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Frozen II beats original’s stateside gross; Star Wars still hot, Spies fly steady
…Elsewhere at the box office, Disney released Blue Sky’s Spies in Disguise on Christmas Day, delivering decent though not spectacular results. Since Wednesday, the Will Smith comedy has made $22… |
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Thunder And The House Of Magic
…Of Magic), a Franco-Belgian-American production that premiered in Belgium on Christmas Day of 2013. While it doesn’t exactly defy Hollywood-style animated film conventions, it is a strong film filled with… |
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2016: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
…packed with art that even the most ardent of followers won’t have seen before; simply wonderful! In other media, I was struck by Glenn Close’s reprise of her iconic Norma… |
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Bob Hoskins passes away at 71
…played several characters in motion-capture animated film Disney’s A Christmas Carol. Hoskins had suffered from Parkinson’s Disease and retired from acting 2012 after he finished filming on Snow White and… |
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Hail to the king in final Mufasa trailer
…the player above. As with the previous previews, the visuals look really spectacular. It opens in theaters this Christmas, where it is currently tracking for a strong box office debut…. |
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Final Spies in Disguise trailer promises hip action and comedy
The final trailer for Blue Sky’s Spies in Disguise is now online, and can be checked out in the player above. The Will Smith action comedy arrives everywhere Christmas Day…. |
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Pinocchio: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…A popular misconception is that Walt waited until his first feature picture had proven to be a wild success before embarking on a second film. At the time of Snow… |
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2014 Emmy Award nominees announced
…Laserdisc Player • Robot Chicken — Born Again Virgin Christmas Special Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance • Disney Mickey Mouse — The Adorable Couple — Chris Diamantapolous as Mickey Mouse •… |
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New Paddington trailer and poster
…of Paddington, and Nicole Kidman as a “sinister, seductive taxidermist” who wants to have him stuffed (we don’t make this stuff up, people), the movie opens everywhere on Christmas Day…. |
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Listen to the haunting new song The Rider from The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
…video for artist Paris Paloma’s new song The Rider from the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. The anime epic arrives in theaters this Christmas…. |
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New Tale Of Despereaux poster
…a book illustration look to it, perhaps because it is an adaption of Kate DiCammillo’s children’s novel of the same name. The Tale Of Despereaux opens in theaters this Christmas…. |
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Bambi II: Special Edition
…Rated G, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: Return to the forest to follow Bambi, post-parental loss in the original movie, but before he copes with growing up. The Sweatbox Review: Unlike its… |
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Eighteen 2011 animated films up for Oscar consideration
…Adventures of Tintin Alois Nebel Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Arthur Christmas Cars 2 A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Gnomeo & Juliet Happy Feet Two Hoodwinked Too! Hood… |
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RIP, Steve 'The Crocodile Hunter' Irwin
…of numerous lighthearted spoofs, coming from The Simpsons, South Park, It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) and Looney Tunes: Reality Check (2003). In 2002, Irwin leaped to the… |
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Disney tins, rumors, and the Shrek 3 trailer…what’s up with that?
…up as a Christmas treat! In the meantime, we’re back with a new Rumored Rumblings that points to jaw-dropping swing in production for Disney’s currently-titled American Dog, though until this… |
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Once Upon A Time…; Peter Pan specs…what's up with that?
…making of and The Peter Pan Story), leaving the rarely, if ever, seen TV special The Walt Disney Christmas Show, from 1951, the only jewel in an otherwise over worn… |
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\\Arthur and the Minimoys\\ teaser trailer online
…ComingSoon.net}} reports that the film, written and directed by Luc Besson, will be released by The Weinstein Company this Christmas, and features Freddie Highmore, Madonna, David Bowie, and Snoop Dogg…. |
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Chicken Little
…to hear Don Knotts sounding so spot on as the Mayor, Turkey Lurkey, here in his final film role before passing away earlier this year. Director Garry Marshall scores as… |
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How the Grinch Stole Broadway
The TV Guide online reports that a Broadway adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas is in the works and “booked for a holiday-time, Nov. 8 Broadway debut,… |
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Tarzan II
…new stories hitherto untold. In the same way that The Enchanted Christmas elaborated on the Something There sequence in the original Beauty And The Beast, and how the upcoming Bambi… |
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DreamWorks Animation's Siggraph Presentations
…still retaining a large degree of artistic control. * Simplified Tree Lighting Using Aggregate Normals (Presented by Scott Petersen with Lawrence Lee); more appealing tree shapes were created before shadows… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Black And White, Volume Two
…have also recently forced him to headline an awful CGI video feature, the downright sad Twice Upon A Christmas (more No! No! No! than Ho! Ho! Ho!). Ironically, the very… |
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Grinch steals "Deluxe Edition" DVD
On November 21st, the 1966 animated classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! will break into stores once more, this time in a “Deluxe Edition” DVD. Extras for the package, according… |
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Lil' John, Rice, Sprackling to direct Gnomeo & Juliet?
…nature, an official confirmation should arrive before this news is seen as more than a rumor. Sprackling directed the 1998 short Green Monkey, while Rice may be best known for… |
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Mr. Burns, Cosmo Spacely among TV's worst bosses
CNN Money posts the results of a poll conducted by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, dealing with the eight worst bossses on TV. The list includes The Simpsons’ Mr…. |
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The Last Unicorn (pan-and-scan)
…choice and search deep within herself to find the answers to her destiny… The Sweatbox Review: Before Jeffrey Katzenberg came to Disney and heralded the “second coming” of feature animation… |
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The Lion King 1½
…way back “before the beginning” we are taken to Timon’s homeland, where the young pre-Pumbaa meerkat feels left out of the colony. Taken off digging duty and put on sentry… |
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HO-HO-HO!!
Just zooming through with a quick pit-stop message to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Have fun, and we’ll be back real soon with some cool updates. Season’s Greetings… |
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Meet Tow Tater
…station in Galena, Kansas last Saturday, on the 80th anniversary of historic Route 66. On December 2, the truck will make another public appearance, participating in the Galena Christmas parade… |
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The Sword In The Stone: Gold Classic Collection
…for greatness, something only the wizard Merlin is aware of, and must be taught the ways of right and wrong before taking his place in history. Through a number of… |
