JG Quintel’s, Regular Show, airs tonight on Cartoon Network. Make sure you tune in! I first wrote about Quintel a couple of years ago when I saw his student films from CalArts. His and many others were a big part of my decision to try and attend the school to hone my film-making and animation skills. Good luck to Quintel and everyone involved!

Boris has some fantastic work on display at his blog.

Source: 3 Grenouilles

Source: 3 Grenouilles

Source: 3 Grenouilles

This year’s Gobelins shorts are starting to make their way onto the internet, and they’re nothing short of amazing. Each film deserves its own post. Don’t hesitate to comment on these gems. I found these (this post and the next three) on the 3 Grenouilles blog, a constant source of animation inspiration. Keep an eye on this YouTube page for more films from Gobelins 2010.

I love everything about this short. It’s like Burton meets Hitchcock meet Sin City meets Trevor Jimenez. Nice work Trevor, very nice work.

Source: Cartoon Brew

Here’s a fantastic new discovery for me: FlickeringMyth.com. What a great name for a blog about film-making!

On the site you’ll find some fascinating film-maker profiles on Steven Spielberg, Akira Kurosawa, and Hayao Miyazaki to name just a few. There’s also great section called, “Essential…” where they list the five essential Alfred Hitchcock films, Jim Carrey films, boxing films, and much more. There’s a ton of reviews, articles, and insightful opinions that make this site a great find for sure. Readers of this blog will likely dig this site and want to bookmark it or subscribe to it.

CG Society has done a nice little feature on Toy Story 3 which you can find here.

I actually like some of these, and don’t find them cheesy at all

Parkablogs has done a review of Two Guys Named Joe. I find these are the best “reviews” as they’re more of a thorough preview. If you haven’t got this book yet, check out the review…And then buy it

I regularly check the iMDb.com Top 250 Films rankings to make sure I’ve seen all the best films. That way I know exactly what I need to rent. I hadn’t checked it in a while, but I thought it was pretty cool that Inception has shot right up the list to number four amongst some pretty nice company. Toy Story 3 has also made its mark at number twelve.

I’ve been checking this list for over five years, and I’ve noticed modern films steadily creeping up the ranks and knocking off some pretty good classic films. Modern audiences just can’t stay awake for the old films anymore with their comparatively slower pacing. I find myself in the same boat a lot of times trying to watch stuff on TCM. Occasionally there’s something gripping, like Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte which I posted about a while back. I guess we can all blame MTV for this, right?

Here’s an interesting look at the financial state of the industry. How accurate this is, I do not know, as everyone is anonymous and can pretty much enter whatever they want. But assuming that it is accurate, there is a vast difference in the wages from one company to the next. Trends can also be seen, and show that animators used to make a lot more as little as three years ago at some top studios than they do today. Feel free to anonymously contribute your own information.