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Justice League: War
…but overall the line has been a nice showcase for DC Comics’ characters and classic stories. The last release, Flashpoint, served the purpose of its comic book namesake in rewriting… |
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Flushed Away
…and run around five minutes combined. Those once viewed, it’s on to the Special Features and my first stop, the Filmmaker’s Commentary. Directors Sam and Dave take a bit of… |
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Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition
…20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954), the Disney film that featured a captain named Nemo. There are also references to Aardman Animation’s trademark style in the seagulls, with their pointy… |
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Studio Idefix #1 – Asterix The Gaul and Asterix And Cleopatra
…made interesting comparison to the Wartime German occupation of France, the long-format 48-page album was introduced in 1961. Only 6000 copies of the first edition were printed, though that number… |
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Team America: World Police – Unrated
…of satirical work from perhaps the best satirists working today. Is This Thing Loaded? Those who complained that Matt and Trey’s South Park movie didn’t come with a whole second… |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action
…tried to be careful not to get stuck in the Space Jam rut, where the film was essentially made by committee as a feature-length commercial but, clearly on board as… |
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Pinocchio Deluxe Edition
…this particular set more than makes up for it by including a fully restored Compact Disc edition of the film’s original soundtrack (housed in the box packaging itself, complete with… |
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Lady And The Tramp: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
…epic adventure 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Of course, the DisneyLand show also provided publicity and a way to fund another Disney project, the theme park itself – all of… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume One
…Storyboard: Mickey Mouse’s faithful canine companion becomes the last of Walt Disney’s “original fantastic four” (Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Pluto) to get a Disney Treasures compendium of his cartoon shorts. In… |
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Mulan: Special Edition
…fellow comedy relief, Cri-Kee is given much less to do, and almost comes off as an afterthought (indeed, he seemingly disappears for sequences at a time, only to appear again… |
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O Brother Bear, Where Art Thou?: Why Disney Channel turned down Brother Bear: The Series
…While Phil Collins and Mark Mancina collaborated on the film’s soundtrack, Brother Bear: The Series had no composer. Disney Television Animation didn’t spring for composers to score pilots in those… |
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Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
…Florida expanded to about 400 artists in a new $70 million, 200,000-square-foot, four-story animation building. “A great way to spend your life” But Mulan had taken its toll on Cook,… |
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Mickey Mouse: The Black And White Years
Walt Disney Home Video (1928–1935), CAV, 5 discs/10 sides, 244 mins, 1.17:1–1.33:1 original full frame ratios, Digital Mono, Not Rated/Rated G Comparisons are almost always a matter of personal opinion…. |
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Iron Man Anime
…series, debuting in Japan in late 2010. The Iron Man in the Iron Man anime fits comfortably in the movie continuity. Tony Stark, the world-famous billionaire and superhero, comes to… |
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Anastasia: Family Fun Edition
…the Disney style of movie musical composition, with the Oscar-nominated Journey To The Past also the clear favorite with score composer David Newman, who uses it for his main theme… |
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Disney tins, rumors, and the Shrek 3 trailer…what’s up with that?
…shout out a “congratulations” to all our recent contest winners and to let you all know that we’re working on new contests for the coming weeks. Stay tooned! – Ben…. |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Behind The Scenes At The Walt Disney Studios
…encouraged RKO to adapt the film into a more “audience friendly” version for general public release. Also seen on the Snow White DVD, this 10:30 minute featurette is the result,… |
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DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures
…on the action aspects, cleverly using the limited animation techniques the low budget could only afford as a way of approximating a moving comic strip. Never before had comic book… |
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Rocket Jo is coming!
…he made himself (half the problem right there!) have getting off the ground, each of the 52 one-minute episodes will present a new flying test. “This series tries to put… |
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies DVD in September
…will include a sneak peak at DC Universe’s upcoming movie, a Blackest Night: Inside the DC Comics Event featurette, a Test of Minds: Superman and Batman featurette, and 2 bonus… |
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Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition
…put together a CGI pipeline while also actively making the movie. Without the facilities to completely pull this off, BAF had to outsource sequences to companies in Australia and Canada…further… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #48: Interview with Steve Hickner
…progress in the animation industry. Hickner has a rich, 30-year career in animation working at a variety of studios such as Disney, Amblination, and DreamWorks. He’s known as the “pro’s… |
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DC Nation Block – Week 1
…March 3, 2012 30 minutes Rated TV-PG Directed by Sam Liu and Rick Morales DC Nation-Young Justice Cartoon Network March 3, 2012 30 minutes Rated TV-PG Directed by Jay Olivia… |
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The Rescuers Down Under: Gold Classic Collection
Walt Disney Feature Animation (November 16 1990), Walt Disney Home Video (August 1 2000), single disc, 77 mins, 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 4.0 Surround, Rated G, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard:… |
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Son Of Batman
…(10:10), which gives us some DC Comics folk, including Batman And Son writer Grant Morrison, and a comics historian talking about Ra’s al Ghul and his plans for global conquest…. |
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Lilo And Stitch: 2-Movie Collection
…more depth by going the same route for Tarzan and, eventually, dropping a song component completely for its first own computer animated picture, Dinosaur and Atlantis. A quasi-combination is at… |
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Cartoons ease pain better than mothers, study shows
According to a research team at the University of Siena, cartoons provide twice as much comfort as mothers, when it comes to easing pain. The study especially regarded discomfort during… |
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Three Musketeers screen shots and DVD features review
…is the first Disney DVD to come with their new FastPlay feature. Immediately after the FBI warning, you have the option of choosing the FastPlay feature or skipping directly to… |
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Turkeys bumped up an entire year
Turkeys–the obscure-sounding animated feature from Relativity Media about turkeys who travel back in time to the first Thanksgiving to change the course of history–is going to be coming out a… |
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House no monster, says early review
From the first test screening of Monster House comes a review at Ain’t It Cool News. The writer praises the film whole-heartedly, commenting, “I’m really hoping that they don’t change… |
