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Pinocchio: Platinum Edition
…Platinum Editions. These releases have been spotty so far, going from a strong start to some downright weak entries in the run, so big things were hoped for from Pinocchio’s… |
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Brother Bear: Special Edition
…on high commanded that the film be shorn of six-months production time and rush-released to coincide with the DVD and home video release of The Lion King last fall, in… |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action
…from the absolutely pristine transfer, this could run in a block of classic Road Runner/Coyote cartoons and one wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. John Frizzell’s score matches the… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland – Secrets Stories And Magic
…be Walt’s greatest lasting accomplishment. The Sweatbox Review: Although the series runs a wide gamut of topics, the Walt Disney Treasures DVD line – now in its seventh year –… |
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2024 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…in its over 50 year run into the mecca of all things pop culture. More than 125,000 travel from around the globe to downtown San Diego and the San Diego… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Three – We Have…Dragons!
…favorably and audiences loved the characters even more. More importantly, it had a greater commercial run that was roughly equal to the Shrek films and Kung Fu Panda. Coming off… |
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Kubo And The Two Strings
…television, with a long run of animated holiday specials, including Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (and one feature, the very amusing Mad Monster Party),… |
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Phil Nibbelink talks Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss
…creating DreamWorks. During all of that big ruckus. Cats kind of got spun out the back door, during the process. I think if that hadn’t happened, we probably would have… |
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2017 D23 Expo Exclusive
…with them was brief, as convention staff was trying to run a sign-and-go pace even through the end, it was a joy to be able to speak with them and… |
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The Ten Commandments
…Storyboard: Reluctant prophet Moses becomes a hero of the people when he is thrown out of his adopted Egyptian home by the Pharaoh ruler, learning his true heritage and discovering… |
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Ratatouille
…were used in its production! From the perfectly French stylised humans and Remy’s beating heart breathing, to the onslaught of a rabble of running rats, Ratatouille inevitably succeeds in looking… |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D
…sure thing, and despite annual Halloween theatrical showings and an enormous run of Jack Skellington merchandise that sells in big numbers to kids who were too young to see the… |
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Pirates avoiding Rush-ing into a sequel?
…has not even been formally approached to do the projects, despite constant internet rumors stating otherwise. Noting the rumor that Rush pulled out of Eucalyptus to do the Pirates sequels,… |
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken sinks deeper as film doesn’t see holiday boost
The news for DreamWorks Animation’s Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken didn’t get better on Independence Day, with the movie ranking in ninth place for the holiday. Even worse, it could only… |
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Brave: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…run both units. The results have been mixed, to be fair: after Lasseter was charged with “rescuing” a couple of already-in-production films he had more say over the reintroduction of… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume Two
…are under the supervision of the same director, Charles Nichols, who here employs the remarkably detailed backgrounds and uses them ingeniously for running gags. A terrific short, this one seems… |
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Rupert coming home again!
Famed English adventurer Rupert The Bear is coming back home, with the issue of Paul McCartney’s Rupert And The Frog Song, the first time the little bear was animated on… |
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The Good Dinosaur
…far too soon, opening the film in a bit of a rush so as to explain the hows and the whys, but feeling quicker than it did in the previews… |
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Stop-Motion Marvels!
…excerpted on a laserdisc of The Lost World years ago, and it’s nice to see it included here for a new audience. Here, it runs four minutes. There are two… |
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Superman: The Complete Animated Series
…Brave New Metropolis, in which she is transported into an alternate dimension in which Lex Luthor rules the planet…with a black-suited Superman at his side! Crossovers are always fun and… |
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Cars: Ultimate Gift Pack
…itself up strongly enough to abide by its own rules. It’s the same problem that Chris Wedge’s Robots had to some degree, though that film never placed a time frame… |
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2006: A Year In Review
…lives of private citizens are being monitored daily and corporations rule the world. Director Christian Volckman used innovative motion capture techniques that allowed animators to capture clothing as well as… |
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2021 Quick Review Recaps
…Movie: Sponge On The Run March 4th / FORUM DISCUSSION I reviewed this movie back in March. Read the full review here. BOTTOM LINE: With a mess of a story,… |
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Russia's \\Little Longnose\\ coming to America
…Melnitsa Animation’s}} first full-length animated feature \\{{link http://karliknos.spb.ru/eng/mult Little Longnose}}\\ (\\Karlik Nos\\ in Russian) premiered in Russia in March 2003. BCDB contacted Melnitsa Animation about a possible American release and… |
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Disney tins, rumors, and the Shrek 3 trailer…what’s up with that?
…up as a Christmas treat! In the meantime, we’re back with a new Rumored Rumblings that points to jaw-dropping swing in production for Disney’s currently-titled American Dog, though until this… |
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Tarzan II
…and runs away, where he finds the mysterious, and supposedly evil Zugor, who unsurprisingly turns out to be simply a warm old grump. But when a dissident group of gorillas,… |
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Anastasia: Family Fun Edition
…1.33:1 original full frame), Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated G, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Opening with the fall of the Russian Empire, it’s established early on in Anastasia that this is… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…other voices in the film were somewhat easier to find. The Dwarfs’ roles had been given to popular radio names, with Pinto Colvig in the running due to his performances… |
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Rumor mill: American Dog, The Smurfs
…(The Rugrats Movie, Rugrats Go Wild!) directing the feature. One should take a grain of salt with these news tidbits, for they remain merely rumors until confirmed by proper sources…. |
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The Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Ultimate Collector’s Edition Volume One
…same leaning is in evidence, albeit less so. Not that this is all “bad news”: Jones’ shorts are often among the very best in the series, if your tastes run… |
