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Actor Paul Newman passes away at 83

Pixar's animated film, Cars, was among the last work of celebrated actor Paul Newman. He voiced the role of Lightning McQueen's mentor, Doc Hudson--quite appropriate given Newman's love of auto racing.

Newman was diagnosed with cancer more than a year ago. He is best known for his roles in such films as "The Colour of Money" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".

For more on Newman's life and career, read the article on Bloomberg.com.

posted: Sep 27, 2008 by athena // Discuss in the Forum

Golden Collection Volume Six Bonuses Revealed.

Jerry Beck, animation historian, writer and consultant to the Looney Tune Golden Collections, et al, has revealed on Cartoon Brew the bonus content of the 6th and final entry of the series; including the 15 bonus shorts (20 if you include the 5 MGM ones). He also pauses to hammer home the fact that this isn't the end of Warner cartoons on DVD, just the Golden Collection labelling.

A full listing of the 60 main shorts can be found here.

posted: Jul 30, 2008 by starlac // Discuss in the Forum

New Trailer round-up!

The nice thing about a big animation release like WALL*E is that invariably the studios want to push every animated film they possibly can before the movie. Thus, here's our new trailer round-up for you.

- Igor
- Space Chimps
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (yes, it's been re-titled)
- Bolt

posted: Jun 29, 2008 by athena // Discuss in the Forum

Trailer Alert!

Got some fresh trailers just off the grapevine. The first full-length trailer for WALL*E which will be arriving in theatres in June from the talented folks at Pixar. Also, a teaser trailer for Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape which will be coming out in November of this year.

And finally, as a bit of a bonus, a new live-action film with some serious animation roots... the new trailer for Speed Racer.

posted: Mar 15, 2008 by athena // Discuss in the Forum

Year of the Rat... 2008 Oscars.

It would appear that 2008 is, indeed the year of the Rat in more ways than just the Chinese astrological calendar, as Ratatouille took home the golden statue of the 80th academy awards (beating fellow nominees Surf's Up and Persepolis). The winner of the short film is Suzi Templeton’s and Hugh Welchman’s certainly impressive - from what this editor has seen of it - stop motion adaptation of Prokofiev’s classic Peter & the Wolf.

posted: Mar 06, 2008 by starlac // Discuss in the Forum

Cast your vote!

The entries are in for Mock Review Mayhem and we need your votes! Read the amusing reviews submitted by our four nominees here and then cast your vote for your favourite.

Contest closes February 22nd, so please vote right away.

posted: Feb 19, 2008 by athena // Discuss in the Forum