MICHAEL BAY JUST GOT A DINO-BONER
Dreamworks has found their next animated CG-project, and lest you it’s just another simple idea like a Panda who does Kung Fu, this one’s actually based on a book. Though I should also mention: the...
View ArticleANOTHER REASON I’M GLAD TO BE CHILDLESS
This trailer for Sony’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, based on the children’s book, was sent to me by FilmDrunkard Adam, who writes:Thank you, Sony, for totally raping one of my favorite childhood...
View ArticleTHREE NEW CLIPS FROM PIXAR’S ‘UP’
Here are three new clips from Pixar’s Up, which opens May 29th (keep you ears peeled for Patton Oswalt’s voice as the TV announcer in the first one)*. The old guy is voiced by Ed Asner and, because...
View ArticleHOW DOES DREAMWORKS DO IT!
If you’ve seen Up, you know it comes attached to a short called Partly Cloudy, one of the most insanely creative things I’ve ever seen. It’s about clouds who synthesize kitties and puppies and give...
View ArticleWHEN DALI MET DISNEY
JoBlo just posted this video of Destino, a collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney (who no doubt bonded over their mutual love of fascism).Destino began in 1946 as a collaboration between...
View ArticleNON-PIXAR ANIMATION LOOKS… PROMISING?
(Update: I put the trailer after the jump to make the page load faster)Pixar consistently blows my mind with their stories and melts my face off with their animation, while the rest of the animation...
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Yogi Bear 3D Disqualified from Oscar Race ;-(
Pour out a little Sparks Four Loko Thunderbird for Yogi Bear today, as the surefire critical darling which opens next month has been DISQUALIFIED from the Academy Award animation category. Can you...
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RIP, Run Wrake, the most talented dude you’ve never heard of
British animator Run Wrake died from cancer at the age of 47 over the weekend, and when I heard about it today I asked myself, “Why does that name sound familiar?” Turns out it’s because he directed a...
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WATCH: Very Cool Live-Action/Origami/Animation Hybrid Short
After the jump, I’ve got a short film by Edson Oda, a Brazilian doing his MFA in film and TV at USC, called Malaria. He posted it to Vimeo almost a month ago, but I hadn’t seen it, so I’m remedying...
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WATCH: Trailer for The Boxtrolls, from Laika
While “The Boxtrolls” might sound like a malady afflicting your mom, it’s actually a new, stop-motion animated film from Laika, the folks who brought us Coraline and ParaNorman. Based on Here Be...
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