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Henry Selick: The (Pumpkin) King Of Stop Motion Animation [Be Reel Podcast]

April 15, 2021 11:25 am

No matter your age, no matter your fear tolerance, there’s a moment in most every Henry Selick film you’re certain you’ll be devoured. Boogie men, nightmare rhinos, and button-eyed imposter moms leap toward th...

The 50 Best Animated Films Of The 21st Century So Far

Oliver Lyttelton

July 5, 2016 1:37 pm

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It’s sort of remarkable, the ways that animation on the big screen has changed in the past two decades or so. In the early '90s, the game was pretty much entirely owned by Disney’s hand-drawn animated fairy tal...

“A Town Called Panic” Is Simple, But Sublimely Silly

Kimber Myers

December 16, 2009 5:44 pm

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The stop-motion-animated film "A Town Called Panic" is at once nostalgic and modern, evoking a childlike glee in even the most cynical of viewers. As proof, my press screening at New York City's Film Forum had...

Oscars: 20 Potential Contenders Will Vie For Best Animated Feature (To Try & Mask The Fact That ‘Up’ Has Already Won)

Gabe Toro

November 12, 2009 3:23 am

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The last few years have seen the Academy Awards only honor three nominees in the Best Animated Feature category, due to a minimal group of volunteers and worthy winners, but it's also kept stuff like "Waltz Wit...

Weekend Box Office: ‘Madea’ Dominates The Marketplace, ‘Friday’ Dies A Quick Death

Gabe Toro

February 22, 2009 7:52 pm

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Tyler Perry's been underestimated by both critics and audiences since he moved from theater into the film world with "Diary Of A Mad Black Woman." He's built an Apatowian cottage industry from his films, all o...

Moviegoers Are ‘Just Not Into’ Staying Home: Another Impressive Weekend At The B.O.

Gabe Toro

February 9, 2009 1:13 am

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The box office crown fell to lower middlebrow interests as the WB supersized romance flick "He's Just Not That Into You" nailed the top spot at this weekend's box office, taking in $27.5 million worth of sad ho...

They Might Be Giants (Almost) Entirely Cut Out Of ‘Coraline’?

Spencer Martin

January 16, 2009 2:55 pm

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Alternative rock band, They Might Be Giants, was hired to record the soundtrack for the massive stop-motion film, "Coraline," but in light of creative differences with the producers ended up with only one song ...

Stephin Merrit’s ‘Coraline’ Musical Adaptation Coming Off-Broadway This Fall

Rodrigo Perez

July 9, 2008 2:13 pm

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You'll remember we noted a few months back that our preferred monotone-sounding wet blanket, Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields was working on a musical adaptation of Neil Gaiman's “Coraline” which unfortun...

Short Cuts: Stephin Merritt, John Cougar & Stephen King, Andre 3000, ‘Juno,’ More

Rodrigo Perez

February 28, 2008 2:54 pm

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Our favorite monotone-sounding curmudgeon, Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields, always has a plethora of music projects on his plate and recent interviews reveal this continues to be the case. The brown-wear...

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