June Foray

With his new book, “Peter Cushing: A Life in Film,” out on Tuesdsay, author David Miller charts in detail the ......

Amazon's TV "pilots" (see my previous post and this relevant website) come in two flavors: grown up comedies, most of which betray basic-cable (and even premium-cable) values in terms of content and language, and children's shows, which, conversely, are...

Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" was named best animated film of 2012 at the 40th Annie Awards on Saturday evening at UCLA's Royce Hall. Rich Moore also was named best director for the animated comedy about a video game villain who dreams of being a hero,...

The month of October has been a big one for fans of Universal's landmark horror films — the classic movies ......

"Rango" won the Annie Award for best animated feature Saturday evening. It is also a nominee for the Academy Award for best animated feature....

LOS ANGELES - Pity the poor cartoon character. Unable to speak for himself against those who would redraw or rewrite him, he is the slave and plaything of whomever owns the copyright. The human fan can only watch or not and note that in most cases the...

Young persons: If you have never heard of Stan Freberg, you are in for a delight. His comedy sketches from the 1950s and ’60s were sharp, clever and polished and many of them make “Saturday Night Live� look like a high school talent show. Speaking...

Chris Hayward, a television writer who developed the klutzy cartoon character Dudley Do-Right and helped imbue the rest of the Rocky and Bullwinkle gang with the same sense of silliness and satire, has died. He was 81. Hayward, an Emmy winner who also...

Although "Cars" didn't gather the most laurels, it did drive off with top honors at the 34th annual Annie Awards. The Disney/Pixar film about enjoying life's journey was named the best animated feature by ASIFA-Hollywood on Sunday, Feb. 12 in Glendale'...

Friday June 30, 2000      The best thing about "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" is that Rocky and Bullwinkle are the best thing about it. Despite the presence of name actors like Robert De Niro, Rene Russo and Jason Alexander, all eyes are on a...

We talk about it as if it were a storm front, or a rock band, some highly concentrated force of nature given to predictable patterns of behavior offset by sudden inexplicable shifts in direction and secret internal activity -- this year, small films are...