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Oscar Nominates ‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ ‘Illusionist’ for Animated Picture
The nominees for the 83rd annual Oscars were announced Tuesday morning, with the best animated feature race falling to How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist and Toy Story 3. Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3 would appear to be the front runner, being the only animated film to make the list of 10 [...]
Question for the Week of January 24 2011
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
New Year Weekend Gives Boost to ‘Yogi Bear’
The first box office faceoff of 2011 may have lacked the type of fireworks Hollywood normally likes to trumpet, but the lack of major releases turned out to give a big boost to Yogi Bear. The Warner Bros. 3D feature, which mixes CG animation and live action to bring the [...]
Online Film Critics Give Another Nod to ‘Toy Story 3′
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 [...]
Raves for ‘Illusionist’ Brighten Weak Holiday Box Office
Hollywood didn’t get exactly the present it wanted from the box office for Christmas, with box office failing to set any records despite some high-profile opening, but it did get a look at a small piece of magic in the opening of Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist. Opening limited at three [...]
Chomet’s ‘The Illusionist’ Opens on Saturday
Practical Magic Based on a script by the late French helmer Jacques Tati, Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist delivers a beautiful homage to a vanishing breed of entertainers. More than four years ago, when acclaimed French animation auteur Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville) announced that his next feature was going [...]
Songs From Eight Animated Films Make Oscar Short List
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 [...]
Golden Globes Nominates Five for Best Animated Feature
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 [...]
‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘Illusionist’ Lead Critics’ Lists
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 [...]
CTN Expo Brings Moebius, The Illusionist to Burbank Nov. 19-21
Forget about Thanskgiving! For all of us toon fans, the most-anticipated event of November has to be Burbank’s fantastic CTN Animation Expo. For the second year in a row, event organizer Tina Price has put together an unbelievable gathering of animation industry visionaries, packed with insightful panels and special screenings. [...]
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