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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
Take a trip back through the past twelve months for our annual best and worst of the year, including the top ten DVD and Blu-ray highlights, which ones to avoid and the pick of 2010’s movies! |
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Fantasia / Fantasia 2000
Perhaps the most anticipated release of the year, a variety of poor choices easily make this the most disappointing too, even if it’s nice to finally own Destino and see the documentary that we’ve been teased for years among some technical quality issues. |
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Tangled : An Interview with Disney Designer Laurent Ben-Mimoun
Tangled designer Laurent Ben-Mimoun speaks with Jeremie Noyer in an exclusive interview that explores the art of the film’s French Renaissance inspirations. |
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Walt & El Grupo / The Boys / Waking Sleeping Beauty
Take a wonderful trip back in time to witness three periods in Disney Studios’ history, via a trio of excellent documentary features accompanied by a fantastic supplemental selection of Disney treasures. |
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The Art Of Disney’s Tangled: an interview with author Jeff Kurtti
Jeremie Noyer speaks exclusively with author and Disney historian Jeff Kurtti about his latest book, a visual exploration into the making of the Studio’s current hit Tangled! |
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Star Wars returns to the Robot Chicken universe for a longer, fluidly stop-motion animated special that, although occasionally resorting to lazy crudities, is otherwise high on laughs. |
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Tangled
Disney is finally able to untangle itself from the story problems of its recent past with this beautiful and very enjoyable retelling of the Rapunzel classic. |
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Scooby-Doo / Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Double Feature
Scooby swaps limited television animation for full-blown CG, in a pair of fun live-action films that stay true to the original cartoons, particularly in the inspired casting. |
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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
A young mouse must rectify a mistake which ended up seeing Santa boycott his town. The classic Rankin-Bass special gets a superb video upgrade, but falls short on bonus material for a so-called “deluxe” edition. |
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Firebreather
Cartoon Network’s debut television movie mixes some formulaic aspects in with much teen angst, but the result is an interesting plot and an entertaining translation of the original comic books. |
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Disneynature: Oceans / The Crimson Wing: Mystery Of The Flamingos
While I don’t think Pierce Brosnan’s narration for Oceans could get any more waterlogged or mundane, The Crimson Wing gets back to what made the Disney nature films of old so enjoyable. |
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Superman/Shazam!: The Return Of Black Adam
It’s a spectacular slugfest when Superman helps Captain Marvel against his mortal enemy. The other shorts and TV episodes on the disc are even better, though it is recycled material. |
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Warner Archive: The Green Slime
Brilliantly bonkers slice of sixties sci-fi kitsch that actually disguises some solid story points, even if the unintentionally hilarious script and rubber monsters derail the fear factor! The disc is pricey, however, for an average transfer and zero extras. |
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Sherlock: Season One
The Doctor Who team’s excellent contemporary updating of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s brilliant detective, with the disc also surprising in its solid technical and supplemental aspects. |
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Don Hahn discusses Fantasia 2000 and Waking Sleeping Beauty
Jeremie Noyer speaks exclusively with Disney’s Don Hahn, about the continuation of Walt’s musical masterpiece and the new to DVD documentary that paints a picture of life at the Studio in the 1990s. |
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Legends Of The Superheroes
Adam West and Burt Ward return to the roles that made them famous in a disco-era romp that brings live action superpersons into conflict. Polyester meets camp as collectors are treated to both a Challenge and a Roast that you have to see to believe. |
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Secret Origin: The Story Of DC Comics
Though casual comic book fans may find much interest in this general-audience pleasing exploration, collectors and geeks could struggle to discover many new revelations, and the disc is as super-barren as they come. |
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’ century-plus classic gets rebooted into the digital age, by way of motion-capture that, in parts, breaks away from the restrictions of before. This disc does away with the 3D aspects, but offers a fascinating look into the process. |
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Charlie And The Chocolate Factory iTunes Download – Winner!
Willy Wonka has arrived online, with Charlie And The Chocolate Factory available on iTunes, and we have one digital download to give away – Winner Announced! |
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The Addams Family: The Complete Series
The 1973 animated version of these creepy characters came out at a time when Hanna-Barbera wasn’t doing its best work; but there’s still a real charm to this kooky clan. |
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Toy Story 3
This closing chapter of the Story may well be perfect family entertainment, but an over-familiarity and a lack of genuinely awesome originality has set in third time around, even if the disc package still manages to fill the toybox. |
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He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special
He-Man and She-Ra commemorate Christmas for the first time when two children from Earth accidentally end up on Eternia on this release of the 80s animated Christmas special. |
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Have A Laugh! Volumes 1 and 2
While the cartoon selection isn’t always great, and the remixing and “Blamming” of footage pointless, the real treasure here are the pristine restorations of some real classics, including Goofy’s latest! |
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The Essential Bugs Bunny
Bugs’ 70th anniversary is (un)marked with this so-so collection of previously released shorts and new to DVD television specials, though the added featurette is certainly not a reason to buy again. |
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Arrietty, the Borrower and Cecile Corbel, the Composer…
Jeremie Noyer speaks exclusively with musician Cecile Corbel, composer of the score – and songs – of Studio Ghibli’s latest feature, Arrietty, the Borrower! |
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Megamind
Megamind may be uneven, but the humor saves the day. DreamWorks makes what could have been a bad film look so good! |
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She-Ra: Princess of Power – Season 1, Volume 1
With the magical Sword of Protection, Adora invokes the grace of Castle Greyskull and becomes She-Ra, Princess of Power! Now she’s back on DVD. |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Season One, Volume Four
Four classic episodes and one episode from a newer version are featured in this budget-priced compilation. You can’t go wrong with an alien astronaut ghost, pirates, and a zombie! |
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Toy Story 3: Pixar writer Michael Arndt tells the story behind the story
Jeremie Noyer joins a recent roundtable discussion with the Pixar screenwriter about his approach to the Studio’s latest blockbuster and final chapter in the Toy Story series. |
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Thundarr The Barbarian: The Complete Series
Warner Archive does fans a huge favor by putting out this 1980 gem of a show from Ruby-Spears, which featured contributions by comic book legends Steve Gerber, Alex Toth, and Jack Kirby. |
