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FILM INTERVIEW: CREATORS OF 'RISE OF THE GUARDIANS'Jack Frost, Guillermo Del Toro & A Darker DreamWorks In New Animated SpectacleGuillermo del Toro: ... kids understand. And the way we're treating the legends is by telling you the sides of them that are different from the way you believe they were. |
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FILM BUZZSCENE: 'FRANKENWEENIE' RED CARPET PREMIERETim Burton Brings Old Friends & New Faces To Voice Stop-Motion Modern ClassicWinona Ryder: "To be asked to be part of something so personal to him was such an amazing feeling, a great honor... I don't think I've ever felt so proud, really." |
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FILM INTERVIEW: GENNDY TARTAKOVSKYIconic TV Animator Does The Monster Mash In Impressive Film Debut 'Hotel Transylvania'"The animation itself... I think it's very exaggerated, very expressive. It's very different than traditional animated features." |
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FILM INTERVIEW: CAST & CREATORS OF 'PARANORMAN'Sam Fell, Chris Butler, Kodi Smit-McPhee & Anna Kendrick On The Magic Of Stop-MotionAnna Kendrick: "I feel like when you look at stop-motion you can just feel the love that these animators have for the characters." |
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FILM REVIEW: 'PARANORMAN'Kodi Smitt McPhee & Anna Kendricks Lend Their Voices To Clever Stop-Motion SpectacleEach scene outdoes itself, from walls peeling away to Salem flashbacks to soaring, shrieking ghosts, to a startling poignant final scene. |
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TV REVIEW: 'BOB'S BURGERS'Voice-Over Chameleon of 'Archer' Lends His Voice To Smash Animated HitIn many cases, a joke will appear out of nowhere, last for all of two seconds, and have the effect of confusing you into involuntary laughter. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'A SCANNER DARKLY'Now Streaming: Riveting Sci-Fi Drama Explores Bleak Existentialist FutureDirector Richard Linklater's achievement is that he has made at once the most faithful adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel and one of the most creatively orchestrated. |
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FILM INTERVIEW: HUGH GRANT & PETER LORDBritain’s Leading Man & Revered Animator Revive A Favorite Arr-t Form in ‘The Pirates!'Hugh Grant: "I think it’s very English in its message really. I think it’s a celebration of failure. These are the worst pirates in the world, but we love them for it." |
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FILM BUZZLIST: 5 REASONS TO SEE 'THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS'Award Winning 'Wallace & Gromit' Team Mix Stop-Motion & 3D CG Animation In New AdventureLike its predecessors, 'Pirates!' uses clay characters with broad grins and cheeky faces. |
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FILM COLUMN: LIQUID TELEVISION SHORTSLA Animation Festival Presents Shocking, Comedic Shorts Both New & VintageIn 'Ready, Able,' (Allison Shulnik) used stop-motion to morph clay figures and faces into fantastical shapes, in a powerful and haunting display. |
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FILM PREVIEW: 'FRANKENWEENIE' TRAILERBeloved Eccentric Writer/Director Tim Burton Returns to Stop-Motion Animation'Frankenweenie' holds the possibility for Tim Burton to return to a smaller world, and to the style he began his career with. |
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FILM INTERVIEW: CAST OF 'DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX'Zac Efron, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms & Chris Renaud Step Into a Colorful, Imaginative WorldEd Helms: "The world of Dr. Seuss is about silly, imaginative, wonderful, colorful creatures, characters & stories & 'The Lorax' is one of the finest examples of that." |
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FILM REVIEW: 'THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY'Amy Poehler and Will Arnett Voice Imaginative Miyazaki Animated FilmRichly animated and extraordinarily simple, 'The Secret World of Arrietty' takes a childlike spin on the recent surge of nostalgia. |
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TV REVIEW: 'INVADER ZIM'Sharp Satirical Kids' Series Showcases Twisted Comic Book Artist's RangeA prime-time drama with this bleak an outlook would probably get panned for being “too dark,” but a kids' show can somehow get away with it. |
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TV REVIEW: 'ARCHER' SEASON 2 DVDAdult Animated Comedy Raises the Stakes in Season 2Meet Sterling Archer: the world’s foremost not-so-secret agent. He shoots to kill, he dresses to impress, and he always get his man. |
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FILM BUZZSCENE: 'PUSS IN BOOTS' RED CARPET PREMIEREAntonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Billy Bob Thornton & Friends Talk 'Shrek' Spin-OffAntonio Banderas: "You should have seen me actually performing the character, because sometimes I went out of the microphone..." |
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TV COLUMN: 'ADVENTURE TIME' PANEL AT PALEY FESTThe Animated Comedy You Should Be Watching If You Aren't AlreadyNow if anyone from the show, or anyone from an asylum reads this, hakuna matata. I know Ooo ain't real, but oh, shouldn't it be? |
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FILM INTERVIEW: NEIL PATRICK HARRISNever Ceasing to Surprise Us, Diverse Actor Turns to Family Animated Comedy 'The Smurfs'"I did a little cameo on 'The Muppets.' That was just a bucket-list dream come true kind of thing for me. I got to do a Sesame Street before, and I'm a huge Muppet guy." |
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FILM BUZZSCENE: 'CARS 2' RED CARPET PREMIEREOwen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy & Emily Mortimer Voice Disney's Beloved CharactersOwen Wilson: "I can't say that I love my voice. I think I'm like most people, that you hear your voice on an answering machine and you're like, "Who is that?" |
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FILM COLUMN: 2011 SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEWWith Comics, Comedies, Disney, and Harry Potter - This Summer Is Going to Be Hot!Let's sneak into Summer's closet, peek into the Target bags, and spoil our Summer presents. These are the movies of Summer 2011. |