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Comedy Central resurrects Groening's other show
Comedy Central resurrects Groening's other show
By RYAN STEWART | June 26, 2010

A music producer eyes a revival

The Gator
It was 2006 and music producer Jo Jo Gator, a couple of decades removed from the glory days, needed to get back on the radar screen.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER | April 14, 2010

Jerry Seinfeld and Ricky Gervais return
Jerry Seinfeld held out on a Seinfeld reunion till last year, when he finally found a way to do a comeback that wasn't really a comeback. He and Seinfeld co-creator Larry David resurrected the greatest sit-com of the '90s as a show-within-a-show on David's Curb Your Enthusiasm . The reunion made Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer hilariously relevant again.
By JOYCE MILLMAN | March 02, 2010

Review: A Town Called Panic (2010)

Chaos reigns in a Belgian Town Called Panic
It is, indeed, a golden age for animation, where silent montages can wrenchingly portray a lifelong bond (in Pete Docter's Up ), or a band of stop-motion foxes can act out complex and angsty family dynamics (Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox ), or a child's imaginary world is realized with vivid detail (Henry Selick's Coraline ).
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | February 10, 2010

Review: The Princess and the Frog

Disney becomes slightly enlightened?
Fans of traditional animation will be relieved to learn that 2004's Home on the Range was not the final nail in Disney's 2-D toon coffin.
By SHAULA CLARK | December 09, 2009

Madcap laffs

The Mighty Boosh comes to DVD
Come with us now, on a journey through time and space to the world of the Mighty Boosh.
By MIKE MILIARD | July 15, 2009

Interview: Pete Docter

3-D or not 3-D? That is the first question . . .
Pete Docter was only the third animator to come aboard Pixar when he joined up in 1990, and he's had a lasting effect at the computer-animation powerhouse.
By BRETT MICHEL | May 21, 2009

Gag reel

Sit Down, Shut Up needs to take its own advice
The Devil's in the details in Fox's new animated series, Sit Down, Shut Up , but I wish he'd gotten more involved in the main elements as well — like stories.
By DAVID KRONKE | April 14, 2009

The moving pictures

David Polonsky and the Festival of Contemporary Animation
There are moments when, by coincidence or an aligning of the stars, something amazing accidentally comes together. Here in Providence, next week is one of those times.
By GREG COOK | April 07, 2009

Slideshow: Contemporary animation in Providence

Waltz with Bashir art director speaks, plus Festival of Contemporary Animation
Next week in Providence, two unrelated but complimentary events combine to create one of the finest showcases of contemporary animation that you’ll probably find anywhere in North America this year. And it’s all free.
By GREG COOK | April 09, 2009

Inside looking out

Elizabeth King shares her mind's eye
Visiting Elizabeth King's "The Sizes of Things In the Mind's Eye" at Brown University's Bell Gallery (64 College Street, Providence, through December 21) is a bit like visiting Dr. Frankenstein's lab — all glass eyes, artificial limbs, and automatons.
By GREG COOK | December 03, 2008

Bolt

Pixarian technical wizardry and Disney schmaltz
The celebs are okay under the direction of Chris Williams and Byron Howard, but the best lines belong to animator Mark Walton as Rhino, a fanboy hamster who fogs up his plastic ball when excited.
By CHRIS WANGLER | November 24, 2008

Is he being served?

Tony Millionaire's still best on the page
In the first animated adaptation of Tony Millionaire's sumptuously debauched comic strip Maakies , the soused Drinky Crow was voiced by erstwhile Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter.
By MIKE MILIARD | November 18, 2008

Word play

Doomsday is just a state of mind in Synecdoche, New York
The end of the world has always appealed to movie audiences, no more so than now that the prospect is looking more and more likely.
By PETER KEOUGH | November 10, 2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

A stiffly-animated, money-grabbing afterthought
It is Star Wars , but it's also an ad for an upcoming video game and an animated TV series debuting in October.
By BRETT MICHEL | August 20, 2008

Not by George

Robot Chicken: Star Wars
A long time ago, on a bricks-and-mortar soundstage far, far away, the last great Star Wars movie was made.
By MIKE MILIARD | August 11, 2008

A cop with an assitude

Watertown’s Clambake Animation pushes TV’s boundaries with a homicidal heinie
Mr. McGee comes by his name honestly. He is, quite simply, an ass.
By MIKE MILIARD | April 09, 2008

Crossword: ''Wiig party''

Cast off, cast on
Cast off, cast on
By MATT JONES | March 12, 2008

Life in cartoon motion

Politics and ohter mistakes
Welcome to the Public Broadcasting System’s new show, What Were You Thinking, You Idiot?
By AL DIAMON | January 30, 2008

Superpower of attorney

The jury’s out on Harvey Birdman
Why did they make this game, again?
By MITCH KRPATA | January 28, 2008

Crossword: ''Cornering ability''

Words to wrap your head around
Words to wrap your head around
By MATT JONES | January 16, 2008

Political cartoons

The 20 Best Animated Politicians in Cartoon History
Among its hordes of firsts, The Simpsons helped transplant politicians from the cartoon funny pages to our television sets.
By DAVID MASHBURN | July 26, 2007

An inconvenient poop

The Simpsons Movie craps out
Maybe 18 seasons is too long to remain topical and funny, especially in prime time on Fox TV.
By PETER KEOUGH | July 25, 2007

Crossword: ''Dissed List''

Deride, deride if you must
Deride, deride if you must
By MATT JONES | May 30, 2007

Warm and Scratchy

14 new and exclusive tracks from "Adult Swim"
The Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” isn’t just about programming smart animation for Futurama and Family Guy addicts.
By MATT ASHARE | May 29, 2007

The girls of summer

The season for blockbusters, sequels, and . . . great roles for women?
It’s summer, so no one’s surprised at the onslaught of sequels, adaptations, or even movies based on toys. But films with Oscar-caliber women’s roles?
By PETER KEOUGH | May 18, 2007