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The Animatrix
…the end of the movie, we were convinced that it was one of the best sci-fi action flicks of all time (we were also convinced the roof of the movie… |
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Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille
…about a singularly unexpected hero. To say that both the movie and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine filmmaking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…contracts. You know, like in the old Hollywood studio system where another studio would borrow a movie star? That was kind of like that! AV: Can you tell me about… |
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Tony Bancroft balances the yin and the yang in directing Mulan
…sequence out of the movie, for whatever reason, but the director really wanted to see something like that. So, the director of the movie suggested that, as a short, would… |
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Shrek The Third
…warmed to the movie. Most of what I couldn’t initially get to grips with in the first film (which wanted to play around with fairy-tale film conventions while also being… |
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Il était une fois…Walt Disney – Artistic Sources Exhibition
…movies by Murnau, by Fritz Lang, and the shorts and the feature animation movies by Walt Disney. It’s really incredible and it was a surprise for me too. But Robin… |
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WALL-E: 3-Disc Special Edition
…this should be a mishmash of moods and tone and cheese? I have a personal wonderment of if Pixar are intentionally going out there each time with a movie more… |
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The Care Bears Movie
…special, led to a movie in 1985, which then led to a show aimed at toddlers around the world. The movie was so successful that it led to two sequels,… |
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Composer Harry Gregson-Williams takes us far, far away, from Prince of Persia to Shrek Forever After
…a unique light, offering a unique point of view to the movie. Now, he strikes again with two major movies of this summer, Disney’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of… |
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Winnie The Pooh
…Book Of Pooh, but quickly returned to animation. Tigger’s success led to a slew of less artistic direct-to-video writ large outings (Piglet’s Big Movie, Pooh’s Heffalump Movie) but by the… |
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Real Steel
…keep coming in the credits), meaning that this is a top of the line movie, but no less cheesy fun for it. Like Super 8, Real Steel reminded me big… |
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ParaNorman: an art in the making, with filmmakers Chris Butler and Sam Fell
…up on a diet of monster movies where the monsters were always stop-motioned. Ray Harryhausen’s creatures had a big influence on the tone of these movies. I remember seeing the… |
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Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
…didn’t they do that in the second movie and save us the boredom of that film!? It’s not such a minor point that can be swept aside, but the movie… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…the obvious marketing tactic (essentially a giant advertising reminded of the movie) and elected to wait just a few short weeks for Finding Nemo’s almost concurrent Blu-ray debut, where I… |
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Peter Pan: Diamond Edition
…tapes of older movies were passed around the movie industry without much thought. I was thrilled when my Dad brought home a slew of Disney pictures, Snow White, Dumbo, Lady… |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…movie on DVD and Digital Copy, so that this impressively detailed movie can be played on a screen where all that rendering of Sulley’s individual hair goes to pot. (As… |
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The Lego Ninjago Movie
…The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie so memorable. Though I would like to call out the framing device for special note. That was well done, fun, and a… |
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Pixar production designer Don Shank in his element with Elemental
…like two beginnings on the movie. The first one was six years ago, when the director was just developing the movie – it was even before Luca. He brought me… |
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The Garfield Movie
…it.” The movie was very slapstick heavy, almost feeling more like something from Warner Bros. It also included a lot of action movie references and homages that, again, maybe would… |
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Forty Three Kix kicks into gear with movie times text message service
…charges consumers nothing for its service, though standard wireless carrier charges may apply. Interested moviegoers simply text-message film keywords to 43KIX (43549), using keywords appearing in movie advertisements everywhere. Users… |
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The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition
…look at the story. The events of the first movie are first shown in a delightful shadow puppet sequence performed by Mowgli. He shows the people of his new village… |
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Race To Witch Mountain
…was a grittier 1970s, when movies had moved away from lavish spectacles and comedies, toward thrillers and crime mysteries. Based on Alexander Key’s book and directed by John Hough, Escape… |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…New York sewer-dwelling turtles turned vigilantes after meeting a dose of radioactive goo – were a certified hit, and naturally a movie was in the offering. Now, with the kids… |
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A Boy Named Charlie Brown
…material; too bad the movie lasts almost an hour and a half! The movie starts out similarly to many of the specials, appearing to be somewhat episodic although generally focusing… |
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Brother Bear: Special Edition
…the tally only made it to number 44, though I’m sure if one counted all the “ancillary” animation released, (including Duck Tales The Movie, A Goofy Movie and even Teacher’s… |
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Bambi II
…the forest to follow Bambi, post-parental loss in the original movie, as he copes with growing up. The plot is equally concerned with the Great Prince, Bambi’s father who unwittingly… |
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Cars
…when the movie eventually came out earlier this year I was working on a project of my own and had to choose my time-out movie viewing more carefully than usual…. |
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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss
…its irritating head during a Titanic-inspired highlight. However, some of the movie’s best looking background animation (aided by CG props and excitingly edited multi-layered sequences) helps overcome those limitations, and… |
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Monsters, Inc.
…what it takes to become a classic: heart. On DVD, Monsters, Inc. was well served by Disney on disc, and now, with the movie now revisited in a much-delayed Blu-ray… |
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Captain America (1990)
…live action movie ever made featuring Captain America. It is, however, not very good either. Still, it makes for a fun movie night for superhero fans in search of laughs…. |
