Read more animation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3888/animation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:44:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73434/motion-capture-christmas-carol-hits-wrong-notes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost critics express a hearty "humbug" for Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture version of A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey. A sampling: "It's a heartwarmer that doesn't have much of a heart itself," Michael O'Sullivan writes in the Washington Post , "populated by figures that are halfway between Wii Fit avatars and real...http://www.newser.com/story/73434/motion-capture-christmas-carol-hits-wrong-notes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 13:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68961/9-s-visuals-a-perfect-10.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe creepy tale of 9 , which depicts a burlap-bodied robot’s (Elijah Wood) quest for his origins while battling bad guys in a post-apocalyptic world, looks incredible—but its script leaves something to be desired. “Long on imaginative design but less substantial in narrative, this dreary story of fighting the power...http://www.newser.com/story/68961/9-s-visuals-a-perfect-10.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 9:59:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66875/miyazaki-makes-magic-again-in-ponyo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHayao Miyazaki has done it again with Ponyo , an animated re-imagining of the Little Mermaid story. Here’s what critics are saying: Ponyo is, in a word, "magical," writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times , a “poetic, visually breathtaking work by the greatest of all animators.” Miyazaki’s unparalleled imagination makes it...http://www.newser.com/story/66875/miyazaki-makes-magic-again-in-ponyo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 13:33:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66813/family-guy-baby-stewie-is-gay-creator.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBaby Stewie was this close to coming out as gay in an episode of Family Guy , but creator Seth MacFarlane says he decided “to keep it vague” because “he’s a 1-year-old,” the New York Daily News reports. “Ultimately, Stewie will be gay or a very unhappy repressed heterosexual,” MacFarlane says...http://www.newser.com/story/66813/family-guy-baby-stewie-is-gay-creator.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 9:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60198/goode-family-not-great.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Goode Family , an animated series about an eco-obsessed, passionately politically correct family that airs tonight on ABC, is fairly funny, but leaves reviewers scratching their heads: It “feels aggressively off-kilter with the current mood, as if it had been incubated in the early to mid-’90s,” writes Ginia Bellafante in...http://www.newser.com/story/60198/goode-family-not-great.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 9:02:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59789/new-series-by-beavis-creator-lampoons-green-buttheads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoodbye Hank Hill, hello Gerald Goode. Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge's new animated series lampoons a vegan, hybrid-driving Midwestern family whose motto is: "What would Al Gore do?" The Goode Family sends up the greener-than-thou clan’s efforts to maintain an environmentally friendly, strictly PC lifestyle just for the sake...http://www.newser.com/story/59789/new-series-by-beavis-creator-lampoons-green-buttheads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 3:23:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57713/critics-split-on-battle-for-terra.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBattle for Terra has a nifty twist of a premise—it’s an alien movie in which humans are the evil invaders—but critics are split on how well it works. Here’s what they’re saying: It’s a “work of art,” writes John Anderson in Variety, as “original and convincing a feature...http://www.newser.com/story/57713/critics-split-on-battle-for-terra.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 12:18:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54734/cartoons-could-help-diagnose-autism-in-kids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe way in which toddlers are drawn to animated movement may help facilitate the diagnosis of autism-spectrum disorders, reports the BBC. In the study, children who were developing normally focused on the half of a split-screen that featured an upright animation; children with signs of autism showed no preference between...http://www.newser.com/story/54734/cartoons-could-help-diagnose-autism-in-kids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Mar 2009 10:18:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54496/monsters-looks-great-lacks-oomph.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMonsters Vs. Aliens looks amazing on screen, but grownups may find the thin jokes and the storyline of Dreamworks' animated spoof of '50s flicks a little grating, say critics. James Rocchi, Redbox: The movie "has amazing 3D, solid gags, wacky concepts and great animation; I just wish that at some...http://www.newser.com/story/54496/monsters-looks-great-lacks-oomph.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 8:21:18 CDT