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Hobbits, Floyd Norman, Lone Ranger, Zorro, Moses…what a line-up!

Thoughts on Guillermo del Toro directing The Hobbit movies, an interview with Disney Legend Floyd Norman, The Lone Ranger and Zorro reviewed, plus new giveaways!

The AristoCats Special Edition – Winners Announced!

Catnap The AristoCats – Winning Names Announced!

The Ten Commandments Giveaway – Winning Names!

The Ten Commandments on DVD – Winners Announced!

Weekend wrap-up…

Heath Ledger RIP, the Oscar nominations, plus Underdog and Teen Titans reviews!

Underdog (live-action movie)

Disney continues its streak of well-made, entertaining family comedies with a surprisingly winning combination of laughs, credible canine acting and fun special effects. Woof!

Batman, Pixar, Pooh…and Cinders two!

My Friends Tigger And Pooh and Cinderella II reviewed, plus a chat with Pixar Shorts’ composer Michael Giacchino!

My Friends Tigger And Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie

Tigger and Pooh find the Hundred Acre Wood’s gone CGI and welcomed new friends in this charming outing which, for pre-schoolers, is a lot of very well made fun.

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: Special Edition

Unless you really need this, pass on Cinderella II and save it for the much more intricate third film, A Twist In Time – that is, if you need a Cinders sequel on your shelf at all.

Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland – Secrets Stories And Magic

Walt’s fantastical institution is celebrated with a 50th Anniversary retrospective featuring documentaries, featurettes and TV shows, making this a Disneyland keepsake of its own.

Animated Views meets Steve Anderson and The Robinsons

Animated Views welcomes a new kid on the block today, Media Magic’s Jérémie Noyer, who promises to maintain his continuing stream of warm and knowledgeable interviews, kicking off with an exclusive talk with Meet The Robinsons’ director Steve Anderson! Originally undertaken for the promotion of the DVD release of his movie back in October, the […]

Director Steve Anderson meets the Robinsons, and we meet a new contributor!

We welcome aboard Jeremie Noyer as our new resident interviewer as he speaks to Disney’s Robinsons director Steve Anderson, plus the Disneyland Treasures tin reviewed!

Walt Disney Treasures…live again!

Walt Disney Treasures 2007: Oswald and Donald reviewed, plus The Chestnut Tree creators speak!

Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures Of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit

Wat Disney’s fantastically entertaining first animated star historically comes to DVD in a stunning collection that also packs in the feature documentary The Hand Behind The Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story!

Brad Bird on writing Ratatouille

Over at The Hollywood Reporter‘s award season coverage, director Brad Bird is one of the six screenwriters sharing their experiences and approach to how they penned their nominated movies. Bird speaks about coming late to the production of Ratatouille, while of the other scribes, John Logan reveals what it was like adapting Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Just a quick note to wish all our readers and forum posters a very happy new year! We’ll keep the reviews coming in 2008 and have some exciting new interviews and features in the works too! If you haven’t had a chance to catch up, our Best Of 2007: The Year In Review looks back […]

Ho-ho-ho! Season's Greetings, an' all that jazz!

TaleSpin 2, Return To Never-Land‘s Pixie-Powered Edition reviewed, Disney and Filmation giveaway contests, and our extensive pick of The Best Of 2007: The Year In Review!

The Best Of 2007: The Year In Review

From the best to the worst, here are our top ten DVD picks of the year, including some other worthy titles and those to stay clear of, as well as our top three motion pictures!

Disney Channel Giveaway – Winner Announced!

A Disney Channel grab bag: Wish Gone Amiss, Johnny Kapahala, Hannah Montana and Halloweentown – winner announced!

Classic Filmation Giveaway – Winner Announced!

A duo of Filmation action: The Secrets Of Isis and The Best of BraveStarr – winner announced!

Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas

Mickey certainly isn’t the best he’s ever looked in this collection of Christmas tales that are sorely lacking the festive spirit or any other redeeming values.

Peter Jackson's The Hobbit – yes, you read that right!

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that after settling differences, Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema will co-produce the anticipated prequels to Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, in collaboration with MGM. Jackson had been battling New Line for his share of profits from the first Rings, The Fellowship Of The Ring, while New Line […]

Shrek The Halls in the UK

DreamWorks’ animated festive offering, the Shrek special Shrek The Halls is set to play on UK screens this Christmas Eve at 6:35pm on BBC1. The studio’s sequel to the original feature film, Shrek 2 will play on BBC1 on Christmas Day at 4:40pm, while Shrek The Halls is repeated again on BBC3 on Thursday 27 […]

“Life is like a hurricane…”: DuckTales; plus Sonic and Snow White at 70!

DuckTales volume 3 reviewed, Sonic Underground contest, the Prince Of Egypt rip-off, plus Snow White‘s 70th birthday!

Sonic Underground: Volume 1 – Winners Announced!

Sonic Underground: Volume 1 on DVD – Winning names announced!

The History mystery Animation Cel

The PBS show History Detectives has an investigation on their hands and is calling for help! The show is trying to identify the character in a mystery cel and any information about where it came from. Although the cel has been sent around a host of animation experts, no one has been able to shed […]

Looney gold; Beetle Bailey reviewed!

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Five, and Beetle Bailey: The Complete Collection both reviewed!

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Five

60 more Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, and though the strike rate starts to slip with Volume 5, there are still some knockout cartoons in the bunch, served by some 14-carrot extras!

Back and "looking" better than ever! Plus Super Powers and Pirates!

Updates on Ben’s eye treatment, Rand’s latest Super-powered review and the return of Pirates Of The Caribbean to DVD in their third adventure!

Shrek The Third

It’s third time unlucky for DreamWorks increasingly tired franchise with an uninspired movie coming to disc in an uninspired package. Must try harder!

A pair o'Pixar reviews!

Ratatouille and Pixar Shorts reviewed, plus TailSpin winner announced!