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Race To Witch Mountain
…featuring Roddy McDowell. It was this lack of Mouse House influence that gave Escape its distinction, and Hough and the Studio were rewarded with enough success to warrant a sequel,… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2: Special Editions
…but, after a disastrous screening for the Mouse House brass, who were putting up the financing, it became more focused on the interplay between Woody and Buzz, which has since… |
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From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece’s animated adventures in screenwriting
…at the “House of Mouse” up until Treasure Planet in 2002. Ironically, Reece failed to get the studio’s attention during those same years. “I couldn’t get a meeting there to… |
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The Emperor’s New Groove: 2-Movie Collection
…the Mouse House, continuing his pursuit with Prince and, ultimately, somewhat fulfilling his intention by winning the first Best Animated Feature prize with Shrek. Several projects instigated by Katzenberg were… |
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Joe Barbera; Gremlins and Disney's Dog
…but no-less mature family comedies. Barbera started out with Bill way back in the 1930s, creating the legendary cat ‘n’ mouse team of Tom & Jerry, who will, for me,… |
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Flushed Away Giveaway – Winners Announced!
…Away is the story of Roddy, an upper-crust “society mouse,” who is rather rudely evicted from his Kensington flat when he is flushed down into Ratropolis, the bustling sewer world… |
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Aardman's new home; Treasures still a comin'; new contest and more reviews on the way, plus a recharge to the site coming soon…
…The Mouse! For anyone who has read daughter Leslie Iwerks’ accompanying book or have been lucky enough to have seen this film before, you’ll know that this documentary, though it… |
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Thunder And The House Of Magic
…cat has little choice, though, and he bravely proceeds to enter the spooky-looking Victorian house. Inside, the cat encounters two creatures who live there— a grumpy rabbit and his hench-mouse…. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #79: An American Tail – How Many Bands Have a Thunder Tube?
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! For the next film in The Rotoscopers’ ‘Mice & Rats’ series, they cover Don Bluth’s 1986 mouse film An American Tail. https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV9711690161.mp3 Highlights • More… |
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Giveaway crazy! Plus the old American Dog/Bolt switcheroo!
…been getting from the Mouse House. With John Lasseter rumored to be no big fan of Sanders, he didn’t waste much time in removing this original director from his, excuse… |
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Noveltoons: Original Classics
…attempts at establishing new cartoon stars, like Herman and Henry, an unlikely duo of a mouse and a rooster. The pair are shown in Scrappily Married, demonstrating the foibles of… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two
…featuring the voice of Goofy’s narrator John McLeish), the Hubie and Bertie featured Cheese Chasers and Mouse Wreckers, and the Three Bears parody A Bear For Punishment – all adding… |
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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss press kit
…of Credits The Fox and the Hound – Disney Animator The Black Cauldron – Disney Animator The Great Mouse Detective – Disney Animator Oliver & Company – Disney Animator Who… |
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Updates from the King of the Hill (Jim Hill, Not Hank Hill)
…one up. Second is an article by Aaron Michael Gordon which offers up an opinion “as to why the Mouse House appears to be going to the dogs.” And third,… |
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Tom & Jerry Tales Volume 4 – Winner Announced!
Tom & Jerry Tales Volume 4 is the latest collection of recently animated television shorts that brings Hanna-Barbera’s cat and mouse back to the screen and we have a copy… |
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Finding Dory
…hit instead. I also find it ironic that, when Disney brought in the Pixar folks to rejuvenate its then-flagging animation unit, they lamented the Mouse House’s growing trend, and ultimate… |
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Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland: How illustrators Kei Acedera and Bobby Chiu shaped the Characters’ Designs
…her “mousiness” from very much like a mouse, to being almost being a “human mouse”. The other thing I had to keep in mind was how to make it clear… |
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Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 2
…1 DVD and offers 12 animated shorts including Fire Breathing Tomcat, Medieval Menace, The Itch, Digital Dilemma, Hi Robot, Tomcat Jetpack, Piranha Be Loved (By You), Spook House Mouse, Abracadumb,… |
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2016: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
…study these films on Blu-ray), and even the frivolous The Art Of Minnie Mouse gave us interesting visual riffs on one of Disney’s oldest characters. Two books really excelled this… |
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Moana: Ultimate Collectors Edition
…the character’s song that made it into the movie. This segues nicely into a quick Fishing For Easter Eggs (2:52) look at the Hidden Mickeys, Aladdin’s lamp and the likes… |
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2017 D23 Expo Exclusive
…included Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightly, Morgan Freeman, and Helen Mirren, a teaser trailer was shown that interested attendees. Bailey noted that the Mouse King would be computer generated, with his… |
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The Last Unicorn (pan-and-scan)
…and characters, the general feeling was that they were overall being let down in the story department. Other studios decided to try and out-do the Mouse House, with lower-budgeted features… |
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Last day at Disney for John Musker and Ron Clements
…the second Golden Age of Animation in the late 1980’s with \\The Great Mouse Detective\\ and \\The Little Mermaid\\. They went on to direct \\Aladdin\\, \\Hercules\\, and \\Treasure Planet\\. One… |
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Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age To Meddling Kids
…book called Mouse Tracks: A History Of Walt Disney Records, a must-read for anyone with an interest in the subject. After I read that book, I found myself hoping that… |
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An animated look at the history of cartoons to air on UK TV…
…to Nemo”, if you will. Being a British show, it’s not just a case of going from mouse to mice (well, whatever the plural of a computer mouse is anyway!),… |
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Video Effects Society award nominations announced
…Duran Duran “What Happens Tomorrow” Never “The Dream” Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program Clubhouse, “Episode #005” Lost, “Pilot – Part 2” Spartacus Best Single Visual Effect of… |
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Cartoon Network announces 2008 programming
…producer Fred Schaefer. The Secret Saturdays’ creator, Jay Stephens, began his career creating independent comic books like Atomic City Tales, The Land of Nod and Jetcat Clubhouse, which he later… |
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From Up On Poppy Hill dub clip
…save their school’s clubhouse. The script was adapted by Hayao Miyazaki and his son, Goro Miyazaki, is directing the film. The English cast includes Sarah Bolger, Anton Yelchin, Gillian Anderson,… |
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From Up On Poppy Hill
…dust and in sad disrepair. Nevertheless, the boys love their “clubhouse,” and treasure its traditions. Shun’s passion for saving the Latin Quarter is infectious, and Umi becomes involved with the… |
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Prep & Landing
…by Disney. Sure, there was 1983’s Mickey’s Christmas Carol and there were certainly some good Winnie the Pooh Christmas specials, but none that made as much of a mark on… |