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Watershipped Rabbits And Plagued Dogs: The Animated World Of Richard Adams

…there’s anything out there in wider seen western animation that has come close to this book-to-screen version, it’s Don Bluth’s The Secret Of NIMH (whose journey to the screen was…

Team America: World Police – Unrated

…about everyone and everything, it’s not just the terrorists that get the predictable jab in the arm from Matt and Trey, co-writing again here with secret weapon Pam Brady. Seemingly…

Shrek 2

secret plan with Fiona’s Fairy Godmother to be rid of Shrek and set up Fiona’s marriage to the Godmother’s son, Prince Charming. Into all this comes Puss In Boots, a…

Mulan: Special Edition

…man is a greater woman, Mulan is able to use her smarts to help Shang and his rag-tag band outwit the Huns, though there comes a moment when her secret

Home On The Range

…that his favored “secret weapon”, a crazy yodel, is enough to enchant any cow and send them willingly off to the slaughter! Will Rico get there in time? Will Buck…

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Animated Movie)

…In The World and The Little Prince, the animated SuperTed television show, The Princess And The Goblin and The Secret Garden. The film was produced by The Children’s Television Workshop,…

The Last Unicorn (pan-and-scan)

…that appealed to different audiences, often with more serious themes and plots. Around this time, adaptations of books such as Watership Down, The Secret Of NIMH and The Plague Dogs…

Brother Bear: Special Edition

secret: that it was him who killed the younger bear’s mother… The Sweatbox Review: If things had gone as originally planned, Brother Bear would have followed Home On The Range…

The Lion King 1½

…and as such, just about works. As narrated by Timon, The Lion King 1½ plays out in much the same way as a Zucker Brothers’ spoof (think Airplane, Top Secret

The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad: Gold Classic Collection

…flash in the pan desire, but Toad secretly makes a deal with the sly Weasels to swap his luxury home for a car. But when the Weasels double cross him…

Open Season: Special Edition

…Up gets another mention in the form of Meet Cody Maverick, the surfing star of Sony’s next movie, at another webpage again accessible only from the DVD-ROM. On this “secret”…

Studio Idefix #1 – Asterix The Gaul and Asterix And Cleopatra

…helps if you are a fan of the original comic, but even for non-Asterix aficionados the story is fun, following Roman Marcus Sourpuss’ attempts to discover the secret of the…

Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land

…Don Bluth had shown that traditional cel animation could be achieved on similar budgets with The Secret Of NIMH, and Disney’s own The Great Mouse Detective was the first feature…

The Quest For Camelot: Special Edition

…family friendly picks such as Free Willy, The Nutcracker, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Space Jam, Wild America and Willy Wonka supplemented by the rather adult 1960s musical bore…

The Black Cauldron: Gold Classic Collection

…holds the secret of the past and the future in his special powers, a power that the dreaded Horned King needs to activate the Black Cauldron. Within the Cauldron is…

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

…Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Deep in Retroville, young Jimmy Neutron is secretly on the search for extra-terrestrial life. After a seemingly failed experiment (involving the kitchen toaster doubling as a satellite!)…

Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille

…my core… In the past, revered critic Anton Ego made no secret of his disdain for Chef Gusteau’s famous motto, “Anyone can cook”. But, after experiencing “something new”, he finally…

Another Conversation with Eric Goldberg

…think it’s any secret that I’m a “Chuck Jones-ophile,” and that weighs heavily on me and when we were doing Back in Action we were trying to find the “EveryBugs”…

Dream On, Silly Dreamer

…which were now focusing on establishing their own CG production facilities (which oddly enough, they already had just a year or two before – something called The Secret Lab –…

Mike Scully on The Simpsons Movie

…keep it a secret from everybody, but it just seemed to make sense to us. AV: Considering all of the writers on the film, how is it chosen whose ideas…

Beaumont and Kerry: Peter Pan‘s Leading Ladies

…contract with MGM, where she obtained small roles in On an Island with You (1948), The Secret Garden (1949) and Challenge to Lassie (1949). In Garden, Walt Disney found the…

Ambitious plans for Portland-based animation studio Laika

…Gumball Rally road race. Paranorman, an original idea by Coraline story chief Chris Butler, concerns a small town under a secret curse. Only a 13-year-old boy can keep the town…

Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!

…a number of episodes) and to the very beginnings of time in part four, The Secret Of Mastadon Valley. The series opener concludes with the fifth and final part, The…

The Best of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe

…a secret in this review, but avoid reading the summary for “Teela’s Triumph” if you don’t want to find out. The first season of He-Man was already a hit when…

Meet The Robinsons

…comes along, Robinsons takes on his secretive, random characteristics, which aren’t all that likeable at first (it’s all explained later) and quickly irritated me. A moment with some big-band happy…

Pinocchio: Platinum Edition

…indeed been muted in the new mix. Final Cut: Since adding some titles and switching to the two a year format, it’s no secret that fans have found the Platinum…

A Magic Gourd, Chipmunks, Madagascar's Nana and Wonder Woman? It's another packed post!

…here! But new reviews have been popping up throughout the week: my take on Disney’s first international co-production, China’s The Secret Of The Magic Gourd, went up a few days…

The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition

…and, from their own menu option, previews for Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Secret Of The Magic Gourd, TinkerBell And The Lost Treasure a Think Fast trivia video game, Wizards Of Waverly…

Yogi! Fred! Caspian! All on DVD!

…very fun secret agent spoof that sees the lovable caveman doubling for yet another doppelganger. The usual shenanigans ensue, though as Rand makes a point of saying, the numerous song…

Kung Fu Panda / Secrets Of The Furious Five

…China, Po feels out of place working at his Dad’s noodle bar, wanting to join the secret Furious Five team of martial art masters. Only thing is…Po’s a panda, not…