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The Looney Tunes Treasury
…to discourage my kids from yanking on. Ruth Clampett, daughter of director Bob, contributes a foreword. Ruth is an appropriate choice not only because of her lineage, but also due… |
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The Astonishing Work Of Tezuka Osamu
…missteps later on, which led to its financial ruin. It declared bankruptcy in 1973, three years after Tezuka had stepped down in 1970 and founded a new company, Tezuka Productions…. |
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Renaissance comes to DVD for wider audience
On July 24th, Buena Vista Home Entertainment will release the blacker than black detective noir thriller Renaissance, which got an extremely limited theatrical run in 2006, on DVD through their… |
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The Day The Earth Stood Still: Blu-ray Disc Special Edition
…starts to feel like a retread. Once alien Keanu finds himself on the run, the film seems so intent on making itself different from the original that it eventually runs… |
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Schoolhouse Rock! Earth
…a nice clip and song and one of my favorites on this slim set. Unfortunately, the good run on this disc had to end at some point. To me, it… |
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The Rescuers
…that The Rescuers pioneered the use of songs on the soundtrack as opposed to having the characters actually mouthing the words. Another recently broken “rule”, that animated films don’t usually… |
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Tangled
…have ruffled many feathers, we can thank him for many others. Several films already in advanced development were too far into production to be canceled, but Lasseter’s Pixar-honed touch undoubtedly… |
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Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird – 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
…was always a friendly place to visit), and characters would break out, most notably the Cookie Monster with his novelty album Sesame Street Fever which spawned Bert’s hit single Rubber… |
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Cinderella: Diamond Edition
…how much you like singing mice, since there are a lot of them packed in to this version, usually as a way to pad out the running time. As such,… |
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From Up On Poppy Hill
…and declared the junior Miyazaki a failure who might never be allowed to direct again. Rumors also swirled, suggesting that production on Earthsea had been so rocky, that the father… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Director George Scribner!
…as strong. Rubén Blades’ piece Buscando Guayaba so identifies with Tito that I can’t imagine writing it any other way. I’m not sure someone with a musical or Broadway background… |
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At the movies: Klaatu, Julien, Despereaux, a Transporter, Bolt and Delgo!
…Keanu finds himself on the run, the film seems so intent on making itself so different from the original that it eventually runs out of steam, heading off in several… |
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Disney Director of Development Maggie Malone on The Art of Wreck-It Ralph
…runs around smashing things as the good-guy, Fix-It Felix, saves the day with his trusty hammer. Tired of being the bad guy, he escapes his 8-bit world in search for… |
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The Flintstones Prime-Time Specials Collection: Volume 1
Hanna-Barbera (1978-1979), Warner Archive (October 9, 2012), 1 disc, 99 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $14.95 Storyboard: Fred and Barney run into trouble with two classic… |
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Jack Frost: Deluxe Edition
…the title character. The course of true love never did run smooth, of course, but here things are overcomplicated by Elisa’s fondness for a brave knight, which leads to a… |
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The Dad Behind The Myth: An Interview With Walt Disney’s Daughter Diane
…and rush hour traffic to make my appointment, I had an opportunity to talk to Diane about Walt’s life at home and at the Studio, and find out more about… |
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Treasure Planet: Special Edition
…Storyboard: Young Jim Hawkins is your usual Disney loner, although this time around he’s living on an isolated spaceport with his Mom, who runs the Benbow Inn, a popular boarding… |
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Horton Hears A Who!: Deluxe Edition
…to explain that there’s more “out there” than meets the eye. With time running out, Horton and the Whos attempt to show both camps that there’s more to it all,… |
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Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron
…producer and DreamWorks Animation head-honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg put it), with some amazing set pieces and darker-than-usual themes. The first rule of movie-music is that sometimes “less is more”. This was… |
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The Emperor’s New Groove: 2-Movie Collection
…Audio, Rated PG, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: The vain, powerful and comically flippant ruler of an Incan empire learns a few rules about life and friendship, in an epic and very… |
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Beauty And The Beast: 25th Anniversary Walt Disney Signature Collection
…And The Beast, running under ten minutes. While Disney may have looked at many such stories over the years, and did suggest turning this story itself into an animated film,… |
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Twenty Questions with the AV Staff
…of my AV colleagues. DAN: I recall being tied for third one year. Can’t remember exact placement or year, though. JAMES: I’ve run an Oscar contest every year since the… |
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Two New Series Coming to NickToons
…LEADER DOG episode is three minutes, while each TORTELLINI WESTERN runs two minutes. Schwarz continued, “THE SIMPSONS, SOUTH PARK and even MICKEY MOUSE all started out as shorts. We hope… |
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The return of Puppetoons
…Rescue Brigade (1937) • In Lamp Light Land (1935) • Jasper and the Choo-Choo (1942) • Love On The Range (1938) • The Gay Knighties (1941) • Two Gun Rusty… |
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Captain America: Civil War
…is thrilling and exciting to watch. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo clearly understand how to visualize the film in such a way that audiences are engrossed with what is happening… |
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Star Wars: Visions
…a unique look and style from one another. Seven well-known anime studios, such as Production I.G, Science SARU, and Studio Trigger, provide the animation produced by nine directors who have… |
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Dinotrux
…TV series since 2004’s Father of the Pride. Featuring dinosaurs that are made out of construction vehicles (or is it the other way around?), the show centers around Ty Rux,… |
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Anomalisa
…as if each character is wearing glasses). All the wonderful, hand-crafted props and created sets (especially the run-off-the-mill hotel room, perfectly realised in its boring, cookie-cutter fashion) recall the extraordinary… |
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Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004
…Volume 2, were equally a joy to behold, full of truly rarely seen programs and shorts, especially EPCOT, the last time Walt presented in front of a camera, and Runaway… |
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The Best Of 2023: Back To Normal-ish?
…and Criterion can issue Freaks! The end of the year brought a new Chicken Run, which I felt fumbled its title, Dawn Of The Nugget, but proved better than expected… |
