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  • June 2008

    • Pixar's Wall-E Proves Its Mettle

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 27, 08 9:38 AM CDT

      Pixar's Wall-E Proves Its Mettle

      (Newser) - Stunning animation, an endearing love story, and a compelling look at mankind’s future make Pixar’s Wall-E one of the best films of the year, critics agree. “This is getting to sound like a broken record: Pixar Animation Studios has just topped itself. Again,” Kirk Honeycutt writes in the Hollywood Reporter. This movie is on the must-see list for kids and adults alike, critics say. More »

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      movie review  • Pixar  • animation  • apocalypse

    • Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 6, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt

      (Newser) - Dreamworks' animal extravaganza Kung Fu Panda isn't packed full of surprises, the critics say, but top-notch visual and voice acting lift it above the standard animal adventure fare. Jack Black gives the lead character, a pudgy panda who dreams of becoming a martial arts master, a "slightly abashed suburban-couch-potato sweetness," Owen Gleiberman writes in Entertainment Weekly . More »

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      movie review  • Angelina Jolie  • DreamWorks  • Jack Black  • animation  • animated movie  • Jackie Chan  • Lucy Liu  • Dustin Hoffman  • kung fu

  • May 2008

    • Waltz Explodes at Cannes

      New York Times  |  May 16, 08 2:10 PM CDT

      Waltz Explodes at Cannes

      (Newser) - Now that's more like it. After a typically lousy opening—allegorical disaster Blindness —the Cannes Film Festival shook things up yesterday with Waltz with Bashir , a ferocious animated documentary from Israel recounting the 1982 massacre at Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. It’s “stunning,” writes Manhola Dargis in the New York Times , “at once a furious act of conscience and a lament.” More »

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      film  • movie review  • documentary  • Cannes Film Festival  • animation

  • April 2008

    • Pioneering Disney Animator Dead at 95

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 16, 08 2:40 AM CDT

      Pioneering Disney Animator Dead at 95

      (Newser) - The last surviving member of Disney's legendary "Nine Old Men," who pioneered character animation, has died at the age of 95, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ollie Johnston's many creations, often in collaboration with Frank Thomas, included sequences and characters in Pinocchio, the Jungle Book, Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians and many more. More »

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      obituary  • Disney  • Frank Thomas  • animation  • Walt Disney  • Bambi

    • Cartman's Evil Is His Appeal

      NPR  |  Apr 6, 08 12:16 PM CDT

      Cartman's Evil Is His Appeal

      (Newser) - Eric Cartman—the foul-mouthed fat kid in the "South Park" foursome of misfit boys—has ridden his ability to do the unthinkable to No. 10 on TV Guide's top 50 cartoon characters of all time. What's the appeal, exactly, of a malicious, mean, lying, selfish 8-year-old? "I'd say within the first season, we kind of realized Cartman's like a little Archie Bunker," creator Trey Parker told NPR. More »

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      cable TV  • animation  • South Park  • cartoon characters

  • March 2008

    • Radiohead to Fans: Get Animated

      Wired  |  Mar 20, 08 3:18 PM CDT

      Radiohead to Fans: Get Animated

      (Newser) - Radiohead is breaking new ground again—this time asking fans to make an animated video for any song on its pay-what-you-want In Rainbows album. The band itself will choose the grand-prize winner, who’ll get $10,000 to animate a full-length version. Would-be competitors have until April 27 to submit their concept videos or storyboards to aniBoom.com, Wired reports. More »

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      music industry  • Radiohead  • contest  • music videos  • animation  • Nine Inch Nails  • In Rainbows

  • February 2008

    • Smurftastic Comeback in Works

      NPR  |  Feb 21, 08 3:14 PM CST

      Smurftastic Comeback in Works

      (Newser) - At age 50, and after a decade in exile, the Smurfs are planning a comeback, NPR reports, with the original series coming out on DVD and a 3-D movie expected next year. Though today’s kids have more sophisticated options than watching the repair of mushroom houses, “the Smurf village can be a good place to rest," said one marketing type. More »

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      pop culture  • cartoon  • animation  • comeback  • 3D movie  • Smurfs

  • November 2007

    • Buzz Uneven for Bee Movie

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Nov 2, 07 9:10 AM CDT

      Buzz Uneven for Bee Movie

      (Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld uses “every stupid bee joke that he and his cronies could cook up” in Bee Movie , Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal says, and USA Today 's Claudia Puig calls the animated feature “so unfunny it almost stings.” But Newsday finds Barry B. Benson’s quest to escape 9-to-5 hive drudgery by suing humanity “infectiously amusing.” More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Jerry Seinfeld  • animation  • bees  • animated movie  • computer animation  • Renee Zellweger

  • July 2007

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