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It uses the cliches of other animated films and basically insults them.

Not exact matches

In addition, as Spielberg's shop moves more into the family space, it could run up against part of the deal that forbids DreamWorks from making animated films for any company other than DWA.

Fast - casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill added some spice to its long - running «Food With Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food production.

That «The Equalizer» was going to dominate the weekend was a given, since the only other wide opener was the animated family film «Boxtrolls,» but not many people anticipated this powerful of a debut.

There are a lot of animated movies out there that try to incorporate adult humor into a child's film and, while others may come close, no one does it better than Pixar.

It is nice to see the cast back together again and with the plethora of other bad animated films that hit the big screen today; this reviewer will always take another Shrek feature film... or even a Christmas Special.

Having seen nearly every computer - animated film made, I would rank Shrek and Shrek 2 near the top of the second tier, just below the fine films of Pixar and on par with DreamWorks» other successes (like Antz, Over the Hedge).

Maybe at this point it's too much to hope for an animated film like The Angry Birds Movie to exist as anything other than marketing fodder, but hopefully it's not too much to ask for that #content to have a shred of substance to it.

Best animated film nominee The Croods, Fox's highest - grossing film last year (though with just $ 587 million worldwide, good for 11th place overall), was one of just two Oscar nominations for the studio (the other came for John Williams» Book Thief score).

He's the former chairman and chief executive of 20th Century Fox Filmed Entertainment, he oversaw the video release of «Fantasia» and other animated classics for Disney, he co-produced «Coraline» (2005) and Terrence Malick's «The New World» (2005), and in 2010 he co-produced the Academy Awards show.

Except to say that whoever thought it was appropriate to have these beloved characters shooting at each other and talking about killing each other (on top of Mater's disastrous cultural insensitivity) should never work on a children's animated film again.

And so we're tweaking our «Best of the 21st Century» formula (check out our Horror Films, Animated and Music Documentary features) to look instead at the top - grossing films of the century to date, and seeing how, in this season of bottom lines and billions and box office bombs, the 25 reigning champions of the century stack up against each other in terms of quality.

For our first show of 2018, we welcome writer and critic Dr Eloise Ross, who joins us as we check out some of the key films from this month, including Steven Spielberg's paean to press freedoms The Post (01:04), Guillermo Del Toro's dark romantic fantasy The Shape of Water (05:46), Don Hertzfeldt's animated science fiction sequel World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts (10:23), and Ridley Scott's Getty dynasty biopic All the Money in the World (13:16).

There are plenty of other animated and other films in the sea, thus my lack of interest in seeking KFP out.

Other rarities I've recently found include Chekhov's Motifs (aka Chekhovian Motifs), one of the craziest features by the Russian eccentric Kira Muratova (it's on a Russian label with optional English subtitles and available in the U.S.); a fascinating collection of animated World War II propaganda from Disney, some of it unavailable since that time; a splendid French letterboxed copy of Anthony Mann's Man of the West; Charles Burnett's To Sleep With Anger and two Kenji Mizoguchi films (released on the British labels BFI and Artificial Eye, respectively); and Louis Feuillade's stunning 1916 French serial Judex on an American label.

We kick off the show looking at some of this month's key films, including Steven Spielberg's literally - ripped - from - the - headlines true story The Post, Guillermo Del Toro's dark romantic fantasy The Shape of Water, Don Hertzfeldt's animated science fiction sequel World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts, and Ridley Scott's ambitious Getty family biopic All the Money in the World.

Other incarnations, from stage and screen's The Wiz to the $ 60 M CG - animated feature Legends of Oz: Dorothy Returns that has been «coming soon» for years, have produced or will produce their detractors, unquestionably being judged harshly against the magic and marvels of the iconic, enduring Judy Garland film.

Other notable projects included Max Ophuls» 1953 drama «The Earrings of Madame de...,» Jacques Demy's beloved 1967 musical «The Young Girls of Rochefort» and the 2007 Oscar - nominated animated film «Persepolis.»

On its own, «MU» is a success because of a smart script, simple, but relatable humor, and its honesty — all qualities missing from most other recent animated films.

This latest Disney picture, Beauty and the Beast, joins a growing list of live - action movies which traces its origins to animated films, including «The Jungle Book,» «Pete's Dragon,» «Cinderella» and «Maleficent,» among others.

The film — Anderson's second animated feature, after Fantastic Mr. Fox — will star Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig, Bill Murray, and a number of Anderson's other favorites, and center on a young boy searching the titular island for his lost pooch.

In Aardman's cinematic absence, others have kept the art of stop - motion alive; among this year's Animated Feature Oscar nominees are two films — Henry Selick's Coraline and Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox — made in the painstaking frame - by - frame format.

Not that the characters look realistic, but within their established cartoon world, their movements are completely fluid, their environs intricately presented, and even the physics of their action carry the proportions necessary to avoid taking us out of the moment, as so many other recent animated films tend to do.

Most critics are saying that the film features a lot of hi - jinx that kids are sure to enjoy, even if it doesn't reach the same emotional heights as other animated films.

In other words, it was no behemoth and a far cry from the numbers that the computer - animated films of Pixar, DreamWorks, Blue Sky, and Disney earn, but a respectable attraction nonetheless.

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS is the animated effort that unites Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy among many others and is probably the highest holiday film of the yeaOF THE GUARDIANS is the animated effort that unites Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy among many others and is probably the highest holiday film of the yeaof the year.

Band Of Misfits, the by - product of such other animated films as «Flushed Away,» «Chicken Run» and the «Wallace and Gromit» serieOf Misfits, the by - product of such other animated films as «Flushed Away,» «Chicken Run» and the «Wallace and Gromit» serieof such other animated films as «Flushed Away,» «Chicken Run» and the «Wallace and Gromit» series.

Directed by: Dean DeBlois Written by: Dean DeBlois Main Cast: Voices of Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Djimon Hounsou, Christopher Mintz - Plasse, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and others Past Oscar relations: The first film in the franchise was nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score Here -LSB-...]

Like the surrogates at the heart of the film, it's certainly animated, but without the meat, guts, heart or original thought, Surrogates never amounts to existing as anything other than a good - looking pretender.

But none of the film's scenes or characters suggest an improvement on the 1950 animated film, or on many of the other, non-Disney adaptations of this classic fairy tale.

Focus Features and LAIKA Entertainment are bringing us an animated experience that is reminiscent of LAIKA's other feature length films such as The Boxtrolls, Paranorman, and Coraline.

The rehash of the «incredible contraption» of so many other animated films (eg.

After years of waiting, it's a pleasure to finally sink into «The peanuts Movie», the latest animated movie from Blue Sky Studios that radiates charm like no other film of its genre.

Though not as quick - witted or dramatically affecting as some of the other films Disney released in the surrounding years, Mulan is a film that wins you over on its own merits, even if it does not stand up to direct comparison to other animated triumphs.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Azur & Asmar (Unrated) Animated fairytale about a couple of boys raised like brothers in a castle, one, a motherless, young aristocrat (Cyril Mourali), the other, the son (Karim M'Ruba) of the family nanny (Hiam Abbass), who grow up to find themselves rivals in a race to find a princess (Thissa d'Avila Bensalah) in a magical, faraway fantasyland.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Alice in Wonderland (PG for fantasy, action, violence, scary images and smoking) Tim Burton directs this animated sequel to the Lewis Carroll children's classic revolving around now 19 year - old Alice's (Mia Wasikowska) return to the whimsical kingdom for a reunion with the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) and other childhood friends, and to end the Red Queen's (Helena Bonham Carter) reign of terror.

* Eighteen producer credits on Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, an animated film featuring the voiceovers of Dan Aykroyd, Lea Michele and others in which Dorothy Gale of Kansas decides to return to Oz in order to help her friends.

Mulan is presented in 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen (the aspect ratio of this and other animated films created with Disney's CAPS system), a step up over its 1.85:1 non-anamorphic widescreen treatment as a Limited Issue / Gold Collection DVD.

The project has been in the works for years and marks the next step for the franchise, which already includes animated films, video games, apps and other forms of media.

In addition to a disc for each of the films, each of which has deleted scenes, «Tales from the Future» documentary segments, audio commentaries and various other bonus material, there's also a separate bonus disc that includes a variety of additional mini-docs, plus a 2015 message from Doc Brown, two new commercials (one for «Jaws 19,» the other for a Hoverboard), and two episodes of «Back to the Future: The Animated Series.»

Other New Releases this week: the British comic drama «The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,» the pop concert film «Katy Perry The Movie Part of Me,» the Oscar - nominated, music - infused animated feature «Chico & Rita,» and «Hysteria» and «The Do - Deca - Pentathlon.»

Nine or 10 Best Picture nominees Not only is «Beauty and the Beast» the only animated film to be nominated for Best Picture in a year with only five Best Picture nominees, but the creation of the Best Animated Feature category has made it all - but - impossible for any other animated film to crack a five - fianimated film to be nominated for Best Picture in a year with only five Best Picture nominees, but the creation of the Best Animated Feature category has made it all - but - impossible for any other animated film to crack a five - fiAnimated Feature category has made it all - but - impossible for any other animated film to crack a five - fianimated film to crack a five - film list.

The other animated film to land a best - pic nod, and the only one to do so in a year of only five Best Picture nominees, was Disney's «Beauty and the Beast» in 1991.

The English - language version of «Mune» features an all - star cast of animation veterans, including Rob Lowe (Simba on Disney Channel's «The Lion Guard»), Ed Helms (most recently the voice of «Captain Underpants»), Christian Slater («FernGully», «Igor»), Patton Oswalt (Remy in «Ratatouille») and comedian Jeff Dunham («Smurfs: The Lost Village», this weekend's other new animated film — «The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature»).

Meanwhile, in other animated news, Warner has also unveiled a trailer and list of special features for its whopping 30 - film DC Universe Original Movies: 10th Anniversary Collection Blu - ray box set [see here], and LEGO has debuted promotional images for its latest The LEGO Batman Movie tie - in set Joker Mansion, which you can find here...

Other winners in the film categories were Lady Bird for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical); Guillermo del Toro for Best Director for The Shape of Water; Gary Oldman for Best Actor (Drama) for Darkest Hour; Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Lady Bird; James Franco for Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for The Disaster Artist; Allison Janney for Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya; In the Fade for Best Foreign Feature; Coco for Best Animated Feature; Alexandre Desplat for Best Original Score for The Shape of Water; and «This Is Me» from The Greatest Showman for Best Original Song.

After cleaning up with various critics groups and other film - honoring bodies, and going 1 - 2 at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, commercial juggernauts Wall ▪ E and The Dark Knight both got relegated to somewhat unfortunately expected, consolation - type booby prizes: a Best Animated Feature nod for the former, and a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Heath Ledger for the latter, among a mess of other, lesser nods.

The new trailer for Wes Anderson's new stop motion animated film «Isle Of Dogs» starring Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Edward Norton and a slew of other can now be viewed onlinOf Dogs» starring Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Edward Norton and a slew of other can now be viewed onlinof other can now be viewed online.

There is something satisfying about five thirty - something men going into an afternoon screening of an animated «children's» film that features talking animals, and noting other audience members of a similar age.

The realistic movements of the characters are probably the best thing about the film, crafted through a motion capture process, similar to the one producer Robert Zemeckis used in his other 3D animated film, The Polar Express.