What did impress me about Who Framed Roger Rabbit even at a young age was the converging
of cartoon stars from Disney, Warner Brothers, and elsewhere, all in one movie, animated more or less as they looked in the late»40s.
Not exact matches
Innumerable pictures
of coaches and
stars, many
of them in full color, plus an assortment
of cartoons by Marc Simont.
Even better for her are the «Forces
of Destiny» shorts which are brief
cartoons showcasing the heroism
of the female characters from
Star Wars: Jyn, Rey, Hera, Leia, Maz, Sabine — even (yeccch) Amidala from the prequels.
Star Wars toys are something that both
of them love — my husband still has his 1980's originals which have been passed down to J. And, we have added to it with bits from the new movies,
cartoon series.
Four years ago, after more than a decade
of drawing the popular online comic Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD for short), former engineer Jorge Cham jumped to the big screen, enlisting an ensemble
of California Institute
of Technology in Pasadena researchers to produce and
star in a movie version
of his
cartoon depicting the trials and tribulation
of being a graduate student in the sciences.
The
star of 30 Rock and Wet Hot American Summer has created a book (out October 20)
of cartoons that totally representative
of his endearingly wacky sense
of humor.
An all -
star cast
of new and familiar playable characters will be available in this intense versus - fighting game including Captain Blue Junior, Sprocket and other original characters from the popular Japanese TV animated
cartoon series.
Although
starring in a TV film, providing voices for
cartoons, and guest -
starring in sitcoms, Jason's next memorable role was a voice - acting one, that
of Goofy's son, Max Goof, in the animated film A Goofy Movie (1995).
In 1996, she
starred opposite basketball superstar Michael Jordan and the
stars of the old Warner Bros.»
cartoons in the b - ball fantasy Space Jam.
The colorful game
starring the
cartoon character with hands and feet but no limbs — and a few
of his friends, in co-op play — is a side - scrolling 2D platformer with a gorgeous art style.
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of the Easter Chipmunk The Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Daytona Jones and the Pearl
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Star Wreck 1980s
Cartoons: Smurfs: Season 1, Vol.
In the beginning
of this version
of Annie, Quvenzhané Wallis,
starring as the famous
cartoon orphan, gives a presentation to her class about her favorite president, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Released: June 16 Cast: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Emmanuelle Riva, Pierre Richard Director: Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (The Fairy) Why it's great: Fans
of the La La Land's Technicolor whimsy, the bizarrerie
of Amélie, and / or the low - key hijinks
of Wallace and Gromit
cartoons should seek out the latest from «Abel and Gordon,» an old - meets - new comedy
starring the director couple as a Canadian woman desperate to find her missing aunt, and the free - wheeling tramp who injects himself into the search to varying degrees
of helpfulness.
Beyond The Black Rainbow Directed by: Panos Cosmatos —
Starring: Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands Summary: Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape
of the year 1983, BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW is a Reagan - era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories
of midnight movies and Saturday morning
cartoons.
Belladonna's dropped into the proceedings with all the barbed zest
of one
of Pynchon's pop or
cartoon tangents that didn't make Anderson's final cut: like those Gilligan's Island disquisitions or Charlie the Tuna fishing expeditions, the onetime
star of Fashionistas and director
of the Fetish Fanatic series embodies a secret, disordered side
of America's mass culture.
This guerilla - sized set not only includes the original five movies, it also provides a copy
of the 2001 remake
of Planet
of the Apes (
starring Mark Wahlberg), the complete series
of the 1974 TV show titled Planet
of the Apes, and the 1975 Saturday morning
cartoon series Return to the Planet
of the Apes.
The 18 - year - old actress next
stars in the film adaptation
of Jem and the Holograms, a
cartoon based on a line
of Hasbro dolls.
Capping off Disc 1 is the usual assortment
of start - up trailers (Pirates
of the Caribbean, Finding Nemo, X-Men: The Legend
of Wolverine, Atlantis: Milo's Return) plus a rare, charming (if patently offensive) CinemaScope
cartoon starring Donald Duck, Grand Canyonscope (7 mins.)
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of Their Own • An American Christmas Carol • All in the Family: The Complete Series Hanna - Barbera: Yogi Bear's All -
Star Comedy Christmas Caper • The 13 Ghosts
of Scooby Doo • The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 1 • Smurfs: Season One, Volume One Peanuts: 1970's Collection, Vol.
Unlike the shorts
of Donald Duck or Warner Brothers» popular
cartoon stars, Pluto's films do not adhere to one specific, repetitive formula.
Jeremy Renner
stars as Webb, who comes off like a bizarre caricature
of a concerned, anti-establishment rabble - rouser; with his goatee, his aviator shades, his vintage MG and his Clash albums, this guy feels as much like a
cartoon as Roland Burton Hedley, Jr. from «Doonesbury.»
Pluto's rise coincided with the somewhat abrupt disappearance
of Mickey Mouse, who after a decade
of being Disney's most visible animated
star began to fade from the
cartoon short scene.
Though most
of the «90s weren't a great time for Marvel's comics, they were a golden age for serialized
cartoons starring the company's characters like Spider - Man and the X-Men.
But recently, Pixar has tackled mature themes, the humor
of South Park has become a cultural institution,
Star Wars is an animated TV series, comic book characters have
cartoons and thanks to genres like anime, R - rated animation isn't an oxymoron.
Trends
of the Year: Sex addiction (Don Jon, Thanks for Sharing), shipwrecks (Gravity, All Is Lost), the skin trade (Lovelace, The Look
of Love), taking the White House hostage (Olympus Has Fallen, White House Down), the apocalypse as comedy (This Is the End, The World's End), slow
cartoon protagonists who nonetheless win the big race (Turbo, Planes), likable character actors who are revealed to be villains in the final reel (
Star Trek Into Darkness, White House Down, The Lone Ranger)
A «realistic» take on an»80s
cartoon about a record executive who turns herself into a rock
star with the help
of magic holographic earrings?
F1 Race
stars is the
cartoon version
of this; cute, colorful and totally out...
Gene Evans (from The Steel Helmet)
stars as the (fictional) journalistic genius who starts his own paper and introduces headlines, bylines, editorial
cartoons, and the mechanized printing press and manages to raise enough money to build the pedestal for the Statue
Of Liberty while fighting off the attempts of the rich woman owner of the biggest paper in town to destroy hi
Of Liberty while fighting off the attempts
of the rich woman owner of the biggest paper in town to destroy hi
of the rich woman owner
of the biggest paper in town to destroy hi
of the biggest paper in town to destroy him.
Several
cartoons and countless other adaptations exist, the last one
of equal importance being Hugh Hudson's 1984 Greystoke: The Legend
of Tarzan, Lord
of the Apes
starring Christopher Lambert.
BATTLE was the last
of the cinematic APES adventures, but it did lead to a CBS TV - series in 1974, also
starring Roddy McDowall, and a Saturday morning
cartoon,
Director Jon M. Chu —
of several «Step Up» installments, as well as the «G.I. Joe» live - action franchise — adapts the kooky
cartoon about a girl band with special futuristic powers to the YouTube generation, where anyone can be a
star.
The remixes
of the familiar
cartoon theme song are upbeat and even the use
of Smash Mouth's overplayed «All
Star» can be excused due to the fact that the song was new and kind
of catchy back in the summer
of» 99.
Well known for his voice you can hear him in such
cartoons as «Buzz Lightyear
of Star Command,» «Duck Dodgers,» «Phineas and Ferb» and «Spongebob Squarepants.»
Disney has gone back to the well plenty
of times before, from utilizing the characters in the early»90s Disney Afternoon
cartoon «TaleSpin» to making 1994's forgettable live - action film
starring Jason Scott Lee as an adult Mowgli to giving 2003's direct animated sequel a theatrical release.
Created by the New York animators the Fleischer Brothers (Max, the eldest
of the three, produced; Lou animated and later supervised the music; their little brother, Dave, directed), she was, as the animation historian Donald Crafton puts it in his recent study, «Shadow
of a Mouse» (University
of California Press), «one
of the earliest
cartoon characters to be a fully fleshed - out human being and the only classic» toon
star generated as female (neither Minnie nor Daisy were leading ladies).»
Helped by an all -
star voice cast that includes Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson, Sing is a feature - length
cartoon that combines a Zootropolis - style city
of animals with an America's Got Talent singing competition, as a koala (McConaughey) tries to save his decaying theatre.
This is not the first time the tragic tale
of young,
star - crossed lovers has been animated: there was Canada's 1979 robot romance TV special Romie - 0 and Julie - 8, Russia's early 1990s TV series «Shakespeare: The Animated Tales» covered it in an episode, and 2006's feature
cartoon Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss cast young seals in the lead roles.
There's a making -
of; a brief remembrance from John Travolta, who struck up an unlikely friendship with the retired
star; «You, John Jones,» a wartime short
starring Cagney; and «Yankee Doodle Daffy,» a Looney Tunes
cartoon.
The DVD is filled with plenty
of vintage goodies, including a newsreel, the cute
cartoon «Billboard Frolics» (where characters in billboard ads come to life), and two unique shorts: veteran composer Johnny Green (co-composer
of «Easy Come, Easy Go»)
starring in his own peppy little musical, bringing life to a group
of droopy resort vacationers; and Edgar Bergen and his alter ego / dummy, Charlie McCarthy, in «All - American Drawback.»
There were sketches (including a
Star of David),
cartoons, and taped - on items — battered ribbon bows, broken toy parts, dead pine twigs.
In 1978, Mickey became the first
cartoon character to have a
star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame.
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: on May 5th I once again had the pleasure
of once again observing Free Comic Book Day, the least fake holiday
of them all, that annual celebration when comic shops nationwide offer no - strings - attached goodies as a form
of community outreach in honor
of that time - honored medium where words and pictures dance in unison on the printed page, whether in the form
of super-heroes, monsters,
cartoon all -
stars, licensed merchandise, or entertaining ordinary folk.
Tom is best known as the voice
of Yoda on
Star Wars: The Clone Wars and has also been the voice
of The Oscars numerous times as well as countless
cartoon characters.
When it comes to expanding the
Star Wars mythos, the normally second - string mediums
of videogames,
cartoons and comics have put George Lucas» recent movies to shame, so it seems only fair that one
of them in particular — The Force Unleashed — should itself inspire a movie.
On the other hand, it's part
of the
Star Wars Adventures line, so it's very much written with kids in mind and the art style is a bit more
cartoon - like than I would have preferred.
They missed the return
of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney's first
cartoon star — a great character who deserves better than to be forgotten.
Pool Panic is a sprawling adventure game
starring a mischievous cue ball in a giant game
of pool across a colorful
cartoon overworld filled with jungles, deserts, carnivals, cities, and more to explore.
Could this mean the return
of the Marvel vs Capcom series or a potential Disney versus Capcom, with characters from
Star Wars and classic Disney
cartoons joining the fight?
Disney had been working on their own version
of the idea since 2010, and whereas Skylanders was an all - original cast anchored somewhat by the one - time Insomniac Games character Spyro the Dragon, Disney's version was ready to take advantage
of their vast catalog
of classic
cartoon stars, from Mickey Mouse to Phineas and Ferb to Wreck - It Ralph to the cast
of Frozen and more.
Star Wars may be a work
of pulpy sci - fi fantasy, but in the gritty, self - serious world
of this game, a plasticky
cartoon of a «person» sticks out like a still - living black guy at the end
of a horror movie.