EDITORIAL

...Intel Corp. is combining computer animation and social networking to produce an original animated short film. The Mass Animation project, which begins in the fall, will be produced and directed by Yair Landau, former vice chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and president of Sony Pictures Digital.Intel is sponsoring the launch of a Facebook page where animators will be able access a collaborative application. Established and aspiring animators will be able to work together to create the animated short. Creative tools will be provided. Participating animators will be able to download an evaluation version of Autodesk's Maya Unlimited 3-D computer-animation software. Reel FX Entertainment animation studio will use proprietary tools to convert selected videos to final-quality animation frames for posting and sharing on the Facebook page. Aniboom will supply the content management infrastructure. Landau referred to the project as a beta test. "If we manage to tell a good story and introduce compelling characters through this, let's see if we can do, for instance, a feature-length project," he said. "If it is also a good user experience, then I think we will do a bunch of things this way."....

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Jean Constant

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    AMERICAN TEEN
    Director: Nanette Burstein
    Cast: Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Geoff Haase
    ...Hannah Bailey is smart and beautiful, but a misfit in her high school. Colin Clemens is the star of the high school basketball team - and in Indiana, basketball is everything. Jake Tusing is considered to be a nerd in high school...
    Official Site: http://www.americanteenthemovie.com/ Teen-sedated site. Don't believe what you see...
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    BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
    Director: Julian Jarrold
    Cast: Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Ben Whishaw,
    ..A doomed love affair and how Catholicism destroys relationship and families...
    Official Site: http://www.bridesheadrevisited-themovie.com/   A good clothier's window!....
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    HANCOCK
    Director: Peter Berg
    Cast: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron
    ..Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock's well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake...
    Official Site: http://www.whathappensinvegasmovie.com/  The site of the week...
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    HELLBOY II
    Director: Guillermo Del Toro
    Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss
    ...A ruthless leader defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Its up to the planets toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders
    Official Site: http://www.hellboymovie.com/   Hell of a site!
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    HENRY POOLE IS HERE
    Director: Mark Pellington
    Cast: Luke Wilson, George Lopez, Cheryl Hines
    ...Henry Poole finds himself alone in a new house and a new place, somewhere where perhaps he can try to escape the fate that he has been dealt...
    Official Site: http://www.myspace.com/henrypooleishere MySpace as a poster board...
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    JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
    Director: Eric Brevig
    Cast: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem
    ... While backpacking across Iceland with his nephew Sean, a science professor finds a cave that leads them deep down into the bowels of the planet. They go on a quest to find out what has happened to the scientist's missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide....
    Official Site: http://www.journey3dmovie.com/   No summer-vacation trip here...
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    KUNG FU PANDA
    Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
    Cast: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan
    ..... Po the Panda is a lowly waiter in a noodle restaurant. He is a kung fu fanatic but his shape doesn't exactly lend itself to kung fu fighting. In fact, Po's defining characteristic appears to be that he is the laziest of all the animals in ancient China. That's a problem because powerful enemies are at the gates, and all hopes have been pinned on a prophesy naming Po as the "Chosen One" to save the day...
    Official Site: http://www.kungfupanda.com/   A Pandastic and friendly little site...
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