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The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still
…the headlines, and the political landscape felt more split apart than ever before. Through it all, there were some bright spots, the least of which being the communal sense of… |
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Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas
…than under the camera moving the puppet, because of the magnitude, the scope of the sets and the production. That was a challenge for me, to get out there quickly… |
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Grayskull needs a hero in the Masters of the Universe: Revelation trailer
The first action-packed trailer for Masters of the Universe: Revelation has been revealed, and you can check it out in the player above. While the series will serve as a… |
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The Best of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe is set in the far-off planet of Eternia where the only one who can stop the forces of evil from conquering the planet… |
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Rex Steele – Nazi Smasher: Limited Edition
…of the great adventure themes. Seems the short may have been temp tracked by a couple of James Horner cues though…there’s the unmistakable mark of his The Rocketeer in the… |
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She-Ra: Princess of Power – Season 1, Volume 1
…the Horde and joins the rebellion alongside Adam and the rest of the rebellion. When she lifts the Sword of Protection into the air and invokes the grace of Greyskull,… |
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He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe: Volume Two
…boy transforms into the most powerful man in the universe in order to fight the forces of evil. The Sweatbox Review: I missed the first He-Man And The Masters Of… |
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The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?
…my shelf, along with the superlative restoration of George Pal’s The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm to the always enticing Warner Archive, the bonkers Return Of Captain Invincible in… |
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An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations
…of their rolls, turning the mechanics of the game into the foundations upon which to develop compelling story moments. The Legend of Vox Machina carefully enhanced these for even greater… |
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The Best Of 2024: Back To Basics!
…of animation, from the depths of a floundering comic book industry was the revival of the Ultimate Marvel Universe. Going in unique directions, these books offered some fresh air that… |
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DC FanDome Online Event Recap
…later). The conversation then shifted to the spin-off TV series which is already in early development for HBO Max. Told from the perspective of “the city,” it will chronicle the… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s
…know what? As much as I adore the Classic Trio of mouse, duck, and goof, one of my favorites of the Treasures sets was the Silly Symphonies edition. I just… |
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He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe: Volume Three
…out as (notably with their original He-Man sets), they recaptured glory with their three volumes of the 21st century He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe. The show itself features… |
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Masters of the Universe title reveal uses classic cartoon’s original theme
Amazon MGM Studios revealed the official logo for the upcoming Masters of the Universe movie (in several different languages), and longtime fans should be thrilled to hear the video uses… |
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Into The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Studio Cast Recording with Music Supervisor Michael Kosarin and Orchestrator Michael Starobin
…then hearing this, the depth of the score, just starting with Bells Of Notre Dame and going in to the Latin music, and something like Out There which is I… |
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Into The Forest Of Enchantement – A Disney Musical Adventure at Disneyland Paris
…their films. New scenery appears over the course of the stories, brought by the spirits of the forest, inviting the audience in to discover new worlds as though they themselves… |
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Flip The Frog: The Complete Series
…football cartoon follows, then the rather amorous old maid returns for the fun western spoof The Pony Express. Flip reverts to boyhood in The Music Lesson, then becomes a babysitter… |
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Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast
…the design of the beasts themselves? ML: We had Shiyoon Kim as Designer of the beasts. All the beasts coming out of one person’s imagination gives them a certain DNA… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 1
…Beast. In the background, there is an image of another off-model Magneto. I do not understand the reason behind the off-model characters, but some of the designs look nothing like… |
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The Best Of 2023: Back To Normal-ish?
…releases of The Son Of The Stars, The Pied Piper, Heroic Times, Cat City [below], and they also put out Denmark’s Benny’s Bathtub. Also consider Warner Archive, the boutique label… |
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Bolt: Cinzia Angelini – one bold, Bolt animator!
…of the pitfalls of the visual effect world is that the animator is not regarded as highly as one working for the feature animation studios. Disney of course was once… |
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The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
…would eventually produce or direct such film classics as The Time Machine, The War Of The Words, Destination Moon, and The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm; but the first… |
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Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season One, Part One
…ultimate straight man to a litany of over-the-top villains and colorful comrades-in-arms. From outer space to the ocean depths, from the jungles of the tropics to the labyrinths of modern… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…all the other members of the crew, they give their full enthusiasm and talent for the project in order for it to become an unheard-of reality. AnimatedViews: What led you… |
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For Smurfs: The Lost Village‘s art department, it’s great to feel blue!
…a “brave little tailor” scene with a Smurf for the study of the animation style. AV: Do the characteristics of the “School of Marcinelle” (Peyo’s style, part of one of… |
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2021 Quick Review Recaps
…was. The scores are on a scale of to 10, with being the worst of the worst, and 10 the best of the best. Those scores are saved for the… |
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Composer Philip Klein on Wish Dragon
…on their own. AV: The choice of the “pipa god” as one of the main characters shows the importance of music in the movie. PK: He was in the script… |
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The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3
…it one of the most beautiful of the Puppetoons, replete with crystalline imagery, a castle in the clouds, and other fairy tale wonder, set to the music of Tchaikovsky’s The… |
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Dave Metzger’s Wish Comes True…
…“This Wish”. You can hear them with the Steamboat Willie logo. I used a ghostly imaging of the first five notes of the chorus of the song. Also, one of… |
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Let’s jump into Hoppers with Daniel Chong and Nicole Grindle
…He felt the message of our film was very close to the spirit of the group he founded in the 70s, Devo, about man becoming separate from nature in the… |
