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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…backgrounds in Wendy/Jane’s room. As far as the animation goes, this was the first outing for Disney’s Australian division, and it’s clear that they pushed for a look that would… |
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The Incredible Mr Limpet
…it may seem, I had never seen The Incredible Mr Limpet in its entirety. In fact, it’s a movie that I had pretty much completely overlooked when I compiled a… |
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Bugs Bunny Superstar
…later compilation The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, Bugs runs off a list of his several “fathers”, with Clampett a conspicuous exclusion… Bugs Bunny Superstar’s disc itself, being an older release,… |
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Enrico Casarosa’s The Venice Chronicles
…this story honestly and still in a good, exciting way now that so much time has passed?” That goes back to the point of me wanting to be present at… |
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Paul & The Dragon
…a game, from the first scans Paul undergoes, to a Nurse offering him candy as a diversion from another test and the Doc’s stick-figure description of what’s happening, while the… |
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Studio Idefix #2 – Lucky Luke: Daisy Town and Ballad Of The Daltons
…bunch of live-action pictures, and the American Tail sequel Fieval Goes West did attempt the same, but here’s the original, folks, with more zip, verve and panache than all of… |
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The Jungle Book 2
…needed). In explaining why Shanti was made more ineffectual one does get the feeling that Morrill is actually justifying the decision to herself all over again, while Walker goes to… |
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The real adventures of Jonny Quest and Pinocchio!
…“definitive” edition, though a very big hand goes to the Cine-Explore feature and, on the DVD, the exemplary audio commentary. Even for regular DVD users, if you’re a serious Disney… |
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Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure
…When Scamp pushes things once too far with the dogs’ owner Mr Darling, he is tied to a post in the yard until he can calm down. Breaking his leash… |
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Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas
…menu, is Cyclops Island, a new story that goes one better than all of those “choose your own path” interactive adventures – this one is completely animated especially for this… |
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Frank And Ollie: Special Edition
…“flops” the correct front cover art shown here, the same as the theatrical poster). Starting way back in 1912, when both Mr Thomas and Mr Johnston were born, the first… |
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The Lion King 1½
…time! In fact, the film seems to take the more “hokey” elements of the original – as well this new film – and goes about sending them up in any… |
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The Prince Of Egypt: Signature Selection
…London-based Amblimation Studio (creators of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and Balto), were also helmers. Providing the rich and deeply textured songs was Stephen Schwartz, who had brought majesty… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford!
…Leitmotives are used. It has a tendency to create a sense of unity, a thread that goes throughout the entire story. It’s not the right technique to use for every… |
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The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume Two
…reward is seeing the whole team go up against evil insects from outer space in Coming Of The Anthropods (where all the big bugs look like smaller versions of Zorak… |
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How Dean Wright and Wendy Rogers brought FX to Prince Caspian
…and VFX. In creating something new, we created a battle that goes on multi-levels, that isn’t just on a single plan. There are the caverns down below, and up above… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 2
…This just goes to show the popularity of these storylines with fans of the X-Men TV show. The third season even offers extensions of the storylines included here, including more… |
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The Simpsons Movie
…thought process goes, “Cool! We get to make a film about the Starship Enterprise!” “Bitchin’!” “So, what should we do with it?” “Uh, I got it… let’s blow it up!”… |
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The Venture Bros.: 3rd Season
…Girlfriend (sorry, she’s now Dr. Mrs. The Monarch) being pursued by robots belonging to their union, The Guild Of Calamitous Intent. This, unfortunately, interrupts us from the resolution of the… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…James Baxter Animation. In addition to animating and supervising, Mr.Baxter lectures frequently on the subject of animation at colleges and animation studios. His impressive credits include King Triton and Ariel,… |
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Douglas Gresham and Trevor Goring: Back Into The Narnia Wardrobe!
…likes to storyboard the whole movie and it goes to editorial when they actually do voice over for all the characters. So the whole film was done as a storyboard… |
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Frank Walsh: Setting The World of Narnia
…of them, all come together. An alumnus of the Hornsey College of Art and the Royal College of Art in England, Mr Walsh made himself famous for his work on… |
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Author Tim Hauser’s “axioms” on The Art Of WALL•E
…Hauser goes behind the scenes to bring us the story of how the world of Wall•E was imagined and brought to life. The film’s sparse use of dialog created a… |
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Peter & The Wolf: A Bird’s-Eye View (With A Balloon!)
…naive on what goes into making 30 minutes of top quality stop motion animation. I wanted it to be the definitive Peter & the Wolf, I wanted it to have… |
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Tony Bancroft balances the yin and the yang in directing Mulan
…she grabs the conscription from her father, she leaves the house, she goes up on the horse up to the grandmother wakes up. It was all one song. But he… |
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Penguins of Madagascar interview
…article goes in-depth on what changes were required for the series, how replacement voice actors were found for some characters, such as Sacha Baron Cohen role, and the connections between… |
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Toy Story 3 plot details revealed
…Andy grows up and goes to college. Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter stated “The thing they worry about the most is all the things in life that prevent them from… |
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Ariel’s Song: Glenn Slater, a sparkling lyricist for The Little Mermaid on Broadway!
…that we faced was that Poor Unfortunate Souls tells us almost everything we need to know about her. So, as far as the story goes, whatever the earlier song did,… |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Galaxy Divided
…as CG animation goes, this is very standard quality for television. Some of the character designs are a bit boxy and square, but this is a conscious choice by the… |
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Bolt: Mark Cotta Vaz on The Art of Bolt
…artistic excellence, technical innovation and great animal stories that Walt Disney Animation Studios have been creating for decades! Animated Views: Mr. Cotta Vaz, what led you to writing and writing… |
