Enormous talents created in the world of animation in Hollywood.
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Thursday, January 17
More than one Parkway West graduate has found success in the world of entertainment in Hollywood. The latest is Brad Schiff. As an animator, Schiff cut his teeth on a number of popular American television series including MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch, The PJs and Gary & Mike. It was working on Gary & Mike in 2001 in which Brad brought home a Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation.” Brad's commercial directing clients have included the NFL on Fox, Nintendo and Samsung. In 2004, Brad animated on the first of what has turned out to be a series of Academy Award-nominated features that include Corpse Bride, Coraline and Fantastic Mr. Fox. His latest animation for Paranorman, has been nominated for an 2013 Oscar …
Movie reviews and movie times for theaters across St. Louis. Movie include Gangster Squad, Zero Dark Thirty, The Impossible and Promised Land among others.
Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone. - - - - - Gangster Squad Review from Patch blogger Mark Glass: Movie Review: Gangster Squad Austin Chronicle: "Despite the unrelenting action and the terrific cast, Gangster Squad comes up more scattered than successful." Austin Chronicle. Full Review A.O. Scott of The New York Times: "His (Fleischer) first feature, "Zombieland," was a half-witty genre parody. This one might be described as genre zombie-ism: the hysterical, brainless animation of dead clichés reduced to purposeless, compulsive killing. Too self-serious to succeed as pastiche, it has no reason for being beyond the parasitic urge to feed on the memories of other, better movies." Full Review Ann Hornaday …
