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The Black Cauldron: 25th Anniversary Edition
Disney’s dark fantasy looks as bright as it ever could do on this standard definition disc, which presents a spotless new transfer and fascinating deleted scene, but not much else. It’ll look great on Blu-ray… |
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The Pirates of Dark Water: The Complete Series
Ren and a team of adventurers battle against pirates, dark water, and monsters in order to find the thirteen treasures of Rule necessary to rid the world of Mer from the threat of Dark Water. |
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Timmy Time
Aardman’s Shaun The Sheep spin-off, new to Playhouse Disney, is characteristic pre-school fare, but the visually strong storytelling and social lessons to be learned are wrapped up in a typically proficient and entertaining package. |
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Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season One, Part One
After years of living in the shadows as a dark vigilante, Batman enjoys being a superhero again, joined by a league of friends in a show that celebrates the imagination of comic books – a ton of fun. |
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G.I. Joe: The Movie – Special Edition
Cobra and G.I. Joe meet up in the ultimate showdown when Cobra and their new allies from Cobra-La join forces to steal the Broadcast Energy Transmitter and conquer the Earth. |
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Day & Night
Teddy Newton’s bedtime storybook based on his wonderful short naturally can’t quite come alive on the printed page in the way the film did, but the delightful drawings do a sweet job of transposing one medium to another. |
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Super Hero Squad Show: Volume One
The Super Hero Squad defends Super Hero City from attacks by Doctor Doom and his henchman who are searching for the powerful Infinity Sword. |
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James And The Giant Peach: Special Edition
Henry Selick’s delicious film of Roald Dahl’s delightful book is given a painful disc treatment in Disney’s HD reissue, with both Blu-ray and DVD discs serving up murky images and zero new bonuses of worth. |
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Batman: Under The Red Hood
In the tradition of The Dark Knight, this animated film provides an edgy story with mature writing that goes beyond good vs. evil. |
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Super Friends: Season One, Volume Two
The balance of the first season’s episodes are included on this 2-disc set. Fans know what to expect here, with the only question being: just how many times can Wendy and Marvin get kidnapped in eight episodes? |
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The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo: The Complete Series
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo joins the rest of the Scooby-Doo series on DVD complete with all 13 original episodes from one of the least popular versions of the show. |
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Warner Archive: Classic Musical Shorts From The Dream Factory
Warner’s multi-disc serving of classic shorts offers a step back in time to when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s stars would hang out in Hollywood and enjoy entertainment at the most exclusive locations! |
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The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons
Lavishly illustrated on quality paper, Jerry Beck’s new book unfortunately doesn’t bring an awfully lot new to the published Looney Tunes canon, though it is undeniably exceptional value for money. |
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Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection
An enticing prospect, this career retrospective is ruined by poor presentation and, seven Oscar winners aside, weak and random cartoon choices, barely saved by one lone decent supplement. |
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Warner Archive: Red Skelton Whistling Collection
Red “I dood it!” Skelton, the comic that launched numerous classic cartoon catchphrases, stars in his signature Whistling trilogy, here fittingly collected in the Warner Archive Collection. |
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Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 is that rare second sequel that tops its predecessors. At times a laugh out loud comedy and an edge of your seat thriller, all tied together with a moving storyline that will touch both young and old. |
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Shrek Forever After
Despite a few bumps along the way, Shrek Forever After is a fine and fitting final outing. Things have wrapped up fairly happily ever after for fans of the franchise. |
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Alice In Wonderland
Tim Burton’s visually striking take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice books mixes in a bit of the previous 1951 and 1972 features to come up with a compelling continuation of sorts. The disc includes a number of interesting extras, none of which are quite in-depth enough. |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 5
X-Men: The Animated Series is finally complete with this two disc set making up the show’s final season. |
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Peanuts 1970’s Collection: Vol. 2
The biggest classics may have gone before, but this selection of specials is still quintessential Peanuts, with only one weak one in the batch. And check out that remastered video! |
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Iron Man – Armored Adventures: The Complete Season One
The show is quite enjoyable, but it really should be called Iron Boy. The lack of widescreen video or any decent extras are other knocks against what is otherwise a nice set of 26 episodes. |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1
Eleven Saturday Morning cartoons from the 1980s are combined in this two disc set featuring some of the many shows produced by Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears during the decade. |
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Iron Man: The Complete 1994 Animated Television Series
This version stays reasonably true to the comics, but fails to reach the heights of its contemporaries. Season Two improves with better stories and animation, but weak video and a lack of extras hurt this DVD release. |
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My Life With Charlie Brown
This collection of prose writings from Charles Schulz provides the next-best thing to a true autobiography. It also finally made me understand why I love Peanuts so much. |
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Armageddon
Touchstone Pictures’ explosively entertaining end of the world epic should be quite the experience on hi-def Blu-ray, but the treatment it receives here is far from spectacular, with only so-so sound and vision, and a complete lack of extras. |
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Tombstone
Another Buena Vista title gets a Blu-ray upgrade, but once again the excellent hi-def picture and sound are supported by a lackluster extras package that leaves much to be desired. |
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The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
There’s a good story outline in here somewhere, but being totally uncensored did this direct-to-video title no favors. |
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Warner Archive: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! – The Complete Vitaphone Shorts Collection
Artist and cartoonist Robert L Ripley’s famed oddities and trivia discoveries began their screen life here, and though this set shows its vintage it does so very entertainingly. |
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Warner Archive: The Amazing Captain Nemo
Producer Irwin Allen earns his Master Of Disaster tag for all the wrong reasons in this unintentionally hilarious slice of classic kitsch. They sure don’t make ’em like this anymore! |
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Tom and Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season
The complete first season of the 2006 series, Tom and Jerry Tales, finally makes its way on DVD in this two-disc set. |
