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Animation pioneer brings his perspective to the stage
…bringing a comedic animation perspective to the stage… We’ve already put several years of blood, sweat, and tears into The Kiss originally as an animated concept, then another year of… |
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Shane Black to direct Iron Man 3
With Jon Favreau no longer involved in the project so he can focus on Disney’s Magic Kingdom movie, the upcoming Iron Man 3 will instead be helmed by Kiss Kiss… |
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Win The Princess and the Frog on Blu-ray/DVD – Winner Announced!
…and deleted after the contest has closed, although Animated Views withholds the right to publish winning names and location area only. One entry per household. Disc prize is a Region… |
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DisneyMania
…Simpson, Baha Men, Hilary Duff, Christina Aguilera and Ronan Keating. Of the 15 tracks, a fair few stand up to the rigours of replay, especially Aguilera’s Reflection (a slight cheat,… |
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The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
…assistant (you can’t call him a “henchman”, the film isn’t interested in actually giving him anything to do apart from act as a sounding board) and, Yzma comparisons aside, Marina… |
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Bolt
…definition and 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: The star of a hit animal action adventure series, Bolt, finds himself… |
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101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure Special Edition
…locations were right around my corner? Patch’s London Adventure is aimed an audience age a little lower than its predecessor, and the story reflects this. It’s a simpler affair, with… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition
…was promoted as “an amazing story of action and adventure”). Rounding out this section are some release and re-issue posters, and a selection of images from the Disneyland theme park… |
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Sing
…You Worry ‘Bout A Thing (3:11) – also accompanied by a decent Making Of A Music Video clip (2:52) – and Wonder and Ariana Grande’s new track Faith (2:46), both… |
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Ultimate Avengers 2
…are filler, but those simply looking for an action-packed romp with superior video and audio can still get a kick out of the movie itself, and the low price at… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…may come over a little suspect to some longtime and well-versed aficionados. As with the Dalmatians piece, and against better judgement, I again found this approach to be a flippant… |
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Yogi’s First Christmas
…know that there are people out there with a fond attachment to this movie. The characters are as appealing as ever, even if the animation is only so-so and the… |
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Maleficent
…work here. Thank goodness, then, for Angelina, who transcends any and all of these ultimately minor issues and really proves herself (as if she needed to anyway) after a series… |
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Lego Justice League: Attack Of The Legion Of Doom
…branding in needed at all in these projects, as the script here works just as well without it. Of course, there are a few cute Lego gags and brick-tastic sound… |
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Celebrate Mother's Day with The Flintstones
…Wilma Flintstone through the years-as she and Fred first court, during her pregnancy, as a new mother and, finally, as she becomes a grandmother. The marathon kicks off with five… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
…storytelling and pushing the boundaries of cinema as an art. The editing in Snow White is absolutely as modern and contemporary as anything the Disney Studio releases nowadays; the intricate… |
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Of Paramount importance: a pair of live-action reviews!
…Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard Becomes A Classic are both featurettes that look at the personal and public reaction to the film, and among the talking heads is Glenn Close, who… |
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Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy
…the attempt at a fantasy sequence. It was not really needed, though, as there are already a couple of dream sequences and a siren-induced fantasy included in the story. Aside… |
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Transformers: 2-Disc Special Edition
…Light & Magic and the now Bay-owned Digital Domain. Following the process from Design and Animatics, though Production, Animation, Creating Emotion and Transformations, to Paint And Texture and Lighting And… |
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Wolverine Anime
…one has to admit that the idea works. They also acknowledge the appeal of allowing Wolverine to cut loose and achieve a level of violence that he’s never seen before… |
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Bedtime Stories
…and more than a little at a loss of focus. At one point, there’s even a randomly thrown-in attempt at a lacklustre mini-musical number, apparently for good measure. I don’t… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
…a show was mapped out and is presented as video, running 11 minutes, at a leisurely pace and accompanied by an instrumental version of the main theme (which loops and… |
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Akira and Ninja Scroll remake updates
In an exclusive update, MTV.com reports that Leonardo DiCaprio would not star in the live action remakes of Akira and Ninja scroll and will only stay behind the scenes as… |
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Flushed Away
…photo frames, postcards. posters, stencils, iron-ons and much more – phew! – are all included, and one has to applaud DreamWorks on the sheer amount of material compiled, and all… |
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Ambitious plans for Portland-based animation studio Laika
…Ian La Franais (Flushed Away) are penning the script. Courtney Pledger and Sarah Radclyffe are attached as producers. An original story about the origins of Halloween by Selick and John… |
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Director George Scribner: Happy as a King with Prince and the Pauper!
…about this one I just feel connected with. The Prince and the Pauper DVD is available to buy now from Amazon.com With our sincerest thanks and admiration to George Scribner…. |
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Kellyann Lamb, Scott Gagner on A World of Barriers
…the Adobe brand is, what their brand promise is, what their expectations are, and how to live the Adobe brand. So we created an educational piece that was an animation… |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…Like the rest of the TMNT extras here, it’s brief but surprisingly intense and, along with the astute commentary, says about as much as anyone needs to say about a… |
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Michael Giacchino cooks up tasty tunes for Ratatouille!
…and then he was there and he said: “what about this sound?”. And he had this accordion and he came up with this sound that was kind of neither, you… |
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…as sincere and genuine to me. Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese language tracks are also included, as well as subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Final Cut: It… |
