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Lilo & Stitch: Producer Clark Spencer on a Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride!
…we never sat and had big meetings about: “OK, what is this story element about? How is it going to work?”. They knew what it was about and they knew… |
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Mars Needs Moms, but Earth needs Director Simon Wells!
…reality. There were a lot of people back then who were saying, “This is an abomination! Black-and-white film is so beautiful, why are we doing this? We’re ruining the beautiful… |
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Drawn Together – Uncensored! Season Three
…(It is also definitely for ADULTS ONLY.) There is a line of reasoning that says that such an approach is fair and even-handed, and therefore no one should really take… |
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Onward
…the odds are always good that the DMs at Pixar are going to work their magic and wow audiences again with every new release. And Onward is no exception. In… |
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Comic-Con@Home Coverage
…countries equally. Hear the stories from Mexican voice actors Cristina Hernández (Catwoman/Selina Kyle, Padme Amidala), Sebastián Llapur (Darth Vader, Daffy Duck), and Claudia Motta (Bart Simpson, Pikachu) about the different… |
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The Wild Robot
…an elderly goose called Longneck. Nighy is someone who remains a brilliant character actor who is also inexplicably underappreciated, and I’m always glad when he shows up in anything. For… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #48: Interview with Steve Hickner
…progress in the animation industry. Hickner has a rich, 30-year career in animation working at a variety of studios such as Disney, Amblination, and DreamWorks. He’s known as the “pro’s… |
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Warning From Space
…and trailers, this is a satisfying disc for anyone inclined to check out this somewhat landmark film. Arrow Video’s Blu-ray of Warning From Space is available to purchase from Amazon.com!… |
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Mulan
…right tone when needed. Gong Li is great as Xianniang whenever she is able to shine. And Jet Li is actually quite fun any time he shows up as the… |
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A kind interview with the creators of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
…Cara Speller is an Oscar-nominated, Emmy-nominated, BAFTA-winning and triple Grammy-nominated producer, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Short Films and Feature Animation branch at The Academy of Motion… |
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The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
…elements had been done at UCLA, and new work was commissioned to other helpers such as Steve Stanchfield and his crew at Thunderbean Animation, who performed an immense amount of… |
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Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age To Meddling Kids
…job of helping to tell the story. In any event, this book was a joy to read and comes highly recommended. Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History is available now at Amazon.com…. |
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
…newcomers (Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara, Jason Schwartzman as The Spot, Issa Rae as Jessica Drew, Karan Soni as Pavitr Prabhakar, and Daniel Kaluuya as Hobie) easily rise to meet… |
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Arcane
…Legends is generally seen as colorful, clean, and vibrant. Arcane, on the other hand, is saturated, dirty, and graphic. This enhances the dark atmosphere of the story while allowing Charrue… |
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Lightyear
…The second sequel was just the third animated film ever nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. And the third sequel, while not as highly acclaimed as the previous… |
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Dog Man
…sometimes–and why a romance subplot is abruptly acknowledged–but that is fitting for a film where a robot’s name is literally pronounced “ADHD.” This is perhaps most evident during the climatic… |
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Directors Buck and Brannon on Surf’s Up
…as it’s a good story, that’s what it’s all about. AV: What advice do you have for anyone wanting to work in the animation industry? CB: I say this to… |
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Paul & The Dragon
…and not quite as appealing as how he appears in the final version, but all the heart and emotion are still very much apparent even at this early stage. Paco… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #39: Rise of the Guardians – Guardians of Liberty
…the highs and lows of the movie, characters and a million tangents! http://media.blubrry.com/therotoscopers/traffic.libsyn.com/therotoscopers/39_Rise_of_the_Guardians_-_Guardians_of_Liberty.mp3 Highlights: • What are we watching? Mini The Great Gatsby Review and My Little Ponies: Friendship Is… |
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All*Star Superman
…what’s with the lips?) Clark is oafish and tousle-haired, Jimmy is oddly lanky, and Lois shows too much skin. And of course, lines are all-around smoother; Quitely’s wrinkle-ness wouldn’t translate… |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…wouldn’t mind having that. So I went and spoke to the man and had a nice meeting with him. I asked, ‘Well, what about Andy Panda? What about Chilly Willy?… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpt: Part II
…breathtaking. I loved the idea of this great adventure about a superhero family trying to do what all families try to do—make one another happy. And I knew in Brad’s… |
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Nimona‘s production designer Aidan Sugano: creating a future medieval world
…no-nonsense in his character. And so we wanted to go after a very rectangular and kind of firmly anchored to a square grid as much as possible. Because through his… |
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Indiana Jones meets underwhelming box office destiny; Ruby Gillman drowns
…in what they were selling. However, that may not be the only thing we can blame here. After all, look at The Flash, a film which absolutely dazzled critics and… |
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Minions rise at box office in record-breaking fashion
…Top Gun: Maverick earlier this summer (and that film is still bringing in the dough). Minions also proves that there is plenty of life left in this franchise, after Despicable… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #68: One Hundred and One Dalmatians – Do You Got Any Chloroform?
…– who are our favorites, what qualities do you like in a henchman? • Main Discussion: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) • What if Disney made a live-action movie… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #75: Quest for Camelot – Draw That Axe in a Chicken Suit
…Morgan off. • This is an example of what happens when oblivious executives meddle in a film. • The music suffers. What is it trying to be? Serious? Comical? A… |
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Great songs never die: how art director Amos Sussigan is crafting the look of Aria For A Cow
…Cow design-wise? AS: Aria will be a painterly short: colorful, layered, and with a cubistic approach. I have always loved doing visual development pieces for a production; and usually, once… |
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The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3
…the first Puppetoon Movie, its new restoration is quite welcome here. While as folksy and charming as a Puppetoon ever was, it is also a surprisingly racy effort, portraying a… |
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Composer Frode Fjellheim on Frozen‘s native spirit
…Norway. I have a band called «Transjoik», and work as a producer, composer and musician. I am also a professor in music at «HiNT», a university college in my region… |
