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Smurfs opens
Paramount’s Smurfs opens today in 3,504 theatres according to The Numbers. The film is making critics blue, earning only 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. Their consensus: “Antic and zany without being… |
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New villains attack in full Avatar: Fire and Ash trailer
…quite spectacular. In addition, new “sneak peeks” of the much-anticipated sequel are reported to be included with the theatrical re-release of Avatar: The Way of Water next week. Fire and… |
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Deaf Crocodile offers more amazing animation in 2026
…blending glove puppets, CGI, and martial arts (Legend Of The Sacred Stone). And incidentally, in perhaps the biggest surprise, they will release the previously un-releasable (due to a court injunction)… |
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Watch DreamWorks Animation’s new short Wednesdays with Gramps
…The Movie last year, but apparently got pulled for unknown reasons. The short has won acclaim during screenings at various film festivals, but wasn’t available to the public until this… |
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Firefly animated series in development with original stars set to reprise roles
Firefly star Nathan Fillion has shiny news for fans of the cult favorite space western from the early 2000s that was cancelled before its time in the form of an… |
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Animal Farm opens
Angels’ Animal Farm opens today in 2,600 theatres according to The Numbers. The critics don’t seen to be supporting the revolution, giving the film a 26% rating on Rotten Tomatoes…. |
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Su and Mo poke "crude, rude and lewd" fun at the Film Festival experience
…Boas, animator and co-director. “I look at it like the classic Pepé Le Pew cartoons. They’re funny not because they mock the French, but because they use clichés and the… |
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Nicktoons Channel calls for entries for first-ever Nicktoons Film Festival
…with the worldwide filmmaking community make them the ideal producers.” “Traveling the world for Animation Magazine, I get to see so much great animation that’s not accessible to most audiences,”… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpts: Parts III and IV
…the theatricality, like in the glory days of the superhero prologue when everything is very contrasty and visually strong. But there’s a huge part of the film where the family… |
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Press release: The Wubbcast video podcast for pre-schoolers
For cartoon fans and filmmakers young and old, the announcement has arrived that The Wubbcast, the first video podcast for pre-schoolers, is now available. Offering a lineup that includes the… |
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The Animated Seuss
…Tunes of the time, the Snafu films had racial caricatures of Japanese and Germans, in keeping with the wartime desire to dehumanize the enemy. The idea of the Snafu shorts… |
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Douglas Gresham: Producing Prince Caspian
…in any great detail, but the book is all about the very important return to true faith, honesty, justice, and all the great qualities which such things carry with them… |
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Bee Movie Fun Facts
…what it sounds like it does—they light the scenes to make them look and feel the way they will on the big screen. However, there is much more to lighting… |
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WALL•E: Angus MacLane’s burning love for BURN•E!
…story. If the main story is about the existence of the Easter Bunny, the side story can’t say there is no Easter Bunny or it messes with the feature. RI:… |
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Paul & The Dragon: Cartoon Laugh-O-Therapy with the Film’s Creators!
…with the soundtrack by the talented Maarten Spruijt. The music had to become the voice of some of the characters (for example the Dragon and the sidekick little bird have… |
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Peanuts: 1960’s Collection
…a classic. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (October, 1966) – This in obviously another great one, with Linus fully embracing the excitement of the coming of The Great Pumpkin,… |
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Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie (Limited Edition with Plush)
…tracks are effective in setting the mood of the story and great combined with the music on this set. The songs themselves are not that great or memorable (nowhere near… |
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Heavy Metal: Collector’s Edition
…a way of linking the stories together into a somewhat cohesive narrative. The linking device they decided on was only partially successful, but it was enough. The moviemakers created the… |
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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series: Special Edition
…banking satellite signals. The Kingpin is the big villain here, sporting the complexion and voice of The Kingpin from the Daredevil movie, but with the bulk of the comics version…. |
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Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition Giftset
…Are Go (1:33:06) The main titles include one for “TV Century 21 Cinema Productions” and the familiar Thunderbirds theme. The first scene features the assembly of a modular spacecraft, the… |
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Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
…is little surprise that Torumekian troops arrive the next day to investigate the crash, but the people of the Valley are surprised to find themselves under attack. There are high… |
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Wacky Races: The Complete Series
…other over the head with clubs) and their Boulder Mobile; the Gruesome Twosome and the Creepy Coupe (with a dragon along for the ride); the Red Max and his propeller-driven… |
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Perils of Penelope Pitstop: The Complete Series
…a thing. Scratch Tracks: The “cliffhanger” feel of the show is greatly enhanced by the “player piano” music, not to mention the dynamic narration by the talented Gary Owens. Janet… |
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Drawn Together: Season One
…open with a written warning that these cartoons are NOT for kids. Pay attention! They’re not kidding! In addition, the episodes on the DVD are uncensored, restoring all the cursing… |
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DuckTales: Volume 1
…US television markets on the basis of the Disney name and the show’s concept. They took two years then to prepare the initial 65 episodes, ensuring that the show had… |
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Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
…the time was how CGI films would dominate the nominees, as cel-animated filmmaking fell by the wayside. For release year 2005, however, there were no CGI films among the three… |
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Justice League: Season One
…or more versions of each in the comics over the years. They settled for the modern-day Flash (Wally West), and a nearly forgotten Green Lantern, the dark-complexioned John Stewart— the… |
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Teen Titans: The Complete First Season
…teenaged superheroes juggle videogames, personal disputes, and saving the world. The Sweatbox Review: They fight for truth, justice, and the last piece of pizza…! They’re the Teen Titans, stars of… |
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Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume One
…characters and the zest that the stories contain. It may not be great television, but it is great fun. Plus, with the extras available on the set, and the wealth… |
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The Venture Bros.: Season One
…the disturbance. Home Insecurity has a great set-up, with the minions of Baron Underbheit encountering the henchmen of The Monarch as they all try to break into the Venture compound… |
