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Category Archives: Video Friday
Video Friday
Please to enjoy this deliciously demented live-action, stop-motion film, Stanley Pickle. In Victoria Mather’s short movie, “Stanley never goes outside. He likes to play with his clockwork toys and every night his mother kisses him good night. Stanley is twenty. The … Continue reading
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Tagged short films, Stanley Pickle, stop-motion (live-action), Victoria Mather
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Video Friday
Today’s cheer comes in the form of two charming holiday shorts. First up is Season’s Gweetings! by Aloke Shetty (director) and Rajiv Eipe (animator) of RawShark Films, which describes the stereotypical guests you might find at a holiday party (did you know … Continue reading
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Tagged A Little Christmas Miracle, Alec Baldwin, Aloke Shetty, animation, Christos Lefakis, gnomes, Ian Koons, Krampus, Llamallama, Rajiv Eipe, Santa Claus, Season's Gweetings!, short films, Yannis Konstantinidis
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Video Friday
In celebration of Christmas, I offer one of my most favorite television specials—and one that has been unjustly underrated or misinterpreted—‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) from Rankin/Bass, the animators responsible for many a happy time in my childhood. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, animation, Christmas Chimes Are Calling, Christmas specials, Clement Clarke Moore, George Gobel, Joel Grey, Junctionville, Rankin/Bass, Santa Claus, Tammy Grimes
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Video Friday
Monster Roll is a short film/trailer about sushi chefs versus monsters and is a lot of fun—well worth spending six minutes! Dan Blank wrote and directed the film, which stars Masashi Odate, Steve Howey, Hidetoshi Imura, and Gerald Okamura. The official … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Blank, Gerald Okamura, Hidetoshi Imura, Masashi Odate, Monster Roll, monsters, short films, Steve Howey, sushi, sushi chefs
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Video Friday
A big part of my introduction to comics was through Superman, and when I was growing up I loved all things Superman. I knew everything about his origins, his girlfriends (all with the initials L.L.), his villains (the main one … Continue reading
