Review: 'Regular Show: The Movie'
I’ve been a sap for not picking up on the brilliance of this show until now.
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A Beautiful Blue Sky at AMPAS
Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha, John Donkin and Tom Cardone talk all things “Blue Sky” at the Motion Picture Academy’s New York event.
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Glen Keane Wows at MoMA New York
The ‘Duet’ director and Disney master animator shared his wit, wisdom and love of animation with a packed MoMA crowd.
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In Search of the Perfect Pencil: Glen Keane and ‘Duet’
The legendary animator talks in-depth about bringing hand-drawn animation to the virtual world of Motorola’s advanced mobile phone.
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Straight From Pixie Hollow: ‘Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast’
Joe Strike is more than impressed with director Steve Loter and DisneyToon Studio’s newest Disney Fairies animated feature.
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Review: ‘101 Dalmations’ Diamond Edition on Blu-Ray
To begin with, what more could any Disney fan ask for – this groundbreaking film has never looked sharper.
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Review – ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’
Our favorite yellow, porous and absorbent porifera is back on the big screen.
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Heritage Auctions Readies LAIKA Studios Event
AWN’s Miscweant talks to Heritage Auctions about the upcoming LAIKA event planned for Thursday, February 12.
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'Strange Magic' Meets the Press
George Lucas talks to reporters as his second animated feature, 'Strange Magic' hits U.S. theatres.
Review: 'Maleficent' on Blu-Ray
Joe Strike finally takes a look at Disney’s latest “reimagineering” following its release on Blu-Ray.
From 10th to 21st Century Japan: Kaguya, Meet Hatsune
Joe Strike travels through more than 1000 years of Japanese culture in just three days.
Review: 'Rocks in my Pockets'
Depression and suicide are at the heart of Signe Baumane’s very personal, poignant and darkly funny new animated feature.
'The Boxtrolls' NYC Advance Screening
Laika has done it again - 'The Boxtrolls' takes its audience on a dizzying trip that is at once terrifying and hilarious.
MOMI Salutes a Master: ‘What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones’
AWN’s The Miscweant attends the opening reception for ‘What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones’ at New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image.
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The Miscweant: ‘Icons of Animation’ at The Academy
AWN's The Miscweant attends The Academy’s “Icons of Animation,” dedicated to the work of character designer and New Yorker cover artist Peter de Sève; artist and animator William Joyce; Argentinian illustrator, author and animator Carlos Nine; and the King of Indie Animation, Bill Plympton.
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My Little Pony 'What’s the Hubbub' Online Chat & Season Four Conclusion
With four seasons under its belt, The Hub channel’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic celebrates its season-ending two-part episode and a just-announced 26-episode season five with one of its “What’s the Hubbub?” online chats.
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Netflix’s and DreamWorks' 'Turbo F.A.S.T' Hits the Gas
Turbo’s supersonic racing snail gets his own Netflix spin-off series with Chris Prynoski as Exec VP.
Elliot Cowan’s 'The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead'
AWN's The Miscweant talks to Elliot Cowan, who is in the home stretch of creating the feature-length The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead, an expansion of the animated shorts the veteran animator/animation director has been creating since 2006.
DreamWorks Tries a Change of Snail’s Pace in 'Turbo'
David Soren helms DreamWorks’ latest film about a snail with dreams of racing who can suddenly hit 200 mph.
Richard Williams’ not-so-fine madness: 'Persistence of Vision'
“It wouldn’t be the first time a labor of love arrived stillborn.” That was the closing line to a 1980s article about animator Richard Williams’ long-gestating animated feature The Thief and the Cobbler.
