Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is hosting a panel and screening to celebrate the preservation of two of our most important experimental animators, Suzan Pitt and Pat O’Neill. These two visionary artists will appear in person with a program of two visually stunning short films, newly preserved by the Academy Film Archive. […]
Future-Worm! starts Monday on Disney XD. It is an upcoming comedy science fiction animated television series created by Ryan Quincy, who was previously the creator of IFC’s Out There. I have seen the first full episode – and to put it plainly, it’s a completely off-the-wall, hilarious show. As the marketplace gets more crowded, its […]
Two – count ’em two – new mini-docs have been made available from Laika Studios that only whet your appetite for their latest, Kubo and The Two Strings. Discover the myth of Kubo by watching this new featurette, dropping today, which includes commentary from director Travis Knight, actors Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey and incredible […]
The next three days are loaded with cartoon goodness in downtown Brooklyn. The 13th annual Animation Block Party is on now, July 28th-31st at Rooftop Films & BAMcinématek. The full list of events, retrospectives and the competition lineup is listed here, on their website. Today, Friday, award winning animator J.J. Sedelmaier will screen rare cartoon […]
DreamWorks Animation’s Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh is the studio’s latest spinoff series to one of their blockbuster features. Home, which was released last year, earned nearly $400M worldwide and starred the voices of Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez. Adventures, which is available on Netflix starting Friday July 29th, picks up […]
Hollywood has a long history of employing trained singers to sing off camera for actors who, even though capable of carrying a tune, do not have the technical skill or range of a training vocalist. Marni Nixon, who passed away on Monday, was easily the most celebrated of these “ghost singers.” What is not as […]
Released today at Comic Con – the trailer for the next in the theatrical Lego features from Warner Bros. Scheduled for release on February 10th, 2017, LEGO Batman now stars in his own big-screen adventure, The LEGO Batman Movie. Will Arnett stars as Batman/Bruce Wayne. That’s Ralph Fiennes as Alfred the butler, and Michael Cera […]
LAIKA, the acclaimed animation studio and creators of the upcoming epic adventure film, Kubo and the Two Strings, which Focus Features releases in U.S. theaters on August 19th, will present “From Coraline to Kubo: A Magical LAIKA Experience.” This innovative, first-ever interactive event will feature an up-close look at the artistic detail and imagination behind […]
Fourteen years ago (!), the original Ice Age premiered. It had clearly been made on a limited budget that forced the artists to use their imaginations. The designs were simplified but appealing; the textures were less elaborately rendered; the backgrounds were often reduced to little more than a white field. But the film felt fresh […]
REVIEW: “The Little Prince”
The Little Prince, a co-American/French animated feature based on the classic 1943 children’s book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, proves that animation remains one of the most powerful forms of cinematic storytelling. Directed by Mark Osborne (Kung Fu Panda) and featuring a stellar, star-studded voice cast, this is a magical gem. Paramount was originally on track […]