Freaky Flickers

Oh, so you think you’ve seen bad? I don’t know who’s behind this animated feature, but they are looking for distribution. Desperately …

Bolt Trailer

And here’s the newly released trailer for Disney’s Bolt.

The Tale of Despereaux Trailer

Here is the trailer for Universal’s CG adaptation of the children’s book The Tales of Despereaux. Sam Fell (Flushed Away) is directing, …

Awards Night at the Insectarium

My “uncle” in New Orleans, Wayne Daigrepont, has just checked out the new Audubon Insectarium (“the first major attraction to open after …

Demystifying Motion Capture

“Performance Capture technology is here to stay!” Or so says the Visual Effects Society who will be holding a seminar on motion …

Panda-monium

Nothing is going to deter me from going to see a film about wacky animals who engage in martial arts, not even this video from the Kung …

Spider-Man, Iron Man and Hulk CG

This has been around for almost two months, but I just caught up with it last night and had to share. It’s apparently a viral promo short …

Uncannily Smokey

I can’t describe this commerical any better than Jason Kottke does on his blog: “Smokey the Bear is back! And he’s preventing forest …

Fly Me To The Moon

It’s getting crowded in outer space. In addition to Wall•E and Space Chimps, nWave Pictures is releasing Fly Me To The Moon, a 3-D …

Uncanny Valley Explained

This clip from the TV series 30 Rock offers an entertaining explanation of the “Uncanny Valley” (aka “Robert Zemeckis-style …

Fantasmagorie 2008

Fantasmagorie, a new CG remake has been produced called Fantasmagorie 2008. The film is the brainchild of Rastko Ciric, a professor at …

Making Sense of Speed Racer‘s Failure

Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal attempts to make sense of the spectacular box office failure of Speed Racer, which raced to …

“Guernica” in CG

Lena Grieseke created this 3D “exploration” of Picasso’s famed painting “Guernica.” In the description of the project, Grieseke writes …

The Art of Pixar’s Short Films

A while back I mentioned briefly on this site that I had been offered an opportunity to write a book for Pixar, and today I thought I’d …

The Pixar Story on TV tonight!

The television broadcast premiere of Leslie Iwerks documentary, The Pixar Story, will be on the STARZ cable channel tonight at 10pm …

Clone Wars trailer

This trailer has been out for almost a year, but in case you missed it (or the newer, more action packed one leaked on Gizmodo) I thought …

Horton Hears a Who! Comparison Reel

Blue Sky animator Jeff Gabor recently posted on his website a comparison reel from Horton Hears a Who! that shows his live-action …

Pixar’s Presto

I was getting ready to junk a flyer I’d received for the Hiroshima International Animation Festival when I noticed a tiny image printed …

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