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Despicable Me 4
…love the Minions. But I hate the stories. With seven years passing since the last direct Despicable Me movie, could the writers have taken the time to craft something less… |
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For Smurfs: The Lost Village‘s art department, it’s great to feel blue!
…many people who prefer a book they read to its movie adaptation, I am much more attached to the albums than the animated series. There is something mesmerizing and amusing… |
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Studio Idefix #2 – Lucky Luke: Daisy Town and Ballad Of The Daltons
…There’s some bits of business with the prison dog Rin Tin Can which isn’t as funny as it should be, and an elaborate musical dream sequence that, while great fun,… |
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ZooPhobia: Bad Luck Jack
…super tame and actually rather wholesome. There’s virtually no blood as the would-be violent effects are very cartoony in nature, like classic Disney and Loony Tunes. The short also happens… |
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Lightyear
…There are no big surprises and the tension is never dialed up very high. Unlike many other Pixar features, there is really no strong emotional through-line driving viewers to feel… |
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G.I. Joe: The Movie – Special Edition
…did have some of its own dedicated fans. The main conflict of the show begins when Cobra Commander and Serpentor begin to argue about the direction of the Cobra organization…. |
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Great songs never die: how art director Amos Sussigan is crafting the look of Aria For A Cow
…creations? AS: Aria is definitely more complicated and layered. The crew is bigger. There is much more work to do since there is a lot of lip-syncing and to keep… |
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Hanna And Barbera: Conversations
…new industry in television cartoons. An excerpt from Michael Barrier’s 1999 Hollywood Cartoons book follows, detailing the duo’s MGM days. Then, there’s a transcript of a California Institute Of The… |
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Around the world with Mila: interview with art director Alexandra Kavalova
…They’re in full production mode right now with about 60% of animation approved. They should be 100% wrapped with layout by the end of next month, and they’re moving forward… |
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Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Pete Travers talks “wonderfood” VFX in Cloudy 2
…me about that aspect? PT: Czech children’s book art Miroslav Sasek is probably the primary influence for shape in the movie, for both characters and environment. Production designer Justin Thompson… |
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Pete Nash talks “wonderfood” animation in Cloudy 2
…and have changed. As a result, in Cloudy 2, there’s more conflict in Flint. How did you express that enriched and more complex personality? PN: Film is a visual medium… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #72: Dinosaur – Well… Here It Is
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! In this episode, the Rotoscopers have a riveting discussion about one of Disney’s most forgotten about animated films Dinosaur. https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV6587126038.mp3 Highlights • Main Discussion: Dinosaur… |
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Disney reveals first look at Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins Returns
Disney has revealed the first official photo Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins in the much-anticipated Mary Poppins Returns on Facebook, and you can check it out below. The movie flies… |
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Mary Poppins receives nine Laurence Olivier Awards nominations
The official site for the Laurence Olivier Awards has the nominations for the 2005 awards ceremony. Within the list, Mary Poppins picked up nine nominations, including Best New Musical, Best… |
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\\Mary Poppins\\ star speaks about her role
{{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84041.html Playbill}} quotes a \\Variety\\ report about Laura Michelle Kelly, the 23 year old actress who has landed the title role in the upcoming stage musical \\Mary Poppins\\. Kelly,… |
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Eloise in Hollywood in Dallas
…Eloise herself, Mary Matilyn Mouser. An Arkansas native, Mary started her career at the age of six when she was chosen as a photo-double for Mel Gibson’s daughter in Signs…. |
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Mary Poppins DVD review
Ultimate Disney has posted a review of the upcoming 2-disc 40th Anniversary Edition DVD of Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins represented the most ambitious blend of live action and animation up… |
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Minions rise at box office in record-breaking fashion
…here. That won’t happen now, but Lightyear could still be a hit for them on Disney+ when it lands there in about a month. So far, the movie has a… |
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You are what you eat in the new Venom: Let There Be Carnage trailer
The full trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage is now online, and from the looks of things, it’s going to be as full of mayhem as its title would… |
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Venom is hungry for more in the Let There Be Carnage trailer
The action-packed first trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage is now online, and can be checked out in the player above. The first look features the same brand of… |
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Transformers One
…are Easter Eggs aplenty, particularly from the original 80s cartoon, including appearances from some more obscure characters like the Quintessons, as well as giving Elita-1 a major role. But there’s… |
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There’s a new boss in town in The Boss Baby: Family Business trailer
…is a hedge fund CEO. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again … and inspire a new… |
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There’s no horsing around with the Spirit Untamed trailer
…epic adventure about a headstrong girl longing for a place to belong who discovers a kindred spirit when her life intersects with a wild horse, Spirit Untamed is the next… |
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Twenty Years of AV
Wow. Twenty years. There’s no way we’ve been doing this for two decades! But it’s true. Animated Views turns 20 today. Just last month, I noticed Google was celebrating their… |
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The Legend of Vox Machina
…animated features of DC Comics superheroes in being illustrated with a stark graphic look with some fluidity to their motions, there’s a believability to how alive the characters are presented… |
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What’s your view? Tell us in the comments!
There’s a new cyber-feature that all the hip websites are implementing these days called “comments”. Apparently the way it works is after you finish reading an article, you can actually… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #86: Once Upon a Forest – How Alvin and the Chipmunks Save the Forest
…Main Discussion: Once Upon a Forest • It’s ok. Not bad. But just ok. • Classic James Horner. There’s alway a wind instrument solo. • Mason soapbox moment: Why are… |
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Smallfoot
…film I absolutely loved. So going in I had high expectations about the humor. Unfortunately, I was hugely letdown. There are a few laughs but hardly none of the -out-loud… |
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Comic-Con@Home 2021 Coverage
…The issue featured an insider’s POV article about Stan Lee and Marvel by Lee’s former assistant, Robin Green (successor to Fabulous Flo Steinberg), who went on to great success as… |
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Comic-Con@Home Coverage
…a virtual panel discussion about the hit drama series which will be moderated by award-winning journalist Stacey Wilson Hunt. Collider: Directors on Directing Robert Rodriguez (Alita: Battle Angel), Colin Trevorrow… |
