After sculptor Ivan Igors (Lionel Atwill) business partner burns his wax museum down in order to collect on an insurance policy, Igors life, work and physical appearance are destroyed. The tragedy forces Igor into hiding, rebuilding, and relocating. 12 years pass and Igor finally resurfaces. Inside the aforementioned 12 years of silence, the sculptor has managed to rebuild a great deal of sculptures, manufactured a nifty mask for himself and opened up a lovely new museum in New York. Inside that timeframe, plenty of bodies have also gone mysteriously missing in New York. The problem : half of Ivans lifelike sculptures are actually human beings covered in wax.hmmm, I wonder where all those missing bodies have gone.
Local reporter Florence Dempsey (Glenda Farrell) finds herself smack dab in the middle of Igors new museum the morning before it opens. The brash reporter happens to notice one specific sculpture that bares a striking resemblance to a recently deceased local woman. Coincidentally, the womans body has also gone missing. Dempsey puts two and two together and sets out to solve the riddle and expose this so-called museum as the perversely fancy morgue it truly is. Unfortunately for Dempsey, Igor has taken a liking to the looks of her close friend Charlotte Duncan, and a simple mystery quickly escalates into a race to save Charlotte from the fate of the mad sculptor.
Fourteen films have been sent in to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and vye for a chance to snag one of the three noms in the best animated feature category.
So who are the contenders? The list is below. Some, including the horrible "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Igor" have no chance whatsoever, despite "Moon" being the first ever animated movie for 3D. MGM distributed "Igor" is just lifeless in total even with John Cusack inn the lead.
We're going for the remarkable "Wall-E." True, the contenders are getting better, but for quality of story, no other company can match the Disney/Pixar duo for appealling to human emotions.
We loved "Kung Fu Panda" and "Madagascar: Escape to Africa" is a winner as well. "Tale of Despereaux" is in the mix too. Those are all big budget offerings. The less costly have still to be considered.
We think - "Wall-E," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Waltz With Bashir." What do you think?
The contenders:
"Bolt"
"Delgo"
"Dragon Hunters"
"Fly Me to the Moon"
"Igor"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"
"$9.99"
"The Sky Crawlers"
"Sword of the Stranger"
"The Tale of Despereaux"
"Waltz With Bashir"
"WALL-E"
"Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" *
Due to there being eight or more nominations and less than sixteen in total, a maximum of three of the films can be nominated for an Oscar come the January 22nd set announcement date.
Because there are at least eight but fewer than 16 submissions, a maximum of three movies can share the spotlight when the Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22.
Disney/Pixar's "Wall-E" is widely considered the frontrunner to win the Oscar. Competition for the other two nominee slots will include such boxoffice hits as Blue Sky Studio's "Horton," a Fox release, and DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" and "Madagascar" sequel, which were released by Paramount.
Fourteen films have been sent in to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and vye for a chance to snag one of the three noms in the best animated feature category.
So who are the contenders? The list is below. Some, including the horrible "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Igor" have no chance whatsoever, despite "Moon" being the first ever animated movie for 3D. MGM distributed "Igor" is just lifeless in total even with John Cusack inn the lead.
We're going for the remarkable "Wall-E." True, the contenders are getting better, but for quality of story, no other company can match the Disney/Pixar duo for appealling to human emotions.
We loved "Kung Fu Panda" and "Madagascar: Escape to Africa" is a winner as well. "Tale of Despereaux" is in the mix too. Those are all big budget offerings. The less costly have still to be considered.
We think - "Wall-E," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Waltz With Bashir." What do you think?
The contenders:
"Bolt"
"Delgo"
"Dragon Hunters"
"Fly Me to the Moon"
"Igor"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"
"$9.99"
"The Sky Crawlers"
"Sword of the Stranger"
"The Tale of Despereaux"
"Waltz With Bashir"
"WALL-E"
"Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" *
Due to there being eight or more nominations and less than sixteen in total, a maximum of three of the films can be nominated for an Oscar come the January 22nd set announcement date.
Because there are at least eight but fewer than 16 submissions, a maximum of three movies can share the spotlight when the Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22.
Disney/Pixar's "Wall-E" is widely considered the frontrunner to win the Oscar. Competition for the other two nominee slots will include such boxoffice hits as Blue Sky Studio's "Horton," a Fox release, and DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" and "Madagascar" sequel, which were released by Paramount.
Jason Adams reviews "Igor"
