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A Short Note to Hayao Miyazaki Upon his Retirement
Dearest Miyazaki,I never thought I would have to write these words, as I ignored the fact that the day would come when we would hear that you were stepping out of our worlds, and receding into your...
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Breaking: The Good Dinosaur Pushed Back to November 2015; Pixar Will Release...
Concept art for The Good Dinosaur, which stars the voices of Lucas Neff, Neil Patrick Harris and Judy Greer. It will now open November 2015.When Bob Peterson was removed as director of The Good...
View ArticleWatch: First Trailer for Pixar's Toy Story of Terror!
Not all Pixar news is bad. Fresh off the announcement that Pixar won't release a film next year anymore, the studio softened the blow with a fun new trailer for the Halloween TV special, Toy Story of...
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Munir's Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #36: Mulan (1998)
Last Week's: Munir's Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #35: Hercules (1997)Mulan holds a very special place in my heart and I'll tell you why: I was eight years old when it came out in theatres,...
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This Week on A113Animation (14th - 20th October, 2013)
Apologies for the infrequency of this feature as of late (and indeed that this week's is a day and a half late!), alas the non-animation world gets in the way occasionally. All the same, there were a...
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New Trailers for The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Only one month to go before Isao Takahata's The Tale of Princess Kaguya takes over Japan and rules the box office like Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises did in July. In September we were able to get our...
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New Tintin in 2052. No, Not the Peter Jackson Movie.
Tintin's final appearance in the unfinished Tintin and Alph-Art.All my Tintinophile life I've been thinking that there was never going to be any new Tintin album. Ever. And I was okay with that. How...
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Watch: Two New Clips from Frozen
Disney are blitzing forward with the advertising for their ever more anticipated 53rd animated feature film. Over the last couple of days, Disney have rolled out two new clips for Frozen, at polar ends...
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Watch: Disarming First Trailer for Mr. Peabody & Sherman
DreamWorks are slowly amping up advertising for their first film of next year, the time-travelling comedy Mr. Peabody & Sherman. After rolling out our first official stills from the film last week,...
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Leaked Teaser Poster for Pixar's The Good Dinosaur
Pixar's dino flick may have been delayed until November 2015, but that doesn't mean we're hearing nothing about it. The Good Dinosaur has now got an extremely colourful teaser poster, leaked via...
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Munir’s Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #41: Atlantis: The Lost...
Last Week’s: Munir’s Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #40: The Emperor’s New Groove (2000).Looking back, Atlantis seemed like a sure winner. From the directors of the magnificent Beauty and the...
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Six Snazzy New Hi-Res Images from Frozen
All aboard the Frozen advertising train! In the last few weeks, we've got the fantastic "First Time in Forever" trailer and our first clips from the film, and now we've got six great new hi-res stills...
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Monsters vs. Aliens Director and Muppets Screenwriter to Adapt Captain...
We heard a couple of years ago that DreamWorks had acquired the rights to adapt Dav Pilkey's bestselling (and really fun) Captain Underpants books. Now the studio has detailed the crew that will be...
View ArticleWatch: Teaser Trailer for Planes: Fire & Rescue
It's the sequel no one asked for! But money. Disney have released the first teaser trailer for the second film in an apparent Planes trilogy, Planes: Fire & Rescue. It's only about a minute long,...
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Morph's Coming Back! Aardman Take to Kickstarter.
A few months back, Aardman co-founder Peter Lord announced that machinations were falling into place to bring back one of Aardman's first little plasticine men, Morph. The character, who first appeared...
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Watch: Bat-tastic New Trailer for The Lego Movie
Although quite a few of the films originally slated to open in it have migrated (Pixar pushed The Good Dinosaur back to November 2015, Universal also pushed Minions back to July that year), 2014 still...
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Munir’s Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #42: Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Last Week’s: Munir’s Disney Retrospective - Animated Classic #41: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).When Lilo & Stitch came out in 2002, I was in a phase where I no longer cared for Disney Animation...
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The Wrap Calls Frozen "Disney’s Best Animated Musical Since Beauty and the...
We're under a month away from the release of Disney's 53rd animated feature, and the glowing reviews are already coming in. We've seen it called the "Greatest Disney Animated Event Since The Lion...
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Frozen, The Wind Rises, Monsters U and 16 More Submitted for Oscar Consideration
AMPAS have announced the 19 animated film that are in contention for a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the upcoming 86th Academy Awards. Among the contenders are the likely big-name...
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The Wind Rises's Upcoming U.S. Release Stirs Up More Controversy
The Wind Rises will be opening in LA and New York City this weekend from the 8th through the 14th of November for an Oscar qualifying run. Though my review of the film, along with others, from the New...
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