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Santa Inc.
…that, a reference is made to the size of Prancer the reindeer’s junk. Then there’s more profanity. Lots more profanity. Then there are “jokes” about women being sexually assaulted at… |
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The Bad Guys
…The Usual Suspects or Reservoir Dogs will be smiling at all the nods while they watch with their children. And while the tone is definitely kid-friendly, the plot itself has… |
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Nominations for the 93rd Oscars announced
After a weird year for movies, cinema in 2020 has finally almost reached its end with the nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards being revealed. Leading the animated entries is… |
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ZooPhobia: Bad Luck Jack
…nature. There are other characters with defined personalities, but little time is spent on them due to the nature of the story’s focus on Jack and the short runtime. Speaking… |
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Inside Out 2
…the two Inside Out films, the writers had too many conveniently easy solutions for the characters since they could just make up whatever they wanted since they were creating the… |
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Transformers One
Before they became sworn enemies, Orion Pax (the future Optimus Prime) and D-16 (Megatron) were best friends at the bottom of society on the planet Cybertron. Toiling away in the… |
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Disney historian Christian Renaut presents volume two of his Best Of Disney’s Animated Features
…Besides the many anecdotes by the artists themselves, I could get in touch with the sons and daughters of the wizards who made them: Testimonies by Bill Peet’s son will… |
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Disney’s Encanto digital soundtrack release now available!
…the film. In the film, the magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal—every child… |
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AfroAnimation summit honors Kemp Powers, Camille Eden, Bruce Smith, and Jermaine Turner at inaugural Icon Awards
AfroAnimation, the largest annual event featuring diverse and BIPOC animators and creators, announced today the honorees for the first AfroAnimation Summit Icon Awards, along with the films selected as finalists… |
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Dog Man
…are about to fight, the more they squint their eyes, the wider the aspect ratio of the screen gets. All of these jokes come so quickly that none of them… |
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Pete Nash talks “wonderfood” animation in Cloudy 2
…to made them menacing to offset their silly design. When it came to the rigs they were always need-driven. If, say, the script called for one of the characters to… |
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Poster for The Croods: A New Age confirms Thanksgiving release date
…couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. When they take the Croods in as the world’s first houseguests, it isn’t long before tensions escalate between the cave… |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power trailer teases epic scope
…September (but sadly not on Hobbit Day). The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled… |
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There’s a new boss in town in The Boss Baby: Family Business trailer
The first trailer for The Boss Baby: Family Business is now online, and can be viewed in the player above. From the looks of things, it will feature the same… |
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Baby Shark’s Big Movie coming to Paramount+ for 2023 holiday season
…Pinkfong Company and directed by Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award-winner Alan Foreman (The Casagrandes, Welcome to the Wayne), the movie will follow Baby Shark and his family as they move… |
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The Garfield Movie
What’s there to say about Garfield? The comic has been around for close to 50 years and is the world’s most syndicated strip. The character is hugely popular, with the… |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Power of the Rings trailer teases epic scope
The teaser trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Power of the Rings premiered during the Super Bowl last night, and you can check it out in the player… |
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Marvel news from Disney Investor Day 2020
…Studios (@MarvelStudios) December 11, 2020 Production has just wrapped for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Meet the fantastic cast bringing the film to life.#ShangChi and the Legend… |
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It’s all Family Business in the new Boss Baby 2 trailer
…theatrical window terms they reached with AMC Theaters last year). The Boss Baby is back for more wacky adventures July 2nd. In the sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s Oscar®-nominated blockbuster comedy,… |
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Watch the stunning SDCC trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
…characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital… |
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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie saves the day at box office
…of the movie, as they refused to show it on any of their screens in protest of the streaming date. With all of that in mind, the $40 million total… |
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Amazon announces title of The Lord of the Rings series with teaser trailer
…the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The title suggests that the series will have a focus on the history of the magical rings forged by… |
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The Willoughbys
…animators went all out. The overall style of the film is based on a beautiful, craft-y, almost hand-made look that softens some of the darkness of the plot. The character… |
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Anniversary Features
…Questions How well do you actually know the writers who bring you Animated Views? For our 20th anniversary, the AV staff answers 20 questions about the site, their opinions, and… |
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Disney to release throw-back VHS tapes of recent animated films
…back to November, is the Fairytale Collection, with The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Frozen, Moana, and Frozen II. The Adventure Collection will follow soon after, with Winnie the Pooh,… |
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The return of Puppetoons
…of Dr. Lao, and The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm. This new Blu-ray/DVD set was made possible by the kind assistance of Paramount Pictures (the original distributor of The… |
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The cell phone is in charge in independent animated short film Like and Follow
…‘dog walking’ aspect, and the boy had this whole part with a girl near the end,” Forrest said. “But we stripped it away to keep the running time short. It… |
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
…older than the age they’re supposed to be portraying. And the kids seem to be speaking the way clueless adults think nauseatingly hip high schoolers talk these days. (Example: within… |
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Watch the dramatic season two teaser trailer for Arcane
…of the horrifying cliffhanger that ended the first season. The actions of Jinx has created greater turmoil between the Utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underbelly of Zaun, completely… |
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Watch the first eight minutes of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
“Watch the opening eight minutes of New Line Cinema’s original anime feature The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, which returns audiences to the epic world brought… |
