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Perils of Penelope Pitstop: The Complete Series

While still not one of Hanna-Barbera’s very best, this is still an entertaining show that is perhaps the strongest of the Wacky Races “trilogy.”

Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines: The Complete Series

Another spiffy DVD set for a mediocre H-B cartoon. The Wacky Races spin-off gets nicer treatment than it warrants, but I have no probalmes with that.

Team America: World Police – Unrated

South Park‘s Trey Parker and Matt Stone let rip on everything from bad Hollywood movies to the threat of global terrorism in possibly the most hysterical movie ever made. With puppets.

Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition

Disney’s underrated musical drama returns on DVD with a healthy upgrade in bonuses and an extremely warranted “extra” inserted into the main feature itself!

Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume One

My childhood memories are disturbed by this send-up of classic Hanna-Barbera characters, yet I cannot help laughing.

The Plague Dogs: (1983 US Edited Edition)

Martin Rosen’s haunting adaptation of Richard Adams’ chilling book, here unfortunately shown in the truncated, illogical US edition which loses 20 minutes of material.

Shark Tale

Perhaps the least essential big studio CGI feature released so far, DreamWorks’ hyperactive comedy is brash and loud, more surface gloss than wanting to explore deeper waters.

Wacky Races: The Complete Series

This old favorite turns out to not have a lot of substance to it, but it is certainly fun as well as being a nearly essential purchase for the Hanna-Barbera fan. Warner Home Video produced a pretty nice little set overall, with a couple of good featurettes.

The Incredibles: Collector’s Edition

Disney/Pixar’s exceptionally entertaining dysfunctional superhero family spoof comes smashing onto DVD in the usual customary packed set.

Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind

Miyazaki’s early masterpiece– finally available in its true form.

Bambi: Platinum Edition

Walt Disney’s original Circle Of Life is an epic masterpiece that has shaped generations. This new Platinum Edition shows the film has lost nothing of its charm or ability to strike emotionally.

Mulan II

Disney’s Chinese heroine returns in a half-hearted follow up that fails to engage the emotions or get the heart pounding with its lack of action and rudimentary romantics.

Broken Saints (Original Release)

This Internet sensation, an experiment in graphic literature, gets amazingly deluxe treatment in a superb 4-disc set bursting with extras. Broken Saints may not be for everyone, but many have been blown away by this story of spirituality, multinationals, politics, and… well, everything!

Gargoyles: The Complete First Season

Gargoyles premiered on October 1994, as part of the syndicated Disney Afternoon block, with a five-part episode arc entitled Awakening. These episodes told the story of how the gargoyles lived in their old world of Scotland, and about how they were transplanted to downtown Manhattan. The first five episodes, with their action and mythology-packed storylines, created a world where gargoyles came out at night to defend their castle. The story featured six living gargoyles that sleep as statues during the day, and were awakened at sunset. A new breed of superheroes was created and the gargoyles later would come to see all of Manhattan as their home and castle.

Top Cat: The Complete Series

This Hanna-Barbera series is relatively forgotten compared to some of their bigger properties, but fortunately Warner Home Video gave us this fine DVD release so that everyone can now appreciate just how great this prime-time show was.

Rudolph And Frosty’s Christmas In July

This somewhat obscure 1970’s Rankin-Bass feature is surprisingly adept at keeping up the ol’ Rudolph & Frosty magic.

Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition

Walt Disney’s exuberant musical masterpiece comes to special edition DVD in a wonderful package that does the film justice, explores every avenue of production and bundles in a new short too!

Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume One

Walt’s original pup gets his first solo outing in the Disney Treasures line, with part one of a “complete” collection of his works. Grrrreat!

Kaena: The Prophecy

This French CGI project’s origins as a video game show, but the look of the film is unique and the story interesting, even if the details of the plot are a bit hazy.

Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Black And White, Volume Two

The Mouse returns to complete his filmography on DVD with this fantastic second helping of black-and-white cartoons that rounds out the full four-tin set of Mickey’s films in the Disney Treasures collection.

Shrek 2

DreamWorks’ box-office smashing ogre returns with all the usual suspects and some new friends for another round of very funny fractured fairytale frolics!

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two

The Looneys are back in another stellar collection of their finest animated cartoon works!

Mulan: Special Edition

The Chinese legend of Fa Mulan gets the Disney treatment in one of the Studio’s best post-1990s renaissance features, and this 2-disc set is a collectors’ gem.

Aladdin: Platinum Edition

A poor young man named Aladdin gets involved in a plot to steal a mysterious lamp from a mystical cave and in the process finds a Genie, gets three wishes, and finds true love.

Home On The Range

Disney’s final foray into traditional animation plains is a fun and frantic, Warner Brothers-styled Looney Tune western, playfully messing with conventions. The disc ain’t bad, neither!

Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Special Edition

A less than worthy follow-up to the then-biggest animated film of all time, Lion King 2 nonetheless tries hard with good intentions and this new DVD package shines thanks to the inclusion of an original short, One By One.

Rex Steele – Nazi Smasher: Limited Edition

Director Alex Woo’s independent student project is so slick it puts some big studio shorts to shame, and the packed disc (a two-disc set no less) is impressive too.

Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers

Get ready to buckle your swash as Mickey and the gang return to the screen in a new feature that harks back to golden age Disney animation for high adventure in the classic mould!

Presenting Felix the Cat: The Otto Mesmer Classics 1919-1924

A no-frills DVD it may be, but it does present some classic silent cartoons.

Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition Giftset

The original puppet rescue and adventure team soars in these two cinemascope features from the 1960s.