Homunculus by Sam Stephens

An animated short directed by Sam Stephens from Humble’s in-house directing collaborative Hydra. The film combines photography of …

Tuber’s Two Step by Chris Wedge

This is a 1985 student film directed by Chris Wedge, who, of course, went on to become the creative head of Blue Sky and direct Ice Age. …

Whatever Happened to Foodfight?

In 2004, CG animation studio Threshold Entertainment and Motion Picture Magic, a product placement company in Encino, teamed up to …

Avatar, The Animated Film That Wasn’t

I was thinking today, If Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel has enough animation in it to be eligible for Best Animated Oscar, and A …

Die Konferenz der Tiere

The trailer for an upcoming German CG feature, Die Konferenz der Tiere, co-directed by Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe at Constantin …

Furry Vengence

Monkey Bone. Dudley Do-Right. Looney Tunes: Back In Action. Brendan Fraser: “Why?” Yeah, I know this is mostly OT, and it’s mainly …

Avatar talkback

I saw James Cameron’s Avatar last night and I feel a talkback post here would be appropriate. Did I like the film? Yes, very much so. …

‘Alma’ by Rodrigo Blaas

For a limited time during the holidays, Rodrigo Blaas has made his spooky CG short Alma available for viewing online. Blaas is an …

Panic Attack

According to this BBC report, Fede Alvarez uploaded his short film Ataque de Panico! (Panic Attack!) to YouTube last month, on November …

Cats and Dogs 2

More CG/live action hybrid features are expected in 2010… such as this:

TONIGHT: Pixar Shorts on ABC Family

Tonight on ABC Family, a two-hour presentation of almost all of the Pixar shorts produced to date. It’s the first time that most of the …

Chinese rip-off of Presto

Trying to find a free online version of Doug Sweetland’s Pixar short Presto, reader Michael Rianda instead found this: a Chinese …

“Good Vibrations” by Jérémy Clapin

I can’t get enough of mid-century educational and safety-related animated shorts so I’m delighted to see a contemporary take on those …

A Christmas Carol Opens Today

Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol opens today to a chorus of negative reviews and a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A particularly …

Even Monkeys Hate Robert Zemeckis

An article in National Geographic discusses the results of an “uncanny valley” test on monkeys. Researchers showed monkeys three versions …

Inspired by Pixar?

Here’s a few new 3D CGI films coming from Europe… is it me, or do these pictures have a slight resemblance to previous works from …

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