Word: toon
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...down jalopy town full of rural eccentrics like the rube tow truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy). Not to stomp on Happy Feet or anything, but director John Lasseter, who virtually invented CGI movie wit, smartly rev ups the fun in this, the most stylish car-toon ever...
Their early slate of theatrical releases has had mixed results. Hits included sequels Clerks II and Scary Movie 4, along with the computer-animated Hoodwinked! Another toon, Doogal, was a dog, as was Mrs. Henderson Presents. "We've been hitting singles and doubles, but when you get a lot of those, they turn into runs," says Harvey...
...Correction: The Oct. 26 Arts article, "Alum Sketches Future of Political Toon," misstated the title of a new book by political cartoonist Kevin P. Kallaugher '77. It is called "Kal Draws Criticism...
...ENGINE THAT COULD? Pixar and Disney hope their car-toon Cars, about a selfish race car (voiced by Owen Wilson) who learns humility, will steer fans to the box office...
...impress," insists Edna Mode, the diminutive fashionista of the Pixar smash The Incredibles, "you must express!" As Pixar melds with Disney, the big challenge will be to keep expressing originality in an increasingly cluttered field. There's a toon army on the march: this year a record number of animated features will be released, and coming up are the Shrek and Ice Age crews. Here's a sneak peek at what's on the horizon from animation's new power couple...