All posts tagged "Animation"
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JACK AND THE CUCKOO CLOCK HEART – The Review
Romance is perhaps the most coveted of the storyteller’s tools, one that can connect with anyone, yet open...
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THE WIND RISES – The Review
In the first few months of 2014 animated feature films seem to be setting the box office ablaze....
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WAMG Takes A Look At FROZEN : Part 2
To promote their new full length animated feature FROZEN, Disney invited members of the press to Disney Animation...
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FRANKENWEENIE – Fantastic Fest Review
What was your relationship to monsters as a child? Were they the boogeymen under your bed, or were...
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SLIFF Interview: BILL PLYMPTON
This interview was conducted by Jim Batts on November 11th, 2011. Bill Plympton is one of the most...
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ADVENTURES IN PLYMPTOONS – SLIFF Review
For many years one of the pleasures of going to a screening of the different traveling animation festivals...
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A CAT IN PARIS – SLIFF Review
I was more than a little surprised by the animated film A CAT IN PARIS. From the stills...
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CHICO AND RITA – SLIFF Review
. CHICO AND RITA is a dazzling, musical feature-length animated film that uses many modern techniques while harkening back...
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Are You Ready For THE HIT SQUAD?
Filmmaker/Musician Chris Blundell recently got in touch with me and asked if I would write something on here...
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Review: THE SECRET OF KELLS
With the popularity of CG-animated films from Pixar and DreamWorks and the namesake monopoly on traditional animation that...
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Review: 2010 Oscar Shorts
Every year folks gather around their television sets and watch as the stars flaunt who they’re wearing on...
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Coraline: Behind The Scenes
A Handmade Fairy Tale ‘Coraline’ is about a young girl that wanders through a secret door in her...
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An Interesting Year for Animation at the Oscars
This is certainly shaping up to be an interesting year for the little golden guy. We have a...
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Reality Reels: ‘Monster Road’ looks at Bruce Bickford
‘Monster Road’ (2004) is an odd and fascinating documentary about an odd and fascinating claymation stop-motion animator named...
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Review: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’
Ram Man: A Long Time Ago on a Sound stage far far away George Lucas came up with...
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In case you missed it… ‘The Cat With Hands’
If you have never seen this marvelous and creepy little short, then seek it out. It is well...
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Review: ‘Kung-Fu Panda’
Travis: Kung Fu Panda is the newest addition to DreamWorks’ collection of animated features, which now includes a...
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Review: ‘Ratatouille’
Zac: Hands down the best animated film of the year (unless Persepolis blows me away whenever I get...
