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Big Hero 6
…a little more noticeable. Despite a twist where it was nice to see a Hollywood film eschewing one of their usual conventions, most of the plot was fairly predictable. In… |
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Cultoons! Volume 1: Ads And Oddities
…what was that about!? PM Picnic (1948, 6:51), like the Kool Penguins, pushes the boat out to use an animated cartoon aimed squarely at adult eyes. This promotion for PM’s… |
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Gay Purr-ee
…to its 1960s output. Unfortunately, the combination of the McCarthy Hollywood “Witch Hunts” of the 1950s and the dawning of television meant that even UPA’s freewheeling style proved too expensive,… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Behind The Scenes At The Walt Disney Studios
…techniques. The Reluctant Dragon, as it became known, would also act as a stopgap between his initial trilogy of films (Snow White, Pinocchio and Fantasia) and the next two in… |
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Disney and Warner Bros. at war over Oz
…for the beloved 1939 Judy Garland film–decided to speak up about it. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has a trademark on the words The Great and Powerful Oz,… |
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Valiant
…scored huge, Hollywood studios have been chasing after the next animated blockbuster. This has led to a number of overly managed, overblown, vanilla-flavored movies that have featured some nice eye… |
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Into The Forest Of Enchantement – A Disney Musical Adventure at Disneyland Paris
…creatures representing the four elements, which give them their personality. You can feel it through the colors of their costumes. RootMan bring an organic dimension to the show. Lucille the… |
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The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: 2020 was kind of rough. What started out as a seemingly normal and even mundane year quickly escalated into a global crisis… |
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Margaret Kerry – The Original Tinker Bell
…first breath you hold when you visit Disney Land or Disney World for the first time—you’re transformed back into a child. I just want to stop this crudeness kids these… |
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French judge rules against injunction for Nemo
\\{{link http://www.forbes.com/business/2004/03/12/cx_al_0312nemo.html Forbes}}\\ reports that a French judge has ruled against Franck Le Calvez, who asked the court to stop the merchandising of \\Finding Nemo\\ in France. “Even though a… |
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First look at \\The Incredibles\\
{{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16564 Ain’t It Cool News}} has the first review of Pixar’s 2004 offering \\The Incredibles\\! WARNING – Their review is filled with spoilers so do not read it if… |
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Shorts International brings new films to iTunes
…Animation. World war can’t stop a beleaguered badger as he tries to get some sleep. Heart-warming. Directed by Sharon Colman. -\\The Freak\\: Set in a futuristic utopia where conformity is… |
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Belleville spreads…
…is in French even in the English edition anyway – so don’t let that stop you seeing this amazing film. In related news, Belleville has been racking up accolades, including… |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action DVD specs
…Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, and includes the original theatrical trailer. A nice bunch, but not too much to stop Warners milking more from this title come next year’s gift-giving… |
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Forty Three Kix kicks into gear with movie times text message service
…the user requested. Mobile Blogging?? A revolutionary “text to blog” feature of 43KIX allows moviegoers to instantly publish their rants and raves about films on www.fortythreekix.com via text messages. The… |
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Comcast's bid over, Eisner to meet dissident fund managers, protests of Nick's gay family special
The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2004-04-14 IMDb Studio Briefing}} has several stories of interest to animation fans. In the first, they report that analysts have “expressed skepticism that Comcast’s February proposal to buy… |
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Up’s Pete Docter and Michael Giacchino to intro the Academy’s Oscar Concert celebration of film music
PRESS RELEASE THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION PRESENT THE OSCAR® CONCERT One-Night-Only Celebration of the History of Film Music in Honor… |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Movie Film For Theaters
…shows making the transition to “major motion picture” is that they should ideally come across as a bigger, longer version of the original series, to please the fans, as well… |
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Disney/Marvel brings Stan Lee into the fold
…three year creative and business relationship, POW! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment Inc., the advanced media and entertainment company led by comic book and motion picture icon Stan Lee, announced today… |
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Oldman, Elwes sing Christmas Carol
Moviehole reports that Gary Oldman has joined Jim Carrey in the cast of Robert Zemeckis’ motion-capture feature A Christmas Carol. Like Carrey, Oldman will play more than one character in… |
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Beowulf, Alvin Oscar eligibility verdicts
Variety writes that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has ruled that the motion-capture technology used to create Beowulf has not made it ineligible for Oscar consideration in… |
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The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)
…remained safely within the reins of its teenager-friendly PG-13 rating. And despite all of the negativity DC Comics gets from the press, Aquaman ended up being their sixth consecutive motion… |
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Animation in the Grammy Award nominations
…Murphy, producers [Geffen Records, Fox Music] **Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media** \\The Incredibles\\ Michael Giacchino, composer [Walt Disney Records] **Best Song Written For… |
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Mickey quits…
…its films. While I generally applaud the motion from this point on, it should be noted that productions from the past were created – as Leonard Maltin explains each time… |
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Zemeckis' ImageMovers moving to Disney?
…breath away” from occuring. Specializing in motion-capture technology, ImageMovers has been involved with such films as The Polar Express, Monster House, and next year’s Beowulf. According to an insider, Disney… |
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Catmull to receive Oscar's Sawyer Award
…contributions and leadership in the field of computer graphics for the motion picture industry”. Catmull co-founded Pixar, as well as the computer graphics laboratory at the New York Institute of… |
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Python's Gilliam honored, Gulliver's details, plus new discs!
…24, Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter starts the promotional ball rolling for this spring’s major motion picture, with voices including Gerard Butler and featurettes, Chapter One of the Watchmen… |
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Artist Bob Camp recalls the ill-fated Space Jam 2
…in motion, blending the Looney Tunes’ traditionally animated world with Jordan’s live-action one. Joe Pytka boarded the project as director, having helmed the Directors Guild Award-nominated Hare Jordan spot as… |
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Ho-ho-ho with our Best Of The Year!
…is Avatar is doing as predicted and blowing everything else out of the way. Despite the advances in motion-capture (dubbed, quite fittingly, “e-motion-capture” by director James Cameron) of that action… |
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Tangled
…50th animated motion picture) to be rolled off the Disney conveyor belt. They may be a little weight to that argument, but it has to be said there’s a freshness… |
