TMNT
…and running a fun three minutes. Accompanying this is a similarly offered Alternate Ending: Temp/Scratch Test which, going by the unfinished computer rendering, was cut early on, and runs just… |
The Boxtrolls
Laika Animation/Focus Features (September 26 2014), Universal Home Entertainment (January 20 2015), 2 discs, 96 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.78:1 widescreen , DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated PG, Retail:… |
One Hundred And One Dalmatians: Diamond Edition
Walt Disney Productions (January 25 1961), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (February 10 2015), 2 discs, 79 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.37:1 original negative ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Rated… |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
DreamWorks Animation (November 7 2008), DreamWorks/Paramount Home Entertainment (February 6 2009), single disc, 89 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.78:1, Dolby Digital 5.1 True-HD, Rated PG, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: The… |
Treasure Planet: 10th Anniversary Edition
…Planet late in its theatrical run, by which time the print I saw was badly damaged and scratchy, with printer marks running down the right hand side of the frame… |
Sherlock: Season One
…ironically the shorter run time doesn’t mean that it’s tighter: after enjoying the roomier final version, I found this to be a little choppy, too rushed at times in the… |
Have A Laugh! Volumes 1 and 2
…fan. We’ll get to the good stuff in a bit, but up front let’s clear the way for it… Little more than a year ago, around the run up to… |
Megamind continues to rule box office
DreamWorks’ Megamind earned another first place finish at the box office with $30.1 million in its second week, according to EW.com. It’s cumulative total is $89.8 million…. |
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos
Ruby-Spears (September 15-19, 1986), Warner Archive (April 1, 2011), 1 disc, 110 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Not Rated , Retail: $14.95 Storyboard: Chuck Norris and his Karate Kommandos… |
Bugs Bunny’s Howl-Oween Special
…suggesting the feature compilations such as The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie and Jones’ own later The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie). But whatever one feels about the way the… |
The Fox And The Hound: 30th Anniversary 2-Movie Edition
…1.66:1 and 1.78:1 widescreen, DTS 5.1 Master Audio-HD, Rated G, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: Disney’s overlooked 1981 animated feature about two animals that become friends even when they didn’t know they… |
Lion King D-rectors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff: 2D’s for a 3D hit!
…voice before a session was remarkable. He would run through a bunch of vocal exercises and sometimes sounded like a real lion with a rumbling growl. RI: And what about… |
The Black Cauldron: 25th Anniversary Edition
…the dead…an army that would be invincible and leave the Horned King with the ultimate power to rule all. It’s down to Taran, who dreams of one-day becoming a brave… |
Hoodwinked Too! Hood Vs. Evil
The Weinstein Company (April 29 2011), Anchor Bay Entertainment (August 16 2011), 1 Blu-ray plus 1 DVD, 87 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.78:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Rated… |
Batman: Year One
Warner Bros. (2011), Warner Home Video (October 18, 2011), 1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD, 64 mins plus supplements, 16:9 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated PG-13, Retail: $24.98 Storyboard: Lieutenant… |
Robotech: Complete Original Series
…other cartoons of its day. In contrast, however, so much content is packed into the first thirty-six episodes that many things are overlooked or rushed. Protoculture is barely mentioned. It… |
The Secret World Of Arrietty
…Haru (Hara in the US) is very suspicious of what is happening, and she knows of the family legends about a race of little people living on the grounds. Haru… |
The Lord Of The Rings: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…clownish foil for the ring-bearing Hobbit. But then amongst the pace, Bakshi will suddenly stop for a moment of slow-motion running (there’s a lot of slow-motion running) or a bizarre… |
Waking Sleeping Beauty awakens…
…and comfort, and love, and hate, and accomplishment. Every institution has it. Were we a bunch of artistic, emotional people running around screaming and crying and ranting and raving? No,… |
Tiny Toon Adventures Volume 3: Crazy Crew Rescues
…My Vacation in 2012 prompted a rush from fans eager to buy up more of this kind of stuff – or at least in numbers high enough for WB to… |
South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season
…FOR MATURE READERS ONLY] Storyboard: All fourteen episodes from Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s 2008 run of their groundbreaking comedy institution, now uncut and uncensored! The Sweatbox Review: About to… |
Monsters University “student-run” Tumblr
Stitch Kingdom notes that in keeping with Pixar’s marketing push to make Monsters University feel like a real school, they recently started a Tumblr page ran by a “student” —… |
Mulan: 15th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
…not reaching, the original film’s standard, and a running time which surpasses the usual 66-minute length that places such endeavours firmly in the destined-for-TV movie category. With that longer run… |
Monsters, Inc.
…production ratio, Mike’s New Car shown matted into the 1.78 HD frame, while For The Birds (3:28) is presented in native widescreen. New is the HD featurette Building Monstropolis at… |