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Favorite CG characters listed
…Ghost (Casper), T-Rex (Jurassic Park), Sandman (Spider-Man 3), Woody and Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story), T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Yoda (Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith), Bumblebee (Transformers),… |
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Under the sea with Robert Reece; plus yuletide Shrek, more Popeye and new disc announcements!
…might be expecting all the usual public domain shorts to turn up yet again, especially with the inclusion of cartoons featuring Popeye, Woody Woodpecker, Felix, Casper, The Three Stooges, Baby… |
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DCA Expansion
…where Guests ride into a high-energy 4-D carnival midway hosted by Toy Story characters. Woody, Jessie, Buzz, Hamm and the gang come to life in amazing ways, immersing guests in… |
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Toy Story 3 'being prepared'
…full support of the actor, who voices one of the main characters Woody in the film. Directed by Lee Unkrich, Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3 is slated for a 2009 release…. |
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Toy Story takes to the stage
…film, Toy Story – The Musical will give the audience a toy’s-eye view of life in Andy’s room, exploring the true meaning of friendship as Buzz Lightyear and Woody transform… |
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Toy Story Mania loads up its interactive ammo
…and Bo Peep’s balloon pop.” The ride culminates in a shooting gallery style game based in Woody’s world. Follow the link to read the article and to view several photos…. |
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Step in time! Poppins is back, plus new discs and more!
…boxes – neat! Other titles to be aware of include a Howard The Duck: Special Edition (finally!) from Universal, on DVD March 10 with bonus featurettes; a Woody Woodpecker Favorites,… |
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Britain’s Biggest Red Carpet Rolled Out To Celebrate The BAFTA Awards 2009
…for Production Design and Make-Up/Hair. Other awards included wins for Supporting Actress Penélope Cruz in Woody Allen’s Vicky Christina Barcelona, Kate Winslet as Leading Actress in The Reader and Leading… |
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Disney character voices coming to cell phones
…tones. “Initially, the character voices will include Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Stitch, Pooh and Tigger. There will be several messages available from each of… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 1
…Sky King, as well as shows featuring old theatrical cartoon favorites like Woody Woodpecker and Mighty Mouse. After The Beatles cartoon became a great success in 1965, the networks realized… |
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Monsters, Inc.‘s Composer Randy Newman: “I score because I care!”
…did you approach these characters? RN: Like Woody and Buzz, they’re friends, but they’re different. So, the themes may be a little corkier. For them, I tried to use some… |
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest: Family Fun Edition
…from his woody prison. Hexxus commandeers the clearing crew, and heads for FernGully to exact his revenge on its inhabitants. Zak and Crysta, not yet knowledgeable of the threat, begin… |
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A Scanner Darkly
…is always pontificating about something; Luckman (Woody Harrelson), a nut whose mental and social development seem to have both stalled out long ago; Freck (Rory Cochrane), an addict at the… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 1 1933-1938
…style guides. The discs are stored in the overlapping format in a digipack, cradled in a slipcase that is not as sturdy as the Woody Woodpecker set but is reasonably… |
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Looking ahead to the long weekend
…caught up. My only regret is that Ben is covering the Woody Woodpecker set, which means I’ll have to put that one aside while I finish my own reviews. (I’m… |
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Anything on DVD this week?
…also have a great set to look forward to next week when the next volume of Woody Woodpecker appears! Wow, that was fast, eh? In the meantime, I’ll be watching… |
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Rumors abound for Disney, Fox projects
…Horton Hears Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Town Crier), Josh Flitter (Rudy) and Joey King (Katie), says the IMDB. Likewise, the same database states Bernie Mac, Woody Harrelson, Bruce Greenwood and Liv Hutchings… |
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Directors Buck and Brannon on Surf’s Up
…Jeff Pidgeon and I kind of ran with it in discovering what could have made Woody so valuable. Then, the TV show idea came up, and Buzz meeting Buzz came… |
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Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
…logo, used for the last 15 years or so, was originally created by those CGI magicians responsible for Woody and Co. On revving up this particular DVD, you’ll be treated… |
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Mad Monster Party
…talent, Karloff brings to it the just-right pathos, Alan Swift does a James Stewart for the Woody Allen-like Felix, and Phyllis Diller as the Monster’s Mate has a killer cackle!… |
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LaserDisc Archives: A Primer On The LD Format
…first, much of the programming was only available in full screen, until Woody Allen insisted that the wonderful widescreen photography he had shot for Manhattan should be reproduced on the… |
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Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition
…as produced Woody and Buzz, and Mike and Sully. The playing here meant that, while they were together for much of the film, it wasn’t so buddy-buddy as before, with… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2
…Brave Tales Of Real Rabbits, featuring great spoofs on Sherlock Holmes and a Woody Allen-like medieval dragon. Some of the secondary characters come to the fore in How Sweetie It… |
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Hand-drawn back at Disney, and live-action Tintin is coming!
…film is scheduled to come out in 2010, with original voices Tom Hanks and Tim Allen back on board to voice Woody and Buzz. When The Frog Princess was mentioned,… |
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Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection
…to recharge the batteries in the early 1950s, and his unit’s cartoons continued under the direction of Dick Lundy, who had come from the Woody Woodpecker series at Universal. With… |
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Looney replacements; New reviews: Darkwing and TMNT!
…fixes. Looking good! Rand will be back later in the week with some more review nourishment, and we’ve Muppet Show Season Two and Woody Woodpecker Collection coverage in the works… |
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Ratatouille's storyboard artist speaks!
Just a quick update this morning while I work away at getting that Woody Woodpecker Collection review up for you. It’s quite a set and you’ll see why exploring it… |
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When good cartoons go bad: review roundup…
…treated to this summer: • Warners’ Popeye The Sailor: Volume 1 is a spinach-powered safe bet! • Universal’s Woody Woodpecker breaks out of the vault in a stunning set! •… |
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Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection: 15 Winners, 26 Nominees
…also great here is that, unlike compilations such as those centered around one-note personalities like Woody Woodpecker or Donald Duck, the sheer variety of characters on parade means there’s always… |
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The Best Of 2009: This Time It’s Personal!
…Lantz’ Woody Woodpecker And Friends Volume 2, which included a lot of excellent bonus cartoons even if our title star was past his prime, while Don Bluth’s first featurette, the… |
