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Dumbo Cel Release and Artist Signing
…Jumbo’s, sweet, little, “Baby Mine” with the newest edition to the Ink and Paint collection from the Studios Animation Gallery at the Walt Disney World Resort! . . . Don’t… |
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The Secret Of The Magic Gourd
…English in the style of the movie, these are Pixar-styled faked up flubs (there’s even the usual Buzz Lightyear reference), with the Gourd itself “on set” bearing the brunt of… |
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New info on Shrek 2 and more Shrek sequels
…the plot for the second sequel? Shrek learns to be a father, as a baby ogre is set to appear. As the Shrek films’ director Andrew Adamson believes, “In the… |
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When I Grow Up I Wanna Be Roy
…a gander. There’s shirts for men and women, baby items, mousepads, clocks, mugs, etc., with slogans such as “Roy Was Right,” “Bring Back Roy,” “Keep the Disney in Disney,” and… |
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Tokyo Godfathers trailer
…honor. To qualify for the Oscars, it will open simultaneously in Japan and the US on December 29th. A trailer for the movie is available form the official web site…. |
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Spider-Mouse: the ultimate character crossover team-up as Disney buys Marvel!
…plan is of course for Disney to eventually bring these films in-house, but as for the moment the licensing deals Marvel has with those companies, and the one for the… |
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Belleville leads sparkling UK TV Christmas line up!
…Day Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer (1998) – 7.25am, C4 The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Melendez, 1979) – 11.30am, ITV1 Oliver! (live-action musical) – 12.20pm, C4 The Tigger… |
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Family Guy May Return to Network TV
Baby Stewie could be staging a comeback. In a sign of the growing importance of DVD sales to Hollywood, 20th Century Fox is considering a plan to resume production of… |
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Comedy Central to air "Kid Notorius" tonight
…for about a decade he either produced or oversaw the production of a string of fine films, including “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Godfather” “Chinatown” and “Urban Cowboy,” before drugs and other… |
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Enrico Casarosa’s The Venice Chronicles
…little daughter with [above right: Enrico painting the cover art of The Venice Chronicles holding his baby, Flo]. AV: In the book, you pay homage to Hugo Pratt (the creator… |
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Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941 – 1942
…first in the series to carry the Famous Studios name, Showdown is arguably the first of the films not to carry the Fleischer touches. Even then it’s a highly enjoyable… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…Ice Age and the disappointing The Meltdown, Dawn of the Dinosaurs could be considered the best of the three. While missing the heart of the first it adds action, adventure,… |
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AFI Awards names The Incredibles one of the top ten films of 2004
Reuters reports that the American Film Institute’s annual AFI Awards has named The Incredibles as one of the top ten films of the year. Other films in the top ten… |
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Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series
…the original negatives, and there is some dust here and there. The biggest problem, though, is the banding seen at the sides of the frame throughout the episodes. Depending on… |
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Casting now complete on Shrek the Musical
As previously reported, Brian d’Arcy James, the singing actor who was recently seen in the Off-Broadway musical Next to Normal, will play the title role of the green ogre in… |
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Pooh review, big things happening at Views
…pointing you towards my latest review, that being for The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh: The Friendship Edition. If you have the previous DVD release, there is no reason… |
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Popeye: A Sailor’s Story
…even if there have been modifications along the way. The Thimble Theater characters are truthfully a bit ugly and bizarre, but they also have a roundness that still allows them… |
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The Gremlins
…the “upcoming Disney film”, using Disney artists’ artwork and Dahl’s text. The preview appeared at the end of 1942, under the title Introducing The Gremlins. The full text of the… |
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Coming events
There’s a couple good animation events in the Hollywood area this weekend. On Friday night the Science and Technology Council of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents… |
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"Ogre"-whelmed with triplets
Like the dancing baby from Ally McBeal, Shrek and Fiona’s offspring groove just as much but are a lot greener: http://www.ogrebabies.com/… |
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RIP, Lou Rawls
…Arnold (1996-99) and a Newborn Baby in The Rugrats Movie (1998). Also in 1998, Rawls appeared in the cast of Saban Entertainment’s short-lived series The Secret Files of the Spy… |
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Dykstra to helm Tortoise and Hippo
…reports The Hollywood Reporter. The film is based on the true story of a baby hippo and 100-year-old tortoise that were rescued from the Indian Ocean following the Asian tsunami…. |
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Harry Gregson-Williams: Scoring the Return to Narnia!
…the children theme, the heroic theme, the family theme and Aslan’s theme. These themes didn’t seem to want to change. They wanted to be the same themes as we’d had… |
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Family Guy is back!
…will be the first animated premiere released by Fox since disappointing sales of FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue and Anastasia sequel Bartok The Magnificent in the 1990s put an end… |
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Hoodwinked DVD details
…But Red, Granny, the Big Bad Wolf and the Woodsman are not your usual suspects, as they have their own dark secrets, wily deceptions and conflicting accounts of the crime…. |
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The Venture Bros.: Season Two
…Jackson Twilight and The Alchemist, a chance to gain their own arch-foe for their team. The ol’ team is a little long in the teeth, but they get their juices… |
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The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ To Town: Deluxe Edition
…the earlier release, there’s certainly little to complain about the progressive video. Although Rankin/Bass always filled their work with color, their palette remained distinctly pastel shaded, and there thankfully hasn’t… |
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RIP, Jan Svochak (1926-2006)
…Productions and Perpetual Motion Pictures. It was at the last of those companies that Svochak worked on the Mr. Hipp shorts for NBC’s Weekend in the 70’s. He likewise animated… |
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Classic Media to release all 312 Harveytoons shorts
…to be found in The Complete Harveytoons Collection include Casper the Friendly Ghost, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, and Little Audrey. More information on the set may be found here:… |
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Toad enters spotlight in new Flushed Away clip
…has been caught exclusively by Coming Soon. The QuickTime video features the villainous Toad referring to his dastardly scheme – in baby talk. Flushed Away will enter theaters this Friday…. |
