An alien race sends one of their own down to Earth to conquer the entire human race. Fortunately for the human race, they send Zim who, together with his robot GIR, attempts to overcome scary Chihuahuas, mall security, Earth holidays, school, meat, and of course, his own incompetence.

Don Bluth directs 20th Century Fox’s big budget move into animated features and Disneyfies the Anastasia mystery to engaging effect.

Fans had hoped for a fine send-off to the animated Superman series, but instead got a turkey with little in common with the beloved show.

Alvin And The Chipmunks built on their television success with this movie, and the big screen feature turned out surprisingly well. This is a gem.

Charles Schulz’s lovable loser stars in his first feature film, shown on a sadly understated DVD.

The Batman of the future has his own style, but if you have an open mind you may find this version quite appealing.

The first season of Justice League is probably better than a lot of us gave it credit for, as one can see on this fine DVD set.

Disney jumps into full-blown CGI features with a loud, aggressive and sporadically entertaining alternate take on the sky-is-falling classic.

Walt Disney’s first widescreen picture is better than you remember it and this disc shines…too bad about the lack of the original “flat” version, though…

This is Studio Ghibli at its most tender, a charming departure from the eco-princesses and fairy tales for which the studio is largely known.

The first animated movie from the Marvel/Lionsgate deal is a good start, solidly adapting the first storyline from Marvel’s Ultimates comic book.

Tim Burton returns to his roots with this stop-motion wonder.

Does the final result reflect the good word of mouth this project picked up in production? We take a look at Bambi’s return to the screen…

The breakout character from The Emperor’s New Groove, Kronk returns for another knockabout slice of Disney fun.

Leonard Maltin hosts a wild ride through decades of Disney studio history.

A good first effort from Vanguard gets a pretty but lazy DVD edition.

Huck, Yogi, and Pixie & Dixie star in Hanna-Barbera’s first full-length television series— a true classic.

This is a very good special edition of the ecological 1992 film— worth a look from both parents and kids.

The bold, landmark series from Peter Chung is wonderfully presented in this superb DVD set— a highlight of 2005.

The glorious comic book works of Carl Barks inspired this fine series. Too bad the DVD presentation is not nearly so inspired.

A group of diverse animated charcaters have to live together in this raunchy “reality” cartoon series.

Walt’s 1950 classic gets one of the better Platinum releases, though some may never forgive Disney for including the WORST “bonus” of all time on this set.

He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe is set in the far-off planet of Eternia where the only one who can stop the forces of evil from conquering the planet is a hero named He-Man, the powerful alter-ego of Prince Adam of Eternia who transforms into He-Man by evoking the Power of Greyskull.

This very different Studio Ghibli film, based on a comic strip, offers glimpses of Japanese family life.

This Studio Ghibli film may not have seemed quite so weird in Japan, but this tale of raccoon-like creatures trying to reclaim their forest sure seems pretty wild to us.