Arthur And The Invisibles
Luc Besson’s big budget CG feature is entertaining, but this US version came out at the mercy of the Weinsteins, who lost ten minutes of screen time. As such it’s a recommended rental. |
Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection
An essential collection of Avery classics is marred only by surprisingly less than desirable image quality, but the debut of the better quality CinemaScope cartoons almost makes up for things. |
Hero High: The Complete Series
This super teen comedy is great for nostalgia, but those with no previous love may find this set tough going. It has good extras, though, including live action wraparounds. |
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third And Fourth Seasons
The satire still plays well after all these years. For a show about animatronic dinosaurs, it manages to say a lot about our society today. |
Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
The other spook-bustin’ series comes to DVD and is a fun diversion that shows what was great (and not so great) about 1980s television animation. |
The Venture Bros.: Season Two
Based on how the last season ended, this one shouldn’t have happened, but we’re glad it did. Season Two of one of television’s most unique cartoons is a blast for adult viewers. |
Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition
Vanguard’s animated feature may push itself as “from a producer” of the Shrek series, but this is woefully short of the wit, technique or entertainment level of those films. |
The Ghost Busters: The Complete Live-Action Series
Filmation’s original spook chasers are on the job again in an odd curio that actually stands up pretty good as a piece of fun and harmless nostalgia. |
Dinosaurs: The Complete First And Second Seasons
This one-of-a-kind Henson sitcom features fantastically funny scripts and performances. |
Happy Feet: Widescreen Edition
George (Babe) Miller’s first foray into completely CG waters is a mix up of strange ideas clashing with too many themes and not enough restraint. How did this win the Oscar!? |
Batman Beyond: Season Three
It rarely got the fan love of the other DC Comics shows, but this final set demonstrates that Batman Beyond was capable of some pretty strong stories. |
Groovie Goolies: The Saturday Mourning Collection
Head on down to Horrible Hall for a frightfully entertaining mix of music and comedy with the most pun-tastic band of merry monsters you’re ever likely to meet! |
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Great Clubhouse Hunt
Mickey returns to his CGI Clubhouse for a fun little Easter adventure that may surprise with its sweet and good-natured intentions. |
Justice League Unlimited: Season Two
The League gets a delightful send-off with a collection of episodes that explores all aspects of the DC Comics universe. |
The Venture Bros.: Season One
Twin sons of a failed child genius engage in numerous adventures throughout the world, battling colorful foes with enough pop culture references to choke a bull moose. |
Chicken Little: Blu-ray Preview
A look at the Chicken Little Blu-ray disc, the first “Disney Classic” released in the new high definition disc format. |
The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. Two
Prince Valiant is already a knight in this second volume, but his friends continue their quest to join him at the Round Table. The serial storytelling gets even more involving with the addition of romance and higher stakes for Camelot. |
Peter Pan: Platinum Edition
A favorite Walt Disney picture gets royally screwed up on DVD, and in a supposedly deluxe 2-disc set. Less Never Never-Land, you’ll wish this edition had never never-happened! |
Teen Titans: Trouble In Tokyo
The Titans star in their first movie, which comes off as a standard episode that falls perhaps just below the middle in episode rankings. The season finales were better. |
Flushed Away
Aardman/DreamWorks’ enormously entertaining collaboration could well be the criminally overlooked best animated film of the year! |
The Last Unicorn: 25th Anniversary Edition
The classic novel struggles a bit to come to life due to the low budget animation, but the story by Peter S. Beagle is still a winner. |
Open Season: Special Edition
Sony’s first in-house animated feature is a schizophrenic movie that isn’t the heart-warming family comedy it thinks it is or the outrageously crude one it really wants to be. |
The Amazing Screw-On Head
Mike Mignola’s wild creation gets a faithful TV pilot, though the execution could have been stronger. |
Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition
Disney’s version of Robin Hood features animals in the roles of the popular characters from the popular English outlaw that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. |
Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume One
Three comic strip icons unite with their offspring to fight Ming The Merciless. It’s cheesy, but it’s fun! |
Cinderella III: A Twist In Time
Disney’s third go around the Cinderella tale boasts an exciting second half – if you can make it past the awful first act! |
The Invincible Iron Man
The third movie in the Marvel Comics/Lionsgate deal lies in-between the two Avengers films in terms of quality. Hard-nosed comic book continuity buffs may not appreciate the new take on their hero, but the East-meets-West storyline does offer some neat contrasts. |
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Better than you remembered, this animated version serves rather nicely as the fourth year of the original crew’s five-year mission to boldy go where no man has gone before. |
Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies
The second and final volume of Silly Symphonies released in Disney’s popular Walt Disney Treasures line includes over 5 hours of classic Disney shorts. |
A Scanner Darkly
Paranoia, surveillance, and the role of big business and government in our lives is examined as Philip K. Dick’s novel comes to rotoscoped life in this intriguing and visually stunning adaptation. |