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Zap2It.comMy Neighbor Totoro is that rare delight, a family film that appeals to children and adults alike. While their mother is in the hospital, 10-year-old Satsuki and 4-year-old Mei move into an old-fashioned house in the country with their professor father. At...Tags: Japan, Hospitals and Clinics, Cheshire, Children, Movies
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Howl's Moving Castle
Zap2It.comAs a follow-up to the Oscar-winning "Spirited Away," Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" boasts the same excellent animation, subtle humor and imaginative vision. Its biggest problem, however, is the director's ambitious, intuitive storytelling, which...Tags: Lauren Bacall, Pixar Animation, Christian Bale, DVDs and Movies, Movies
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'Happy Feet
![If there is such a thing as your standard penguin movie, "Happy Feet" isn't it. But with George Miller involved, how could it be?](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-11/26454864.jpg "If there is such a thing as your standard penguin movie, "Happy Feet\" isn't it. But with George Miller involved, how could it be?")
Times Staff WriterIf there is such a thing as your standard penguin movie, "Happy Feet" isn't it. But with George Miller involved, how could it be? The Australian filmmaker, whose credits range from writing and producing "Babe" to writing and directing "Mad Max," doesn'...Tags: Movies, Gaming, Barry White, John Powell, Robin Williams
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A 'Spirited' victory for animé
![The awarding of the best animated feature Oscar to "Spirited Away" represented not only a victory for writer-director Hayao Miyazaki, but also a reflection of the growing popularity and influence of Japanese animation, or animé, in America.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2003-03/7119372.jpg "The awarding of the best animated feature Oscar to "Spirited Away\" represented not only a victory for writer-director Hayao Miyazaki, but also a reflection of the growing popularity and influence of Japanese animation, or animé, in America.")
The awarding of the best animated feature Oscar to "Spirited Away" represented not only a victory for writer-director Hayao Miyazaki, but also a reflection of the growing popularity and influence of Japanese animation, or animé, in America.
A fantasy-...Tags: John Lasseter, DVDs and Movies, Movies, Chris Sanders, Gaming
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'Stuart Little 2' blazes a trail by making animation category cut
Times Staff Writer"Stuart Little 2," the Sony-made family film in which a computer-generated mouse lives an adventurous life in a house with humans, became the first movie mixing animation and live action to become eligible for the Oscar in feature animation as the Academy...Tags: Star Wars (movie), Culture, Sony Corp., Steve Martin, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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On a note of surprise
![In an evening filled with raw emotion, stunning surprises and even a little '60s-style peace protests thrown in for good measure, "Chicago," the Roaring '20s musical morality tale, won the Oscar for best picture Sunday evening at the 75th Academy Awards.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2003-03/7119595.jpg "In an evening filled with raw emotion, stunning surprises and even a little '60s-style peace protests thrown in for good measure, "Chicago,\" the Roaring '20s musical morality tale, won the Oscar for best picture Sunday evening at the 75th Academy Awards.")
Times Staff WritersIn an evening filled with raw emotion, stunning surprises and even a little '60s-style peace protests thrown in for good measure, "Chicago," the Roaring '20s musical morality tale, won the Oscar for best picture Sunday evening at the 75th Academy Awards....Tags: Literature, Peter O'Toole, David Hare, ABC (tv network), The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Hands down, it was a big day for old-fashioned animation
Times Staff WritersIt could be the year that proves the pen is still mightier than the ... cursor button. Last year, when the computer-generated "Shrek" won the first Oscar for animated feature, there was a lot of talk about the death of traditional, hand-drawn films....Tags: Chris Wedge, Animation (genre), Death, Chris Sanders, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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'Tokyo Godfathers'
![A gurgling baby, a cooing transvestite, some rancid humanity, a dusting of sharply whetted laughs: In the animated feature "Tokyo Godfathers," the vibe and the hauntingly beautiful visual style are decidedly more pulp than pastel. Just a few minutes into this transporting <I>anime, </I>you know you're not in Kansas — much less Burbank, home to the very occasionally wonderful world of Walt Disney — anymore.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-01/11013050.jpg "A gurgling baby, a cooing transvestite, some rancid humanity, a dusting of sharply whetted laughs: In the animated feature "Tokyo Godfathers,\" the vibe and the hauntingly beautiful visual style are decidedly more pulp than pastel. Just a few minutes into this transporting <I>anime, </I>you know you're not in Kansas — much less Burbank, home to the very occasionally wonderful world of Walt Disney — anymore.")
Times Staff WriterA gurgling baby, a cooing transvestite, some rancid humanity, a dusting of sharply whetted laughs: In the animated feature "Tokyo Godfathers," the vibe and the hauntingly beautiful visual style are decidedly more pulp than pastel. Just a few minutes...Tags: Celebrities, Pixar Animation, Children, DVDs and Movies, Movies
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Princess Mononoke
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday October 29, 1999 Animated it definitely is, but "Princess Mononoke" is no Disney movie, not even close. A $150-million-grossing phenomenon in its native Japan, the most popular home-grown film in that country's history, it marries a...Tags: Gillian Anderson, Television Networks, Billy Crudup, Shintoism, Harvey Weinstein
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Fantasia/2000
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday December 31, 1999 Sixty years is quite a gap between an original and a sequel, but the 1940 "Fantasia" was never business as usual. A melding of animation and classical music, it has been ignored (by audiences at its initial release),...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), George Gershwin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Music Industry, Cinema Industry
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'Spirited Away'
![Prepare to be astonished by "Spirited Away."](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2002-09/4671836.jpg "Prepare to be astonished by "Spirited Away.\"")
Times Staff WriterPrepare to be astonished by "Spirited Away." Written and directed by one of the world's master animators, Japan's Hayao Miyazaki, this visual wonder is the product of a fierce and fearless imagination whose creations are unlike any you've seen before....Tags: Michael Chiklis, Stranger Than Fiction, Television Networks, John Ratzenberger, John Lasseter
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Catch of the day
Baltimore Sun Movie CriticOnly an "m" separates Neo, the hero of The Matrix Reloaded, and Nemo, the hero of Finding Nemo, but an ocean of vitality and exuberance divides the Matrix sequel from the Pixar studio's latest work of computer-animation genius. Finding Nemo marks the...Tags: Harold Lloyd, John Lasseter, Barry Humphries, Pixar Animation, Sydney (Australia)
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