Archive for the ‘Animation’ Category
The Adventures of Tintin – Armchair traveler Jamie Bell is the adventurer
Starring as Tintin is Jamie Bell, who shot to fame as a teenager in Billy Elliot. After seeing that movie, both Spielberg and Jackson felt Bell had all the right qualities The young actor spoke about his love for the franchise and ‘keeping it professional’ with Steven Spielberg…
The Adventures of Tintin – Film Review
The Adventures of Tintin is a detective story, a swashbuckling pirate yarn, an international quest for treasure and occasionally a slapstick comedy. Packed with land, sea and air action, this thoroughly enjoyable animated adventure is a one-of-a-kind wonder…
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – Film Review
This third installment in the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise takes the rascally rodents out of their singing-superstars comfort zone by stranding them on a desert island. The change does the critters good, giving some interesting adventure-story perils to overcome…
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – Jason Lee’s beanbags
Jason Lee, whose diverse career has included roles in The Incredibles, Vanilla Sky and TV’s My Name is Earl and currently the hit comedy Up All Night, spoke with us about working with the iconic Chipmunks…
Arthur Christmas – Film Review
Can Aardman, of Wallace and Gromit fame, maintain the magic and charm of its movies without the plasticine? Judging from the completely-CGI Arthur Christmas, the answer seems to be yes…
Happy Feet Two – Film Review
This beautifully computer-animated sequel to 2006′s Happy Feet is energetically and often thrillingly directed by the returning George Miller, but never finds its footing storywise. The characters range from the sickeningly saccharine to the obnoxiously hammy…
Happy Feet Two – Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Hank Azaria
Mumble (Elijah Wood) meets The Mighty Sven (Hank Azaria) and with his best friend Ramon (Robin Williams), work together to make things right. The stars compare their experiences…
Happy Feet Two – Director George Miller on recording the cast together
Producer/writer/director George Miller won the Academy award in 2007 for Best Animated Feature Film for Happy Feet. Writing and helming Happy Feet Two, Miller has once again assembled an all-star voice cast, and they recorded it together…
Puss in Boots – Director Chris Miller on the blessing of Guillermo del Toro
Chris Miller joined DreamWorks Animation in 1998 as a story artist on the studio’s first animated comedy Antz. He went on to be a director with Shrek the Third. Chris now helms the spin-off, Puss in Boots, with Antonio Banderas…
Puss in Boots – Stars Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris
Just like in the Shrek franchise, the fairy tale characters in the spin off tale of Puss in Boots are not as you remember them from your childhood. Surrounding the feline hero are Humpty Dumpty, voiced by Zach Galifianakis and Jack and Jill, voiced by Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris…