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Sample Article Upisode online

A new 'Upisode' has appeared online and can now be seen on Moviefone. The clip, titled Snipe Trap, shows the efforts of one of the film's protagonist in trying to create a successful rope trap. Up hits theaters on May 29th.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

A low-quality image of the logo for Fantastic Mr. Fox as well as early plot details concerning the movie can both be seen on First Showing. Based on Roald Dahl's children's novel of the same name, the stop-motion film tells the story of three farmers who band together in order to get rid of a family of foxes living on their property. Mr. Fox will hit theaters on November 6th, 2009.

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Sample Article Planet 51 poster

A new low-quality poster for Planet 51 has appeared on the web, and can be seen at LatinoReview. Planet 51, which tells the story of an American austronaut who gets stranded on an alien world, is schedualed to hit theaters on November 20th, 2009.

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Featured Articles
Sample Article How to Become a Video Game Designer

One of the most exciting jobs out in the market today is video game designing. Many have the impression that it would take too much time and skills to accomplish this. Well reality check people...it does not! If you are into video games and love spending your leisure time (even your work time!), playing games then you have already passed the qualifying stages to becoming a video game designer.

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character animation The Increasing Role of Character Animation in Video Games

"Almost every video game today uses character animation. It's become a standard element in modern entertainment software," says Mark Stuart, who is a video games designer for Bionic Games and is currently working on Spyborgs...

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Animating for Video Games Animating for Video Games

Video game animation offers a plethora of exciting opportunities and hurtles. For those involved, this digital playground offers a rich and rewarding experience, creating animation that connects to the audience on a more personal level then ever before. (Most sudios also mostly hire full time, rather than by contract!) For those interested in pursuing a career in this field, Sam recommends, "Find your passion, and just do it."

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Artist of The Month
Featured Artist: Character Modeler Sven Juhlin

I see from your website that you are currently doing some work for Marvel, are you allowed to talk to us about this project?

Well I’m not allowed to tell you much, but the work I’m doing has to do with the Avengers movie that is being developed now. Marvel is a great company and the characters of the Marvel universe has always been a real inspiration for me.

How did Marvel find you or did you approach Marvel for this project?

I did a version of Captain America that turned out pretty good. They saw it and contacted me and asked if a wanted to help out with some stuff. Posting stuff on different sites will eventually make someone like what you are doing and it will hopefully lead to some work :)

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Featured Video Game Review
Grand Theft Auto IV

Matt Makepeace

I am fully confident when I say that never in the history of video gaming has a fictional world been so completely realized. I've often found myself just walking down the street and marveling at the hustle and bustle going on all around me. Taxi cabs speed down the streets honking wildly at cars that aren't going fast enough for their tastes. Three kids sit on the porch to a ratty apartment building, laughing and talking about skateboards. A man gets a call on his cell phone and starts talking about business deals. A woman gets out of her car and starts unloading groceries. A seedy looking man standing outside an Italian restaurant casually smokes a cigarette and eyes you as you strut past. I cannot stress enough how real the world feels. It is made even more impressive by some of the best next-gen physics and graphics on the market. It came as very little surprise to me when I discovered that GTA IV cost over 100 million dollars to produce and had a team of over 1000 people working on it pretty much nonstop since the Xbox 360 and PS3 were launched...

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Featured Comic Book Review
Joker

by Hugo Bravo

I once was asked what comic book universe I would prefer to live in, Marvel or DC. I immediately answered Marvel. Not because I prefer Marvel over DC, but because there is no way I could ever live in a universe with the Joker in it. Brian Azzarello's new graphic novel, simply titled Joker, reinforces my answer in a way that only the best Joker stories are able to do so. Joker is a deep-layered introspective tale that doesn't just give you a glimpse of Clown Prince of Crime's Gotham City. It takes you deep in her darkest, vilest corners, dragging you by the neck and making you witness every inch of her. It leaves you feeling dirty after every page, as if you've just witnessed something that you will pay dearly for later on.

A low level hood named Jonny Frost takes the job as the Joker's wheelman, eager to make a name for himself. For unknown reasons, the Joker has been released from Arkham, with intent to take back Gotham City. It's a straightforward story elevated to greatness by great dialogue, and violence that will make you wince; not just at the gore aspect of it, but at revelation that the Joker truly loves what he does in life, and savors every kill like a full-course meal. Some acts of violence are completely calculated, some completely senseless and random. Some are both, some are neither. When his boss gruesomely slaughters an elderly couple just to lie in bed with their corpses, Jonny realizes that he has no way out. In some ways it reminded me of the movie Training Day, where a Ethan Hawke's character gets involved in the life he dreams of following Denzel Washington around town, and soon finds himself way over his head...

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