Academy Award winning animator Gene Deitch has a few thoughts on THE POLAR EXPRESS and the definition of animation – and I am taking the liberty of posting them here (because I agree with him): I’ve ...
The tagline for Disney’s upcoming “Enchanted” could well be the motto for the latest push in animation: “The real world and the animated world collide.” Not simply colliding in the slapstick tradition ...
For most of the history of cinema, it was easy to understand what was animated and what wasn’t. Animation was made by people slaving away for months, creating the illusion of movement one frame at a ...
You can almost hear the symphonic blares of bat-brass the moment you get your hands on the 'Batman: The Animated Series” deluxe limited edition. The celebratory occasion? 'Batman: The Animated Series, ...
Animated features earned their own Oscar category in 2001 and three have been nominated for best picture. But even those storied titles (“Beauty and the Beast,” “Up,” “Toy Story 3”) can fit into the ...
A Television Critics Association press tour is typically a setting where networks introduce projects that have reached some state of completion. The pilot’s already been through a few cuts, its stars ...