MALL 84 Directed by Gervais Merryweather, MALL 84 offers up a two-dimensional reverie at life in the mid-80s. Specifically set at a mall, the short is sprinkled with moments of both cinematic and cultural nostalgia from cameos by Johnny 5 (Short Circuit) and Gizmo (Gremlins) to arcade bullies and big hair. It’s sweet, charming and—with […]
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Amazing Hearse I’ll admit…before now I was unaware of UK-based musician and animator Mr Weebl, but thanks to uber-tipster Benjamin Hayden I certainly am aware of him now. Released last week in anticipation of Halloween, Amazing Hearse is an 8-bit mashup of Army of Darkness, Mad Max and Mr. Weebl’s very own brand of melodic […]
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I’ll be honest…I’m not a big fan of the Madea franchise. It’s not that I have any hate towards the films, in fact I absolutely love Tyler Perry both as a person and a performer, producer, director…the man literally does it all! I say all of that because Perry’s latest addition to the Madea series, […]
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MADBALLS Are Making a Comeback—This Fall!
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Announced yesterday, American Greetings Entertainment is teaming with Just Play to relaunch the entire Madballs franchise. That’s right, they’re not just bringing back the toy line but the entire Madballs brand—we’re talking toys, animated shorts AND video games! The brand will officially make its return this Fall through a series of animated shorts. However, the […]
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Last year, along with 191 backers, we helped raise funds for an indie web-series called Super Fun Show, With Learning!. At the time, co-directors Lexie Kahanovitz and Jim Tozzi (Xavier: Renegade Angel) had already released the first episode and were looking for some help to produce a second. Luckily they succeeded, because this “sci-fi comedy […]
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For the past several years, animator Chance Raspberry has been hard at work bringing to life a strange kid of his very own. This isn’t just any strange kid though, he’s special. You see, Little Billy is the first ever cartoon for kids and adults with learning difficulties or disabilities. Set in the 1980s, the […]
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It seems like every weekend I end up discovering a new podcast. As a (relatively) sane person, though, it can be tough deciding when to hit subscribe and add another show to my ever-evolving iTunes library. In the case of my latest discovery, Past Forward Podcast, the decision was pretty easy. A weekly podcast hosted […]
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Bringing Up Bigfoot Written, animated and voiced by Edward Coughlan Bringing Up Bigfoot is an incredible short film—a combination of 2D animation and claymation—that finds two hunters talking to a reporter in the woods about Bigfoot. There story takes a somewhat unexpected detour when it turns out Bigfoot is actually (SPOILERS!) an alien. Looks like […]
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[One Two Trilogy takes a look at some lesser known — sometimes strangely related — trilogies, from directors both big and small.] The early 70s saw a shift in American horror cinema. Films were becoming less “polished” than they had been in prior decades; they were becoming more raw, primal, and unpredictable which made them […]