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20th Century Fox presents World’s Tallest Scrat!
…of the Dinosaurs arrives on Blu-ray Disc and DVD,” said Mary Daily, Executive Vice President, Marketing, North America for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. “It is just more reason to… |
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Twenty films compete for Oscar nominations
…at least 16 animated films qualify, there could be up to 5 nominees up for the big prize — a level that has only been reached one previous time. The… |
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Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure
…right place. Cynical types may rant that the themes are old, but not so for little boys and girls. The producers of this movie get it. There’s no reason to… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 2
…appear on the previous volume (only three series are repeated). Whether you like comedy, adventure, or a taste of the bizarre, you should be able to find something here that… |
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Up:rising with Story Artist and Dug’s Special Mission‘s Director Ronnie del Carmen!
…we had our concerns about telling a story about an old man flying his house to fulfill a promise. Being part of the creative team that created the movie, I’m… |
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Stop-motion features at the Oscars
The Hollywood Reporter takes an interesting look at the differences between stop-motion features and CGI, comparing Coraline, Mary And Max and Fantastic Mr Fox to the likes of Up, Cloudy… |
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Studio Ghibli’s Next Film Announced
…book The Borrowers by the late British author Mary Norton about a race of tiny people who “borrow” things and keep their existence a secret. The Borrowers series has previously… |
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First Look at Studio Ghibli’s New Film
Collider shares the first teaser from Studio Ghibli’s upcoming feature Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty). Based on Mary Norton’s popular The Borrowers series of children’s books, and directed by… |
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The Black Cauldron: Producer Joe Hale talks munchings and crunchings…
…process. Can you tell me about that not-so-well-known art? JH: Basically, there were a lot of very talented animators. There were the Nine Old Men, and other animators that were… |
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Waking Sleeping Beauty awakens…
…industry. There had been plenty of reporting about this moment in Disney history, but none of it told the complex, riveting story that Schneider had witnessed up close. “The articles… |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to “the other side” of animation!
…Ron Clements about how they went about bringing the magic back to the Mouse House! Born in Chicago, Illinois, John Musker first began drawing while in grammar school and knew… |
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My Life With Charlie Brown
…strip in new directions, with ideas and themes that could not have ever come from a happy time. There’s the lesson that we can all use, be we cartoonists or… |
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Trailer for Ghibli’s The Borrower Arrietty
A new trailer for Studio Ghibli’s upcoming feature film The Borrower Arrietty is now available to watch online. Based on Mary Norton’s fantasy novel The Borrowers, the film has been… |
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Warner Archive: Classic Musical Shorts From The Dream Factory
…of any MGM output, but there’s a “you are there” live quality that puts you in the audience as opposed to simply watching a movie routine. The disc is the… |
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Despicable Me despicably on Blu-ray and DVD!
…of bonus content with their Blu-ray discs to save to mobile devices or to stream from anywhere there’s a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy exclusive content on the go,… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition
…although there’s no way to skip around the actual documentary: once strapped in, you’re there for the long run. The additional featurettes pick up on cues from the main program,… |
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Toy Story 3: Pixar writer Michael Arndt tells the story behind the story
…adult in the room? Shouldn’t there be some Vice President, or producer, or toy manufacturer in here telling us what to do?” There was never any of that. We were… |
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Tangled : An Interview with Disney Designer Laurent Ben-Mimoun
…I had to do something that would compose well for the 1:85 aspect ratio format of the film. AV: Can you tell me about the different castles that you used… |
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2003: ’Tis The Season To Buy Presents!
…THE COMPLETE DVD MOVIE COLLECTION The last great movie series to use stop-motion and pre-digital effects. DVD File digs deep into the four disc set. Honorable Mentions: If there’s nothing… |
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Ghibli’s Arrietty the Borrower finds its lead English voice
…release, reports /Film. Based on Mary Norton‘s 1952 novel The Borrowers, the film, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, with supervision by Hayao Miyazaki, was released in Japan on July 17, 2010…. |
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Peanuts Double Feature: A Boy Named Charlie Brown & Snoopy, Come Home
…There reunion is joyful, but with a third of the film to go, there’s one more twist: Lila wants Snoopy to go home with her when she’s released. Snoopy is… |
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Tangled
…yet there’s no real reason as to why such a project wouldn’t work in CG, but Tangled’s masterstroke is in the execution, supplementing the new visual approach with lots of… |
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The Incredibles
…too sure about how the characters are placed: Mr Incredible is almost lost in the top left, and there’s an absurd amount of focus pulled towards Elastigirl’s left hand, which… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (3D)
…If there’s a featurette you’d like to directly access, a menu within Beyond Beauty allows one to select individual clips, although there’s no way to skip around the actual documentary:… |
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The Secret World of Arrietty trailer now online
…Mary Norton‘s fantasy novel The Borrowers, the film is directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and features the voices of Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, David Henrie, and Moises… |
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Winnie The Pooh
…a much more “Tigger”-centric introduction for the character here, with Cummings also sounding much more like the Tigger of old (and there’s also, here and there, an almost spot-on Sebastian… |
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Arrietty director on the beauty of Studio Ghibli
…talks about Arrietty, its English voice cast, and his love for Studio Ghibli. Based on Mary Norton’s The Borrowers, The Secret World of Arrietty opens in theaters Feb 17, 2012…. |
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William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg read The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore!
…stayed there. When you read a book, there’s something about the experience that adds more richness to your life. And that’s certainly what happened to Morris. Then you see this… |
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Lady And The Tramp
…extent until the much more recent Brother Bear. There’s also the obvious love story aspect about it all, too, featuring one of the Studio’s most realistically depicted relationships – canines… |
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Could Tom Hanks play Walt Disney?
…story of how Walt struggled to get the film rights of the Mary Poppins character from author P.L. Travers, who Disney is hoping will be played by Emma Thompson. Nothing… |
