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Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
…“prestige picture”, meaning that anything and everything director Robert Stevenson and producer Bill Walsh needed was seen to immediately. Live-action (and all the comedy and drama that implies), animation (the… |
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Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition
…meaning that anything and everything director Robert Stevenson and producer Bill Walsh needed was seen to immediately. Live-action (and all the comedy and drama that implies), animation (the cornerstone of… |
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Thunderbean Roundup: Van Beuren Studio Cartoons and Other Strange and Commercial Rarities
…basic as they come, this is an accusation that could easily be levelled at anything coming from any other studio too. It’s actually quite good, with a nice attempt at… |
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Pinchcliffe races home: Caprino Studios Collection on DVD!
…animation sequence. As before, the disc rounds itself out with a vast collection of Norwegian print articles and Caprino biographies accessible from DVD-ROM drives. Sound, Image and Packaging: As mentioned… |
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Despicable Me despicably on Blu-ray and DVD!
…with a trio of all-new, hilarious adventures starring the film’s endearingly mischievous Minions, available only on the Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Combo Packs and the DVD Double Pack. All three… |
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My Neighbor Totoro
…now seen as a classic, and Totoro has in particular endured as a merchandizing success in Japan. The character of Totoro is also now seen as a mascot of the… |
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Bolt
…definition and 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: The star of a hit animal action adventure series, Bolt, finds himself… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…may come over a little suspect to some longtime and well-versed aficionados. As with the Dalmatians piece, and against better judgement, I again found this approach to be a flippant… |
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Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
…and Routh-fronted designs. Without wanting to make that same impact, and also perhaps wanting to attract a wider audience, the Anthology this time around is a more standardized affair, although… |
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Pete’s Dragon: 35th Anniversary Edition
…for a few minutes, and he reveals why he didn’t continue pursuing life as an actor too. In lieu of an actual commentary, this is as good as it gets,… |
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It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
…could want in a Peanuts special. The addition of a new-to-DVD special is an added bonus, as is another wonderful little featurette. Animated Classic or Back To The Drawing Board?… |
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Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition
…To be honest, I was becoming a little tiresome of the double-acts that seem to populate all of their films. A Bug’s Life added a few additional elements, and next… |
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The Muppets
…gang while also still being able to appear as himself and thus bring an additional audience interest to the film. And Walter is a very perfect new member of the… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2: Special Editions
…And The Beast and Aladdin had made animation cool again, and The Nightmare Before Christmas showed the Studio was also interested in pushing boundaries. Pixar already had an association –… |
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Kiki’s Delivery Service
…of a pregnant bakery shop owner, for whom she runs an errand. The shopkeeper is impressed with the girl’s attitude and kindness, and Kiki gets a place to stay above… |
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Lady And The Tramp: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
…that must be raised is that, annoyingly, the menus (which are otherwise very attractive and nicely reproduce art from the film in a three-dimensional context) are all 16×9 anamorphically enhanced,… |
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The Dad Behind The Myth: An Interview With Walt Disney’s Daughter Diane
…and rush hour traffic to make my appointment, I had an opportunity to talk to Diane about Walt’s life at home and at the Studio, and find out more about… |
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The Flintstones: The Complete Series
…about Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, and The Flintstones, in Randall Cyrenne’s Animated Views articles: • Hanna-Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation – Part One of Three • The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm… |
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Peanuts Deluxe Holiday Collection
…his adventures as a World War One flying ace, atop his Sopwith Camel. Somehow, the animation makes it all work, with Snoopy’s doghouse being shot down in enemy territory, and… |
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Mr Bug! The original "bug's life" Hoppity to air in the UK
…surprisingly hard to find title for animation fans, the last official quality release being a Republic Pictures LaserDisc (right). An engaging little movie that easily stands up today as a… |
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A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc Blu-ray in May
…Door Challenge” and BD-Live Features. A Bug’s Life Blu-ray exclusive bonus features will include, “Introduction by John Lasseter”, “A Bug’s Life: The First Draft”, “Story Treatment Intro by John Lasseter”… |
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Grave Of The Fireflies: Collector’s Series
…are also shown the Ghibli studio, which would be a neat place to visit in person. Bios for original author Akiyuki Nosaka and also Takahata follow this. These are presented… |
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Kung Fu Panda / Secrets Of The Furious Five
…to wait until we select Po to actually come across animator James Baxter and hear his tips. All the others are “automatically” created onscreen without an animator, at an average… |
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Aladdin: Platinum Edition
…audio commentaries. There is a Filmmaker’s Audio Commentary by John Musker, Ron Clemens, and Amy Pell, and an Animator’s Audio Commentary featuring Andreas Deja (Jafar), Will Finn (Iago), Eric Goldberg… |
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Enchanted
…artists themselves, Andreas Deja and Mark Henn, among others. Although we have a ways to go before classical animation, in the shape of The Princess And The Frog, is back… |
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Disney documentary DVD exclusive offer!
…South America, the stage was set for Walt’s very own real-life adventure. With a group of handpicked artists, later called “El Grupo”, Disney’s WWII road trip achieved the impossible –… |
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Animated Con-versation: AN&V at Comic-Con 2008!
…and spent about an hour perusing the fine animation and comic art, and had a prolonged chat with a charming (and quite pregnant) gallery worker named Erin. My first fun… |
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Disneynature: Earth
…familiar about The Walt Disney Studio’s return to live-action wildlife motion picture making. Walt himself was a groundbreaker, of course, launching the True Life Adventures series at a time when… |
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Cinderella: Diamond Edition
…artistic achievement than a huge commercial success, and its expansively enveloping visual style always provided something to keep the attention even if some felt the plot also fell asleep at… |
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Wallace And Gromit: The Complete Collection
…are out for a drive, a seemingly chance encounter with a cyclist leads to Wallace making the acquaintance of an aging advertising spokeswoman, who in her younger days had been… |
