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Up:rising with Story Artist and Dug’s Special Mission‘s Director Ronnie del Carmen!

…give their feedback to help the reels. Then we also have a test audience watch it and we ask them what they thought of the movie. It’s a long, long…

Ruby-Spears’ Superman: DC Comics Classic Collection

…program out as something different. The titles of these moments pretty much say it all: The Adoption, The Supermarket, At The Babysitter’s (though not as destructive as Jack-Jack Attack!), The

The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 2: The “Disney Decade”

…in common is the fact that they were all leading characters. Predominantly, they were the leading character or one of the leading characters of the movie. The second element is…

A Miser Brothers’ Christmas

…This is due to the unique storytelling talents of the writers, the memorable songs used on the shows, and the unique stop-motion animation techniques that nearly defined the style for…

Castle In The Sky

…origins and the secrets of a fabled castle in the sky. The Sweatbox Review: Following the success of the film Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind, the publisher of…

X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 5

…after the fourth season and they had to create new episodes for the final season. The new character designs made the characters look more adult-like in their designs, and less…

Batman: Under The Red Hood

…all the great stories out there, why do they choose from Loeb and Winick? It’s frustrating. Winick actually pitched the story over the phone to producer Bruce Timm, and managed…

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

These tales of the Green Lantern Corps should serve as a great primer for anyone looking forward to the theatrical film. The origins of the Corps are revealed, and we…

Private Snafu Golden Classics

the United States National Archives. The cartoons have undergone restoration, and surely we now have the best possible set of these cartoons. Compared to the older DVD, the cartoons now…

Lion King D-rectors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff: 2D’s for a 3D hit!

…Because The Lion King was considered an original story there was always the need to anchor it with something familiar. When we first pitched the revised outline of the movie…

Winnie The Pooh

…but then also came the “mid-quels”, films that took place between scenes in the original movies. Well, fine, if they wanted to screw with the likes of Tarzan then that…

Cars 2

…is a good one, he’s really just there to open the doors to the other vehicles ready to join the Cars team on store shelves, including the characters of the

Lady and the Tramp’s Peggy Lee on the right side of the (sound)tracks!

…on the occasion of Lady and the Tramp’s Blu-ray debut. Animated Views: I’ve read Peggy Lee began working on Lady and the Tramp as the voice of some characters. How…

Real Steel

…continuing Winston’s great work. They’ve certainly achieved that here, designing and creating the real world models that perform alongside the augmented digital effects and continue the traditions set by the

Brave: Into the open air with songwriter Alex Mandel

…to Julie and to Jim Sutherland, who produced the songs overseas, through the Disney folks. They recorded everything in Scotland using these great traditional instruments. Then, they sent it back….

Free Birds creators explain why Reel FX’s first theatrical feature is no turkey

For many individuals, the best part of Thanksgiving is the holiday feast – except, of course, for those on the menu. Therein is the dilemma of being a turkey at…

Son Of Batman

…ground (other than the no-killing code) or seem like a particularly great role model. And then there are the missteps previously mentioned: the misogynous nature of Talia’s treatment in the

Planes: Fire & Rescue

…long passed the suggestion that the automobiles are on their own – there is no such explanation. Here, in the original Cars, they just exist, without any say so on…

Princess Mononoke

…screw it up, however, as they removed the subtitle track that translated the Japanese script (and they even did the same on the newly pressed DVD, which therefore becomes lesser…

Toy Story That Time Forgot

…That Time Forgot were the BattleSaurs themselves. They were incredibly cool-looking characters. Pixar is known for their almost obsessive attention-to-detail with their animation, but even with a television special, they…

Tinker Bell And The Legend Of The Neverbeast

…most cases with the stories too). Legend Of The Neverbeast falls into the middle of the pack, being not truly great but also no where near bad. The story is…

Campaign calls for Ellen Degeneres to “save Nemo

…take photos of themselves blowing “fish kisses” and uploading them to the social media platform Instagram with the tags #FISHKISS4NEMO, @SAVINGNEMO_ and @THEELLENSHOW in a bid to get the star…

Raiders! The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

…more experience and, essentially, money and resources behind them. Although they are the same people, these aren’t the kids that often evoke the feeling of their own Amblin-style story (The

Beauty And The Beast: 25th Anniversary Walt Disney Signature Collection

then in-decline shows on the Great White Way wouldn’t be floundering if they had half the wit and charm of Beauty’s score, Disney was quick to capitalize in converting the

Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil Tribute Exhibition and Panel Event

…in particular parents introducing their children to them and noting their roles. Always fun to see little ones meet the talent behind the shows they grow up watching. The signing…

Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season Four

…a menace to the Rebels for the rest of the season, and the Loth-Wolves take on greater and greater prominence, as the series veers more towards telling tales involving Force…

Renaissance comes to DVD for wider audience

…Bonus features include The Making of Renaissance, an exclusive look at the making of this cinematic wonder. The featurette explores how the filmmakers brought the digitally animated noir tale to…

Metropolis

…his idea to Katsuhiro Otomo, the celebrated creator of both the manga and anime versions of Akira. Together, they fleshed out the story, sticking more to the themes and ideas…

Pixar doesn’t quite go Onward at box office

the first Pixar film they have ever released in March (all of their previous movies have either come out in November or during the lucrative summer season). The Mouse House…

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Volume Two: Bump in the Night

the gang must solve the mystery to save the movie. The gang begins by investigating the set for the film with its many trap doors and special effects. The final…