Tag Archives: animation

TRAILER: Anomalisa

Lots of Oscar buzz for this one. The A.V. Club recaps: Charlie Kaufman’s new, long-in-the-works movie Anomalisa screened at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this fall, where The A.V. Club’s A.A. Dowd saw it and said it lived up to his (admittedly high) expectations. (The word “triumph” was specifically invoked.) Now the first trailer for the film has been …

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Taiwanese Animators On Dem Debate [VIDEO]

“The first Democratic debate wasn’t quite the bloodbath we had hoped for, but it was pretty darn good. Hillary Clinton stood strong and Bernie Sanders made sure people were feeling the Bern.”

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Taiwanese Animators On Tomorrow’s Debate [VIDEO]

“There’s blood in the water as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders prepare for the first democratic debate of the 2016 race. Three no-name candidates will also be on stage taking cheap shots at the frontrunners. Odds are we can say goodbye to Jim Webb, Lincoln Chafee and Martin O’Malley. Gosh, we hardly knew they existed. Clinton’s strongest play will be …

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Mr. Smithers To Finally Come Out

The world has known Mr. Smithers is gay for more than a quarter-century, but he’s finally going to formally come out this season. Executive producer Al Jean: “In Springfield now, most people know he’s gay, but obviously Burns doesn’t. We deal with that in two episodes. We actually do a lot with Smithers this year; he gets fed up with …

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Taiwanese Animators Take On GOP Debate

Clip recap: CNN hosted the second Republican party presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Library on Wednesday night. While the first GOP debate on FOX had Donald Trump coming out on top, this second round of debates was pretty unspectacular. It was clear from the start, CNN loves Trump. Carly ‘the interrupter’ Fiorina dodged CNN’s first question while Trump dodged …

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TRAILER: The Jungle Book

NBC News recaps: The film is a mix of live-action shots with CGI animals and environments, according to Disney. “The animals and environment are actually photorealistic computer-generate imagery, merged together with performance capture and footage shot of the cast, particularly Neel Sethi, who plays Mowgli,” reports the Verge. In an interview with IGN, Sethi said he and Mowgli share similar …

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After 26 Seasons Actor Harry Shearer Says Bye-Diddly-Bye To The Simpsons

No-diddly-no! Via CNN: Harry Shearer, the voice of iconic “Simpsons” characters like Mr. Burns, is walking away from a $14 million offer and is saying farewell to the show. “As the Simpsons continues its 27th and 28th seasons, Harry Shearer will not be within the show,” showrunner Al Jean said in an email message to CNNMoney. Besides the evil Mr. …

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Taiwanese Animators Take On “Fabulous Flannel” Day Of Silence Protesters

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TRAILER: Frozen Fever

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Sleater-Kinney – A New Wave

Via Rolling Stone: If there’s a riot grrrl poster child for the 21st century, it’s Tina Belcher, the 13-year-old, butt-loving, self-proclaimed “smart, strong sensual woman” at the heart of Fox’s animated show, Bob’s Burgers. And if she needed an anthem, she got one in the form of Sleater-Kinney’s “A New Wave.” Sleater-Kinney teamed up with the Bob’s Burgers crew for …

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Animator Vs Animation

An animator’s stick-figure character takes over his Facebook page and wreaks other havoc on his computer. Long clip but it flies. (Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

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No More Saturday Morning Cartoons

Engadget reports that the last network to air Saturday morning cartoons has dropped that programming. The CW has aired its last batch of Vortexx programming, leaving American kids without any animated broadcast TV to start their weekends for the first time in decades. From here on out, young ones glued to the tube will mostly be watching educational shows. As …

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Taiwanese Animators On The NFL Draft

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Frozen Breaks Box Office Record

Ticket sales for Disney’s Frozen broke the billion dollar mark this weekend, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time and moving the title to tenth on the list for all movies. Variety reports: The competition to beat was another Disney/Pixar title, “Toy Story 3,” which grossed $1.063 billion in 2010. “Frozen” earned $398.4 million domestically and $674 million …

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Taiwanese Animators On Jason Collins

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TONIGHT: FX Debuts Animated Series About Rapping Gay Bear Rapist

The Washington Post has a review: Behind bars, Chozen discovers that he’s gay — or, at the very least, he discovers that he’s a thuggish hybrid of a hip-hopper and bear. In his songs, he raps about the big-house pleasures of rough, anonymous encounters with unwilling partners. The first several episodes of “Chozen” would have a viewer believe there is …

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TRAILER: Legend Of Oz: Dorothy’s Return

Quite the cast: Patrick Stewart, Megan Hilty, Bernadette Peters, Kelsey Grammer, Martin Short, Dan Akroyd, Jim Belushi, and Glee‘s Lea Michele as Dorothy.

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Taiwanese Animators Skewer Cindy Jacobs

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Simon’s Cat – Scary Legs

I’m addicted to Simon’s Cat.

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Taiwan Animators On Kuwait’s “Gay Test”

How that test might work hasn’t actually been revealed. (Tipped by JMG reader Gary)

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