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Arrietty, the Borrower and Cecile Corbel, the Composer…
…introduce her in a way. Then, I sent my demo with a certain anxiety via internet, and they asked for a second one, then a third one and up to… |
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Disneynature: Oceans / The Crimson Wing: Mystery Of The Flamingos
…tell a story, using the animals as characters to create some drama and interest. But, with a total lack of that here, I’m afraid Oceans simply drifts along without direction,… |
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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…third film and a wealth of new and archive documentary material from the fantastic Fantasia Anthology from almost a decade ago? Fat chance! Originally announced as the be all and… |
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Yogi’s Great Escape
…a hit as well, and spawned numerous Yogi Bear shows over the next twenty-plus years, often featuring other Hanna-Barbera favorites as well. As the glory years of Hanna-Barbera came to… |
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David Couchariere: from Blue Sky to DreamWorks, an Animated Career
…a big camera move as Tai Lung grabbed Tigress’s foot and pulled her out through the bridge and into the air. The other one was a long acting shot with… |
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All*Star Superman
…what’s with the lips?) Clark is oafish and tousle-haired, Jimmy is oddly lanky, and Lois shows too much skin. And of course, lines are all-around smoother; Quitely’s wrinkle-ness wouldn’t translate… |
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Tales From Earthsea
…A troubled boy takes up with a wise wizard, a farm lady, and a girl; and all together they face an evil wizard, in the midst of magical imbalance. The… |
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Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd
…only Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd, but numerous other Abbott and Costello vehicles, Ma & Pa Kettle films, and many episodes of Disney’s Zorro as well as the Annette… |
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Batman: Year One
…be no Tim Burton Batman and no Christopher Nolan Batman Begins. Without Burton’s films, it is also unlikely that Batman: The Animated Series and its countless spin-offs and follow-ups would… |
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Disney Blu-ray 3D Reissues: Chicken Little / Meet The Robinsons / Bolt / G-Force
…the movie. We get One Little Slip three times (all at around three minutes): once as a live-action music video and twice as the same animated karaoke and sing-along clips… |
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Animation supervisor Jamie Beard captures The Aventures of Tintin!
…capture, where we’re capturing emotions and the fidelity of all the actors and then applying an animated process on top. AV: Generally speaking, when we see a character in Tintin,… |
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Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax: Deluxe Edition
…and Seuss trailers under “Special Features.”) Case Study: The Blu-ray and DVD are housed in a Blu-ray case with a disc on either side. An insert provides a code for… |
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John Carter (Of Mars)
…filled with fairytale musicals and fluffy talking animals, a serious science-fiction feature (which had been attempted in such films as Metropolis and Things To Come) in elaborate and realistic animation… |
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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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Hotel Transylvania Art Director Noëlle Triaureau sheds light on the monsters’ domain
…know, there always are changes during the production of an animated feature, and that was interesting to follow the movie along all its transformations through story and design, according to… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…throughout the film too, as well as the many in-jokes and pokes at Pixar and Disney’s past – the Pizza Planet truck makes another appearance, as well as the mermaid… |
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Pete’s Dragon getting new screenwriter
…the drop of a hat. Following a recent trend of remakes and augmentations to current titles (i.e. Cinderella, Malifiecent, and the possible Beauty and the Beast remake), Disney has signed… |
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Mulan: 15th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
…and gets into a complicated relationship with, her captain, Shang, and is aided and abetted by her ancestral protector, the diminutive dragon Mushu, and a “lucky” bug, a cricket named… |
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Finding Dory coming November 25, 2015
…about a year after the first film, and features returning favorites Marlin, Nemo and the Tank Gang, among others. Set in part along the California coastline, the story also welcomes… |
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Superman Classic creator Robb Pratt unveils Flash Gordon Classic
…look at artwork and character designs. Plus, Pratt talks about storyboarding for DisneyToon Studios’ upcoming Planes and hints at more Superman Classic stories, including a teamup with a certain Dark… |
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The Monsters, Inc. sequel that might have been
…the first, when Mike and Sulley decide to visit Boo on her birthday. But Boo has moved away from the house attached to her closet door, and Mike and Sulley… |
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From Up On Poppy Hill
…about such actors as Sarah Bolger and Anton Yelchin. We also get insightful comments from the writer of the adaptation, and lots of looks at such actors as Beau Bridges,… |
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series
…when they go to the frontier, flying in an experimental spaceship run by an artificial intelligence. This A.I. is christened Aya by Hal, and it is not long before Aya… |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
…marketed. But as a critic I need to put aside all that for the moment and look at it as just a film. And there I have to admit Planes:… |
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Animator/Director Nassos Vakalis invites us to his Dinner for Few
…Athens, Greece, he studied animation at the famed California Institute of the Arts. He has worked as an animator, animation supervisor and storyboard artist for DreamWorks Animation, Warner Bros, Paramount,… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #65: Balto – Streetdog
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! The Rotoscopers go on a journey to watch Amblimation’s final movie, Balto. https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV6785765925.mp3 Highlights: • Main discussion: Balto • Live-action beginning with pigeon lady from… |
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Netflix secures rights to live-action Dragon’s Lair movie
After almost a year of negotiating, the streaming service will move forward with a feature film based off the legendary Don Bluth adventure game, with Ryan Reynolds in talks to… |
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Luca opens on Disney+
Pixar’s Luca is out today on Disney+. It’s a hit with the critics earning a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. Their consensus: “Slight but suffused with infectious joy, the beguiling Luca… |
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Night of the Zoopocalypse opens
…a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes so far, with many praising it as a beginner horror movie for kids. Opening in only a third of the number of theatres a typical… |
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The Perfect 10 List
Animated Views’ critics have rated over 700 titles. But only 31 have earned our highest score. Of those, 25 were DVDs, 5 were Blu-ray discs, and just one was a… |
