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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 Jetsons: Season Two, Volume One
…a retro-futuristic world. Although it was deemed a success at the time, the original show’s first season would only produce 24 episodes that would later run continuously on Saturday mornings…. |
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The Heathcliff And Dingbat Show
Ruby-Spears (1980), Warner Archive (August 14, 2012), 2 discs, 312 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $24.95 Storyboard: The sassy comic strip feline evades police and torments… |
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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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Toy Story 3 makes playdate? Gnomeo & Juliet & Sprackling?
Before we meet and possibly greet these rumors, it is important to stress the fragile nature of the information. Collected from an assortment of user-submitted sites, the trivia could merely… |
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Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume Two
…to whether or not I think it was a good idea. The execution hasn’t changed either, given that the 65-episode run was all basically a single “season” created for the… |
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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… |
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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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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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Some 2020 streamed films to be Oscar eligible
…Island, My Spy from STX, and Paramount’s The Lovebirds, among others. Once theatres reopen, films will again be required to follow Academy screening rules by having a run in a… |
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The return of Puppetoons
…spectacular. These shorts are all new to home video, except for Ship of the Ether, which appears here for the first time in HD. Of special interest to fans will… |
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The Venture Bros.: Season One
…his son Thaddeus becomes ever more apparent. Our Doctor Venture (called Rusty by his dad) is neurotic, impatient, and treats those around him with disdain and impatience. He also isn’t… |
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Pinocchio In Outer Space
…film’s Original Prologue runs six minutes, offering an erudite view of our solar system and space travel, all reportedly factual. There is little animation here, relying instead on NASA footage,… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: The Election Collection
…Retail: $19.99 Storyboard: Schoolhouse Rock is re-released in a limited edition covering the American political process just in time for the Presidential Campaign of 2008. Who will run the White… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Four: Artists Harald Siepermann and Troy Quane
…for Walt Disney Television Animation Canada, a studio he joined just as it opened. He’s also worked for different studios such as Nelvana (Max & Ruby) and Yowza Animation (Osmosis… |
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Shrek the Third adds seven voices
The Hollywood Reporter reports that joining the cast of Shrek the Third are Amy Sedaris as Cinderella, Amy Poehler as Snow White, Maya Rudolph as Rapunzel and Cheri Oteri as… |
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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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Popeye: A Sailor’s Story
…a boat, but needed a man who knew how to sail it. Searching around for a suitable-looking fellow, Castor spied a runty-looking older fellow with one eye, smoking a corncob… |
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A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 2
…new episodes to the long-running show in 1979. It was here that the kids started watching clumsy superhero the Brown Hornet on TV, and his adventures helped to illuminate the… |
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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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2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…into figuring which positions the Critical Role characters would play in football, an appreciation for Riegel’s sponsorship ads, and further interest in the way Mercer runs games. Fan interactions like… |
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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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The New Adventures Of The Lone Ranger And Zorro: Volume 2
…the first disc also has the twelve quarter-hour segments done for the following season. This makes for a total of seventeen Lone Ranger tales, and over four hours of runtime… |
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A Conversation With Andreas Deja
…got it after he acted something out for you; you just went to run back to your room and animate that, because it was so clear.” AN: I heard that… |
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Astro Boy (1980): The Collection Box Set
…Japanese 52-episode run, that being the second one, which introduced Atlas. I do not know why this was missing, as it apparently showed up on the Australian set (on an… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Three
…the cartoons without the need to actually run a cartoon unit was to lease the characters to Czech animator/director Gene Deitch, who created a short-lived series of such lacklustre shorts… |
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Justice League: Season One
…It was to be a dream come true for DC Comics fans. After years of producing the definitive Batman cartoon, and a pretty decent Superman show, it was rumored that… |
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Star Trek – Lower Decks: Season 1
…rule-loving pretty boy of an officer. The tactical officer is a tough Bajoran named Shaxs, and the doctor is T’Ana, a cat-like humanoid that is a nod to bridge officer… |
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A Conversation with Andreas Deja
…just amazing. Frank and Ollie talk a lot about that, and they said, “You just got it after he acted something out for you; you just went to run back… |
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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… |
