The director of “Roger Rabbit” has created a film that challenges whatever your answer may be. Robert Zemeckis’ “Beowulf” marries filmed actor performances, animation and special effects ...

Those movements are then put into a computer and animated giving the film its unique look. In 2004, the technology was criticized for being lifeless. "Beowulf" corrects that and then some.

Dusty Old English poem Beowulf, long required reading in schools, went Hollywood on Friday in a bit of high-tech animated movie trickery that its makers are loath to call "animation." The story ...

Then this week I saw "Beowulf," the new Robert Zemeckis movie, screened in Dolby 3-D Digital with booming surround sound and the latest in high-tech-enhanced, live-as-life animation. It wasn't at ...

The other heroes are Zemeckis’ “performance capture” and 3-D animation teams ... Night Live skit. Beowulf will roll out in the largest 3-D release of any film to date, including Imax ...

To be completely honest, I was not ready for Beowulf. After watching the trailers ... aside as hype and just expected to see another animated film with closer-to-lifelike CG then has previously ...

If you’ve been grumbling lately that Hollywood doesn’t make enough semi-animated Middle Ages epics featuring monsters who drool in 3-D, “Beowulf” just might be the movie for you.

The director of “Roger Rabbit” has created a film that challenges whatever your answer may be. Robert Zemeckis’ “Beowulf” marries filmed actor performances, animation and special effects ...

The animated family film "Bee Movie," written by Jerry Seinfeld ... according to Media By Numbers LLC. 1. "Beowulf," $28.1 million. 2. "Bee Movie," $14.3 million. 3. "American Gangster," $13.2 ...

But now, courtesy of director Robert Zemeckis (“Contact,” “Polar Express”) and the “motion-capture” technique that converts actors’ live-action movements into digital animation ...