SNAPSHOT Monsters Incorporated is the largest scare factory in the monster world, and James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) is one of its top scarers. Sullivan is a huge, intimidating monster with blue fur, large purple spots and horns. His scare assistant, best friend and roommate is Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), Continue Reading
Animation
Are Mickey, Donald and Goofy “Outta Time”? Yeah, they kinda are …
SNAPSHOT Mickey and Donald set out to rescue Goofy after he time travels back to the past in one of Professor Von Drake’s inventions. (synopsis via YouTube) The space/time continuum is a highly-delicate construct it seems. One small slip, one tweak of the timeline, one Goofy act (pun wholly and Continue Reading
Pixar SparkShorts: Smash and Grab … the liberating joy of going beyond the known
SNAPSHOT The new short film, directed by Brian Larsen and produced by David Lally, focuses on an outmoded and archaic duo of robots, who toil away at their day jobs inside the engine room of a massive train locomotive. The two risk their livelihoods when they find out they can Continue Reading
Pixar SparkShorts: Kitbull and the joy of unexpected friends
SNAPSHOT Kitbull, directed by Rosana Sullivan and produced by Kathryn Hendrickson, reveals an unlikely connection that sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time. (synopsis (c) Disney/Pixar) Kitbull is, you might be surprised to learn, the culmination Continue Reading
Indomation: Jurassic Park gets brilliantly wooden
SNAPSHOT Through hand-built sets, custom-painted action figures and over 90 hours of painstaking animation, “Indomation” is a whimsical tribute to the filmmakers and artists who brought us the Jurassic franchise…The first stories I ever told were as a kid in the backyard with my Jurassic Park toys. Like so many Continue Reading
Don’t think you like Green Eggs and Ham? Try them, try them, and you may!
SNAPSHOT The story of Green Eggs and Ham is like a postmodern Plains, Trains and Automobiles through the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss. Sam rescues the rare Chickeraffe from the Glurfsburg Zoo, hides it in a briefcase, and attempts to make his way to Meepville where he can charter a Continue Reading
Up and down: Pixar releases the storyboard for the impossibly romantic classic film’s opening sequence
It is, without any doubt whatsoever, one of the most heartbreakingly-beautiful, touchingly-romantic sequences in cinema, animated or otherwise. The opening 10 minutes of Up, Pixar’s tale of love, hope, dreams and second chances, where we see Carl and Ellie plan for the best but end up caught up, like all Continue Reading
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Behind-the-scenes look at the creation of virus Double Dan
How do you make a truly unlikeable antagonist somewhat likeable while still keeping an air of menace to them? Most particularly, how do you do this when you’re making a reasonably-cute Disney animated feature – really, is there any other kind? – which is meant to represent the fun as Continue Reading
Do you want to watch a sequel? Frozen 2 has a trailer and a poster
SNAPSHOT We still don’t know all that much about the sequel’s plot, other than that it’ll see Anna, Elsa and co go on an adventure. Co-director Chris Buck has said that the new film will see the next evolution in the lives of the series’ stars Anna, Kristoff and Olaf, Continue Reading
Purl and the tricky art of fitting in without sacrificing who you are
SNAPSHOTPurl, follows a bright pink ball of yarn who begins work at a homogenous corporate office filled with men who waste no time ostracizing her. The short is written and directed by Kristen Lester and produced by Gillian Libbert-Duncan. (synopsis (c) EW) Fitting into a new workplace is never easy Continue Reading