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Rango, a quirky, delightfully unique and inspired animated film, was released in cinemas back in March where it made quite the impression, grossing an estimated $242M worldwide and kick-starting this years awards buzz. Gore Verbinksi’s quirky, delightfully unique and inspired animation film, featuring the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin and Ray Winstone, hit [...]
In what is a clear sign of how huge a cultural phenomenon Pixar Studios have become, Slash Film brings news that The United States Postal Service has created a series of Pixar image stamps which are due out this year (August 19th to be precise). Here are the details from the company: This pane of [...]
Recently I’ve been watching more and more Pixar films. I’m happy to do this, as it is on the insistence of my two year old son that Toy Storwee is on as often as possible. Like most people I love a good Pixar film, and what is particularly impressive is that nearly all of their [...]
Rodrigo Blaas is in advanced talks with Dreamworks Animation to adapt his own short animation film Alma into a full-length feature. Blaas – who has lent his hand to a number of Pixar films, including Finding Nemo and Up – will write and direct the adaptation, while none other than Guillermo Del Toro himself, who [...]
The UK Film Council have today published their Statistical Yearbook online, and it paints a very healthy picture despite the economical climate. Of particular interest is this page, the Top 20 UK Films, which shows UK funded and part funded productions with some obvious (Harry Potter), some which were surprise hits (Sherlock Holmes) and some [...]
Forget all those Cash for Gold adverts that pepper day-time television like a garrish, annoying pox, the real way to make a clever buck is to invest in Pixar. Look at the case for investment: they are yet to make a film that is not heralded as a success with both critics and audiences; they [...]
Lead animators and Pixar veterans Bobby Podesta and Mike Venturini visited Edinburgh International Film Festival this week for the UK Premiere of Toy Story 3. Screening only 24 hours after opening in the USA, it was the first chance to see the film this side of the Atlantic. I met with Bobby and Mike to [...]
The biggest night in Hollywood is here and over the next few hours they’ll be tears, cheers and (hopefully) a few surprises as the 82nd Academy Awards are handed out. The sordid trudge up the red carpet has finished and I’m going to be blogging live as the winners are announced, you can have a [...]
The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films, as ranked by the users of the biggest movie Internet site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of The Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie masses, [...]
The 37th annual Annie awards were held last night with Pixar’s Up taking the prize for the Best Animated feature, adding weight to the expectation that it will walk away with the Oscar for Best Animated Feature when the awards are handed out on March the 7th. The International Animated Film Society also honoured Up’s [...]
To celebrate the hugely anticipated UK release (4months after our US cousins) of Disney/Pixars latest offering UP, I thought it apt to share a UK review of the film. Firstly for those of you that may not know, I am a genuine Disney fan, someone who openly embraces & owns both the old-school 2D storytelling animation (pre-Pixar) [...]
