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ANIMATED FEATURES BY SOLO ARTISTS

With several big budget funny animal epics opening almost weekly, 2006 may well go down as the year of CG feature burnout. But 2006 may …

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HE-MAN BLOG

I will never understand the appeal of HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, but to many of our readers under the age of 30, nostalgia …

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Disney/Dahl Gremlins Are Here

We mentioned this quite a while back and now it’s finally available: the Dark Horse re-release of Disney’s ultra-rare 1943 children’s …

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Film Critics, Part II

It looks like the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE’s Mick LaSalle isn’t alone when it comes to film critics who make uninformed sweeping …

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ARK by Grzegorz Jonkajtys

The ARK is a new CG animated short written and directed by Polish artist Grzegorz Jonkajtys. It is scheduled for completion by the end of …

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Weekend Animation Notes

Finally, an animation executive salary increase that’s actually deserved. Anime has arrived in Iraq, otaku will follow. Nick Park on …

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TOY FAIR 2006

I am blown away by images appearing on the internet from the International Toy Fair being held this week in New York. In addition to the …

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PEUR[S] DU NOIR

Last month, we wrote about RENAISSANCE, a black-&-white French animated noir that’ll be released theatrically this Spring. Now there’s …

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FRENCH ANIMATION AT MOMA

Miayazki is the talk of several websites right now (due to his films being showcased this month on TCM), but another international …

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NEGADON, THE MONSTER FROM MARS

There’s a new independent 25-minute CGI short from Japan called NEGADON, THE MONSTER FROM MARS, directed by Jun Awazu at Studio Magara. …

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ANIMATED FEATURES OF 2006

2006 begins – and I’ve just updated my running list of animated features. It’s going to be an interesting year for theatrical animation. …

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Dahl/Disney’s Gremlins are Back

Somehow I missed the news that Dark Horse Comics is working on a February 2006 re-release of the 1943 Roald Dahl children’s book, THE …

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Song Cut From the Oscars

This story appeared in several papers today – but since subscription is required, we’ll post it complete below:Cut From the Oscars: …

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SCREEN SAVERS

Set the TiVo tonight: Brewmaster Jerry Beck will appear as a guest on The Screen Savers which appears on Comcast’s digital channel, …

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JERRY BECK ON G4TECHTV

Media Alert: Brewmaster Jerry Beck is scheduled to appear as a guest on Comcast’s video game channel G4techTV (aka G4TTV) next Friday, …

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CANEMAKER FILM TO PREMIERE AT MoMA

THE MOON AND THE SON, a 30-minute autobiographical animated film by John Canemaker, will have its world premiere at the Museum of Modern …

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Saturday Morning Stroll

Saturday, July 31, 2004_________________________ Even though I’ve been here eighteen days (Christ, is that all? It seems like a …

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