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Fear the Puss in Boots: The Last Wish trailer if you dare

…will have to humble himself and ask for help from his former partner and nemesis: the captivating Kitty Soft Paws (Oscar® nominee Salma Hayek). In their quest, Puss and Kitty…

Netflix announces cast and first look for animated feature My Father’s Dragon

In celebration of World Book Day this Saturday, Netflix unveiled the first look and cast of five-time Oscar nominated Cartoon Saloon co-founder Nora Twomey’s upcoming animated feature My Father’s Dragon….

Journey to a Strange World in first teaser for Disney’s newest adventure

…Don Hall (Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6, Raya and the Last Dragon) and co-director/writer Qui Nguyen (co-writer Raya and the Last Dragon), and produced by Roy Conli (Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6,…

The Minions have Gru’s back in yet another trailer

…Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Carell) is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement….

Puss sets out to cheat death in action-packed The Last Wish trailer

…partner and nemesis: the captivating Kitty Soft Paws (Oscar® nominee Salma Hayek). In their quest, Puss and Kitty will be aided—against their better judgment—by a ratty, chatty, relentlessly cheerful mutt,…

Embark on an epic journey with the Strange World trailer

…Hall (Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6, Raya and the Last Dragon) and co-director/writer Qui Nguyen (co-writer Raya and the Last Dragon), and produced by Roy Conli (Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6, Tangled)….

The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?

…Not helping with our collective confusion was having to read the same headlines over and over again (did you happen to hear what Will Smith did at the Oscars?), giving…

New special look at Strange World explores family dynamic

…Hall (Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6, Raya and the Last Dragon) and co-director/writer Qui Nguyen (co-writer “Raya and the Last Dragon”), and produced by Roy Conli (Oscar®-winning Big Hero 6, Tangled)….

A kind interview with the creators of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse

…Cara Speller is an Oscar-nominated, Emmy-nominated, BAFTA-winning and triple Grammy-nominated producer, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Short Films and Feature Animation branch at The Academy of Motion…

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

* see AV #20181217 – – ed. In 2018, Sony took us Into the Spider-Verse, with a film Animated Views called a “game-changer”*. It won the Best Animated Feature Oscar, was…

The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3

…boogie woogie show-stopper. Seven Puppetoons were nominated for Oscars, and the first was Rhythm In The Ranks (1941), which sees toy soldier Jan disciplined for dereliction of duty after being…

Po is back in the Kung Fu Panda 4 trailer

…he can assume his new lofty position. Even worse, there’s been a recent sighting of a wicked, powerful sorceress, Chameleon (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), a tiny lizard who can shapeshift…

\\Mary Poppins\\ musical to debut December 2004

…8 week out-of-town run starting in in September, and then open on London’s West End on December 15, 2004, at the Prince Edward Theater. The Oscar winning music of the…

Carl Urbano dead at 94

…for the Oscar-nominated \\Puss Gets The Boot\\, the first appearance of Tom and Jerry and the first “full teaming of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with whom Urbano was long…

Sony eyeing ChubbChubb movie as launcher for new franchise

Sony Pictures Entertainment has confirmed that its six-minute, Oscar-winning short The ChubbChubbs is being readied as one of the first feature film offerings from their CG animation department, with the…

Composer Michael Kamen dies

Grammy winning and Oscar nominated composer Michael Kamen has died of an apparent heart attack. Among his many credits, Kamen composed the scores of \\The Iron Giant\\ and the live…

No Campaigning For Collins

According to the Internet Movie Database, “Phil Collins is refusing Disney’s request to campaign for an Oscar for his Brother Bear film score – and won’t even vote for his…

Bruno Bozzetto's new feature: Mammuk

…Film Festival in the “best short” category for Mister Tao, and the 1991 Oscar Nomination for Grasshoppers. With his unique style and his great sensibility for humanitarian themes, Bozzetto’s work…

Top 10 DVDs of the year!

…Roger), legendary animators, a moose and squirrel double act, an Oscar winner, adventurous fish, singing vegetables, a very tired princess, a regal feline and a family of yellow people. In…

RIP…

…two such artists: stop-motion animator Wah Chang (Oscar winner for special effects on George Pal’s The Time Machine and contributor to animated sequences in other Pal features), and voice actor…

Don't Forget! Belleville screens tonight!

Although we’ve mentioned it on a couple of past occasions, this really is my last chance to highlight the UK TV showing of the Oscar-worthy {{link http://www.bellevillerendezvous.com Belleville Rendezvouz}} (The…

To Sea or Not To Sea

Be sure to visit the Internet Movie Database‘s Daily Poll, which poses the question, “Do you think Ellen DeGeneres should receive an Oscar nomination for her voice performance in Finding…

Boundin'? What the heck is that? A new sky diving movie?

No silly, it’s Pixar’s latest Oscar worthy short directed by Industry vet Bud Luckey. VFXworld has a great article with some amazing images and detailed information about the production. Go…

UPDATED! Sneak peak at \\Boundin'\\

…lyrics, and performs the song! \\Boundin’\\ is already up for an Annie and will probably be in the running for an Oscar too. But it will face stiff competition, especially…

Gollum's other alter ego writes new book

…agent told him this job would consist of just 3 weeks of voice work for an animated character) to the end (talk of an Oscar is still in the air)….

Full Golden Globe winners list

Oscar awards. The only other big winner, with three awards, was the wonderful Lost In Translation, which hits DVD next week, while Tim Burton’s Big Fish was nominated in several…

Academy Award nominations announced

The nominations for the 76th Academy Awards were {{link http://www.oscar.com/nominees/index.html announced}} on Tuesday. \\Finding Nemo\\ leads animated films with 4 nominations, including the third ever screenplay nomination and the fourth…

Jim Hill Updates: The Destino Dilemma, Collecting Tips, and . . . Garbage?

Jim Hill Media has got three thought-provoking new articles today. The first article is all about the dilemma the Disney company is finding itself in over the Oscar nomination that…

John Hench dead at 95

…Dali on the short film \\Destino\\ (completed recently and nominated for an Academy Award this year). He won an Oscar in 1955 for his special effects work on \\20,000 Leagues…