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Greg P. talks about John K.; more Filmation cartoons coming

Batman and Superman shows announced from Filmation on DVD!

Chicken Little comes to BluRay

Disney’s Chick-Lit goes Hi-Def!

The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. Two

Prince Valiant is already a knight in this second volume, but his friends continue their quest to join him at the Round Table. The serial storytelling gets even more involving with the addition of romance and higher stakes for Camelot.

Teen Titans: Trouble In Tokyo

The Titans star in their first movie, which comes off as a standard episode that falls perhaps just below the middle in episode rankings. The season finales were better.

The Last Unicorn: 25th Anniversary Edition

The classic novel struggles a bit to come to life due to the low budget animation, but the story by Peter S. Beagle is still a winner.

New DVDs for Woody Woodpecker and Superman on the way

Just when everyone was assuming that Universal had no interest in putting their extensive cartoon library on disc, news comes out that they are planning a multi-disc set for Woody Woodpecker and company. The news hit the Internet mainstream this week when a tentative Universal Studios DVD release schedule showed up on The Digital Bits. […]

The Amazing Screw-On Head

Mike Mignola’s wild creation gets a faithful TV pilot, though the execution could have been stronger.

Cinderella III sells, and reviews catch-up

Cinderalla III sells strongly, plus site updates and review catch-ups including Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition.

Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume One

Three comic strip icons unite with their offspring to fight Ming The Merciless. It’s cheesy, but it’s fun!

BCI Announces Second Volume Of Happy Tree Friends

Follow this link to read the full press release and view cover art for BCI Eclipse’s release of Happy Tree Friends Volume 2.

Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 3

The final part of our Hanna-Barbera overview sees the studio go through its huge production years in the 1970s and finding great success with the Smurfs in the 1980s before ultimately being swallowed up by huge entertainment companies.

The Invincible Iron Man

The third movie in the Marvel Comics/Lionsgate deal lies in-between the two Avengers films in terms of quality. Hard-nosed comic book continuity buffs may not appreciate the new take on their hero, but the East-meets-West storyline does offer some neat contrasts.

Star Trek: The Animated Series

Better than you remembered, this animated version serves rather nicely as the fourth year of the original crew’s five-year mission to boldy go where no man has gone before.

Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2

The second part of our Hanna-Barbera history begins a survey of their legendary television output, from Ruff And Reddy to Scooby-Doo.

A Scanner Darkly

Paranoia, surveillance, and the role of big business and government in our lives is examined as Philip K. Dick’s novel comes to rotoscoped life in this intriguing and visually stunning adaptation.

Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents The Hardy Boys

This true piece of Americana still holds up today as fine family viewing.

The Dick Tracy Show: The Complete Animated Crime Series

Dick Tracy is relegated to a supporting player in this early 1960’s kiddie show. Despite the presence of many of Dick’s famous rogues, the cartoon lacks any of the intensity or interest of the comic strip.

Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 1

This first part of our look at the famed Hanna-Barbera team examines their early lives and career together, up to their lay-off from MGM.

The Fox And The Hound 2

The “mid-quel” follow-up to the original bypasses the melancholy feelings of the first to present a fun if quiet adventure whose greatest attribute is its country soundtrack.

The Gremlins

Walt Disney and Roald Dahl’s wartime collaboration never made it to celluloid, but this deluxe reprint is a great glimpse at what might have been…

Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas

The Looney Tunes gang is all here to tell their own version of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. Gee, that’s never been told in animation before!

DuckTales: Volume 2

The second helping of the TV classic is even better than the first, though the DVD presentation is about on par.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey Saves Santa

Mickey and the gang help find Santa, plus two more episodes from the Disney Channel preschooler show.

Monster House: Widescreen Edition

Motion capture doesn’t seem so bad when the movie comes out as good as this one. While its box office take was more moderate than monstrous, we find it worth a look on DVD.

Space Sentinels & The Freedom Force: The Complete Series

Two obscure Filmation shows in one fine set from BCI, who doesn’t seem to realize that these aren’t fan favorites on the same level as He-Man. They pull out all the stops anyway, and reward Filmation fans with nice transfers and bonus features.

Teen Titans: The Complete First Season

We look at the origins of the show and judge how it stacks up to its source material.

Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season

While the first season had a mishmash of tones that covered the gamut from goofy to the very serious, the second season… well, actually more of the same. But, except for a couple of episodes, it’s all good.

The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. One

The award-winning series comes to DVD in the first of two five-disc sets. The show apparently won awards on the strength of its writing, not its animation. BCI delivers another great effort in the packaging and extras department, though the video is disappointing.

Flash Gordon: The Complete Series

One of the greatest cartoon shows of all time comes gift-wrapped and feature-laden from the fine folks at BCI.

The Tick Vs. Season One

The mighty blue bug of justice crashes onto DVD. But what nefarious arch-criminal stole all the extras?