South Park: Imaginationland
South Park returns in a three-episode special that attempts a larger than usual storyline, but can’t compare to the epic brilliance of Bigger, Longer And Uncut. |
The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show: The Complete Series
Fred’s and Barney’s kids have grown up, and show the same tendencies towards getting into trouble as their fathers. |
Justice League: New Frontier
This great DTV movie looks even better in high defintion, though the benefits are modest. |
Horton Hears A Who!: Deluxe Edition
For Horton fans, this is a worthy re-issue, while Seuss fans will be in their element with the feature-length documentary feature In Search Of Dr Seuss! |
Horton Hears a Who!
While not faithful 100 percent, Horton Hears a Who! is close enough to Seuss’ original to be a perfectly fun film. |
Justice League – The New Frontier: Special Edition
In the 1950s, the emergence of the Justice League helps America heal after a decade of paranoia and fear. |
The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ To Town: Deluxe Edition
One of Rankin/Bass’ holiday classics comes to disc with pleasing audio and video, even if the special itself is vastly less memorable than some of their more popular efforts. |
Beowulf: Director’s Cut (HD DVD)
The performance capture film gets a second look on HD DVD, which offers superb video and audio, as well as even nicer bonus features. |
Enchanted
Disney’s animation and live-action romantic musical comedy is a unique and quirky winner, but this first DVD edition leaves a lot to be wished for. Good sound and video might attract, but there’s an an inevitable double dip in Enchanted‘s future. |
Beowulf: Director’s Cut
Robert Zemeckis returns to the motion-capture process he pioneered with The Polar Express, and while the ambitions have certainly got larger, the technique remains as frustratingly inexpressive as always. This DVD edition at least adds much supplemental interest. |
One Hundred And One Dalmatians: Platinum Edition
Disney’s tail-wagging classic gets the Platinum treatment, in a surprisingly strong showing for the series. A solid restoration and perfectly formed extras bring this close to top dog status, save for a couple of spotty oversights. |
The Beatrix Potter Collection
Miss Potter’s sweet imagination comes to life in these delicately produced BBC specials, packaged here in a decent three-disc set. |
Archie’s Funhouse: The Complete Series
Archie appears in his (sort of) third Saturday morning series, with a bigger emphasis on jokes than stories. There are even more songs, though! The episodes get tiresome, but the extras make this one worth looking at. |
It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
Though not especially “deluxe,” this disc nonetheless contains two pretty darn good Peanuts specials as well as a nice featurette. |
Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection: 15 Winners, 26 Nominees
15 winning cartoons and 26 nominated ones make up a terrific 41-short film collection, and while there are some drawbacks, the bonus material makes this a winner. |
Bravestarr: Volume One
Here we have thirty-three episodes of westen-style space opera, as the good marshal battles numerous outlaws on New Texas. |
Turok: Son Of Stone
The Gold Key dinosaur fighter returns in this unexpected film adaptation that brings plenty of action but a less than likeable hero. |
What’s New Scooby-Doo?: Complete 3rd Season
Scooby gets a little post-modern, but it’s still the same gang. |
The AristoCats: Special Edition
Disney’s exuberant comedy thriller doesn’t always get the credit it should, but it’s certainly no cat-astrophe and deserves another welcome look on DVD, with a handful of decent supplements. |
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
Warner kicks off its Peanuts collections with three specials focusing on Charlie Brown’s (lack of) love life. |
A Charlie Brown Valentine
Three Charlie Brown specials look at love in the Peanuts corner of the world. |
The Ten Commandments
Moses gets the short thrift in this budget adaptation that boasts a solid cast but can’t match the strength of the soundtrack with its sometimes painfully amateur visuals. |
The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume One
Camp reigns supreme in the second incarnation of Super Friends, where we meet to the lame yet appealing Wonder Twins for the first time. |
The New Adventures Of The Lone Ranger And Zorro: Volume 1
Two heroes of yesteryear see their legacies handled nicely by Filmation. |
Underdog (live-action movie)
Disney continues its streak of well-made, entertaining family comedies with a surprisingly winning combination of laughs, credible canine acting and fun special effects. Woof! |
Teen Titans: The Complete Fourth Season
This season has some of the dumbest episodes yet but also a scary season-long arc that ends with Raven’s demon father bringing armageddon. |
My Friends Tigger And Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
Tigger and Pooh find the Hundred Acre Wood’s gone CGI and welcomed new friends in this charming outing which, for pre-schoolers, is a lot of very well made fun. |
The Batman: The Complete Fourth Season
The fourth time’s the charm for this series, which finally begins to emerge from the shadow of its predecessor at this point. It did this by developing better villains, better stories, and bringing Robin onto the show at last. Not only is Robin cool, he even makes Batgirl work better. |
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: Special Edition
Unless you really need this, pass on Cinderella II and save it for the much more intricate third film, A Twist In Time – that is, if you need a Cinders sequel on your shelf at all. |
Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland – Secrets Stories And Magic
Walt’s fantastical institution is celebrated with a 50th Anniversary retrospective featuring documentaries, featurettes and TV shows, making this a Disneyland keepsake of its own. |