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Team America: World Police – Unrated
…rudimentary, though it progresses as the clips play out and there are even some “real world” tests that are peculiarly amusing in themselves. All told, the tests run just over… |
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Flushed Away
…seedy rats of the underworld. They’re all after a valuable ruby, with which Rita wants to set herself up for life. When Roddy proves the ruby is a fake but… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
…Review: Filmation ruled the Saturday morning airwaves along with Hanna Barbera during the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, with a seemingly never-ending wave of continuous animated offerings, The New… |
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run
The third SpongeBob movie, Sponge on the Run, has a few of the not-so-secret ingredients that made the original television show so popular. But over twenty years removed from the… |
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Up: 3D Edition
…where it remains among my favorites of the recent rush of animated CG movies. It may sound like an overcomplicated slice of sentimental drabness going by the story synopsis, but… |
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Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition
…“new” sequence also brings up Pocahontas’ running time to the 84-minute mark, which has coincidentally been the length of many of the Studio’s most renowned productions: Snow White, The Little… |
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Up
…by Ellie and his later boy scout companion Russell. But, ironically, and stylism aside, Carl is also the most rounded and really human character in Pixar’s history, a true personality… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Six
…a series highlight. The Road Runner cartoons can run into a blur, and Hook Line And Stinker features everything that was great and not so great about the series: some… |
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Rumor ruins Disney, NC School of Arts relationship?
…Arts. Apparently, [this incident] has ruined the relationship with Disney. I don’t think they’re going to be getting any more screenings from now on.” On a final note, she adds,… |
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Finding Dory
…reaction to rush out a follow-up to that smash first film and still, for me at least, a pinnacle of the computer animated medium, and an astonishing run of truly… |
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Renaissance
…There’s no grayscale in the Renaissance world of 2054 Paris. It’s all black, and white. Given an extremely limited theatrical run in late 2006, I caught the trailer and wasn’t… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part One – Ogres Are Like Onions!
…screen while British audiences understood the context of the joke, making it all the more pleasing to laugh at. But while Chicken Run would have a very profitable run, there… |
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An Auteur is Born – 30 Years Of Miyazaki’s Castle Of Cagliostro
…trace the origin of the forgeries, both arrive at the small European monarchy of Cagliostro, and discover that its sinister ruler, Count Cagliostro, is running a global money-counterfeiting operation. The… |
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
…The Tramp’s Scamp was a long-running hit on those pages. Walt made compilation features and television programs galore based around old cartoon output combined with new animation. He took Scrooge… |
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Read Road Runner's rudimentary ramblings
It appears that the Road Runner (Fastius Tasty-us) is the latest celebrity to get caught up in the blogging craze. Read all about his dealing with iPods, Jimmy Buffett music,… |
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The Jungle Book: 2-Disc Platinum Edition
…bars running vertically down along the sides. Certainly the argument would be moot if we could actually choose for ourselves which version to run. However, after years of offering up… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 2
…which is just what it seems (though it runs over five minutes!), with announcer Joe Leahy and the crew (Rich Arons, Paul Rugg, John McCann and Tom Ruegger) reminiscing over… |
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Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
…DTS-HD Master Audio, Rated PG-13, Retail: $44.99 Storyboard: Orphan boy Dastan, adopted by the King of Persia, grows to become a favored son until he is framed for the ruler’s… |
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Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…totally made up from pieces of confectionary, the supposedly sugar-coated King Candy rules, although his sweet exterior hides a most sinister plot concerning Vanellope. It’s in Sugar Rush that the… |
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San Diego 2016 Comic-Con Exclusive
…the San Diego Comic Con, running from July 20-25. For over forty years, Comic Con has become center stage as one of the biggest summer events, with the biggest names… |
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101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (live-action)
…of this marketing might, I didn’t find myself running to the theater, and I’ve never gotten around to seeing the film other than in many disjointed snippets as it’s played… |
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Cars 2
…receiving the love from fans that have greeted other continuingly popular movies from the Studio. Cars runs out of gas half-way through its longer than usual running time, mostly down… |
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Oz, The Great And Powerful (regular and 3D editions)
…to The Wizard Of Oz presents an origins story for how a small-time con-artist showman manages to become the great and powerful ruler of the magical land that Dorothy will… |
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales (with Bonus Disc)
…the I’m No Fool series of educational shorts. Comics were big business in that era, and Lady And The Tramp’s Scamp was a long-running hit on those pages. Walt made… |
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The Man Called Flintstone
…caveman takes the place of secret agent Rock Slagg in order to capture the Green Goose. Fred’s family and the Rubbles accompany him to Eurock, not knowing why Fred keeps… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
…to Dug in this way in the film wouldn’t have given us the surprise Carl and Russell get when they discover the talking dog, but since this short ends with… |
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2017 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…which panels or events were most important while also figuring out if certain opportunities would be worth taking. Because without careful planning, one would find themselves running around trying to… |
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Pete’s Dragon: 35th Anniversary Edition
…1.66:1 high-definition widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: Orphan Pete goes on the run from the twisted Gogan family with one very special friend: a twelve-foot,… |
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Big Hero 6
…nothing substantial has arisen and it does seem the closest the Disney Studios ever got to transforming one of its classic characters into a superhero originally was with a run… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #56: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Santa Hates Misfits
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Go along with Chelsea, Morgan and Mason as they dive into the Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer Christmas… |
