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Inside The Box: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs DVD and Blu-ray Disc Comparisons

Still not sure which version of Snow White is right for you? With the DVD now available, we delve into all the options including a peek inside the deluxe big red box!

Pixar and Princess rule our latest updates!

Tinker Bell Nintendo winners, Pixar reviews for Monsters, Inc. and Up, plus our Views on Merry Madagascar, A Christmas Carol and a chance to win The Art Of The Princess And The Frog!

A Christmas Carol

Scrooge himself and the Ghost Of Christmas Present finally break the motion-capture spell in this magically spirited film, but the obvious and merely adequate production design and other characters can’t but fall unfortunate victims to the process…

The Art Of The Princess And The Frog Book – Winners Announced!

Here’s your chance to win one of three copies of Jeff Kurrti’s new chronicle of the making of Disney’s return to traditional animation The Princess And The Frog – Winners Announced!

Up:rising with Story Artist Enrico Casarosa!

Jeremie Noyer speaks exclusively to Pixar Story Artist Enrico Csarosa about the development of the characters and story for the Studio’s current hit Up, plus a tidbit on Cars 2!

Up

Disney/Pixar’s latest triumph isn’t quite the all-out masterpiece it has been hailed as, its soggy central act lifted by an outstanding opening and exciting climax, but it looks and sounds beautiful and is serviced well enough on its Blu-ray debut.

Monsters, Inc.

Pixar’s fourth film makes it to Blu-ray in an absolutely stunning hi-def experience, but despite an abundance of discs (a second BD, DVD and Digital Copy), there’s little new here and even some missing ingredients.

The Prisoner: The Complete Series

Online discounts bring Patrick McGoohan’s classic groundbreaking thriller adventure down to a more reasonable saving, but the restored HD image and supplements, including a comprehensive new documentary is well worth the price anyway!

Merry Madagascar

DreamWorks Animation’s second seasonal special amplifies everything that is good and bad about their Madagascar franchise, from the decent squashy animation to loud, shouty dialogue, with too much screen time, as usual, handed to lemur King Julien.

Additions old and new; reviews and a new Media section!

Saturday Morning and Justice League cartoons covered, plus 2012, a trio of retro reviews and the first look at our new Media section!

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 2

A couple of new-to-DVD shows are here, but otherwise this set gets bogged down in Looney Tunes and more of what we’ve seen before. Jetsons again?!

Justice League: The Complete Series

Justice League finally gets released in a complete series set containing all 91 episodes from the show’s five year run on the Cartoon Network across 14 discs.

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 2

More Saturday morning fun from Warner Bros.! There are few classics here, but lots of fondly remembered shows and a few obscure gems.

Monsters, Inc.‘s Composer Randy Newman: “I score because I care!”

In an exclusive interview with Jeremie Noyer, long-time Pixar collaborator Randy Newman talks about how he approached the music of Monsters, Inc.

Pixar leads this week’s CG pack; plus a Fantastic Fox!

Reviews for Fantastic Mr Fox, Ice Age 3, Cars, Peanuts and Tinker Bell, plus Zemeckis and Carrey on their Christmas Carol!

Fantastic Mr Fox

Forget whatever you’ve heard: Mr Fox is a Wes Anderson film pure and simple, and marks that rare occasion when a live-action director brings a unique, and genuinely Fantastic, new perspective to the animation medium.

Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure

The second Tinker Bell movie improves on the first, with an adventurous tale that teaches lessons of responsibility and friendship.

A Christmas Carol: season’s greetings from Jim Carrey’s Scrooge!

Scrooge himself, Jim Carrey, reveals how he relished the chance to play the old miser and several other characters, bringing a new slant to Robert Zemeckis’ computer generated A Christmas Carol.

Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

Though still pretty cool, the Ice Age franchise needs to come up with some new directions if it’s going to remain fresh, and although fair value, this Blu-ray and DVD combo features an odd mix of old and new material.

Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure Nintendo DS game – Winners Announced!

Five copies of Disney Interactive’s Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure game for the Nintendo DS console – Winners Announced!

Peanuts: 1970’s Collection Volume 1

Only six specials over two discs, but you can’t argue that most of them are pretty good.

A Christmas Carol: director Robert Zemeckis’ season’s greetings!

Director Robert Zemeckis speaks about his latest film, the computer generated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Cars: Ultimate Gift Pack

Pixar’s gleaming fender took an albeit minor dent with Cars, here driven around the block one more time with both original DVD and Blu-ray releases accompanied by McQueen and Mater model cars and gift set packaging.

Despicable Hollywood

Hollywood’s desperate searching for ideas has started to see tinsel town cannibalizing its own sub-genres, as not one but two upcoming animated superhero spoofs follow the success of The Incredibles.

Walt’s Museum, a drab Muppet Christmas, plus more Up!

Didier Ghez talks about the opening of the Walt Disney Family Museum, Muppets’ Letters To Santa reviewed, plus the final four Up poster giveaways!

A Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa

There’s little genuine Christmas cheer enclosed with these Letters, I’m very sorry to write, in this labored and unauthentic special, which is probably not destined to become a Christmas classic and where the old Muppets magic fails to sparkle.

Disney historian Didier Ghez on the Walt Disney Family Museum: a flame more alive than ever

Walt’s People historian Didier Ghez speaks to Jeremie Noyer about the recent opening of The Walt Disney Family Museum at the Presidio in San Fransisco.

A London Rendezvous! Plus printable posters Up for grabs!

The French Connection: when Ben met Jeremie, plus Pixar’s Up comes in for a landing on disc with some cool poster giveaways and bonus clips!

Superman: Ruby-Spears on their Man Of Steel

Television animation veterans Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the executive producers behind 1988’s Superman series, reminisce about their Man of Steel.

Animated Views 2.0 is here!

The re-launch of Animated Views is here, plus a whole heap of fresh content with news, reviews and interviews among them, including Disney Legend Floyd Norman!