“For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next. It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers.” ~ George Lucas George sells LucasFilm to Disney for $4.05 billion. With a new STAR WARS: EPISODE [… read more]
New York Premiere of Secret of the Wings with voice talent (L to R) Timothy Dalton, Anjelica Huston, Matt Lanter, Raven-Symoné and Mae Whitman October 20, 2012 – New York. Tinker Bell and her sister Periwinkle stepped out onto the red carpet together today at the Disney Digital 3D™ premiere of [amazon_link id=”B007MDB548″ target=”_blank” ]Secret of the Wings[/amazon_link]. They were joined by film talent Anjelica Huston (Queen Clarion), Mae Whitman (Tinker [… read more]
This week has been Frankenweenie week here at ScifiSlacker.com. I loved Tim Burton’s short film (and love that it and Vincent were added to the [amazon_link id=”6305949980″ target=”_blank” ]Special Edition DVD of Nightmare Before Christmas[/amazon_link], because they ROCK). So when I saw the posters for Frankenweenie that look like the good old fashioned classic horror [… read more]
The making of “Frankenweenie” in stop–‐motion animation was a labor of love, involving a huge crew of artisans, animators, prop makers, puppet makers, designers and artists over a two–‐year period. “There are a lot of people that go into making a film like this,” Burton says. “The thing that makes it different than say a [… read more]
“Frankenweenie” follows in the footsteps of Tim Burton’s other stop-motion animated films “Corpse Bride” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas”—both of which were nominated for Academy Awards®. Stop-motion animation is one of the oldest animation styles (and one of the best). There are 24 frames per second in the stop motion for “Frankenweenie.” This means that [… read more]
Meet the characters of the new Tim Burton film FRANKENWEENIE. VICTOR (voiced by Charlie Tahan) Victor Frankenstein is a clever and industrious 10-year-old boy who is inspired by science. He lives with his parents and dog, Sparky, in the town of New Holland. Victor immerses himself in making films and inventing in his attic workshop. [… read more]
From creative genius Tim Burton (“[amazon_link id=”B0043EV774″ target=”_blank” ]Alice in Wonderland[/amazon_link],” The Nightmare Before Christmas”) comes “Frankenweenie,” a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries [… read more]
In a summer full of potential blockbuster films with big stars, big names and big budgets, it’s relieving to find one or two of those films that are actually worth the admission ticket for theater viewing. So far this season this reviewer has seen two of them. Iron Man 2 was one of them. Toy [… read more]
This is probably the hardest movie for me to review because of the first two films being so near and dear to my heart. It was five years between one and two and ten years from #2 to now, so the wait has been long and, at times, impatient. I have traveled with the Pixar [… read more]