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Tag: short

The Wishgranter

Posted on Sep 10, 2016Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Echo Wu's The Wishgranter is a short film about a wishing fountain where wishes really do come true.

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Thomas the Transforming Tank Engine

Posted on Mar 8, 2012Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

What do you get when you mash up Transformers and Thomas the Tank Engine? Trainsformers!

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Ice Age 4 begins breaking ground

Posted on Jan 14, 2011Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Scrat's pursuit of the elusive nut continues on July 13, 2012, with the release of Fox's fourth Ice Age film, Continental Drift.

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Summer Shorts: The Passenger

Posted on May 14, 2010Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

'The Passenger' by Chris Jones won Best Animation at the 2006 Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. Here is the short.

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Prelude to Summer Shorts 2010

Posted on May 13, 2010Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Forget going to the movies for big-budget films. The Internet is host to a wealth of independent fan films. Check out the best all summer, here on Showbits.

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RiffTrax Live's Holiday Shorts

Posted on Nov 14, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

RiffTrax Live returns to theaters this holiday season for a showing of Christmas shorts on December 16th and 17th.

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Prelude to Summer Shorts

Posted on May 31, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Forget going to the movies for big-budget films. The Internet is host to a wealth of independent fan films. Check out the best all this week, here on Showbits.

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Being John Stamos

Posted on Feb 29, 2008Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The trailer for the new Will Ferrell movie Step Brothers alludes to the undeniable magnetism of one John Stamos. Not being familiar with this actor's work, I did some research that revealed the titularly-named I Am Stamos. This short film's protagonist is one with whose situation I can empathize: a typecast "character actor", always the…

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