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The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. Two
…contrast, when you watch Valiant and Rowanne running in this show, they look leaden. Still, it is mean to overly criticize a show that tries so very hard and is… |
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From Johan to Jordan: Peyo’s daughter tells the Smurfs’ story
…to earn a living: he drew flowers on lampshades, illustrated advertising brochures and besieged advertising agencies to get odd jobs which would help him to learn the rules of graphic… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Sara Duran-Singer on Sleeping Beauty‘s Restoration
…resident film format expert, and especially in widescreen formats. And then we have Joe Jiuliano who runs our film and digital camera services over at Feature Animation. That makes up… |
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Mike Disa and The Seven Dwarfs: How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie
…that evening, there was little doubt that Disney had put the naysayers to rest. Snow White was on the brink of becoming a global phenomenon. Following limited runs in New… |
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Now Playing: The Lone Ranger and more
…not better, and would have cut another five to ten minutes off the runtime! But in between the clutter there’s an interesting story. The last thirty minutes of the film,… |
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Disney new release Tuesday: It's a Small World of Fun
…II,’ is only 5 inches tall, the runt of the herd. When a mouse attacks the herd and frightens all the other elephants away, Goliath II bravely battles the mouse,… |
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El Capitan animation happenings
Originally slated to run through August 4 the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest engagement at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre has been extended to September 4 with the whole… |
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Twelve films submitted for animated Oscar
…not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run. All the submitted films must be found to fulfill the rules and requirements for an animated feature before they will be… |
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Star Trek: The Animated Series
…television, not to mention the nature of organized fandom. When Star Trek ended its three-year run in 1969, it left behind a legacy of thought-provoking, groundbreaking futuristic drama. As we… |
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Boomerang readies Captain Planet unseen episodes
…new puppy, Skippy, dies from birth defects. When Joey runs away to the puppy mill where Skippy was born, he learns first hand about the inhumane conditions that often accompany… |
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Pirates of the Caribbean ride enhancements: What to keep an eye out for
…occurs in the finale “Treasure Room” scene where he can be found relishing in his good fortune to be the first to find the town’s cache of treasure. The ruthless… |
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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey Saves Santa
…done by DQ Entertainment, Limited, in India.) While there is little allowance for squash and stretch, there is a fair bit of “rubber hosing” built into the models. The computer… |
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The Seventh Dwarf
…to mention that The Seventh Dwarf is also a musical), but then Bobo shows up and ruins everything because he falls into things a lot. This results in the dwarfs… |
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Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh/Spookable Pooh
…it is dark and they get scared. Piglet is naturally horrified at the thought, and runs home to his bed. In the middle of the night, Piglet is trying to… |
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Pirates at the El Cap: Part I
…Man’s Chest. The film was originally scheduled for a four week run but due to the enthusiasm of the movie-going public its run length was doubled. Both the theater and… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 3
…Cartoon Network, which started broadcasting in 1992, and both Bill and Joe directed some new shorts. A quick (and incomplete) rundown of the 1990’s shows demonstrates the shift from network… |
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Dinosaurs: The Complete Third And Fourth Seasons
…to syndication, without bothering to give them all proper network runs. It wasn’t that the ratings for Dinosaurs were all that bad, it was just a pretty expensive program to… |
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DuckTales: Volume 2
…initial story then saw the three young nephews run afoul of Uncle Scrooge before helping him find a lost treasure ship while travelling to the Andes and Antarctica. For kids… |
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Nickelodeon, MTV to become full labels for Paramount
Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films are becoming full labels for the Paramount Motion Picture Group, ending their 12-year runs as production companies. Thus, the duo will join a lineup that… |
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American Dad gets new showrunner
…that Callaghan was formally in charge of–is possibly getting cancelled by the network. This is also a sign that Dad is expected to run until at least its tenth season,… |
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Disney planning another live-action Jungle Book movie
…which would presumably mix live-action with CGI. The Rudyard Kipling book, of course, was adapted into an animated movie by Walt Disney, which spawned a theatrical sequel in 2003, as… |
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Scooby’s returns to live-action for TV movie
…artist Frank Welker, a member of the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! voice cast. An animated creation from the legendary Hanna-Barbera studios, Scooby-Doo represents one of the longest running, most… |
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Comic-Con@Home Coverage
…as well as cast members Dafne Keen (Lyra), Ruth Wilson (Mrs. Coulter), Ariyon Bakare (Lord Boreal), Amir Wilson (Will Parry), Andrew Scott (John Parry), and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Lee Scoresby) in… |
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Jabberjaw: The Complete Series
…their latest gig in an exotic underwater city, modelled after an aboveground locale like the Middle East, Latin America, etc. The Neptunes run afoul of the evil bad guy, they… |
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Walt Disney, The Haunted Mansion, and…Rasputin?
…1960s, Disney thought about using Rasputin’s image (“holy man” and advisor to Czarina Alexandria–wife of Russia’s last czar Nicholas II and mother of the famous Anastasia). Disney was afraid of… |
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2020 Primetime Emmy nominations revealed
…• Maya Rudolph in Big Mouth • Leslie Odom Jr. in Central Park • Wanda Sykes in Crank Yankers • Taika Wahtiti in The Mandalorian • Nancy Cartwright in The… |
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Kermit talks Muppets sequel
…on this global tour, and we’re selling out these grand theaters all over Europe—in Berlin, Madrid, London—but we sort of get into a little bit of trouble when we run… |
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The secrets of Walt’s Vault unlocked…!
…to find scandals, rumors, urban legends and fanciful psychological assumptions in these pages. The history of Disney is so rich that despite all the books that have been written about… |
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Behind the scenes of Hop’s villain
…character, Carlos, wants to take over the holiday of Easter and become the next Easter Bunny. The PG-rated live-action/animated comedy–which also features Russell Brand and James Marsden–hops into theaters on… |
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Saving Mr. Banks trailer arrives
…that process and so much more. The cast includes the likes of Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Annie Rose Buckley, Ruth Wilson, B.J…. |
