According to ROBERT W. BUTLER, ‘Disney’s “Bolt” is the studio’s best non-Pixar animated movie in ages.’ Here’s what he wrote: “It’s smart enough to keep adults on their toes and exciting enough to keep even the most antsy of kids glued to their seats. The film begins with an amazing action sequence in which a super-powered canine named [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 20, 2008
Academy Award-winning animation filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki said Thursday that he is merely embarrassed by Japan’s comic-loving prime minister. But he was far more upbeat about investing in the nation’sĀ children. Miyazaki’s latest film “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea,” now playing in Japan, is a story of a goldfish who forms a friendship with a little [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 5, 2008
In the recent Animation Nation held in Singapore where Katakune won the 3rd prize for the Digicon 6 Animation Competition Singapore Division (read about it here), an animated movie from Japan was creating waves with the animation fans there. Piano no Mori was the animated feature that was showcased on the very first night of Animation [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 31, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJmegq4IyU Pixar’s ‘UP’ seems to be receiving pretty rave reviews. Even prior to its official release, people who were lucky enough to watch its preview have glowing praises for the show. Here’s what one of them had to say of the animated movie. “Last night my wife and I had the wonderful opportunity to watch an early screening [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 17, 2008
85 years ago in 1923 on this very day, the Walt Disney Studios was founded by brothers Walk and Roy Disney! While we reminisce on the magic Disney brought us all these years, here’s also a clip showing what Disney has in store for 2009.
Continue reading...Friday, October 17, 2008
You can almost hear them shouting out, “Look, we can even animate a really old man and you’ll still love it.” Well, with Pixar, you can believe it. It’s just some balloons carrying a house, but since it’s Pixar, we know each of those balloons is full of a child’s dream/soul, and are therefore better than standard [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
Dragonball is an upcoming 2009 American live-action film adaptation of the Dragon Ball media franchise. The story centers around the adventures of the lead character, Goku, from his childhood into adulthood. The film began development in 2002, and is directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow. It is scheduled for release on April [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 2, 2008
DreamWorks Animation today announced that Pandamonium will be back in 2011 when the sequel to its worldwide hit, “Kung Fu Panda,” is expected to return to theaters on June 3, 2011. The Company also anticipates releasing the film into IMAX(R) theatres worldwide. The sequel to “Kung Fu Panda,” like all DreamWorks Animation feature films starting [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
You would think that there is nothing in the film industry somebody in the likes of Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson can’t get nowadays. After all, they are the men who made some of the biggest blockbusters in Hollywood history. Steven Spielberg’s movie credits include E.T, A.I, War of the Worlds, Jaws, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 21, 2008
Barely a month after Kung Fu Panda kicked its way to China’s box office success, another martial arts animated feature has taken China by storm. Aptly named ‘Feng Yun Jue’ or ‘Wind Cloud Duel’, the 2D animated movie is an adaptation of the popular Hong Kong martial arts comic series Feng Yun which had also [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
I went to this link quite by mistake and guess what I saw? Well…let me just say that this is a very aptly named movie. According to sources they are desperately looking for distributors. I’m sure they will need pretty gutsy ones. I would refrain from commenting on the quality of the trailer and let [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Here’s the trailer of the famous allegedly ripoff movie based on the Pixar hit Ratatouille - Ratatoing. I can’t quite stand the ‘toing’ at the end - wonder what they were thinking when they made this. In fact, I wonder what the distributor and stores that sell this product is thinking and who’s going to [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 13, 2008
Ever since Kungfu Panda hit the big screen, there has been much controversy over the show. Not with regards to the quality of the show, the storyline or Jack Black. The controversy has largely been with how some countries has been displeased with the popularity the show has been garnering and the alarming amount of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 7, 2008
Reuters - Saturday, July 5By Simon Rabinovitch BEIJING - More than just a box-office hit in China, animated Hollywood comedy “Kung Fu Panda” has led Chinese artists to find fault with their own film industry and call for fewer government controls on culture. The movie, which tells the story of a fat panda who dreams of martial [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 30, 2008
With the box office success of Kungfu Panda, a bunch of knockoff Pandas has surfaced on the market. A couple of them are passable but the rest is just horrendous! No prizes for guessing where they were manufactured
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