Bugs Bunny & Pepe le Pew: Chuck Jones remembered. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Pepe Le Pew, Wile E. Coyote, the Road Runner, and numerous other characters created or …
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The Blind Side box office: Sandra Bullock is indeed back on top – after a mid-decade box office slump – in this huge domestic sleeper blockbuster. Tim McGraw and Quinton …
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Avatar Reviews & Budget: Despite positive buzz James Cameron 3D fantasy adventure to become Next Titanic or Cleopatra? + Henry Selick retrospective.
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Spirit Awards: Where’s Oscar season favorite and How American Is Tolstoy movie? + Pixar technically tops Annie Awards but not really.
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Sean Connery in From Russia with Love. The American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre will present six features (and several shorts) made in the dye-transfer Technicolor process (a.k.a. I.B. or “imbibition”), beginning …
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Animator Adam Beckett Salute Animator and visual effects artist Adam Beckett will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the special program “Infinite Animation: The …
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Spirited Away directed by Hayao Miyazaki. As part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ three-month celebration of anime, a screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s 2002 Oscar-winning animated feature …
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Darfur Movie: The Devil Came on Horseback. Darfur Now and The Devil Came on Horseback, both focusing on the ongoing Darfur crisis, will screen as part of the Academy of …
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Milt Kahl: The Animation Michelangelo, A Centennial Celebration “Milt Kahl: The Animation Michelangelo, A Centennial Celebration,” an homage to Disney animator Milt Kahl (right), will be presented on Monday, April …
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Critics Poll: Why So Few Faves Winning Critics Groups Awards? A strange thing happened on the way from critical top picks lists and their groups winners.
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Quantum of Solace box office: Starring Daniel Craig, the $200 million actioner had the best domestic opening ever for a James Bond movie.
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‘Ryan’ National Film Board of Canada. National Film Board of Canada Academy salute at the National Archives “A Salute to the National Film Board of Canada” will be presented by …
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Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie. Mickey Mouse in the public domain? Disney’s rights questioned Mickey Mouse belongs to Walt Disney Enterprises. Back in the late 1990s, when Bill Clinton was …
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WALL-E box office: The animated feature had one of Pixar’s biggest debuts ever, while an Angelina Jolie thriller is an indisputable hit.
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In addition to a screening of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will have another East Asian cinematic event in the upcoming weeks: an …
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You Don’t Mess with the Zohan box office: Adam Sandler (not gay) comedy outperforms predecessor but fails to recover its cost.
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Ollie Johnston Jr., the last of Walt Disney’s “Nine Old Men” – veteran animators of the old school nicknamed after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s description of the U.S. Supreme Court – …
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Sean Faris’ Never Back Down and Neil Marshall’s thriller Doomsday were trampled by a computer-animated elephant.
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Bugs Bunny: Tex Avery and Michael Maltese collaborations. Looney Tunes collaborators Tex Avery and Michael Maltese will be honored in a double centennial tribute by the Academy of Motion Picture …
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“The Art of the Motion Picture Illustrator: William B. Major, Harold Michelson and Tyrus Wong,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ latest exhibition, opens on Friday, Sept. 28, …
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‘Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist’ & ‘Best Boy’: Oscar Documentaries + Canadian Women in Animation
Next in “Oscar’s Docs, Part Three: Academy Award-Winning Documentaries 1977–1988,” The Flight of the Gossamer Condor, Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, and Best Boy will be screened on Monday, …
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Alain Delon, Bianca di Sofia at the Cannes Film Festival screening of ‘To Each His Own Cinema’ At Cannes Film Festival, Roman Polanski blames computers for journalists’ idiocy “I believe …
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Cars: Pixar Annie Awards’ winner featuring voices of Owen Wilson + Paul Newman is overshadowed as DreamWorks Animation release wins in more categories.
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In 2004, the domestic box office topped $9 billion for the third consecutive year. PG-rated movies beat R-rated ones for the first time in two decades.
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Genie Awards: Sylvain Chomet’s Jacques Tati-inspired animated feature The Triplets of Belleville was named Best Film. That was its only win.
Lord of the Rings prequel of sorts: Born of Hope. Beginning on Dec. 1, the Lord of the Rings prequel of sorts Born of Hope will make its exclusive debut …
Wedding Peach. ANIME! High Art – Pop Culture “ANIME! High Art – Pop Culture,” a multimedia exhibition spotlighting the art of Japanese animation, will have its American premiere at the …
Twilight box office: Starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Catherine Hardwicke’s female-centered romantic fantasy is one of the most notable sleeper blockbusters ever made.
Animation sound showcase: Academy presents ‘The Sound behind the Image II: Now Hear This!’ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a weekend of public events and …
Disney Hand-Drawn Animation + Tex Avery & Michael Maltese & Production Design ‘Psychology & Science’
Disney hand-drawn animation: Ink & Paint Department, 1957. Image courtesy of Ann Guenther. Ink & Paint: The Art of Hand-Drawn Animation The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new …
Marion Cotillard & Daniel Day-Lewis among British award winners 2008 London Film Critics’ Circle Award nominations: Dec. 14. 2008 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: Grosvenor House Hotel on Feb. …
Meet the Robinsons (movie 2007) review: An array of eccentric characters are key a reason for the success of Disney’s (Pixar-influenced) futuristic family adventure comedy.