Welcome to the next installment of our Animated Anniversary series! Before embarking on our second trip down memory lane, you can read Part 1 here. Here we review a handful of animated features that celebrate their birthdays (i.e. their United States release date) in March,… Read More »Animated Anniversary: Memory Lane Magic (Part 2)
If you know me, you know I’m a big fan of Pixar’s animated feature WALL-E. The 2008 movie from director Andrew Stanton has at its heart a love story between a dedicated trash compactor and an advanced robot. Both share the same mission of saving… Read More »How to draw WALL-E and Eve
Smash and Grab, the newest animated short from Pixar Animation Studios, has a science fiction inspired look and feel. It follows two antiquated robots who risk everything for freedom and for each other after years of toiling away inside the engine room of a towering… Read More »Smash and Grab – an all new short from Pixar’s SparkShorts series.
It’s a long way from 1941 when Walt Disney’s classic animated tale “Dumbo” won an Oscar for best scoring of a musical picture and was nominated for best original song for “Baby Mine.” A new live-action reimagining of the “Dumbo” from Disney and visionary director… Read More »A special sneak peek at Disney’s Dumbo from director Tim Burton
Bless his soul, Herc is on a roll. After many years of rumors, hope, and prognostication, Disney’s Hercules is finally getting a stage musical version. The musical animated feature tells the story of Hercules, the son of Zeus, who goes from zero to hero on… Read More »Disney’s Hercules making its way to the stage in musical from Public Theater
It’s the end of an era at Pixar Animation Studios. After 25 years of working on some of the most beloved animated features ever created, animator and director Lee Unkrich is leaving Pixar. Unkrich announced his departure with a tweet and an interview with The… Read More »Lee Unkrich announces retirement from Pixar Animation
Disney may be churning out live-action style remakes of many of its classics including the upcoming Dumbo and The Lion King movies, but one movie that was once on the slate is having some trouble. The studio may have put the breaks on its Pinocchio… Read More »Disney’s Live-Action remake of Pinocchio put back on the shelf
Not all voice actors are blessed by the Disney gods to look like the animated characters they portray. (C’mon, we all aspire to look like a Disney character, even if we are cast as a villain, animal, inanimate object, or alien sidekick!) However, there are… Read More »Disney Doppelgangers: Characters Who Resemble Their Voice Actors