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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
One song. You just need one song (if you’re a songwriter, of course!) to enter legend. One moment of magic, of miracle, of sparkling creativity and your tune turns to… |
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A Conversation with Andreas Deja
…experience, so all of us were sort of floundering with that, and it shows in the film, of course. Toward the end of the film I didn’t feel so helpless… |
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Paul & The Dragon: Cartoon Laugh-O-Therapy with the Film’s Creators!
…the forest, which represents the body of Paul, our main character. With the help of little medicine creatures and the support of his friends and family, Paul finds the courage… |
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Madame Tutli-Putli vs. The Crazy Locomotive
…as though that experience were somehow the translation of the experience of her entire life. In a way, it’s a kind of rite of passage, an experience which takes her… |
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Up
…proves the spirit of Joe Ranft (voice of Heimlich and co-writer of A Bug’s Life) lives on at Pixar in his hysterical performance as the talking dogs Dug and Alpha…. |
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2009 Annie Nominees announced
…a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells, and Up.Walt Disney Animation Studios’ The Princess and the Frog received eight nominations,… |
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The Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries: The Complete First Season
…Jim. The other cartoon that helped launch the block was a direct spin-off of the classic Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, as it utilized the characters of… |
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Sing
…animated pictures during the year – we were treated to a new animated film from the major commercial studios each month, from Illumination’s own The Secret Life Of Pets in… |
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Thirty-two films up for Animated Oscar consideration
…Rezo The Secret Life of Pets 2 Spies in Disguise The Swallows of Kabul This Magnificent Cake! The Tower Toy Story 4 Upin & Ipin: The Lone Gibbon Kris Weathering… |
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New Minions short to be shown with The Grinch?
…states, but since a Minions short also played with The Secret Life of Pets, it seems more than likely. The Grinch opens November 9th. For their eighth fully animated feature,… |
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Thunder And The House Of Magic
…Some danger does await, in the form of the owner’s surly pets and wicked nephew, leading the cat on a path of adventure and newfound friendship. The Sweatbox Review: The… |
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Scales and Arpeggios: Richard M. Sherman and the “mewsic” of The AristoCats!
…what the challenge of writing a title song is. AV: At what stage of the production of the film did you write that title song? RMS: We wrote it when… |
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Eloise actress Mouser honored with KIDS FIRST! award
…on CSI, Without a Trace, King of Queens, Monk, Inconceivable, Scrubs, One Life to Live, and currently has a recurring role on NCIS as Mark Harmon’s daughter. The magic of… |
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Eloise: Little Miss Christmas premiere
…Release STARZ KIDS & FAMILY AND COMCAST PRESENT THE ARKANSAS PREMIERE SCREENING OF “ELOISE: LITTLE MISS CHRISTMAS” Arkansas Native Mary Matilyn Mouser, the Voice of Eloise, Guest of Honor at… |
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Batman Vs. Robin: Exclusive Figure Edition
…of the comics. In the case of Batman Vs. Robin, the springboard might appear to be the writing of Grant Morrison, who introduced us to bat-spawn Damian Wayne a few… |
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The Man Called Flintstone
…As happened in a few episodes of the show, cranky but lovable caveman Fred Flintstone would be found to be an exact double of another man. This time, instead of… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1
…rest of the timeslots were often filled up with bottom-of-the-barrel shows. Many of these were hoping to capitalize on the success of a similar show by rival production companies and… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2
…variety program starting in December, 1956; and stop-motion animated Gumby was spun off of The Howdy Doody Show in March, 1957. Close to the end of their MGM days, the… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 1
…series that were just reruns of prime time shows, but their impact on Saturday morning television is undeniable. Of course, the most disappointing aspect of having representative episodes of Top… |
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Cinderella III: A Twist In Time
…wand and undoes all of its magic, can true love prove to be the strongest power of all and the good of heart prevail over the sinister forces of evil?… |
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Animation supervisor Jamie Beard captures The Aventures of Tintin!
Weta Digital’s Jamie Beard offers an inside look at the performance capture process for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, from director Steven Spielberg and producer Peter… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh
…episode of The Wonderful World Of Color, from the September of 1961, that had new creation Ludwig Von Drake bring us through the history of Disney film, from the silent… |
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101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (live-action)
…while Dalmatians 101 is a responsible primer on the pros and cons of owning one of the spotty canines, probably a result of the thousands of kids who wanted such… |
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Star Wars – The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions
…the saga forward, including a new series of films set after Episode 6: Return Of The Jedi. Of course, Disney was also interested in outright owning any future spin-offs, and… |
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Perfect Nightmare: Mike Cachuela on storyboarding Christmas
…of the storyboard artists of the film, to remember in his company the beginnings of the production: about how such a rich and wide universe was born, in a small,… |
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Superman: The Complete Animated Series
…the extended toy commercials of the 1980s had all but put me off television animation, though the launch of Batman: The Animated Series, which fed off the hype surrounding Burton’s… |
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Superman – Doomsday
…You see, I remember well the excitement of the “death and return of Superman” storyline. Back in 1992, it had been hatched not so much out of a desire to… |
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The Venture Bros.: Season One
…The best part of this episode is seeing how some of the characters originally met in college. The Trial Of The Monarch shows more of the workings of the Guild… |
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Cartoon Network Halloween Treats
Following is an official schedule from Cartoon Network regarding their Halloween-related animated offerings for next month: Cartoon Network Gorges on Halloween Treats in October Month of Spooky Programming Capped by… |
