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A Christmas Carol: director Robert Zemeckis’ season’s greetings!
…from her head. The great thrill for me was having the tools to do justice to what Dickens wrote and put all these surreal and fantastic images up there on… |
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Cars: Ultimate Gift Pack
…simple set up that pays off in a Pixar short, and One Man Band is no exception, its short four-and-a-half minute length proving that less is indeed more. Those who… |
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The Look of Mr. Fox
Comingsoon.net has a behind-the-scenes article about how director Wes Anderson and his team achieved the unique look of the stop-motion animated comedy Fantastic Mr. Fox. Starring George Clooney and based… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…a long-winded way of saying Ice Age 3 looks fantastic, sharp as one would expect direct from the digital files. Scratch Tracks: Presented in English with a dino-powered 7.1 DTS… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 2
…fantastic selection of the best the decade had to offer. When I heard another volume was forthcoming, I was jazzed. Details on the exact contents were encouraging initially, but obviously… |
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Additions old and new; reviews and a new Media section!
…Fantastic Mr Fox, out nationwide in the US this weekend, and keep your eyes peeled to our front page, too, for further reviews this week: Up, Monsters, Inc. and, tying… |
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Oscar races heat up
…L.A. Times says Fantastic Mr. Fox’s impressive showing during it’s qualifying run and it’s critical success may make it a strong contender for an animated nod. Screen International has a… |
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Pixar and Princess rule our latest updates!
…family can’t find Fantastic Mr Fox playing anywhere near them. Lastly, and admittedly a bit on the fringes even for us, is my full take on Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner,… |
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Best Picture Oscar for an animated flick?
…and The Fantastic Mr. Fox, as well as the low number of more traditional Best Picture fare normally released around this time of year. The article also briefly mentions a… |
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More Awards for Up!
…its Special Filmmaking Achievement Award, which was given to Wes Anderson for The Fantastic Mr. Fox. More on the NBR awards, including a full list of all winners, can be… |
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Stop-motion features at the Oscars
The Hollywood Reporter takes an interesting look at the differences between stop-motion features and CGI, comparing Coraline, Mary And Max and Fantastic Mr Fox to the likes of Up, Cloudy… |
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A Town Called Panic prepares for two-week engagement
…Cannes, Toronto, Fantastic Fest, and the recent AFI Film Festival, the trailer and some other clips from the film can now be viewed at the official A Town Called Panic… |
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Princess And The Frog soundtrack streamed
…for God knows how many animation movies with Pixar and Disney. This could be one of the best Disney scores ever, because I think he’s fantastic”. Chief Creative Officer for… |
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Nominations for the Critics Choice Awards announced
…Up was also included in the five nominations for Best Animated Feature, and will be going against Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Princess… |
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2010 Golden Globe nominations
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess And The Frog, and Up are the nominees for Best Animated Feature at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards…. |
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Shorts
…one movie that fired their imaginations and got them interested in fantastic stories. I really could have done without the booger monster, but Rodriguez knows that kids love that stuff,… |
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Avatar, Up among PGA nominations
…Up and Up In The Air. Up is unsurprisingly also a contender for the PGA’s animated film award, alongside 9, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Princess And The Frog…. |
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Fox challenging Up?
Is Fantastic Mr. Fox the frontrunner for the Oscar? The New York TImes makes the case — in their usual in-depth fashion. Awards Daily, however, much more tersely replies “but… |
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Up, Avatar score PGA wins, BAFTA nods
Up and Avatar continue to rake in the awards and nominations. Up picked up BAFTA nominations for Best Screenplay, Music, Sound and Animated Film. Coraline and Fantastic Mr. Fox also… |
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Turning up for Tooning In!
…a couple of new reviews and the fifth and final part of Jeremie’s fantastic career retrospective on The Princess And The Frog‘s supervising animator Mark Henn, which will be up… |
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Oscar reactions from Coraline, French Roast
…Kells, done in hand-drawn animation; Coraline and Fantastic Mr. Fox, in stop-motion; and Up, in glorious CG. It’s a great day for me, my family, and for all of us… |
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Oscar goes Blu!
…Santa Buddies. Best of the bunch will be the Best Animated Feature winner for 2009, so you’ll also be guaranteed one of these titles too: Coraline, Fantastic Mr Fox, The… |
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Animated Views’ 6th Annual Oscar Contest – Winner Announced!
…film that wins Best Animated Feature: either Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, or Up. As The Secret of Kells is not yet available, a $25 Amazon… |
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My Neighbor Totoro
…now seen as a classic, and Totoro has in particular endured as a merchandizing success in Japan. Two sisters, eleven year-old Satsuki and four-year old Mei (played by real-life sisters… |
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Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland: How illustrator Dawn Brown decorated the Red Queen’s Castle
…Karen is fantastic, working with her was truly a pleasure. She knows what she wants, and also allowed me enough room to incorporate my own ideas. I would prepare concept… |
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Easter goodies, plus a review roundup!
…of its Studio Ghibli Collection got off to a fine start with four of Miyazaki’s finest. Rand grabbed the set and added his take on all four titles: • Kiki’s… |
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman writes (and talks) about his Animated Life
…In his fantastic new book, My Animated Life, recently published by Blurb, Floyd collected dozens of animated stories, sharing his experiences from Sleeping Beauty to Toy Story 2, and guides… |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to “the other side” of animation!
…to John Lasseter four years ago. In terms of differences, the character of Tiana’s father assumed a bigger role as we made the film and we tied her passion for… |
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Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey
…(producing, as a result, at least three or four titles of their own merits), and – somewhat oddly – Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, who entered into an… |
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Annies online!
…Fantastic Mr. Fox. The Winsor McCay Award, for career achievement in animation went to Tim Burton, Bruce Timm and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Tom Sito won the June Foray Award for Benevolent… |
