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Cars 3
…loved about Cars was the way it completely subverted my expectations. An animated movie about car racing? It’s going to be loud, fast-paced, and less focused on story, right? Nope…. |
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Around the world with Mila: Additional Character Designer Matthew Bates
Our journey accompanying the creation of Mila continues. After the story is set, it is time to give the characters their definite look. That’s when the character designers come. On… |
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The Jungle Book
…Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: Walt Disney’s swingin’ 1967 animated feature based on Rudyard Kipling’s legendary tale gets a modern-day, photo-realistic update. The Sweatbox Review: Oh, oobee-doo! Who would have guessed that… |
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Heidi’s Song
Hanna-Barbera Productions (November 19 1982), Warner Archive Collection (2012), single disc, 94 mins, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Stereo, Rated G, Retail: $17.95 from the Warner Archive Storyboard: Little orphaned Heidi… |
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Kubo and the Two Strings
…gets a lot of credit for originality. Which is a good thing in a story about storytelling! Kubo is unique, full of surprises, and infused with sincere emotions. Don’t go… |
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Hotel Transylvania Art Director Noëlle Triaureau sheds light on the monsters’ domain
…know, there always are changes during the production of an animated feature, and that was interesting to follow the movie along all its transformations through story and design, according to… |
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Frankenweenie: Cinematographer Peter Sorg’s shades of grey
…tell the story and keep the visuals interesting. AV: Where was the animation produced? PS: Frankenweenie was shot at Three Mills Studios in East London in a big warehouse over… |
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Alice In Cartoonland: Inkwell Edition
Disney Brothers/Winkler Pictures (1925-1927), Inkwell Images (2007), single TDK Durabis-branded DVD-R, 64 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Not Rated, Retail: $26.95 Storyboard: Walt Disney’s… |
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The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume Two
…the Justice League, the second story had the love-’em-or-hate-‘em Wonder Twins teaching lessons to fellow teenagers, the third story was the main event featuring the entire team against a fantastic… |
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: Special Edition
…$29.99 Storyboard: Cinderella returns just over 50 years after her fairytale ending came true for a trio of cutesy “life in the palace” adventures that do little to explain what… |
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Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure
DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Home Entertainment (February 27 2001), single disc, 70 mins plus supplements, 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Surround, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: Set right… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures Volume 3: Crazy Crew Rescues
…(nothing offensive, although parents may wish to pre-screen selected episodes), Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: The tiny, toony, looney, furry, funny, TV-invading cartoon critters of Acme Acres are back for a third… |
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Exclusive WonderCon 2016 Recap
…While the intentions were admirable, most everyone found it fairly annoying. As joked by Mark Evanier, “It contains your name, your blood type, your web history over the last year,… |
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Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Warner Bros. Animation (August 24, 2010), Warner Home Video (August 24, 2010), single disc, 50 mins plus supplements, 1.77:1 aspect ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Not Rated, Retail: $16.97 Storyboard: Tom… |
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Renaissance
…R for violent images, sexuality, nudity and language, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: In a black-than-black CGI noir Paris of 2054, detective Barthelemy Karas (voice of new James Bond Daniel Craig) is… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume Two!
…the He-Man heyday with the Hasbro-sponsored Bravestarr failed when the launches of the toylines and the series missed each other, and the Filmation story finally, and unfortunately, ended. The studio… |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…story. AV: In that perspective, how did you build your story? GK: For me, that short, little poem of Nephtali has something of a symphony, in three movements. Psalm 42… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s
…$32.99 Storyboard: Disney treats animation buffs with a wide assortment of little-seen shorts that begin with his “Alice Comedies” and then ventures into his studio’s numerous and varied “Specials”. It’s… |
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A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 1
…ABC in 1973, after premiering with a story in 1972 on the highest-rated episode of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie. In this version of the famous collie’s story, she belonged… |
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Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season
Hanna-Barbera (1964), Warner Home Video (May 11, 2004), 4 discs, 659 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Rated G, Retail: $39.98 Storyboard: A boy… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Three: Musical minstrels Alan Menken and Danny Troob!
…it’s like Disney was reuniting with Disney. Enchanté, Monsieur Menken! Animated Views: Enchanted does not just tell Giselle’s story. It seems to tell Disney’s musical history. Indeed, the style of… |
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Escape From Planet Earth
…subpar animation, but turned out to have a great story, fun characters, and a top-notch voice cast. A few years later we were surprised by Delgo, another film that based… |
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Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection
Grantray-Lawrence/Krantz Films (1967), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (June 29, 2004), 6 discs, 1144 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $59.99 Storyboard:… |
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Bob Clampett’s Beany And Cecil: The Special Edition
…the cartoons (History and Art, Story Session, Storyboards, Staff, Publicity and Promotional Materials, and Merchandise). I’m tellin’ ya, there is a whole lot of stuff here! Characters: Several different Clampett… |
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The secrets of Walt’s Vault unlocked…!
…in the book is a self contained story of some different aspect of Disney history so readers can select what they want to enjoy. The book is divided into four… |
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The Seventh Dwarf
Global Screen (2014), Shout! Factory (August 18th, 2015), 1 DVD, 88 minutes plus supplements, 1.78:1 Ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated PG, Retail: $16:97 Storyboard: Princess Rose has been wearing a… |
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Shrek Forever After
…that have been less than fans of the films, Shrek Forever After is a nice and fitting end to the story. Shrek, the wife, and kids are now living happily… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 5
…the show in season four. With its four episode-long story arc, the storyline managed to include multiple characters, but ended very much like any other episode of the show. When… |
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Whatever happened to Robert Zemeckis?
…interested in the Filmation story. In just-confirmed Hollywood news, it has been announced that Walt Disney Pictures’ first collaboration out of the gate in their ImageMovers partnership with director Robert… |
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2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…another 160-200 still in the works. Prior to answering my question about the recent Warner Bros. blu-ray of the Superman cartoons, Pointer and Jane brought up a sad story regarding… |
