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The Bad Guys
…lot of the heavy lifting comes from the way they play with the conventions of the genre. For example, the cliched “hacker” character who is always seen typing away furiously… |
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Lightyear doesn’t quite reach infinity and beyond at box office
Pixar’s Lightyear–the first movie from the studio to get a theatrical release from Disney since Onward–opened this weekend to an estimated $51 million, Deadline is reporting. While still a respectable… |
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Teaser trailer for Disney’s Wish
Walt Disney Animation has released a trailer for their latest film, Wish, “a story a century in the making”. The movie will hit theatres November 22, 2023. From Disney: “The… |
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Asylum has made a The Little Mermaid movie, apparently
Mockbuster giant Asylum is seemingly trying to cash in on the new live-action Little Mermaid from Disney, and while that movie might be getting a mixed response from critics and… |
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The Marvels join forces in new trailer
…is a lot more focused on action than the comedy-heavy teaser from earlier this year, though for some this will still look like “Disney+: The Movie” as it focuses on… |
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Disney releases magical trailer for new short Once Upon a Studio
Disney has released a trailer for their much-anticipated live-action/animated short Once Upon a Studio, which will feature hundreds of cameos from various classic characters to celebrate the 100th anniversary of… |
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Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft debuts on Netflix
…voice cast includes Allen Maldonado (Zip), and Earl Baylon (reprising his role as Jonah from Tomb Raider video games). Credits: From Legendary Television, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft… |
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An Almost Christmas Story soars in delightful trailer
…filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Roma), the animated tale is inspired from the 2020 true event of Rocky, an owl that had been discovered and rescued from the Rockefeller Center Christmas… |
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Jim Hill briefs Harry Knowles on the latest at Disney
…for the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World called “Stitch’s Great Escape”. The show needed a “a few minutes of new traditionally animated footage featuring characters from \\Lilo & Stitch\\…… |
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Goofy, Charlie Brown, and Captain America!
…on the just opened (with $63.5 million, so cue episodes 3, 4 and 5) DreamWorks feature Madagascar: The Crate Escape …oops, sorry… Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Stay tooned! – Ben…. |
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Shrek The Halls
…predictably brings up the Move It, Move It theatrical trailer for the current Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (a terrible title that replaced the much smarter The Crate Escape) before the… |
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Madagascar 2 title change
Trademork reports that DreamWork’s upcoming sequel Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape may have undergone a name change. While it has not yet been confirmed, the article states that the new… |
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Madagascar 2 poster
The first theatrical poster for DreamWork’s upcoming sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa can be seen at Cinematical. The one-sheet features all of the lead characters from the first film, including… |
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New cast announced for Madagascar sequel, Will.i.am-Hans Zimmer music team confirmed
Coming Soon! reports that the original cast from Madagascar, including Ben Stiller as Alex the lion, Chris Rock as Marty the zebra, David Schwimmer as Melman the giraffe, Jada Pinkett… |
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Pixar animator presents UK animation workshop
Escape Studios is hosting a two-day animation workshop in London on June 10-11 presented by Andrew Gordon, who is currently supervising animator on Pixar’s new short film Presto. During the… |
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Kung Fu Panda leads 36th Annie Awards nominations
…CATEGORIES Animated Effects Alen Lai Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios Li-Ming Lawrence Lee Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation Fangwei Lee Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa… |
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Kung Fu Panda wins big at 36th Annie Awards; WALL-E shut out
…Escape 2 Africa – DreamWorks Animation Kevin Lee Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios Enrique Vila WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios Character Animation in a Feature Production James Baxter Kung… |
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Ratatouille
…overdeveloped sense of smell and taste, making being a garbage eating animal difficult. After being separated from his family he ends up in Paris, the gourmet food capital of the… |
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Aeon Flux: The Complete Collection
…altogether. You go from passive viewer to active thinker, and the show’s real potential to reach you is realized. Chung’s mission was to make you examine what you know of… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 1
…article. Saturday mornings. There was a time that those words meant escape— escape into the “cultural wasteland” of television and Saturday morning cartoons. Ah, and what a glorious wasteland it… |
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Aladdin: Platinum Edition
…computer animator Tina Price. Like in Beauty & The Beast before it, animators continued to experiment with CGI, particularly in the Cave of Wonders and Aladdin’s escape from the cave…. |
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Kung Fu Panda / Secrets Of The Furious Five
…being, I think, a Yogic exercise. It’s this opening that suggests Kung Fu Panda is going to be something different from anything – especially from the DreamWorks stable – that’s… |
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More Peter & The Wolf, Madagascar 2 – and a quick catch-up!
…bring you a first look at the packaging for DreamWorks’ Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on Blu-ray and the DVD double pack that bundles in two new Penguins Of Madagascar adventures… |
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Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!
…though a fair amount of speckling and old-school cel scuffs may slightly detract from the image for those who regularly watch animation from this vintage. But therein lays its charm,… |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: With a Smile and a Song!
…ladies said: “But Walt, what do you think we’ve done all our lives?” Remember that at those times, realism was new. Animators would come from cartoon, from gag, from caricature…. |
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Iron Man: Armored Adventures: Volume 2
…leave it in the vault while he attempts to escape from the high-security building. After being discovered, Tony is forbidden from ever setting foot in the building by Obadiah Stane…. |
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Disney Blu-ray 3D Reissues: Chicken Little / Meet The Robinsons / Bolt / G-Force
…of bird from the outset. To go with all the fancy new visual tricks, the plot gets an upgrade too – this is not the Chicken Little we remember from… |
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Help! …It’s The Hair Bear Bunch!: The Complete Series
…front of the Superintendent. Help! …It’s The Hair Bear Bunch! may not have broken new ground, but it does provide an enjoyable sixteen episodes of 1970s-style escape–from-the-zoo humor, decades before… |
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The Pirate Fairy
…scientist who dares to mess with nature, Zarina finds her experiments lead to no good, and the destructive result sees her lose her position before she disappears from Pixie Hollow… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Sixth Season
…from their cosmic pal Prismo (who, it turns out, is really just the dream of an old man), and break into a multiversal prison called The Citadel, despite interference from… |
