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Plympton’s Latest Feature Idiots and Angels
Critics are beginning to weigh in on Bill Plympton’s latest feature Idiots and Angels, which is now playing around the festival circuit. …
Feature Film
From fully-animated features to vfx-driven live-action films, animation is an integral part of the theatrical marketplace today.
Shocker of the Day
In this article Jeffrey Katzenberg talks about how little he knows about animation, which shouldn’t exactly come as news to anybody who’s …
Hanuka Brothers Art for Waltz with Bashir
A quick update about last week’s story about the new Israeli animated feature Waltz with Bashir. The Hanuka brothers–Asaf and …
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 …
Waltz with Bashir, An Animated War Documentary
While DreamWorks debuted its umpteenth cookie-cutter ‘hip’ animal comedy, Kung Fu Panda, at the Cannes Film Festival this past week, it’s …
Chomet’s Illusionist footage to debut at Cannes
(click for full-size image) The Hollywood Reporter notes that the first footage from Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist will debut this …
Igor and Space Chimps
Interesting year at the box office. Horton Hears A Who was a huge box office success. Kung Fu Panda and Wall•E are going to be …
Plympton, Paley and CGI at Tribeca
The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival kicks off this week and there are three animated features in competition. Each of them plays multiple …
Peur(s) du Noir & Richard McGuire
Over the past couple years, I’ve mentioned the French animated feature Peur(s) du Noir, which is a collection of black-and-white horror …
Trailers From Hell: Yellow Submarine
One of my favorite non-animation websites is Trailers From Hell. This site archives various genre (mainly sci-fi/fantasy/horror) film …
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 …
Titles for Run Papa Run
Henri Wong, an animator and motion graphics designer from Hong Kong, sent in a link to an eye-catching animated title sequence he …
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 …
My Favorite Animated Films
I really like this video of a hardcore cartoon fan offering his opinions about various animated features. Many of us are so heavily …
Little Nemo test film
The tortured history of the TMS feature film Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland (1992) could rival that of Richard Williams The Thief …
Disney/Pixar to release 10 features through 2012
Earlier today, Disney and Pixar announced their theatrical line-up through 2012. This is the lengthy press release with story details and …
Kung Fu Panda kicks ass!
I see a lot of animated features in advance and, for the most part, keep my opinions to myself until the movie is in general release. …
How to Enjoy Horton Hears a Who!
Instruction site eHow.com is known for posting some silly subjects, with equally silly solutions, but this latest one takes the cake: How …
LA Times‘s Silly Pixar Article
Yesterday’s LA Times had an unnecessarily sensationalistic article about the difficulties of breaking into the directing ranks at Pixar. …
Wall-E Trailer
Pixar has released the final trailer for Wall-E before its June 27 release. All I can say is that I really want to see this film! And …
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