"Anime & Animation" Archives
- Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
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After the runaway success of the film Aladdin, Disney tried its first foray in the direct-to-video animation business. Direct-to-video animated films have done very well in Japan, where they are called Original Animated Videos (OAV for short), and Disney thought the American market was ripe for such films. Disney’s first OAV was The Return of [...]
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- Renaissance (2006)
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Stephen Colbert once noted that movies are nothing more than watered down trailers. Renaissance does that sentiment one better by being not only a watered-down version of its own trailer, but also a watered-down combination of several other movies. The trailer is enough to set the nerves of any sci-fi action junkie a-tingling — it’s a thrill ride of contrasty futuristic cityscapes, high-octane chase scenes, and ominous quotes from the movie — but actually watching the film is a far different experience.
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