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Surf's Up for movie's animators
Surf’s Up producer Chris Jenkins tells SCI FI Wire that to help capture the feel of the film’s sport, several animators actually learned to surf. “I think it was real… |
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Perfect Nightmare: Mike Cachuela on storyboarding Christmas
…Edition of the movie, it’s time to go back to the essentials, to the origins of the myth. That’s why we turned to Mike Cachuela [right, below], who was one… |
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Cauldron book made into "not-so-good" movie?
A.V. Club presents the countdown “Lost In Translation: 20 Good Books Made Into Not-So-Good Movies.” Animation is represented in the list by Disney’s The Black Cauldron, with the article referring… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy
…featured Goofy living with his son, Max, and their crazy adventures. Three years later the same characters appeared in the movie A Goofy Movie which became a surprise hit. A… |
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Horton Hears a Who edges out Bee Movie at worldwide box office
…feat for a Dr. Seuss adaptation. Previous movies based on books by the author, who is little known outside of the U.S., didn’t fare so well with foreign markets generating… |
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Smurfs movie finds a director
Variety reports that Raja Gosnell has signed on to direct Sony and Columbia Pictures’ live action/animated Smurfs. The editor turned director is best known for helming Scooby-Doo movies. Produced by… |
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Star Trekkin' across the universe! Plus Venture Bros. and Tiny Toons!
Phew! It’s true what people are saying…JJ Abrams’ new Star Trek movie sets its phasers for stunning and delivers a whole starshipload of pure entertainment at top warp. I wouldn’t… |
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Shrek the Third
…throughout the movie. So in an obviously important scene, like when Fiona is ready to tell here husband she is pregnant, you would think they would take the time to… |
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Monsters, Inc.‘s Composer Randy Newman: “I score because I care!”
…director prevailed. Basically, with the director you have a boss and you try and satisfy the boss. AV: The core of the movie is the Mike and Sully’s friendship. How… |
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Winnie The Pooh and new announcements too!
Another of Disney’s recent Winnie The Pooh reissues has joined our site line up with Rodney Figueiredo’s review of Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie: Limited Edition, which sports the same 2005… |
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Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
…produced to secure financing for the 1984 movie version, although this is disputed in other accounts I have read. Regardless, the story in the film version differs significantly from the… |
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Fantastic Four: The Complete 1994-95 Animated Series
…would actually see two Fantastic Four projects. There was a low-budget theatrical movie, available now only in bootleg copies, and also the cartoon show. While the live-action movie is notorious… |
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Monster House: Widescreen Edition
…a behind-the-scenes look at the movie. Imaginary Heroes (3:30) looks at character design, emphasizing the cartoony look that was chosen. Beginner’s Luck discusses casting the movie. The Best Of Friends… |
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The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh: The Friendship Edition
…smaller. The aid of Gopher is enlisted, but to no avail— Wait a minute… Gopher? Where’d he come from? Well, as is repeated a couple of times in the movie,… |
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Bravestarr: Volume One
…the Best Of Bravestarr set, as it has the introductory movie that was not a part of the series proper. The show’s opening probably does tell you all you need… |
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2006: A Year In Review
…the actor’s eye movements, adding to the graphic quality featured in the film. Its black and white color palette only enhances the noir-like feel of the movie. The movie won… |
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Disney On Ice: The Incredibles Magic Kingdom Adventure
…was a, needless to say, “Incredible” performance. The Incredibles On Ice is actually in celebration of both the movie and Disney’s recent 50th anniversary. Taking place shortly after the movie’s… |
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Bolt: John Ashton Thomas – one bold, Bolt orchestrator!
…any of their movies… until now. Having scored the music of some of the popular animated films of our times, from Ice Age: The Meltdown, Happy Feet, Horton Hears a… |
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The Black Cauldron: Gold Classic Collection
…again, that it never even existed. The early adopters of shiny-movie-on-a-disc fanatics waited, and waited, for the possible news that it might come to LaserDisc as part of Disney’s restored… |
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The Great Mouse Detective
…changes in theatrical release, the resulting movie finally reaches the shiny disc video format in its original incarnation of The Great Mouse Detective on the sleeve, but as The Adventures… |
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Sleeping Beauty Deluxe Edition
…rather than the higher resolution 70mm), and this is what probably dampens some of the energy of the movie. Sleeping Beauty was not a big hit in its day, and… |
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Studio Idefix #2 – Lucky Luke: Daisy Town and Ballad Of The Daltons
…in the Asterix discs). By far and away the best of the bunch when it comes to Studio Idefix’s movies on Buena Vista’s discs, Lucky Luke combines the comics of… |
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The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad: Gold Classic Collection
…Kenneth Grahame’s novel The Wind In the Willows, the movie brings us into the magical and inspirational world of a library full of books. On the shelves, we see many… |
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Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition
…over the odds would have been a great incentive to the movie going public in picking Dumbo as a movie to go and see. As ever, Walt was right: Dumbo… |
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The Triplets Of Belleville (Sony US Edition)
…too much for him and he becomes a cartoon himself, integrated into clips from the movie. I love it when animated videos are created especially for animated movie tunes, and… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Color, Volume Two
…the set does at least arrive in Mickey’s 75th year, and so far, it has to be said, is the high point of the celebrations (the fun DTV movie The… |
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The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Animated Movie)
Children’s Television Workshop/Bill Melendez Prods (April 1 1979), Alpha Omega/Sesame Workshop (August 16 2004), single disc, 95 mins, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $24.95… |
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Rex Steele – Nazi Smasher: Limited Edition
…are impressive, and easily up there with the robust sound of big movie soundtracks. Well, that’s the mood, sound and tone – how’s the darn thing LOOK? Well, though it… |
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Bambi: Platinum Edition
…in all other terms, a masterfully told story and an excellently produced movie. That the main characters, being animals, are fully rounded is another example of how personality animation had… |
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Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition
…Dante’s Looney Tunes movie, Back In Action. Co-directing here with Mike Gabriel (The Rescuers Down Under, Lorenzo), there is little of the lively energy in the animation that usually personifies… |
