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Jonatha Brooke and Joel McNeely: the Pixie-Powered Music of Return To Neverland!
…end. But for the film itself, we wanted it to have its own integrity and its own new material. And I also think that it makes it more effective when… |
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Mary Poppins’ Richard M. Sherman: A Practically Perfect Songwriter!
…also involved in the story process. The result is a practically perfect Disney film in every way, and it is our pleasure to talk about it with one of its… |
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The Black Cauldron: Gold Classic Collection
…where the animation looks laboured and directionless. Other scenes show up the over-ambitious nature of the project itself. However, when it works, it works well, and despite its shortcomings, The… |
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Sleeping Beauty Deluxe Edition
…a great deal of information, as well as some insights from the next generation of Disney artists on how the film has influenced them (Eric Goldberg, for instance, cites it… |
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Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron
…– I didn’t hate Spirit at all. I didn’t think it was either good, or bad. It was just somewhere in the middle there. I was just “whelmed”… Is This… |
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The DisneyLand Anthology
…of Ward Kimball’s previously rarely found special Mars And Beyond, in color! A curious little film (the last time I saw it I was around seven, when it played as… |
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Treasure Planet: Special Edition
…step forward, though why do they always pick non-appropriate images to illustrate how much is being chopped off!? Ink And Paint: I originally saw Treasure Planet on its release into… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two
…were appearing in CinemaScope by this time, many of the live-action films remained photographed in the standard Academy frame ratio, and this is how this clip is correctly presented. Running… |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action
…and the Studio went ahead with the well intentioned, but ultimately hollow Space Jam (though it shows how powerful the legacy of Roger is in that it seems any modern… |
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Teacher’s Pet (The Movie)
…humor to be included. Thankfully, it’s not fart jokes (I don’t think I even spotted one!) and is more playful innuendo rather than anything truly offensive. All of these elements… |
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The Plague Dogs: (1983 US Edited Edition)
…subsequently been issued in Australia in its original uncut version, though the print used has not been cleaned up in any way and is lacking in color correction. It does… |
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Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin
…mentioned in original press notes for this disc) to see if it indeed added anything top and bottom or further cropped left and right. However, it is also more than… |
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Bambi II
…sub-TV styled “features” such as Pocahontas II, Hunchback II and the downright frankly awful Cinderella II (notice a theme here?). Somewhere in the middle stand such timewasters, if not classics,… |
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Pinchcliffe Races Home: A Look Back At Caprino Studios
…Ivo Caprino’s work is celebrated in a lavish multi-disc DVD box set. The films – including Caprino’s international success Pinchcliffe Grand Prix – have all been extensively restored by the… |
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Watershipped Rabbits And Plagued Dogs: The Animated World Of Richard Adams
…Art Garfunkel – remains a wholesale part of the film and an important element in its more widespread public identity. In speaking about the music, I should also make a… |
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Disney tins, rumors, and the Shrek 3 trailer…what’s up with that?
…the abandoned Disney/Dali short that was completed in 2003…more on all that later this week. I think you’re going to like it, and I’m working like crazy to get it… |
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Cinderella III: A Twist In Time
…with scenes from Cinders III this is as well produced and catchy as it needs to be. The Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Choose game, again in 4×3, is in comparison a pretty painful affair…. |
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Justice League Unlimited: Season 2 – Winners!
…the contest is open to US and non-US international readers. Prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternative will be offered. No responsibility is accepted for inaccurate prize descriptions provided to… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
…the natural pick. The rest of the series can also be checked out in another very fine BCI collector’s pack, so I won’t go into the program itself here since… |
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Best Of Casper Volumes 1 & 2 – Winners Announced!
…No responsibility is accepted for inaccurate prize descriptions provided to us at the time we go to press. The administrator’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into…. |
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The Best Of Casper: Volumes 1 and 2
…two volumes, with only images and cartoon listings seeing any change. Each sleeve is housed in a “spooky white” keepcase, a nice touch, with no additional inserts inside. Wendy, Casper’s… |
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The Legendary Laugh-O-Grams: Fairy Tales by Walt Disney
…earliest work comes to disc in a fascinating original documentary. The Sweatbox Review: I’ve said it before and I’ll no doubt say it again: thank goodness for Ray Pointer’s Inkwell… |
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The Reef
…it is a resulting episodic nature, making it seem much longer than its 77 minutes. But it’s relatively harmless, fair entertainment for what it is and, given the choice between… |
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Pixar Shorts Collection Giveaway – Winner!
…more giveaways! About Pixar Shorts Collection Experience 13 Pixar cartoons together for the first time in an amazing collection including never-before-seen footage! Includes The Adventures Of Andre & Wally B,… |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Season 5 – Winner!
…teens. Secondly, there’s no water involved. That whole Hunger Force thing? That’s probably misleading, too. In short, if you have to ask what Aqua Teen Hunger Force is about, it… |
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Archie’s Funhouse: The Complete Series – Winners!
…of Laugh-In inspired comic sketches, the gang’s new adventures and the classic Archie songs you know and love! Tech Specs: Special bonus features include the music video of the #1… |
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Get Enchanted with our behind the scenes exclusives!
Disney’s instant classic Enchanted comes to DVD this week, and we’ve a host of celebratory articles: as well as a review of the disc itself, Jeremie Noyer has been speaking… |
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Ratatouille, Tinker Bell problems?; NIMH DVD!
I am astounded and humbled at how well my piece on the Disney art exhibition in Paris has been welcomed online – thanks especially to Mike Barrier and Didier Ghez… |
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Not so silly Symphonies; Song Of The South?; More Hanna-Barbera!
More Silly Symphonies reviewed but is it the last wave of the Treasures? Plus, news on Song Of The South and Hanna-Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2…. |
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Shrek's directors talk, Dinosaurs, Droopy – and Shrek! – reviewed…
…expect to see on the eventual DVD. I had a preview of this over the weekend, and I must say that it’s a great read! If you didn’t get to… |
