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Happy Birthday Donald!

With all the fuss over his co-star Mickey’s 75th anniversary this year, it seems the irascible Donald Duck has once again been shunted out of the spotlight. Well, let’s set…

The Lion King Tenth Anniversary Reunion

…if they had nothing to do with the topic of the event. Katzenberg even at one point while discussing the genesis of the story of The Lion King respectfully mentioned…

Jonathan Frakes speaks Thunderbirds

…haven’t been introduced to the Thunderbirds before – you’re in for a great time,” says Frakes. The site also features new photos from the film. Thunderbirds opens in US theaters…

Does whatever a spider can: The '67 Collection reviewed

DVD Toons’ Rand Cyrenne cracks open the Disney DVD release of Marvel’s {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/316 Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection}}, six discs of original animated adventures. “When I was eight years old,…

More Sky Captain early reviews

the predictability of the story simply because the tale was easy to get into.” Finally, Nathanael May concludes, “This was easily one of the most well conceived and original movies…

Academy Award-nominated director awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

…sequences for the 2004 release of the first full-length feature film of SpongeBob Squarepants – the popular television show. Karen Dufilho-Rosen produced the Academy Award winning short films For the

Exclusive news on DreamWorks at Comic-Con!

…Madagascar, attendees have the opportunity to view conceptual behind-the-scenes art of the sets and character development. Visitors to the DreamWorks booth (#4321) will also be among the first to see…

Comic-Con: New Snicket images…

Photos from this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego are already starting to flood the net, and the Latino Review has, for starters, got some great new images from this Christmas’…

Is DreamWorks sure about that IPO thing?

TheStreet.com listed DreamWorks at number four in a scathing criticism of the filing move. “It’s not that Shrek and Shrek 2 aren’t great. They are. And they made decent money,…

Coverage of the Comic-Con coverage

…News brings the highlights of the Incredibles panel. First off, the movie will be Pixar’s first PG-rated film. Also, as of 10:00 a.m. Friday, The Incredibles is “done,” although it…

Animated Poo

great article up about a half-hour stop-motion animated Korean film, Doggy Poo, which turns out to be a surprisingly tender, gentle and profound story that the site describes as “beautiful”….

The Motley Fool comments on the upcoming DreamWorks IPO

…crowded at the pixilated multiplex soon. Rick Munarriz takes a closer look at DreamWorks, Disney, and Pixar and sees the potential for great rewards — as well as perilous pitfalls….

Preview the Aladdin DVD bonus features…

…posted a page of some great preview shots of deleted scenes and games from the upcoming Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD, which will be released on October 5th. Check them out!…

Pixar Q2 beats analyst expectations, Jobs doing well

…Steve Jobs, who is currently recuperating from successful cancer surgery, said “Our performance this quarter highlights the ongoing success of Finding Nemo and the longevity of all of our films….

Looney Tunes arrive on November 2nd!

…year – featuring just two of the discs and none of the extras of the Golden Collection – Warners is releasing a similar 2-disc Spotlight Collection on the same day…

Father of the Pride images and review

…It keeps up a good, brisk pace that never gets boring. The humor is rather raunchy and Shrek-like but we were told that the pilot episode (the one about the

Elmer Bernstein dies at 82

Great Escape, which perfectly summed up the nature of the World War II adventure-drama and remains one of the most whistled of movie themes. Bernstein worked tirelessly through the 60s…

Ultimate Disney reviews Simba's Pride

…a very good traditional animated sequel, easily surpassing the great majority of Disney’s direct-to-video fare.” Like the Lion King 1½ DVD, this 2-discer seems a bit light on the extras,…

The real reason The Three Musketeers was kept from theaters

…and why you may not be seeing Disney’s better animated sequels, including the upcoming Bambi and the Great Prince that has been described as “simply stunning”, heading to theaters anymore….

Bambi Platinum Edition DVD to hit stores on March 1, 2005

…home video executive Gordon Ho remarks, “It’s amazing how much more vivid and clear it looks from the color and clarity standpoint.” As for the DVD’s bonus features, the main…

Alvin And The Chipmunks head to the big screen

Obviously content with the tidy sum Garfield The Movie made over the summer season, 20th Century Fox are to bring another 80s cartoon favorite to the screen in the form…

"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

Review: Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD

IGN FilmForce reviews the Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD. Giving the movie itself a score of 8/10, the website remarks, “All the usual Disney elements are there, but it’s just one…

Announcing Major Damage!

…more. Full details here: KIM POSSIBLE DIRECTOR CHRIS BAILEY INTRODUCES MAJOR DAMAGE GRAPHIC NOVEL, DVD IN DECEMBER Before their was The Incredibles, there was Major Damage! As if their hasn’t…

Barrier on Thomas

Mike Barrier has updated his {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/index.html Funny World}} website to reflect on this month’s loss to the animation world of Frank Thomas, while also defending the great animator’s style…

More good words for Aladdin

Coming towards the end of the reviews for Disney’s latest Platinum release (now out in stores), Rodney Figueiredo delivers his take on the new set over at the ever reliable…

Pooh TV comes to DVD

…– not doubt to coincide with the Heffalump Movie‘s theatrical release on February 24th. A Great Day of Discovery and Friends Forever will chiefly contain some scattered episodes of the

First Animated Reality Show: Drawn Together

…question of what happens when eight completely different cartoon characters from various genres and styles live together and have their lives filmed for the entire world to see. The housemates…

Frank Braxton, the "Jackie Robinson" of animation

…industry legend Floyd Norman has written another great column, with the focus being on Frank Braxton, America’s first black animator. Thanks to ‘coachmcguirk’ at the AN Forum for the notice….

Animated News Forum has moved

the inconvenience this will cause. Members will need to sign up at the new forums and we will lose the archives of the old forum. On the upside however is…