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DVD Review: The Suicide Shop
Posted on March 11, 2013 | No Comments
Not everyone can always make it out to a film festival to catch some of the more weird and funky cinematic offerings that the world of the movies has to...
Learn how to draw the Lorax
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No Comments
With the kids on March Break this week we th0ught it was a good time to share this neat video Universal Pictures released demonstrating how to draw the character of...
Poster, trailer, and images from ‘The Secret World Of Arrietty’ released
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No Comments
I had never heard of the Studio Ghibli film The Secret World Of Arrietty (AKA Kari-gurashi no Arietti) until this morning when I got the trailer, poster, and a few stills...
Q&A with ‘The Lion King’ animator Tony Bancroft
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No Comments
With the recent release of the The Lion King on Blu-ray, we were invited to join an online roundtable with supervising animator Tony Bancroft. Bancroft, who also worked on Aladdin,...
Watch Now: ‘Back into Cars 2′ featurette
Posted on May 22, 2011 | No Comments
I have been less than thrilled about the way Cars 2 has been marketed up to this point. The trailers and the many profiles of new characters that have been...
Hugh Grant to voice a pirate for Aaaardman Animations’ new film
Posted on May 10, 2011 | No Comments
Best known for the Wallace & Gromit films, Aardman Animations is hitting the high seas with the feature-length, stop-motion, 3-D pirate adventure The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Set to be...
Interview: Animator Glen Keane talks ‘Tangled’
Posted on April 19, 2011 | No Comments
You might not recognize the name Glen Keane, but you will surely know his work if you’ve seen an animated Disney film over the last 30 years. Glen is an...
‘Toy Story’ Short Film ‘Hawaiian Vacation’ to Premiere at Sprockets 2011
Posted on March 3, 2011 | 1 Comment
Pixar Animation will help kick-off the 2011 Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children and Youth on April 8 with the world premiere of their new 3-D animated short film,...
NFB Celebrates Family Day With Free Workshops and Screenings in Toronto
Posted on February 16, 2011 | No Comments
Don’t feel like dressing like a gnome or seeing some Tim Burton films at the Bell Lightbox on Family Day? Then why not drop-in to the NFB Mediatheque for some...
Fourth Edition of NFB’s ‘Get Animated!’ Series Launches This Week
Posted on October 25, 2010 | No Comments
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will once again celebrate International Animation Day (October 28) with its Get Animated! series of free screenings and activities across Canada between October...
DVD Review: The Black Cauldron (25th Anniversary Edition)
Posted on September 20, 2010 | No Comments
Based on Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain book series, The Black Cauldron is one of the darkest animated films in the Walt Disney library. As the 25th animated release from...
NFB Mediatheque Showcases the Best Animation and the Best Short Films
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No Comments
The NFB Mediatheque has two great events planned this month that should please both animation geeks and short film lovers alike. On Thursday, July 15 at 7 p.m. the Best...
VIDEO FEATURE: The Making-Of ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox is, in my opinion, the best animated film of last year (it also tied with Where the Wild Things Are as...