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Bee Movie
…had more to do with the talents of the animators. Renée Zellweger does a very good job not only of voicing the overall character, but of delivering some of the… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume One
…mega-box set Golden Age Of Looney Tunes collections rest assured – these toons would only fill half of one of those tomes, so there is still a huge amount that… |
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The Rescuers
…of artists full of new ideas. After a few quiet years, the Studio bounced back in 1977 with three features: The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, a compendium of… |
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Of Paramount importance: a pair of live-action reviews!
…of the actors underneath. The backs of both leave a little open to interpretation: instead of a plot synopsis they’re both mainly given over to stills and a listing of… |
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Pirates of the Caribbean ride enhancements: What to keep an eye out for
…re-mastered to ensure a crisp and dynamic soundtrack. Guests will notice the addition of music cues from the soundtracks of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl… |
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Experience Roddy's world: Flushed Away game announced
…of DreamWorks Animation SKG. Starting in early October, the game will be available for free exclusively at www.aol.com/flushedawaygame, and will offer a series of online challenges, each featuring a different… |
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Nightmare's here! Plus the Lone Ranger, Zorro…and Wart!
…Noyer has been speaking to a couple of members of Nightmare‘s crew: director Henry Selick revealed some of the secrets behind the scenes in a roundtable discussion and, exclusive to… |
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Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition
…they heard about the raising of a dead army of skeletons, the rather drab hero and the sucking of life out of the villain come the film’s climax. Faith in… |
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The BFG
…hoping this new film might have finally cracked the rather hard nut of a story in which two characters do an awfully lot of talking. Far off lands of giants,… |
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Pinocchio: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…off many of the foreign markets that were vastly important to Walt’s films, didn’t help, as was the fact that this dark and often foreboding tale didn’t offer much in… |
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Bonhams & Butterfields celebrate Carl Barks at auction
…it is one of the most compelling examples of Barks’ painting ever brought to public auction. Featured highlights from the Estate of Carl Barks include: a large collection of preliminary… |
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Barks auction update: New world record set
…working for Disney Studios. His offered work featured depictions of timeless Disney characters Huey, Duey and Louie making a castle out of thousand dollar bills and gold coins while Donald… |
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Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition
…anniversary edition DVD is a timely reminder of one of the Studio’s most overlooked and much-maligned features. After the box off punch of Beauty And The Beast and The Lion… |
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Student Academy Award winners announced
The winners of the Student Academy Awards In Animation were announced this past week. The Gold Medal went to David Wolter of CalArts for Eyrie, the Silver Medal to Mark… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two
…of people, a small smattering of extras can go a long way. We’re in luck once again here with a huge array of bonus material, some of it old, some… |
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Frodo and Potter prepare to battle over prizes
With the award season nearly upon us, the {{link http://www.bafta.com British Academy of Film and Televison Arts}} will award the winners of this year’s British Academy Children’s Film and Television… |
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Brother Bear Opens No. 1 on Saturday.
According to Movie Zone, Brother Bear opened on Saturday with an impressive $11.155 million, making its total box office gross nearly $12 million, including last weekend’s opening in select cities…. |
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Fantasia / Fantasia 2000
…an excellent use of his original Fantasia opening, are a numerous list of appropriate faces from the worlds of music and entertainment, all of them suited and booted for the… |
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DreamWorks opening theme parks in Russia
…height of each park will be comparable to a 13-floor building, giving visitors the sense of being outdoors. DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said, “Russia is one of the most… |
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Jim Henson Company Moves to China
…Tianjan, China–predicted to be one of the biggest media cities in the future. The JHC has signed a memo of understanding with Nine Eyes Stone Animation Production, Tianjin Dream Land… |
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Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
…spot, although it’s fun enough and offers at least one element of the film’s promotional campaign. Covering more of the production side of things is a Ringmasters featurette (15:27), which… |
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The Lion King II / The Lion King 1½
…Circle Of Life sequence kicks things off with those clear comparisons in mind. Disappointingly, Tina Turner’s rendition of the track, played over the closing credits of the European version, lent… |
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Cars 2
…good (the neon of Tokyo, the softness of Paris, the color of London), while the crushed blacks of Mater’s dream sequence are as a deep and non-inhibited by noise or… |
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The Tale of Despereaux
The Tale of Despereaux is the story of a rat who who wants some soup created by a famous chef and a man made from vegetables. After the queen accidentally… |
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A 20th season for The Simpsons, but no signed cast yet
…on hold while negotiations are underway which is expected to result in a shorter season of 20 or fewer episodes instead of the regular 22. The Simpsons key voice talent-Dan… |
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Kachow! The Cars 2: Agents On A Mission Tour
…of 18,000 prizes – including, appropriately, a car. In what gradually became an amusing sight gag, crowds of folks consistently gathered and then disappeared at the sight of a few… |
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Another Wall•E trailer
An additional trailer for Pixar’s latest, Wall•E, is available for your viewing pleasure on ComingSoon. This new trailer, titled ‘Cities’, gives us a closer look at the abandoned metropolitan areas… |
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Walt & El Grupo / The Boys / Waking Sleeping Beauty
…surely a fraction of the priceless riches this now hugely vast archive of material can provide to researchers, or producers of documentary subjects. Documentaries have always been a part of… |
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Big Hero 6
…felt it might be better suited to one of the rush of super-TV programs currently playing on small screens everywhere rather than a large feature. Possibly it’s a case of… |
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Tangled : An Interview with Disney Designer Laurent Ben-Mimoun
…Tibet. We created for them some of the first digital matte paintings. Because of the quality of the visual effects, I had the opportunity to come to work that year… |
