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Mirrormask Trailer
…and dangerous Sphynxes. Her only hope to return home is to find the Mirrormask, an object of enormous power. The movie uses a mix of live action, stop motion, CG… |
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Annie Awards results – \\The Incredibles\\ wins big
…Disney/Pixar film The Incredibles was the big winner of the night, soaring off with ten awards – getting a win in every category it was nominated in. The Joe Grant/Mike… |
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Annie Award nominations announced
The {{link http://www.asifa-hollywood.org ASIFA}} has announced the nominees for this year’s {{link http://www.annieawards.com/ Annie Awards}}, honoring the best in the world of animation. \\The Incredibles\\ led all films with 16… |
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Selick And Vinton Adapting Coraline
…the film with Vinton. This will be Vinton Studios’ second animated feature, after Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride, due to be released in the fall of 2005. The means of… |
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Tambor, Thatcher aboard Muppets of Oz
The recent Cinefex newsletter reports that “Jeffrey Tambor and David Alan Grier will star with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and friends in the ABC TV Muppets’ Wizard of Oz… |
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"Bart Simpson" coming to Toronto
…Silverman directed many classic episodes including Simpsons Simpsons Roasting Over an Open Fire (the first full length episode), Bart the Genius, Bart the General, Krusty Gets Kancelled and Homey the… |
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Racing Stripes: new trailer
Obviously forgiving director Frederik Du Chau for The Quest For Camelot, Warner Brothers is starting to ramp up awareness for the helmer’s new film for them, Racing Stripes. The live-action/CGI-enhanced… |
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The AristoCats: Special Edition
…Slipper And The Rose and the original animated Charlotte’s Web among others), they weren’t at the Studio to protect the songs they had written for The AristoCats and many fell… |
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Disney announces ten animated films through 2012
…A musical set in the greatest city of them all, New Orleans, The Princess and the Frog marks Disney’s return to the timeless art form of traditional animation. The film… |
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Amy Poehler on The Mighty B!
…such as the character she plays, storyline information, and her take on the new show. The Mighty B!, which follows the efforts of a girl scout trying to become a… |
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Josie And The Pussycats: The Complete Series
…rather than the Hanna-Barbera ones anyways. Ink And Paint: There’s a reason why the word “remastered” appears nowhere on the package. These cartoons definitely show their age, with plenty of… |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Two-Disc Special Edition)
…show talk about the idea behind the project and the stories they are going to tell during the first season of the show. They go into detail about the proposed… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Platinum Edition
…it back into the movie for the special edition. They also had to go back and “clean up” the backgrounds of the castle after the sequence since the servants were… |
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Wonder Woman
…there are three characters that set the pattern for most of the superheroes that followed. The first of these archetypes was represented by Superman, the science-themed, super-powered alien hero. Then… |
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The Man Called Flintstone
…was Hanna-Barbera’s first theatrical feature, The Man Called Flintstone is significant for being the first of many spin-offs from the famed TV show. The film was produced just as the… |
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…cycles, and so forth. The last piece of the puzzle was Bay jazz pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi, whose music would provide the perfect accent to the struggle between the… |
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Astro Boy (1963): Ultra Collector’s Edition Sets 1 & 2
…sells the construct to a robot circus. Professor Ochanomizu, who has taken over at the Ministry from the departed Tenma, spots the robot there. The professor brings the robot back… |
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The Muppet Show: Season Two
…a dimension to the show that let us into the world of the Muppets even more, and making their interactions with the guest stars all the more involving. Other aspects… |
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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: The Complete 2nd, 3rd & 4th Seasons
…when I was young. Officially the eight incarnation of the Scooby-Doo character, the show updated the characters for the 90s and a whole new generation of fans. It kept the… |
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Birdman & The Galaxy Trio: The Complete Series
…who has seen the Toth shows can tell you that while they often look great, they also did have to rely on the skills of the animators to make the… |
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Darkwing Duck: Volume 2
…flaps in the night returns for 27 more action-packed but light-hearted episodes. The Sweatbox Review: The Disney Afternoon’s Darkwing Duck flew onto the airwaves in the fall of 1991. Coming… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 1 1933-1938
…after years of lamenting the fact that these gloriously great golden age cartoons were not available on home video. Due to legalities involving the rights to these cartoons, they have… |
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The Secrets Of Isis: The Complete Series
…work done, making the most of the elements they were given. Scratch Tracks: The English and Spanish tracks perform their function adequately but certainly not spectacularly. The show sounds pretty… |
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The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh: The Friendship Edition
…the soldier’s unit, and while in England the bear was given to the London Zoo at the end of 1919 before the soldier went to France. At the zoo, the… |
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Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete First Season
…that were left on the cels when they were photographed, revealing the low-budget nature of the enterprise; but the overall appearance is certainly drab and dingy. This may be the… |
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Batman Beyond: Season Three
…of thirteen episodes, the producers of Batman Beyond had the opportunity to explore more of the original Batman’s past should they choose, but as this collection shows, they kept the… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald Volume Four
…Disney and the many innovations they were implementing at the time – including Stereophonic sound. They also discuss the character of the Ranger and the voice work of Bill Thompson…. |
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Chatting with The Chestnut Tree Creators
…record funny dialogue lines for both of the characters. So I gave the tracks out to everyone and part of the finishing was that once the students finished the test… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2
…and the less obscure Birdman And The Galaxy Trio. Bill and Joe had their time freed up slightly when they sold their studio to Taft Broadcasting in 1967. The last… |
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Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
…the next piece, The Party, which features a post-premiere radio broadcast over images from the premiere party, held on the Chinese Theater’s parking lot. The broadcast is fun to listen… |