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Don Hahn discusses Fantasia 2000 and Waking Sleeping Beauty
Does Don Hahn really need an introduction? Certainly not. So you can imagine the excitement that was mine when interviewing the man who’s produced so many masterpieces, about two of… |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…This went on for many, many years. He had hits. He wrote tremendous songs for Nat King Cole like Tell Me All About Yourself, a great song. At that time,… |
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Peter de Seve Breaks the Ice with Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…theme of this particular episode is family. In many ways, it’s about starting a family— or not. For instance, Diego finds himself a single guy while Manny and Ellie are… |
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Bambi II
…had just been introduced to when his mother was fatally hunted by Man. And that, in a nutshell, is the plot, and though it may sound slim, it skips an… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…so absolutely spot on that you’d believe it was the man himself – and with good cause: Burton began his career over 30 years ago performing Hook impersonations! Jeff Bennet… |
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Lion King D-rectors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff: 2D’s for a 3D hit!
…and not disappoint the Disney fans that had been growing with each new hit. It wasn’t until we finished Circle of Life and put it into theaters as a trailer… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 2
…repeat episodes meant new fans were introduced to the characters. Season two of X-Men:TAS attempted to delve deeper into the lives of the individual X-Men. While many of the episodes… |
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Oscar, Oscar!
…(with Aardman, of course) and the short First Flight, which should have gotten a nod too. Look for my take on Happy Feet when it hits DVD next month. Speaking… |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume Three
…Birdman. Actual footage from the 1960s Birdman is used and gloriously manipulated, with new voiceovers by Harvey Birdman’s voice actors. This serves to nicely tie together the two versions of… |
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The Adventures Of Aquaman: The Complete Collection
…The Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure, with secret codes and the like. Aquaman’s part of the show was spun off into its own entity in 1968. Aquaman stuck fairly close to… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 3
…who want to keep the Spotlight Collection DVDs away from young children. Either way, the shorts included in this release are very good, as most Tom and Jerry cartoons were… |
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The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones
…good-natured attitude takes him farther than Fred’s overeager manipulations. The Jetsons have a bit more trouble initially, but daughter Judy finds a boy to crush on, and eventually George also… |
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2006: A Year In Review
…Aardman and Vanguard Animation (the British subsidiary of Vanguard Films) are having trouble this year. It should’ve been a great year for Aardman with a new film in theatres and… |
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The Secret Life Of Pets
…human characters’ legs, and the real surprise is just how great Illumination’s caricatured human renderings are. Of course the animals aren’t too shabby either, albeit much more cartoony in design,… |
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Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show: The Complete Series
…characters that appeared in the toy line, to the detriment of adding others. As for the heroes, Aquaman finally got the boot this year, in favor of keeping Superman, Batman… |
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Batman, Pixar, Pooh…and Cinders two!
…good for a laugh – like many I didn’t find much magic to write about – though it continues our quest of completing our backlog of pre-Christmas releases that we’re… |
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The Halloween Tree
…continually resistant to any substantial attempt to remake it. Rod Steiger was The Illustrated Man three years later, but only three of the book’s fifteen-plus stories were picked and the… |
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Trailer for DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High special to air on Boomerang
DC Super Hero Girls will being having its first special titled Super Hero High. The special will center on Supergirl’s introduction to Super Hero High School while the Junior Detective… |
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Teaser trailer for Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Studio Ghibli has unveiled a minute-long teaser for Isao Takahata’s upcoming animated feature The Tale of Princess Kaguya, reports /Film. Based on the ancient Japanese folklore “The Tale of the… |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power trailer teases epic scope
The first full teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is now online, and you can check it out in the player above. Supposedly, it is… |