Just in time for Father’s Day, here are five recent movies focused on the bonding between father and son that the whole family can enjoy watching: “The Incredibles” – Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated action/comedy about a family of former superheroes who come out of retirement to take down an evil villain. Mr. Incredible bonds with Dash […]
LCJ: Obviously it takes hundreds of animators and effects artists to make a feature-length film such as “Madagascar 3”. You are an “Effects Lead”. What, specifically, are your duties? GG: I’m part of the movie for a couple of years. In the beginning we need to figure out how we’re going to build the effects. […]
2005’s “Madagascar” was a big hit at the box office and a fun animated comedy. The franchise continued with the 2008 sequel – “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”, which was not as good as the original; a nice 2009 Christmas special – “Merry Madagascar”; and the Nickelodeon spin-off series “The Penguins of Madagascar”. Now we have […]
Director Wes Anderson is known for his QUIRKY, independent, off-beat, QUIRKY comedies, including “Rushmore”, “The Royal Tennembaums” and “The Darjeeling Limited”. In 2009, he released his first animated film, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”, (based on the Roald Dahl book) starring George Clooney and Meryl Streep. I thought it was the best movie of 2009 (even better […]
I’ve thought about making this list for a long time. Big budget studios release blockbuster animated films each year. But what about those “smaller” animated films that may have underperformed at the box office, but were strong with critics? Or even those that may have had neither. Here is a list of animated films that […]
Here’s the second of my three-part look at what this Summer has to offer. Several of these June and July releases will help determine whether or not Summer ’12 becomes the biggest of all-time: JUNE (pt. 2) 22 – “Brave” Starring the voices of Kelly MacDonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly. Pixar’s 13th animated film is […]
I’ve been writing this for years, (so accuse me for being repetitive) but the problem isn’t getting any better: Where is the originality among Hollywood movie studios? Just look at this past year’s Best Picture Oscar nominees: 6 of them were based on novels (including “War Horse”, which is also a play). Only three were […]
One of the TV commercials that was used when “John Carter” was released in theaters back in February claimed that before there was “Star Wars” and “Avatar” there was John Carter. And that’s very true. The character was the creation of famed writer Edgar Rice Burroughs back in 1912. But the ad campaign doesn’t go […]
This is the third year that I be able to see the “Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films”. While there are several good shorts (including a few that aren’t even in the running for the Oscar), there isn’t one this year that’s outstanding. OSCAR NOMINEES: “Dimanche/Sunday” – A hand-drawn short from Canada about a boy’s average […]
Brad Bird is best known for directing critically acclaimed animated movies, such as “The Iron Giant” and Disney/Pixar’s “The Incredibles” and “Ratatouille” (both which won him Oscars). He ventures into live-action for the first time with “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”, the fourth installment of the series that began 15 years ago. And much like […]