DC, Marvel, Dark Horse all claimed significant shares of turf at this year’s New York Comic Con, but only STAR WARS staked out its own universe, incorporating numerous vendors within the confines of its expansive area (including Hallmark, for all your limited-edition Xmas ornament needs). And there in the midst of it was Ashley Eckstein …
Tag Archive: Animation
Oct
18
Cinefantastique’s New York Comic Con 2011: Random Hunks o’ Con (Video)
Cinefantastique hit the floor of New York Comic Con 2011 and discovered… people. Lots ‘n’ lots of people. NYCC sold out for the entire weekend, and the upshot was that even the isolated reaches of the show floor became navigational nightmares at certain points during the day. Woe betide the mortal wandering Artists Alley who …
Oct
17
Cinefantastique’s New York Comic Con 2011: THE VENTURE BROS’ Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer
Yes, Cinefantastique Online was at the just-wrapped New York Comic Con 2011, and we’re going to be bringing you tons o’ goodies — in both audio and video form — over the coming days (and weeks!). But we figured we should start you off the with the choice of the choice: the full press conference …
Sep
19
Cinefantastique Spotlight: LION KING 3D & MST3K VS. GAMERA
There were no new genre films in theaters this weekend, but there was one old one in a shiny new, 3D coat: THE LION KING 3D, which just so happened to top this week’s box-office. With a prescience befitting a Cinefantastique editor, Steve Biodrowski recognized the film for the hit it was going to be, …
Aug
12
Bill Plympton on THE FLYING HOUSE
Think of it as one spiritual brother reaching out to another over the span of almost an entire century: Bill Plympton — the innovative animator known for his edgy surrealism and distinctive, hand-drawn style — has decided to rejuvenate the work of one of animation’s first fathers, Winsor McCay, the man who painstakingly and single-handedly …
Aug
07
Cinefantastique Spotlight: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Startling the studios, startling the critics, and startling its delighted audiences, RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES has arrived to prove that a reboot — in the hands of a skilled director and inspired writers, actors and effects artists — does not necessarily need to serve as Exhibit One in the case for the …
Jul
21
Video: EW’s Exclusive Live Comic-Con 2011 Coverage
Can’t make it to Comic-Con 2011? Neither can I. Fortunately, Entertainment Weekly has the festivities locked down with live, streaming video coverage. Kick-off is on July 21, 9:15 AM PT/12:15 PM ET — click the player below, and geek out unashamedly.
Jul
11
Cinefantastique Spotlight: JOHN CARPENTER’S THE WARD and ZOOKEEPER
How does a review show handle the situation where two, exciting, soon-to-be-classic films are released on the same weekend? We don’t know, but this weekend saw the release of JOHN CARPENTER’S THE WARD and the Kevin James comedy, ZOOKEEPER, so we decided to cover both of those instead. Granted, there’s not much of a correlation …
Jul
04
Cinefantastique Spotlight: TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Big. Bigger. Biggest. Somehow those words don’t seem fitting descriptions for the new TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON. Biggeriest? Spectactimammogigantular? In any case, it seems that Michael Bay’s plan for redeeming himself for the universally reviled TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE FALLEN involves ironically jettisoning as much plot as possible and focusing on the fireworks, all …
Jun
27
Cinefantastique Spotlight: CARS 2
Kids love cars, and kids love CARS — that seems to be the calculation behind Pixar’s latest animated offering, CARS 2. Abandoning the original film’s theme that celebrated the romance of exploring off-the-beaten-superhighway U.S, director John Lasseter and crew have devised an espionage plotline for this sequel, with cocky racecar Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and …
