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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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The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 3: The Orlando Features
…her, we had the opportunity to actually adjust her design a little bit so that when she was disguised as Ping, as a soldier, that she was physically a little… |
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WALL•E: Angus MacLane’s burning love for BURN•E!
…The Incredibles that Brad was excited about, but budget constraints kept us from doing it. I think it is important that the side story not belittle or betray the main… |
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Prep & Landing
…modern-day story of what goes on behind the scenes before Santa Claus arrives at a child’s house. Our hero in the story is an elf named Wayne (Codename “Little Drummer… |
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Nana’s back! Elisa Gabrielli on Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
…who were there doing the same thing. On that particular day the directors and producer asked if anyone wanted to take a crack at voicing this Little Old Lady. She… |
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Shrek The Halls
…fullscreen versions onto one and the same disc, equalling a 56 minute screen time and thus leaving a little bit of room for some extra gifts, though perhaps unwanted as… |
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Disney princesses may be better role models than some claim
Disney princesses take a lot of heat for being poor influences on little girls, because Disney associates them with fashion, make-up, etc. Some say it is easy to pick on… |
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Walt Disney's Timeless Tales: Volume 1 Review
…four Silly Symphony shorts The Pied Piper, The Grasshopper and the Ants, The Tortoise and the Hare and The Three Little Pigs, as well as the 1990 Mickey Mouse short… |
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Director Torill Kove on The Danish Poet
…that Scandinavians are a little confused about where famous people come from – that’s a bit of an in-joke. But I think that’s also kind of an international joke. For… |
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Missing Link opens
…animated triumph for Laika, Missing Link is a visual treat with lots of humor, plenty of heart, and even a little food for thought”. BOM projects a lot of competition… |
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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
Imagine Entertainment/Universal Studios Home Entertainment (October 13 2009), single disc, 57 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1, Not Rated, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: The adorable little monkey is… |
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Marine Boy: The Complete First Season
…Marine Boy?” I asked. Information on the Net was scarce, too, though I did find some reference to its Japanese origins. Four years later, I was a little amazed, but… |
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My Neighbor Totoro
…explore their new surroundings, including their new character home and the surrounding yard, while admiring the rice fields just across the road. Early in their explorations, they encounter little fuzzy… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition
…who does not have that little tiny part of them that remembers what being a kid and loving cartoons was like. A triumph of animation and special effects, Roger himself… |
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Scooby-Doo: Where Are You! The Complete Series (Mystery Machine Edition)
…muster up a decent catchphrase, unlike the show’s signature “Scooby-doobie-doo!”, which I’ve always felt is little more than a variation on Hanna-Babera’s “Yabba-dabba-doo!” from The Flintstones but has taken on… |
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Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland: How illustrators Kei Acedera and Bobby Chiu shaped the Characters’ Designs
…her friends and co-workers. She also enjoys making little t-shirts for her guinea pig, Tobi. Bobby Chiu’s art career started at the age of two with a box of crayons… |
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The Black Cauldron: Producer Joe Hale talks munchings and crunchings…
…done a little bit of everything, like story work. Basically, I was a layout man, but on The Wonderful World of Disney and Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color I… |
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Frozen
…little more cookie-cutter, and could easily take the place of Rapunzel (not just in looks but personality as well), though she is less expressive than her long-haired counterpart. Their characters… |
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Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales
…the only instance of the characters’ hometown ever being named. This tiny tribute to Charles “Sparky” Schulz is just a little throwaway thing, but I enjoyed it. Seasons Greetings From… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Four – Can’t Stop The Feeling
…the level of excellence the first film had, but it was great enough to come close. It was compelling and dramatic that had little compromise while still offering hearty laughs… |
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The Beatrix Potter Collection
…young author’s seemingly “odd stories”. Miss Potter is also uniquely sprinkled with subtle, lovely little bits of animation; a wink from Peter Rabbit here, a flurry from Jemima Puddleduck there,… |
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All*Star Superman
…a little better. Foreshadowing is certainly not a foreign concept for Morrison, but the way he uses it can be too oblique; in other cases, revelations can seem to come… |
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You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…to fly a kite, worries about his lack of Valentines, and frets that the Little Red-haired Girl is watching him eat his lunch. There are baseball game miseries. The kids… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 4
…Jerry. By the end, Jerry does end up getting rid of the cats with one final trick up his sleeve, but even this ultimate backfires in another classic ending. Little… |
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Helluva Boss
…vile who treats most everyone awfully and has little redeeming qualities. One of the biggest draws to the show has been the inclusion of renowned voice actor Richard Horvitz. Horvitz… |
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Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol.1
…saving his life. The duckling makes his first appearance in the cartoon Little Quacker (1950), where he almost becomes a roast duck. One of the funnier clips is in this… |
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Shrek the Halls premieres tonight
…Boots (who has a couple of very catlike moments), Dragon (and the three donkey/dragon offspring), Pinocchio (who is good at Christmas and doesn’t tell a lie), Gingy (suffering a little… |
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Astro Boy (1963): Ultra Collector’s Edition Sets 1 & 2
…perhaps a little surprising that it took so long to bring out the original Astro Boy onto the format. Astro Boy was, after all, among the very first Japanese animated… |
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The Princess and the Frog DVD and Blu-ray in March
…her Debut In A Rollicking Musical Adventure From The Creators Of Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. Critically-Acclaimed Animated Feature The Princess And The Frog Premieres March 16, 2010 on Blu-ray… |
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The Zeta Project: Season One
…speaking at a science center, but before they can reach him, Zeta and Ro have to evade guards and end up having to prevent a little girl’s death. We get… |
