For animal lovers and star gazers, it’s television’s biggest night of the year….and it’s coming soon. Following nearly a million votes by the American public, the nation’s most courageous canines of the year will be revealed on the American Humane Hero Dog Awards, sponsored by the Lois Pope Life Foundation, Inc. and broadcast nationwide on Hallmark Channel October 25 at 8 pm/7 Ct.
The “Oscars for Dogs” features a veritable galaxy of two-legged stars, including hosts James Denton and Beth Stern, Jay Leno, Billy Crystal, Vivica A. Fox, Alison Sweeney, Bailee Madison, Danica McKellar, Daisy Fuentes, Carrie Ann Inaba, Barbara Niven, Brandon McMillan, Lacey Chabert, Danielle Fishel, Wells Adams, Josie Bissett, Kellie Martin, Debbie Matenopolous, Mark Steines, Cameron Mathison, Alexa and Carlos Penavega, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Alicia Witt during the annual gala at the Beverly Hilton. Richard Marx provides the lead musical performance.
A VIP panel of...
The “Oscars for Dogs” features a veritable galaxy of two-legged stars, including hosts James Denton and Beth Stern, Jay Leno, Billy Crystal, Vivica A. Fox, Alison Sweeney, Bailee Madison, Danica McKellar, Daisy Fuentes, Carrie Ann Inaba, Barbara Niven, Brandon McMillan, Lacey Chabert, Danielle Fishel, Wells Adams, Josie Bissett, Kellie Martin, Debbie Matenopolous, Mark Steines, Cameron Mathison, Alexa and Carlos Penavega, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Alicia Witt during the annual gala at the Beverly Hilton. Richard Marx provides the lead musical performance.
A VIP panel of...
- 10/18/2017
- Look to the Stars
Presented by Deadhouse Films, the 11th annual A Night of Horror International Film Festival and Fantastic Planet, Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival announce the first wave of programming for the 2017 event today. Both festivals will run concurrently at Dendy Cinemas Newtown, from November 29th to December 3rd 2017. Says programming director Dean Bertram:
The festivals’ programmers are delighted to announce a stunning array of frightening, bloody, and awe-inspiring cinema from around the world. This first wave is an international cinematic buffet. It includes the freshest and best of this season’s fantastic genre fare: incredible films from Australia, Europe, North and South America, and Africa.
The first eight feature films announced by the two festivals – all of which are Sydney, Australian, or international premieres – are below. More program details and guest announcements will be revealed at the end of the month when tickets also go on sale.
Bad Black (dir: Nabwana I.G.G.,...
The festivals’ programmers are delighted to announce a stunning array of frightening, bloody, and awe-inspiring cinema from around the world. This first wave is an international cinematic buffet. It includes the freshest and best of this season’s fantastic genre fare: incredible films from Australia, Europe, North and South America, and Africa.
The first eight feature films announced by the two festivals – all of which are Sydney, Australian, or international premieres – are below. More program details and guest announcements will be revealed at the end of the month when tickets also go on sale.
Bad Black (dir: Nabwana I.G.G.,...
- 10/12/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Ron Glass, who played stylish and sassy NYPD detective/aspiring author Ron Harris on ABC’s long-running sitcom Barney Miller, died on Friday of respiratory failure, a spokesperson for the veteran actor has confirmed for TVLine. He was 71.
In addition to his role on the Emmy-winning workplace comedy, Glass portrayed the spiritual Shepherd Book on Fox’s short-lived sci-fi drama Firefly (as well as its big-screen follow-up, Serenity). His lengthy resume also included fellow one-and-done programs including The New Odd Couple (in the Felix Unger role), Rhythm & Blues, Mr. Rhodes and Teen Angel, as well as guest appearances on All in the Family,...
In addition to his role on the Emmy-winning workplace comedy, Glass portrayed the spiritual Shepherd Book on Fox’s short-lived sci-fi drama Firefly (as well as its big-screen follow-up, Serenity). His lengthy resume also included fellow one-and-done programs including The New Odd Couple (in the Felix Unger role), Rhythm & Blues, Mr. Rhodes and Teen Angel, as well as guest appearances on All in the Family,...
- 11/26/2016
- TVLine.com
Vanity Fair interviews reclusive legend Warren Beatty. He talks Annette, his trans son Stephen and
i09 Forest Whitaker is joining the ever-expanding cast of Marvel's Black Panther movie
Vulture Daniel Craig, newly platinum blonde, is warming up to returning to the 007 gig. Money money money. Money money money. ♫ Money money money. If you happen to be rich - .......Ooooh -- and you feel like a Night's entertainment, you can pay for a gay escapade.
Antagony & Ecstacy catches up with The Neon Demon and loves it more than he knows he should
Mnpp it looks like Nicolas Hoult will be playing Nikola Tesla in the costume drama Current War about the fight over monetizing electricity co-starring those actors of endless ubiquity: Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon.
The Playlist Guy Ritchie will direct Disney's live action Aladdin. Weird.
/Film Boyd Holbrook will play the cyborg villain Donald Pierce in the third Wolverine movie,...
i09 Forest Whitaker is joining the ever-expanding cast of Marvel's Black Panther movie
Vulture Daniel Craig, newly platinum blonde, is warming up to returning to the 007 gig. Money money money. Money money money. ♫ Money money money. If you happen to be rich - .......Ooooh -- and you feel like a Night's entertainment, you can pay for a gay escapade.
Antagony & Ecstacy catches up with The Neon Demon and loves it more than he knows he should
Mnpp it looks like Nicolas Hoult will be playing Nikola Tesla in the costume drama Current War about the fight over monetizing electricity co-starring those actors of endless ubiquity: Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon.
The Playlist Guy Ritchie will direct Disney's live action Aladdin. Weird.
/Film Boyd Holbrook will play the cyborg villain Donald Pierce in the third Wolverine movie,...
- 10/10/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
As another year nears its end, another holiday season is upon us once again; imagine that. So that means that it’s time for our annual City of Films Christmas Gift Guide! If you’re looking for an idea for that certain movie fan in your life, we’ve got you covered. Inside you’ll find all sorts of movie related gifts as well as where you can find them. We hope at least one of these items gives you an idea for those hard to buy for individuals, so without further ado…let’s get to it!
Back to the Future Monopoly
Why it took this long for a Bttf Monopoly game is beyond me. This is a fully licensed version of the board game that is going to provides hours of fun as you collect locations and time-hop through the world of the Bttf trilogy! If you’re tired of the regular Monopoly,...
Back to the Future Monopoly
Why it took this long for a Bttf Monopoly game is beyond me. This is a fully licensed version of the board game that is going to provides hours of fun as you collect locations and time-hop through the world of the Bttf trilogy! If you’re tired of the regular Monopoly,...
- 12/1/2015
- by CoF Staff
- City of Films
The Important News First Look: Apocalypse, Storm and Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse. New Directors/New Films: Andy Muschietti will direct It. Casting Net: Jennifer Lawrence will star in The Rosie Project. Franchise Fever: The next Green Lantern movie will be called Green Lantern Corps. Ron Perlman insists there be a Hellboy 3. Hannibal could resume on the big screen. Updates came for sequels to Wreck-It Ralph, Pacific Rim and Kill Bill. Disney is doing a live-action Aladdin prequel. The next Spider-Man will be written by the duo behind Vacation. The entire Back to the Future trilogy will be re-released this fall. Score Board: Ennio...
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- 7/18/2015
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Christine Cavanaugh, best known for voicing some of the most beloved '90s cartoon and movie characters, passed away Dec. 22 at the age of 51.
Cavanaugh provided the voice of Dexter from the Cartoon Network series Dexter's Laboratory, as well as the voice of Chuckie from The Rugrats and the beloved Babe the pig.
According to an obituary published by the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, Cavanaugh retired from voice acting in 2001 after a 13-year career that also included roles in Aladdin, Darkwing Duck, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and The Powerpuff Girls, among many others.
Photos: In Memoriam: Stars We Lost In 2014
She also performed in a number of live-action roles in television shows including The X-Files, Everybody Loves Raymond, and ER.
Cavanaugh died at her home in Cedar City, Utah. No cause of death has been released. She is survived by her brother and sister.
Cavanaugh provided the voice of Dexter from the Cartoon Network series Dexter's Laboratory, as well as the voice of Chuckie from The Rugrats and the beloved Babe the pig.
According to an obituary published by the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, Cavanaugh retired from voice acting in 2001 after a 13-year career that also included roles in Aladdin, Darkwing Duck, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and The Powerpuff Girls, among many others.
Photos: In Memoriam: Stars We Lost In 2014
She also performed in a number of live-action roles in television shows including The X-Files, Everybody Loves Raymond, and ER.
Cavanaugh died at her home in Cedar City, Utah. No cause of death has been released. She is survived by her brother and sister.
- 12/31/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Unfortunately, another talented performer has passed away in 2014. Christine Cavanaugh, who voiced Chuckie Finster on the Nickelodeon series Rugrats and Babe the pig from the 1995 film Babe, died at the age of 51 on Monday, Dec. 22. According to TMZ.com, at this time, “the details surrounding her death are unclear.” In addition to her work on Rugrats and in Babe, Cavanaugh provided the voice for Dexter in the Cartoon Network series Dexter’s Laboratory and also voiced roles in Disney’s Aladdin, The Critic, Recess, The Powerpuff Girls and The Wild Thornberrys. She retired from voice acting in 2001, and Nancy Cartwright, famous for voicing Bart Simpson on the long-running Fox animated series The Simpsons, was brought in to replace her as the voice of Chuckie on Rugrats. Although she was primarily a voice actress, Cavanaugh also guest starred on several different television series throughout her career. She appeared on The X-Files (photographed above), Cheers,...
- 12/30/2014
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
Christine Cavanaugh -- the original voice of "Babe" the pig and Dexter from "Dexter's Laboratory" -- has died at the age of 51. Cavanaugh passed away on December 22nd ... the details surrounding her death are unclear. Christine's work is legendary ... providing the voice of countless iconic cartoon characters including Chuckie the red-headed baby from "Rugrats."She also voiced characters from "Darkwing Duck," "Aladdin," "The Critic," "The Powerpuff Girls" and "The Wild Thornberrys."Cavanaugh retired from...
- 12/30/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
While the Broadway-bound Aladdin is going through a whole new world of previews up in Toronto, Disney has found its next theatrical endeavor: the 1987 adventure comedy The Princess Bride.
Disney Theatrical Productions announced Monday that William Goldman’s 1973 novel and subsequent 1987 film adaptation would be the next in line for development by Disney’s stage arm. Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn (who worked closely on the film) shepherded the deal, which allows the piece to enter the arduous process of development for the stage.
The Princess Bride is a cult-favorite fairy tale rom-com about the love story between a...
Disney Theatrical Productions announced Monday that William Goldman’s 1973 novel and subsequent 1987 film adaptation would be the next in line for development by Disney’s stage arm. Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn (who worked closely on the film) shepherded the deal, which allows the piece to enter the arduous process of development for the stage.
The Princess Bride is a cult-favorite fairy tale rom-com about the love story between a...
- 11/11/2013
- by Marc Snetiker
- EW.com - PopWatch
(Cbr) In fairy tales, one “once upon a time” frequently begets another, so it should come as no surprise that ABC’s hit drama "Once Upon a Time" is expanding beyond Storybrooke this year. While the core TV series has set sail for Neverland in its newly launched third season, Last night saw the premiere of the franchise’s first spinoff "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland". To anchor the series, creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz have found faces new and old (and sometimes computer-generated), including Sophie Lowe as Alice, "Lost" alum Naveen Andrews as "Aladdin‘s" Jafar, and Keith David, Iggy Pop...
- 10/11/2013
- by Kiel Phegley, Comic Book Resources
- Hitfix
Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan have made a career out of messing with our heads and giving us one gore-soaked terror tale after another. Now they're looking to screw your kids up, too! Read on for details.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Melton and Dunstan, the writing team behind four of the seven Saw films, are moving into family-friendly territory as they have been tapped to adapt Disney's live-action family film The Stuff of Legend.
The project, which is based on a graphic novel written by Mike Raicht and Brian Smith and illustrated by Charles Paul Wilson III, revolves around a band of toys that journeys into a dark realm to rescue their owner from the infamous Boogeyman. Animator Peter Candeland (All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, "Aladdin") is attached to direct the film, which is being produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman through their Disney-based Mandeville Films.
More as it comes.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Melton and Dunstan, the writing team behind four of the seven Saw films, are moving into family-friendly territory as they have been tapped to adapt Disney's live-action family film The Stuff of Legend.
The project, which is based on a graphic novel written by Mike Raicht and Brian Smith and illustrated by Charles Paul Wilson III, revolves around a band of toys that journeys into a dark realm to rescue their owner from the infamous Boogeyman. Animator Peter Candeland (All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, "Aladdin") is attached to direct the film, which is being produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman through their Disney-based Mandeville Films.
More as it comes.
- 10/10/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, there was Alice, an ordinary girl who… kicks butt and tangles with genies?
Yes, ABC’s newest fantasy drama (premiering Thursday at 8/7c) is most definitely not your childhood Wonderland story, given its feisty heroine and the dash of Aladdin thrown in (hello, Jafar!).
From an evil union to a couple that does not hook-up to the familiar faces popping up, here are six things we learned about this latest trip down the rabbit hole, during TVLine’s visit to Wonderland by way of Vancouver, Canada.
Related | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Bosses...
Yes, ABC’s newest fantasy drama (premiering Thursday at 8/7c) is most definitely not your childhood Wonderland story, given its feisty heroine and the dash of Aladdin thrown in (hello, Jafar!).
From an evil union to a couple that does not hook-up to the familiar faces popping up, here are six things we learned about this latest trip down the rabbit hole, during TVLine’s visit to Wonderland by way of Vancouver, Canada.
Related | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Bosses...
- 10/10/2013
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Odd List Simon Brew Ryan Lambie 19 Sep 2013 - 07:20
From dramas to action and everything in between, here's our pick of 20 underrated films from 1990...
Think back to the big films of 1990, and you'll probably immediately come up with things like Ghost, the year's top-grossing film, or maybe Home Alone, which made a star out of the young Macaulay Culkin.
If you're into sci-fi or action, you might pluck Total Recall, Back To The Future Part III or even Die Hard 2 out of your memory banks. But what about all those movies that didn't make it into the year's top 10 ranking films? As ever, there's a huge number of duds and forgettable flops, but there were plenty of films that were wrongly overlooked, too.
That's where this list comes in, which aims to shed a bit of light on 20 films that were either unfairly overlooked by audiences at the time, or...
From dramas to action and everything in between, here's our pick of 20 underrated films from 1990...
Think back to the big films of 1990, and you'll probably immediately come up with things like Ghost, the year's top-grossing film, or maybe Home Alone, which made a star out of the young Macaulay Culkin.
If you're into sci-fi or action, you might pluck Total Recall, Back To The Future Part III or even Die Hard 2 out of your memory banks. But what about all those movies that didn't make it into the year's top 10 ranking films? As ever, there's a huge number of duds and forgettable flops, but there were plenty of films that were wrongly overlooked, too.
That's where this list comes in, which aims to shed a bit of light on 20 films that were either unfairly overlooked by audiences at the time, or...
- 9/19/2013
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Odd List Simon Brew Ryan Lambie
From dramas to action and everything in between, here's our pick of 20 underrated films from 1990...
Think back to the big films of 1990, and you'll probably immediately come up with things like Ghost, the year's top-grossing film, or maybe Home Alone, which made a star out of the young Macaulay Culkin.
If you're into sci-fi or action, you might pluck Total Recall, Back To The Future Part III or even Die Hard 2 out of your memory banks. But what about all those movies that didn't make it into the year's top 10 ranking films? As ever, there's a huge number of duds and forgettable flops, but there were plenty of films that were wrongly overlooked, too.
That's where this list comes in, which aims to shed a bit of light on 20 films that were either unfairly overlooked by audiences at the time, or have faded rapidly from general discussions about cinema.
From dramas to action and everything in between, here's our pick of 20 underrated films from 1990...
Think back to the big films of 1990, and you'll probably immediately come up with things like Ghost, the year's top-grossing film, or maybe Home Alone, which made a star out of the young Macaulay Culkin.
If you're into sci-fi or action, you might pluck Total Recall, Back To The Future Part III or even Die Hard 2 out of your memory banks. But what about all those movies that didn't make it into the year's top 10 ranking films? As ever, there's a huge number of duds and forgettable flops, but there were plenty of films that were wrongly overlooked, too.
That's where this list comes in, which aims to shed a bit of light on 20 films that were either unfairly overlooked by audiences at the time, or have faded rapidly from general discussions about cinema.
- 9/18/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Revisiting 18 years of pop culture, from Britpop to the Spice Girls, via Father Ted
1994: Mad fer it!
Issue No 1 Previously a broadsheet section in the newspaper, The Guide was expanded into a magazine proper on 27 August 1994. Nobody bothered to archive a copy, though, so the best we can do is show you a Xeroxed reproduction of the cover. At the time we were concerned with the weird state of science shows on TV and had a wander around the Notting Hill Carnival.
Spotted! All Saints From a review of their single Silver Shadow: "Born in the same year and in the same area of London, what else could these girls do but form a swingbeat group? Their debut is a sickly Atlantic Starr cover with an idiotic number of mixes, encompassing every dance style bar Morris. Eternal may rest easy in their Timberlands." Note: swingbeat was a form of...
1994: Mad fer it!
Issue No 1 Previously a broadsheet section in the newspaper, The Guide was expanded into a magazine proper on 27 August 1994. Nobody bothered to archive a copy, though, so the best we can do is show you a Xeroxed reproduction of the cover. At the time we were concerned with the weird state of science shows on TV and had a wander around the Notting Hill Carnival.
Spotted! All Saints From a review of their single Silver Shadow: "Born in the same year and in the same area of London, what else could these girls do but form a swingbeat group? Their debut is a sickly Atlantic Starr cover with an idiotic number of mixes, encompassing every dance style bar Morris. Eternal may rest easy in their Timberlands." Note: swingbeat was a form of...
- 1/5/2013
- by The Guide
- The Guardian - Film News
Ever on the hunt for a new epic adventure sure to lure in hordes of movie-going families worldwide, Disney has added another hot property to its development slate. Deadline reports the studio has made a "pre-emptive pitch deal" (whatever the hell that means) with Pete Candeland to adapt the graphic novel The Stuff of Legend. With the help of Abduction scribe Shawn Christensen, Candeland has reportedly spent nearly a year putting together a pitch and visual presentation to prove the property's potential to Disney. Christensen is attached to draft the screenplay while Candeland will direct. This marks Candeland's second deal with Disney, as he was recently hired to helm a live-action feature inspired by their theme park attraction "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride." Though Candeland's background is in animation.having contributed to the beloved Aladdin TV series, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, and the unconventional cartoon documentary Gorillaz: Phase One...
- 6/12/2012
- cinemablend.com
Chicago – Here is an alleged family film made with all the heart and invention of a cynical business deal. Not a single person involved in the production appears to have any concept of what constitutes quality family entertainment. It’s essentially 103 minutes of product placement, with the biggest product being the Smurfs. There’s also room for Rock Band, Google, M&Ms, the Blue Man Group and every single business located on Times Square.
Unlike James Bobin’s marvelously heartfelt comedy, “The Muppets,” which dug deep into the spirit of Jim Henson’s original work, Raja Gosnell’s “The Smurfs” uses Peyo’s beloved characters as mere vessels for stale cultural references. Just as “Star Wars” led to the dumbing down of mainstream American cinema, the Genie in Disney’s “Aladdin” inspired generations of lazy filmmakers to construct entire kiddie franchises out of stitched-together homages and in-jokes. Once Smurfette (voiced by Katy Perry) quips,...
Unlike James Bobin’s marvelously heartfelt comedy, “The Muppets,” which dug deep into the spirit of Jim Henson’s original work, Raja Gosnell’s “The Smurfs” uses Peyo’s beloved characters as mere vessels for stale cultural references. Just as “Star Wars” led to the dumbing down of mainstream American cinema, the Genie in Disney’s “Aladdin” inspired generations of lazy filmmakers to construct entire kiddie franchises out of stitched-together homages and in-jokes. Once Smurfette (voiced by Katy Perry) quips,...
- 12/20/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Emilie de Ravin as a Once Upon A Time Belle
Actress Emilie de Ravin fell for Robert Pattinson in Remember Me and collected plenty of fans during her stint as Claire Littleton on ABC’s Lost. Now, please be our guest, as we announce her new TV role, forged someplace in fairy tale heaven.
ABC’s delightfully creative new series, Once Upon a Time already includes beloved characters such as Snow White, Jiminy Cricket and Rumpelstiltskin as they flip flop between their world and ours. I really like how the evil queen’s mirror is a reporter in our world. Still, there’s always room for more and this time around it is the tale of Beauty and the Beast getting a remake.
Emilie de Ravin will visit the series to portray Belle, the familiar story book beauty. Her appearance should air on February 12th, according to TV Guide, and...
Actress Emilie de Ravin fell for Robert Pattinson in Remember Me and collected plenty of fans during her stint as Claire Littleton on ABC’s Lost. Now, please be our guest, as we announce her new TV role, forged someplace in fairy tale heaven.
ABC’s delightfully creative new series, Once Upon a Time already includes beloved characters such as Snow White, Jiminy Cricket and Rumpelstiltskin as they flip flop between their world and ours. I really like how the evil queen’s mirror is a reporter in our world. Still, there’s always room for more and this time around it is the tale of Beauty and the Beast getting a remake.
Emilie de Ravin will visit the series to portray Belle, the familiar story book beauty. Her appearance should air on February 12th, according to TV Guide, and...
- 11/29/2011
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
'Community' star and mtvU Woodies host doesn't want tour to feel like 'Donald Glover the comedian opened for Childish Gambino,' his rap alter ego.
By Steven Roberts
Donald Glover
Photo: Jason Laveris/Getty Images
Donald Glover's I Am Donald Tour kicks off in just over a month on April 16 in Iowa.
The mtvU Woodies host and "Community" star made a name for himself in the comedy world thanks to his group Derrick's Comedy and writing on the hit NBC show "30 Rock." Now, as Childish Gambino, Glover is giving hip-hop a try with his just-released untitled Ep.
When MTV News caught up with him on Tuesday, Glover said he was excited for the world to see his show.
"We've done preview shows in L.A., and since then, we've made it tighter and better," he promised. "I come out and I guess I do some comedy stuff.
By Steven Roberts
Donald Glover
Photo: Jason Laveris/Getty Images
Donald Glover's I Am Donald Tour kicks off in just over a month on April 16 in Iowa.
The mtvU Woodies host and "Community" star made a name for himself in the comedy world thanks to his group Derrick's Comedy and writing on the hit NBC show "30 Rock." Now, as Childish Gambino, Glover is giving hip-hop a try with his just-released untitled Ep.
When MTV News caught up with him on Tuesday, Glover said he was excited for the world to see his show.
"We've done preview shows in L.A., and since then, we've made it tighter and better," he promised. "I come out and I guess I do some comedy stuff.
- 3/9/2011
- MTV Music News
Where it ranks in the lexicon of Disney films is not the point of this Tangled review. Tangled stands on its own and in many ways that is its greatest strength. The casting team at Disney has struck gold with Mandy Moore playing Rapunzel and Zachary Levi portraying the dashing, debonair and decidedly criminal Flynn. Not your usual set-up for a Disney film romance, no?
That is why Tangled is a triumph in telling the story of the girl with 70 feet of magical hair who holds the proverbial key to her own freedom.
Tangled, the new holiday movie from Disney, is crammed full of the latest cartoon musts, including computer animation and, of course, eye-popping 3-D.
Yet it also seems sweetly, blissfully old-fashioned.
Yes, it’s based on a fairy tale —
the story of Rapunzel, actually. But unlike the “Shrek” series (and imitators, like “Hoodwinked”), it’s not built for pop-culture gags and adult irony.
That is why Tangled is a triumph in telling the story of the girl with 70 feet of magical hair who holds the proverbial key to her own freedom.
Tangled, the new holiday movie from Disney, is crammed full of the latest cartoon musts, including computer animation and, of course, eye-popping 3-D.
Yet it also seems sweetly, blissfully old-fashioned.
Yes, it’s based on a fairy tale —
the story of Rapunzel, actually. But unlike the “Shrek” series (and imitators, like “Hoodwinked”), it’s not built for pop-culture gags and adult irony.
- 11/28/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Disney is re-releasing the 1986 animated feature The Great Mouse Detective on DVD. If you missed it during its original release or its theatrical re-release in 1992, it’s cool. A lot of people did. Under-appreciated and largely forgotten, The Great Mouse Detective wasn’t even the biggest animated mouse movie
of 1986 (Universal’s An American Tail beat Mouse Detective by $22 million that year) though in retrospect, the movie was pivotal to the studio’s animation department coming off of their disastrous feature, The Black Cauldron. The Great Mouse Detective put the studio back on track and helped usher in a new golden age of Disney ‘toons including The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.
The Great Mouse Detective was one of the first animated Disney features to include CGI technology.
Basil of Baker Street (voiced by TV veteran Barrie Ingham) is the world’s greatest mouse detective and lives under the not-so-humble abode of Sherlock Holmes.
of 1986 (Universal’s An American Tail beat Mouse Detective by $22 million that year) though in retrospect, the movie was pivotal to the studio’s animation department coming off of their disastrous feature, The Black Cauldron. The Great Mouse Detective put the studio back on track and helped usher in a new golden age of Disney ‘toons including The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.
The Great Mouse Detective was one of the first animated Disney features to include CGI technology.
Basil of Baker Street (voiced by TV veteran Barrie Ingham) is the world’s greatest mouse detective and lives under the not-so-humble abode of Sherlock Holmes.
- 4/21/2010
- ReelLoop.com
For a while now, Pixar has been doing most of the heavy lifting for Disney's animated film department. Apart from distributing Hayao Miyazaki's occasional masterpiece, Disney has little stock left in the hand-drawn animation department, though they seem out to remedy that unfortunate trend with their recent feature The Princess and the Frog. It might not be the cure they wanted, but it will definitely be considered a solid strike towards the direction of getting their once revered house of mouse back in the hand-drawn animation biz. To its credit, The Princess and the Frog does a lot to recreate that magic Disney was once known for around the world (would anyone have cared about the Disneyworld resorts were it not for that sense of whimsy?). It has a few inspired musical numbers, a majority of wonderfully animated scenes against terrific backdrops true to the story's bayou setting, and...
- 3/15/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Despite all the massive success both critically and financially the amazing Pixar films have had over the last decade, there will always be a very special place in my heart for many of those classic Disney 2D traditional animation films. "The Lion King", "Aladdin", "Beauty and the Beast"... and the older classics like "Snow White", "Cinderella" and so on.
With "The Princess and the Frog" Disney has made a welcome re-entry into the world of traditional animation, and they're certainly not done.
The first image for their new feature "Rapunzel " has just hit the web and we share it with you below.
Disney returns once again to the relm of classic fairy tales for source material with a few changes. Rapunzel is said to be "kind of sassy"... and according to the picture seems to be able to use her legendary hair as an imprisonment device too.
The film features...
With "The Princess and the Frog" Disney has made a welcome re-entry into the world of traditional animation, and they're certainly not done.
The first image for their new feature "Rapunzel " has just hit the web and we share it with you below.
Disney returns once again to the relm of classic fairy tales for source material with a few changes. Rapunzel is said to be "kind of sassy"... and according to the picture seems to be able to use her legendary hair as an imprisonment device too.
The film features...
- 12/31/2009
- by John Campea
- AMC - Script to Screen
We are spoiled by Pixar, Dreamworks, and BlueSky (okay, for those guys, maybe sometimes). These animation titans are leading the charge when it comes to computer animation, with their vibrant worlds created with mouse clicks and keyboards. They may be inspired by the hand-drawn animation classics, but they have contributed in putting that form of entertainment to the wayside, or at least, to the straight-to-dvd arena.
This is not the fate with Disney’s latest movie, The Princess and the Frog, a 2-D animated film that echoes those classics that we can only experience when they’re released from the “vault,” like Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King. It isn’t in 3-D, it doesn’t have a cast with too many big names, and most importantly, it has a princess character that is (finally) African-American.
How would Disney fare with all of these elements in a Pixar/Dreamworks/BlueSky dominated cinema?...
This is not the fate with Disney’s latest movie, The Princess and the Frog, a 2-D animated film that echoes those classics that we can only experience when they’re released from the “vault,” like Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King. It isn’t in 3-D, it doesn’t have a cast with too many big names, and most importantly, it has a princess character that is (finally) African-American.
How would Disney fare with all of these elements in a Pixar/Dreamworks/BlueSky dominated cinema?...
- 12/13/2009
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Prince Naveen and Tiana in The Princess and the Frog
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures With The Princess and the Frog Disney returns to 2-D hand-drawn animation and before I even saw a frame of this film the fact we are heading back to what I believe to be the truest form of animation was enough to get me in a seat. Unfortunately this latest installment in the Disney Princess franchise isn't the absolute knockout I wanted it to be, but I would still recommend everyone go see it and judge for themselves, if only to make sure Disney continues with 2-D animation as a regular alternative to the onslaught of CGI.
Set in 1920s New Orleans and sporting jazzy musical notes The Princess and the Frog tries much harder to be pretty than it does to tell a story. In fact, the villain in this film, the evil voodoo "shadow man" Dr.
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures With The Princess and the Frog Disney returns to 2-D hand-drawn animation and before I even saw a frame of this film the fact we are heading back to what I believe to be the truest form of animation was enough to get me in a seat. Unfortunately this latest installment in the Disney Princess franchise isn't the absolute knockout I wanted it to be, but I would still recommend everyone go see it and judge for themselves, if only to make sure Disney continues with 2-D animation as a regular alternative to the onslaught of CGI.
Set in 1920s New Orleans and sporting jazzy musical notes The Princess and the Frog tries much harder to be pretty than it does to tell a story. In fact, the villain in this film, the evil voodoo "shadow man" Dr.
- 12/11/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Being a princess is not always an easy way out of a problem.
If there’s anything modern about The Princess and the Frog, that would be it. Touted as Disney’s big return to hand-drawn animation, it’s the first of the Disney Princess line that doesn’t have its main character escape hardship by finding true love in a rich suitor. Though the two main characters spend most of the movie as a couple of frogs (a fact that might raise a few eyebrows, considering how much has been made about this being Disney's first "black princess") going on an enchanted adventure, it's in human form that they really make lasting impressions.
Our heroine Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) is certainly no princess. She’s a woman whose idea of happily ever after is buying a fixer-upper factory to turn into her very own restaurant. Her prince, a flirt...
If there’s anything modern about The Princess and the Frog, that would be it. Touted as Disney’s big return to hand-drawn animation, it’s the first of the Disney Princess line that doesn’t have its main character escape hardship by finding true love in a rich suitor. Though the two main characters spend most of the movie as a couple of frogs (a fact that might raise a few eyebrows, considering how much has been made about this being Disney's first "black princess") going on an enchanted adventure, it's in human form that they really make lasting impressions.
Our heroine Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) is certainly no princess. She’s a woman whose idea of happily ever after is buying a fixer-upper factory to turn into her very own restaurant. Her prince, a flirt...
- 12/11/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
During the Disney Animation panel at Comic Con, I had the pleasure of seeing a complete musical number from the upcoming The Princess and the Frog, the showstopper from the villainous Dr. Facilier called "Friends on the Other Side." In write-up I described it as a cross between "Never Had A Friend Like Me" from Aladdin and "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from The Little Mermaid, an expression of villainous intentions with nice visuals as an added bonus. Now everyone can get a brief look at the number, as well as a glimpse of voice actor Keith David at work, in a new featurette posted by CartoonBrew.com. There are interviews with David and supervising animator Bruce Smith, talking about how they incorporated David's movements into the character and established him as pure evil. You can watch it all in the embed below.
- 8/25/2009
- cinemablend.com
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