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Sing
…long-trailed advertising campaign that targeted families looking for feelgood holiday entertainment at Christmastime. Not that the resulting movie is especially festive, although it’s an undeniably feelgood experience. An often overused… |
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Star Trek – Lower Decks: Season 1
…released. Ink And Paint: While it would have been great to see how the show looks on high-def disc, the DVD itself looks pretty good. The 16:9 picture is quite… |
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The first and fairest meets the latest for Thanksgiving!
…be exceptionally good. That goodness all but flooded away with the awful Shrek The Third, when my fondness for the franchise had faded. Even Shrek looks pretty fed up in… |
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Back and "looking" better than ever! Plus Super Powers and Pirates!
…tracks. The first (admittedly shorter) film had three of them, while Dead Man’s Chest only managed one, with the film’s writers. This time around there’s nary a speaker in sight,… |
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TaleSpin: Volume 2
…remains intact, but otherwise this is clearly a whole new character. Just like in The Jungle Book, however, Baloo has a little buddy who idolizes him while still managing to… |
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Miss Hokusai
…animated films, began life as a Japanese comic book, or manga. This particular manga was a biographical story of a family that included O-Ei, and her father, the great artist… |
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Bambi Signature Collection Edition on Digital HD and Blu-ray May 23rd
…inspired the film¹s soft watercolor backgrounds and beautiful palette. Bambi arrives home on Digital HD, Disney Movies Anywhere, and on DVD & Blu-ray May 23rd. Designed to bring together visionaries… |
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Yogi’s Great Escape
…the switch on that one. Ink And Paint: The print used for this DVD was actually in pretty good shape, considering the lack of restoration. Some dirt and scratches do… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures Volume 3: Crazy Crew Rescues
…ongoing DVD releases fewer and farther between. The shorter-lived Freakazoid managed to get its second season episodes out before the drought, but since then Tiny Toons and Animaniacs fans have… |
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Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure
…standard DVD included in the Blu-ray package has the same special features on it as the Blu-ray. The DVD utilizes Disney Fast Play. The main difference with the Blu-ray is… |
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The Muppet Show: Season Three
…And Paint: The transfers for this show remain absolutely stellar. I continue to be amazed with how good this show looks on DVD. The detail is remarkable, as you can… |
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Secret Of The Wings
…possible retailer exclusives). Some were looking forward to purchasing a 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo, but the only way to get that in Region A is to buy it in DVD packaging…. |
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Yogi’s First Christmas
…Herman The Hermit (with apologies to the band), the source of last year’s troubles, and one other miscreant. Herman lives up on the mountain, and looks down of the Christmas… |
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\\The Critic\\ coming to DVD
{{link http://www.davisdvd.com/news/daily_news.html DavisDVD}} has Columbia TriStar’s January release slate, which includes (finally!) \\The Critic: The Entire Series\\ on the 27th. The show debuted in 1994, on ABC before being cancelled…. |
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Max Fleischer's Superman DVD in April
…feature all 17 theatrical shorts totalling 170 minutes, spread over two discs. Extras will include two retrospective featurettes, “The Man, The Myth Superman”, and “First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series.”… |
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Castle In The Sky
…the other Ghibli DVDs in this wave, but it is still a nice interview with Miyazaki’s composer Joe Hisaishi. There are then a few Original Japanese Trailers (4:03). Behind The… |
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The Little Mermaid Diamond Edition
…Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + Music Download) = $49.99 U.S./$56.99 Canada 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack with Digital Copy (Blu-ray + DVD/ Digital… |
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The DisneyLand Anthology
…well as a comical look at man’s attraction to the stars. Although over half of its contents have subsequently found their way on to DVD, or are natural inclusions for… |
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DVD reviews: Two more from BCI, plus contest winners
…the 1980s. He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe: Volume Two actually involves the 2002 version of the show, basically a reboot of the Filmation series. The newer show certainly… |
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More animation on DVD for 2004
…the ever popular Adventures Of Batman And Robin and Batman Beyond, the previously announced Looney Tunes: Back In Action, and the CGI Chased By Dinosaurs: 3 Walking With Dinosaurs Adventures…. |
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DVD review: Cinderella III
…animation isn’t as top notch as the 1950 classic, the film’s intentions are in the right place, and taken at face value there’s some good old-fashioned entertainment to be had…. |
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I Wanna Be Like You! The Jungle Book on DVD, plus SuperFriends!
…a mouthful! As a comics nut, Rand likes the show itself, of course, but really saves his enthusiasm to say some good words about the set’s supplemental features, calling them… |
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\\The Three Musketeers\\ director campaigns for theatrical release
…my movie on the \\Lion King 1 1/2\\ DVD.) Sadly, because of misguided management, this movie is scheduled to skip a theatrical release on the big screen and go straight… |
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The Little Mermaid grab bag #3: Two press releases
The following are two official press release relating to yesterday’s release of Disney’s The Little Mermaid on 2-Disc Platinum Edition DVD. The first is a lighthearted one pointing out Ariel… |
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Looney Tunes and Jack Frost on DVD!
…Frost: Deluxe Edition – no, not the festively awful Michael Keaton vehicle in which he plays a snowman (that’s real, by the way, for those that missed that certain cinematic… |
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Kaze: Ghost Warrior coming to DVD this month
…of animals: Kaze the tiger, Itsua the wolf, Yashin the rat etc. You can see screenshots from this fascinating project on the official web page, and also download the trailer…. |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Two-Disc Special Edition)
…third trailer is also included for the Star Wars: Clone Wars videogames for Nintendo consoles (1:09). Case Study: The movie has been released in the standard two-disc DVD case with… |
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From Up On Poppy Hill
…Animation From GKIDS includes several trailers for other DVD releases, such as The Painting, The Secret Of Kells, Chico & Rita, A Cat In Paris, Tales Of The Night, and… |
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Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E: 3-Disc – Winner!
Disney/Pixar’s latest, instant classic WALL-E comes to DVD and Blu-ray on November 18, but we have a copy for one lucky winner to grab thanks to Walt Disney Studios Home… |
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Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
…for Jerry which is funnier, but not really that much better in these scenes. Is This Thing Loaded? There are very few special features on this DVD. The DVD itself… |