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Blu-Ray Pans and Chickens…

Disney’s big Blu-Ray announcement includes Chicken Little in hi-def!

Win Peter Pan, plus more archive reviews and site updates

Win Pan, plus Brother Bear, McCartney Animation and Belleville archive reviews.

Peter Pan Giveaway – Winner!

We gave away a copy of this month’s release of Peter Pan: Platinum Edition – winner announced!

Flushed Away

Aardman/DreamWorks’ enormously entertaining collaboration could well be the criminally overlooked best animated film of the year!

Oscar interviews, site updates and new reviews!

Roger Allers on The Little Matchgirl, Oscar interviews, Unicorn and Looney reviews, plus Flushed Away selling well on disc.

Open Season review; Potter makes it to seven!

Open Season gets blasted, and Harry Potter‘s star is set to complete the seven-title series.

WB DVD: more Animaniacs, and The Phantom Tollbooth!

Animaniacs and Pinky And The Brain‘s third volumes announced, plus exciting news from the Home Theater Forum chat with Warner Home Video!

Open Season: Special Edition

Sony’s first in-house animated feature is a schizophrenic movie that isn’t the heart-warming family comedy it thinks it is or the outrageously crude one it really wants to be.

Oscar-winner interview, Abrams' Trek, Laurel & Hardy's animated themes, and more Dinosaurs!

Torill Kove on Danish Poet, plus Star Trek movie news and a new Laurel & Hardy soundtrack collection.

Oscar, Oscar!

A review of Oscar’s predictable wins and surprises at the 2007 Academy Awards.

Scrat's director; new BCI live-action; Flushed deals!

Interview with Scrat’s Chris Renaud, plus specs on The Ghost Busters and Jason Of Star Command.

DVD review: Cinderella III

Over at Animated Views, we’ve just posted our take on Disney’s latest direct-to-video offering, Cinderella III: A Twist In Time. While the animation isn’t as top notch as the 1950 classic, the film’s intentions are in the right place, and taken at face value there’s some good old-fashioned entertainment to be had.

Cinderella III review and director interview

Our Cinders III review is up, plus another chance to read director Frank Nissen’s discussion on the film.

Cinderella III: A Twist In Time

Disney’s third go around the Cinderella tale boasts an exciting second half – if you can make it past the awful first act!

Superman returns; Cinders III on DVD

Superman: Collectors set fixed; plus Cinders III store deals.

Super Bowl success…but no movie trailers?; new Potter

Why no movie trailers at the big game this year? Plus new Potter book release date!

“Cracking news, Gromit!” site updates…

Wallace & Gromit back for more, plus new reviews

DreamWorks/Aardman deal is flushed away

The long, long story of the DreamWorks/Aardman breakup.

Treasures saved?; Number one Night; Iron Man reviewed!

Walt Disney Treasures back on schedule? Plus site updates.

Animated Trek; store deals, and Cinderella's new director!

Star Trek: Animated reviewed, and Frank Nissen talks Cinderella III.

And the Oscar nominations are…

The announcement of the Academy Award nominations for the year 2006.

Disney on the web; Night At The Museum; Oscar noms 2007

Disney online gets more interactive, Night At The Museum entertains internationally at number one for the fourth week running, Cars set for a lock at the Oscars?

Not so silly Symphonies; Song Of The South?; More Hanna-Barbera!

More Silly Symphonies reviewed but is it the last wave of the Treasures? Plus, news on Song Of The South and Hanna-Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2.

I want me a fur coat – we've hit 101 reviews!

Tons of new Hanna-Barbera, Disney and Lion King reviews take us past the 100 mark!

Aarrgghh! No more Disney Treasures!?

New reviews, Barrier on Paris, no more Disney Treasures?

Arthur heralding a new French animation wave?

With the release of Luc Besson’s Arthur And The Invisibles in the US, the CS Monitor looks at the new wave of animated films coming out of France and their place in the over-saturated CG marketplace.

New Hardy, Scanner Reviews; Snakes On A Plane; Post Updates

The Hardy Boys, A Scanner Darkly reviews, and comments on Snakes On A Plane.

2006; summer 2007; Disney Blu-Ray…

Looking back on 2006, ahead to 2007, and Disney’s major Blu-Ray announcements.

Pixar picking park rides?; Back to the Dungeons; Hi-def duos?

Pixar’s Disney-park rides, Warner’s HD solution, and Dungeons & Dragons review.

Ratatouille, Tinker Bell problems?; NIMH DVD!

Marketing Ratatouille; Tinker Bell overhaul, NIMH for SE DVD!