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Question for the Week of January 24 2011


January 25, 2011 by admin 4 Comments divider image
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Which animated feature and short will win the Oscar this year? It’s your turn to vote! Features Shorts Toy Story 3 Day & Night How to Train Your Dragon The Gruffalo The Illusionist The Lost Thing   Let’s Pollute   Madagascar

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PGA Awards Honor ‘Toy Story 3′; Razzies Plaster ‘Last Airbender’


January 24, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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The Producer’s Guild may have added a twist to this year’s awards season narrative by giving its best picture honor to The King’s Speech instead of The Social Network. But when it came to animation, the honors followed in the footsteps of most other awards this year by giving the [...]

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‘Toy Story 3′ Up for Three BAFTA Awards


January 18, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Toy Story 3 has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards: best animated feature. best adapted screenplay and best visual effects. In the best animated screenplay, the Disney-Pixar film will go up against Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me and DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon. In the adapted screenplay category, Michael [...]

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PGA Double Nominates ‘Toy Story 3′; ‘Despicable Me,’ ‘Dragon’ Also in Hunt


January 4, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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The Producer’s Guild of America has announced three nominees for its best animated feature honor, in what may be a preview of the eventual Oscars showdown. It also chose Toy Story 3 as one of ten nominees for the best picture of the year. The nominees for the Award for [...]

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Online Film Critics Give Another Nod to ‘Toy Story 3′


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The Online Film Critics Society clicked with Toy Story 3, naming the film the best animated feature of 2010 though passing up on making it their best film of the year. In the animated feature category of the group’s annual awards, Toy Story 3 beat out Despicable Me, How to [...]

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Songs From Eight Animated Films Make Oscar Short List


December 16, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has declared 41 songs are  in contention for the Original Song Oscar, including several from animated and VFX-driven pics. Included in the list are songs from the animated features Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, Idiots and Angels, The Illusionist, Legend of [...]

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Golden Globes Nominates Five for Best Animated Feature


December 14, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image
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There was no great surprise among the nominees for the Golden Globes’ animated feature film category, which were announced this morning. Up for the award are: Despicable Me How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist Tangled Toy Story 3 Additionally, the song “I See the Light” from Tangled was nominated [...]

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‘Despicable Me,’ ‘Guardians’ Scheme and Soar Onto Video


December 13, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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A pair of animated features debut this week on home video, making a perfect last-minute stocking stuffer for animation fans of all ages. Tuesday sees the release of Despicable Me (Universal, $29.98 DVD, $39.98 Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, $49.98 3D Blu-ray), the first animated feature release from Illumination Entertainment. A hit [...]

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‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘Illusionist’ Lead Critics’ Lists


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It’s that time of year when critics shower laurels upon their favorite movies, with Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3 and Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist leading the race among animated films. The Los Angeles Film Critics named Toy Story 3 the best animated feature of the year, giving a runner-up nod to [...]

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Pokemon, Minions Have a New York City Thanksgiving


November 23, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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New York City is getting animated for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. To kick things off, the lovable yellow Minions from the summer hit movie Despicable Me are promoting the Dec. 14 release of the film on DVD and Blu-ray by ringing the opening bell Wednesday at the New York Stock [...]

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