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Hot Discs: Pixar’s ‘Brave’ and ‘Short Films Vol. 2'

November 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

It’s a big Pixar week on the home entertainment front as the studio’s acclaimed summer hit Brave and its Short Films Collection Vol. 2 become available on Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday (Nov. 11). Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, this lavishly animated feature centers on the red-haired Scottish [...]

Post-Annies Q&A with ASIFA-Hollywood’s Antran Manoogian

February 8, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The 38th annual Annie Awards were handed out Saturday at UCLA’s Royce Hall with a lot of familiar elements in place: June Foray appeared on stage to stand on her usual box and present the awards named in her honor; Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, was back as host; [...]

‘Inception,’ ‘Dragon’ Top VES Awards

February 2, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Christopher Nolan’s Inception was the big winner at last night’s Visual Effects Society Awards, taking home four honors, including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture. DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon came in close behind with three awards (Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature, Outstanding Animated [...]

Filmmakers React to Oscar Nominations

January 25, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

It’s always a good day when it starts off with being nominated for an Academy Award. Here’s what the filmmakers nominated for the best animated feature Oscar had to say about it. “What an honor it is to be nominated for an Academy Award!” said Dean DeBlois, the Canadian-born writer/director [...]

Oscars Short-List 10 Animated Shorts

November 30, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean 2 Comments divider image

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has advanced 10 entries for voting in the best animated short film Oscar race. The films, whittled down from a list of 33 qualifiers, includes: The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger, Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio) Coyote Falls, Matthew [...]