Blu-ray in the kind of collector’s package… |
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Not even a B- for Bee Movie!?
…than the original Stuart Little book, where Geena Davis’ mother character was implied to have actually given natural birth to the Little mouse! Back soon with more reviews! – Ben…. |
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Walt: The Man Behind The Myth
…things were perhaps a little easier (whereas some other things were tougher), as a young director myself he is most certainly a guiding light, and remains an inspiration to us… |
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Bedknobs And Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition
…some children. It might be argued whether this was insurance, or whether he did this to prod Ms. Travers, but it was probably a little of both. Certainly, his seriousness… |
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Christmas Contest: The Tale Of Despereaux goodies – Winner!
…to serve the jailer (Robbie Coltrane). Tiny and graced with oversized ears, Despereaux was born too big for his little world. Refusing to live his life cowering, he befriends a… |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume Three
…that the writers had come through pretty well. So, while a part of me resented what they had done to Apache Chief and Fred Flintstone— and especially poor little Boo… |
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Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary – Winner!
…canyons of New York City, where Oliver, an adorable orphaned kitten, is befriended by Dodger, a carefree mutt with a certain street savoir faire. The mischievous little cat is welcomed… |
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The Muppet Show: Season Two
…Elton John, Steve Martin, Madeline Khan, Rudolf Nureyev, Bernadette Peters, Rich Little, Dom Deluise… good grief!! That line-up just cannot be beat. And it all pays off, too. This season… |
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Animated Grammy nominations
…the Grammy Award voters thought differently with the film picking up three nominations. Enchanted received two nods while the musical version of The Little Mermaid picked up one. The Grammy… |
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Bob Clampett’s Beany And Cecil: The Special Edition
…His efforts there earned him three Emmy Awards over its six-year run. At the same time, Clampett and his staff did the series Thunderbolt The Wondercolt and Willie The Wolf…. |
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Horton Hears A Who!: Deluxe Edition
…little to differentiate the cartooning on offer here from whatever else was out there: Horton comes from a time when quality was king. The story itself – as one would… |
