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Hanna Barbera’s Lost “Rock Odyssey”
Michael Sporn led me to a new blog by Frank Forte solely devoted to Hanna-Barbera’s oddest and rarest production: Rock Odyssey (1987). …
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NHL & Stan Lee Hire Vicon to develop short films around new superhero franchise
Vicon House of Moves Completes NHL/Stan Lee Superhero Franchise Debut ‘The Guardian Project’ short film premieres during NHL …
Walter Murch: Why 3-D Movies Don’t Work
There are plenty of reasons to dislike 3-D movies, like how they induce headaches and strain the eyes, make the imagery darker, and …
Was Arizona Shooter Obsessed with “Waking Life”?
If something is too difficult to explain, just blame cartoons. So now some people are beginning to suggest that Jared Loughner, the …
Cartoon Brew’s 2010 Holiday Gift Guide
Looking for holiday gifts for that special animation someone…or maybe just for yourself. Look no further than Cartoon Brew’s 2010 …
“The Forbidden Forest” by Keith Rondinelli
Creepy and atmospheric animation is hard to pull off, but Keith Rondinelli does it with style in his dark and hallucinatory short The …
“Megamind” Holds Top Box Office Spot
For the second weekend in a row, DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind finished atop the North American box office with a final take of $29.1 …
The Month That Was
A lot happened in the animation world during the month of October: The Hub, a new partly animation channel debuted and Amid believes …
5th Annual San Francisco International Animation Festival
SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS FIFTH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 11—14, SPONSORED BY …
“Legend of the Guardians” talkback
Zack Snyder’s adaptation Kathryn Lasky’s Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole opens today. The critics opinions are mixed, …
Jerry’s Labor Day Weekend
There’s a holiday weekend coming up – and as usual, I’ll be spending most of it in a darkened theatre – starting tonight! I’ll …
An update from The Brothers McLeod
A couple of bits of news from the stable of The Brothers McLeod. They’ve uploaded a trailer for their new short film The Moon Bird (a 15 …
The Goon teaser trailer
Consider me impressed. Here’s a 30-second trailer promoting the San Diego Comic Con panel for The Goon on Friday night. Based on the Dark …
Interview with John Canemaker about Two Guys Named Joe
John Canemaker’s eagerly anticipated book, Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant & Joe Ranft, will arrive in stores …
CBTV Student Fest #2: ‘Tiny Hats’ by Penelope Gazin
Once there was a little girl, always ready for combat, She had a deep dark secret, that she kept in her tiny hat.
Invader Zim on dvd
This is an unabashed plug for one of my all-time favorite TV shows. Nickelodeon just released the complete Invader Zim on DVD in two …
Russia’s first animated feature: The Lost Letter (1945)
This is why the Internet was invented. Here’s something I’d never seen or heard of before. “Niffiwan” in Toronto has post on You Tube a …
Male (1962) by Osamu Tezuka
An odd rarity by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka that probably works best in a dark theater. It’s available with twelve of his other …
Cartoon Brew TV #22: Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat (1953)
By Gene Deitch. A classic and, until now, lost UPA short from 1953.
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