Dec 8, 2010

Everyone’s favorite pic-a-nic basket-stealing bear comes to the big screen in “Yogi Bear,” a new adventure, filmed in 3D, that combines live action with computer animation. Dan Aykroyd stars as the voice of Yogi, Jellystone Park’s notorious troublemaker, and Justin Timberlake as the voice of Boo Boo, Yogi’s faithful pal and...

Nov 16, 2010

Not only do we get to enjoy Michael Cane be the voice of a British intelligence agent, but Mater and the gang will be headed to the Grand Prix, where Pixar will take our children on a fantastic global...

Oct 11, 2010

Uncle Rico, Kip, Pedro, Deb and Rex will all be back in an animated series! Yes, That’s right the story continues in animation. Fox has picked up six episodes, to begin airing sometime in 2011. Jon Heder, the star of the movie will provide the characters voice. The series was written by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess – who co-wrote the movie, with...

Jun 18, 2010

Here is what our staff chose as the top 5 "Dad" movies that move you to tears -- or laughter!

Jun 18, 2010

We give dad props this Sunday, but some dads really need therapy! Here are a few T.V. dads that make us laugh (or cringe) at their dysfunction!

Shawn Levy is set to produce the children’s book, The Berestain Bears. The Berestain Bears is a series of books whose subject matters deal with real life childhood issues, character building and education. The books are generally stage one readers and are usually part of building a child’s first library. The books creators Stan and Jan Berenstain...

Sep 23, 2009

Dwayne Johnson’s voice will be staring in the animated film Planet 51 to be released this November. In this film you and your children will get to experience what it’s like when WE are the aliens! Dwayne Johnson is the lead voice, Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker. This is the first animation project for...

Sep 2, 2009

Most anime fans have some degree of love for Star Blazers. You may not admit it in public, but you had to like SOMETHING. So we all know that there has been talk of this movie coming out in December. If that news means nothing to you, then like many of us, you probably saw the first trailer for the new movie, scratched your head, and moved on. Fanboy.com...

Aug 20, 2009

It’s easy to claim to be a geek these days. Let’s be honest, geek culture isn’t that bad. Olivia Munn describes reports on culture 5 nights a week on G4. So it’s easy to go to a Spider Man movie and “geek out”. But to be clear, you are NOT geek unless you have memories of watching this: This was most people’s...

Aug 18, 2009

A thrilling tale of a true hero, “Astro Boy” is an all-new, feature film full of action, adventure, humor and heart. It will be brought to life on the big screen in breathtaking CGI animation on October 23rd, 2009. Set in futuristic Metro City, “Astro Boy” is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist...

Back in August of 2008, Marvel Entertainment announced that they were partnering up with the well known animation studio Madhouse to create some new series based on Marvel Comics characters. Specifically for the Japanese market. The series were to be re-done, redesigned, and rewritten in a way that fit more into what would be better accepted as anime...

Jul 26, 2009

Season two of Cartoon Network’s “Clone Wars” will be more for grown ups than the first, says series supervising director Dave Filoni at Comic-Con in San Diego. Finally, the show is now planning to embrace a style that’s more similar to the feature films. “In season two you’re going to unlearn a lot of what you have learned about...

Jul 23, 2009

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, more commonly known by the acronym AMPAS has announced that it has nominated the television production Afro Samurai: Resurrection in the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards and 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Animated Program for programming of one hour or more. Afro Samurai: Resurrection is...

Jul 21, 2009

The success of Transformers (and the buzz on the Gatchaman trailer, no doubt) has created a demand for other Japanese robot properties. Warner Brothers is going ahead with “Robotech”, and now, Hollywood Reporter is saying “Voltron” is in development. Can’t wait to see who takes on Gundam. Based on Japanese anime properties...

Jul 15, 2009

This actually caught us off guard. For a non-Pixar animated film, this may be good! Studios are trying to get back to Saturday afternoon movies with evil geniuses and light sci-fi themes, and they seem bent on using animation to do it. Somebody will get it right sooner or later. Maybe just take it easy on the preachy-preachy? Here’s the plot of...

Jul 13, 2009

The live-action movie version of Hanna-Barbera’s Hong Kong Phooey is moving ahead, with a script ready and now, a director signed. Variety reports that Alex Zamm will helm the film from a script by David Goodman, an executive producer on Family Guy. Zamm has mostly worked on TV and direct-to-video fare like Inspector Gadget 2. He also directed the 1998...

Jul 10, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts are combining forces at this year’s National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Annual Convention and Career Fair to present an exciting lineup of entertainment, including a sneak preview of special footage from Walt Disney Pictures’ animated comedy adventure, “The...

Jul 10, 2009

It all comes down to one decision. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. is about to decide who will wear the ring in “Green Lantern,” the studio’s latest DC Comics movie, and the race has narrowed to Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds, and Justin Timberlake. They are planning on spending between 150 and 200 million dollars to make this...

Jul 8, 2009

Evangelion 2.0 opened to rave reviews in Japan last week, but in case you’re feeling a little lost, you will soon have the opportunity to get totally caught up with the story as the original movie will be coming to big screens this month! If you love giant robots (and really, who doesn’t?) but are tired of big effects and little story, you must see...

Jun 30, 2009

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, the second film in Hideaki Anno and Khara’s four-part theatrical remake of Gainax’s Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series, opened as the #1 film at the Japanese box office during the June 27-28 weekend. The film was seen 354,852 times on about 120 screens and earned 512,180,200 yen (about US$5.371 million) over...

Anime Insider called it “The Spiritual Sequel To Cowboy Bebop”. We call it one of the best animated series ever produced. It’s in our top 5, actually. Now you can watch it all, from beginning to end. What is it? Why, Samurai Champloo, of course. And what’s a “champloo”? Champloo is an Okinawan stir fry dish with...

For the few of you left who don’t know, the movie is based on an anime that has quite a hardcore following. You can buy these episodes or watch them online from Manga Entertainment. Here’s one of our favorite clips from the original story. Sure hope the movie lives up to...

May 13, 2009

A vampire named Saya, who is part of covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan, is inserted in a military school to discover which one of her classmates is a demon is disguise. We were originally attracted to this project because we love Production I.G. (who did the Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex series) and they...

May 11, 2009

Check out the first full trailer from Disney for their new movie, “The Princess & the Frog”, due in theaters everywhere in time for Christmas 2009. It’s a remake, yes. And a bit of a re-imaging. It’s a fairy tale centered on a young girl named Princess Tiana who lives in New Orleans’ French Quarter during the Jazz Age. Folks...