BrewFilms

Announcing CartoonBrewFilms

We are happy and excited to announce the launch of CartoonBrewFilms.com, a new site that makes the world’s finest animated shorts …

Ideas/Commentary

Russian Pooh

Russian animation director Fyodor Khitruk once said in an interview that the best award he ever received was when Disney director Woolie …

Animators

Paul Terry on Animation (1925)

Allan Holtz, on his indespensible comic strip blog Stripper’s Guide, has posted an intriguing 1925 article (from Cartoons and Movies …

Old Brew

Music At The El Cap

Starting tonight, The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood is running a sing-a-long revival of MARY POPPINS for the rest of the month. The El …

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HILARIOUS SNOWMAN SPOOF

Brew reader Arthur writes about this funny and well done commercial spoof of the classic British holiday special THE SNOWMAN: To promote …

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ONE GOT FAT

It’s been a Ralph Hulett kind of week around here. First it was his Christmas cards, now here’s a link to ONE GOT FAT, a bizarre …

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The First Machinima Hit?

Machinima is a CG animation technique that uses real-time, 3D gaming engines for its imagery source as opposed to traditional CG software …

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Bernard Wolf (1911-2006)

Animation veteran Berny Wolf died last week at the age of 95. He had incredible success in the field, with work ranging from pioneering …

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MINUSCULE

After ANT BULLY, I was certain that I never wanted to see another piece of CG animation with insects in it. That was until I saw this …

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Uli Meyer’s MONSTERMANIA!

Congrats to Uli Meyer, owner of the London animation studio Uli Meyer Animation, who announced on his blog a few days ago that he’s …

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Looney Tunes Stop-Motion

In the clip below taken from a recent episode of ROBOT CHICKEN, Bugs, Daffy, Elmer and Porky are recast in the Eminem film 8 MILE. I …

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Cartoons, Copyright and YouTube

So, what’s new in the world of animation this week? Well, YouTube has bowed to pressure from the movie studios and removed hundreds of …

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Disturbing Disney Toys from Japan

Don’t ask…because I don’t know. UPDATE: Mike Guerrero writes to let me know these are called Cubees, and they’re produced by a company …

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CARS AND CARTOON BREW

What does CARTOON BREW have in common with Disney/Pixar’s CARS?Give up?? The answer is the lettering in both of our logos was designed by …

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David Stainton Out!

Here’s the email that Walt Disney Feature Animation President David Stainton sent out today. From: Stainton, DavidSent: Tuesday, …

Genius

Faster And Cheaper=Better

A quote from animation producer Larry Kasanoff, founder of Threshold Entertainment, explaining why he can produce CG films faster and …

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Hoodwinked

There is no question that Miramax has earned its reputation as a producer of classy live-action films, but when it comes to animation, …

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KIDTOON FILMS

Following up on my post below about the theatrical release of the new TOM & JERRY movie, Michele Martell of KIDTOON FILMS wrote in to …

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