Three New, Non-Mater, Cars Toons Announced... For Tonight!
Cars Toons - Shorty Shorts: HiccupsWell, this is a surprise. Disney have just announced three new Cars Toons, being billed as Shorty Shorts, to premiere on Disney Channel tonight during an airing of Up...
View ArticleWatch: Three New Cars Toons, Tales From Radiator Springs
On Friday, during a US Disney Channel airing of Up, Pixar released three news Cars Toons, subtitled Shorty Shorts. For those who missed it - or those outside of the US who didn't get a chance to catch...
View ArticleParty-Packed New Monsters University TV Spot
A new TV spot for Pixar's fourteenth feature film, Monsters University, aired during the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards on Saturday, and you can now check it out online (embedded above). The new TV...
View ArticleThe Croods Opens Big for DreamWorks
2012 ended in a non-too-pleasant way for DreamWorks, resulting in an $87 million down write-down after the disappointing box-office returns of the very good (though that's bittersweet in the end) Rise...
View ArticleWilliam Talking Toy Story 2 With The Rotoscopers
Continuing my recent podcast tour (you can check out my guest appearances on The Scotty Jo Podcast here and here), I was very happy to be welcomed onto The Rotoscopers' Animation Addicts Podcast last...
View ArticlePlanes Cast and Character Posters Revealed
Disney have struck gold with Cars - while the franchise may not be a hit with critics everywhere, kids (and a lot of others fans too) love it, and, in terms of merchandise alone, it makes a killing. As...
View ArticleMunir's Disney Retrospective -- Animated Classic #11: The Adventures of...
By Munir Abedrabbo.Last Week's: Munir's Disney Retrospective -- Animated Classic #10: Melody Time (1948)The last of the “package” films is also easily the best of the bunch, and remains an underrated...
View ArticlePictures of the Day: Why Toy Story and The Walking Dead Are Basically The Same
File this one under 'things you don't hear everyday'; Chris Hardwick tweeted a link to a rather interesting post, one which boasts "Undeniable Proof That "The Walking Dead" And "Toy Story" Have The...
View ArticleNew Poster for DisneyToon's Planes
Yesterday we got a healthy helping of new casting details and character posters from DisneyToon Studios' extension of the Cars universe, Planes. Today, we also get a new poster for the film (which hits...
View ArticleAladdin Blu Ray Review - Prince Ali, Yes It Is He, In Glorious HD
©DisneyAladdin is available to own on Disney Blu-ray™ from 15th April 2013Within the Disney pantheon, there are good films, there are bad films, there are very good films and there are very bad films....
View ArticlePixar Officially Announce Finding Dory For 2015 Release
Nope, this isn't a late April Fool's joke, you know that Finding Nemo sequel we've been hearing about for months now? Well, it's happening, it's coming in November 2015 and it's called Finding Dory....
View ArticleMunir's Disney Retrospective -- Silver Age (Part 1) Introduction
By Munir Abedrabbo.Silver Age (1950-1977)The 50sOverviewAfter a very difficult decade, Walt Disney returned to the feature-length animated form, which he hadn't visited since Bambi in 1942. What...
View ArticleWatch: New Sneak Peek at Planes
Disney are sure promoting Planes rather heavily; last week they rolled out extensive voice cast details and a fun new poster. Yesterday, the studio released a "special sneak peek" at the spin-off from...
View ArticleTerry Crews Brings Us An Excited Peek at Cloudy 2
The always entertaining Terry Crews will have the unenviable task of filling Mr. T's shoes when he replaces him in voicing Officer Earl in Sony Pictures Animation's September release, Cloudy with a...
View ArticleMunir's Disney Retrospective -- Animated Classic #12: Cinderella (1950)
By Munir Abedrabbo.Make Sure You've Read: Munir's Disney Retrospective -- Silver Age (Part 1) IntroductionCinderella represented a huge gamble for the Disney studio. After a decade that didn't turn a...
View ArticleBack The Moon Bear Animated Short on Kickstarter
You guys remember Scotty Jo, right? Friend of the blog who's been kind enough to have me over on his podcast and let me ramble about animation twice now (with a third time coming up shortly). Well,...
View ArticleWatch: Siskel & Ebert Review Toy Story -- RIP, Roger Ebert
A113Animation is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the world's finest, best-known and most respected movie reviewer, the irreplaceable Roger Ebert. Known and celebrated as a champion of the...
View ArticleThe Croods Review - Prehistoric Fun, Feels and Visual Splendour
*This review is largely spoiler free, but read cautiously if you haven’t seen the film yet*2012 was an up-and-down year for DreamWorks Animation, with the strong performance of Madagascar 3, but the...
View ArticleThe Hunchback of Notre Dame Blu Ray Review - Pretty Nice Looking For a Hunchback
©DisneyThe Hunchback of Notre Dame is available to own on Disney Blu-ray™ from 15th April 2013Alongside Aladdin (the hi-def release of which, there still isn't a firm US release date for), three really...
View ArticleWatch: Stunning New Argentinian Short Film, Shave it
Check out this wonderfully bizarre and visually stunning animated short film from Argentinian animation house, 3dar. The plot synopsis for the short, Shave it, is given as:"In the wilderness of the...
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