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The Vine: September 21, 2012
September 21, 2012 – 10:25 AM | 21 Comments
The Vine: September 21, 2012

I’ve been desperately trying to come up with the name of this animated short I saw a while back. I was convinced — CONVINCED — it was Pixar, but after browsing the Pixar shorts wikipedia …

The Animated Shorts Program: Sharp as a Brick
February 23, 2010 – 4:31 PM | 7 Comments
The Animated Shorts Program: Sharp as a Brick

A more entertaining slate overall than the live-action shorts, by far.
Again, I’ll cover them in the order screened, along with the “highly commended” shorts that showed.
French Roast. A single joke, not terribly funny to begin …

Up
February 13, 2010 – 11:38 AM | 64 Comments

The tears started rolling five minutes in. I always cry at Pixar movies — even Cars; shut up — so I don’t know why I thought I would escape from Up with a dry face, …