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New project for DreamWorks Animation: Imaginary Enemies
…friends of children–fed up with being blamed for their misdeeds–looking for revenge when their kids have grown up. Mike Mitchell of Sky High and Shrek Forever After fame is working… |
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Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
…like The Phantom Menace, a film too complicated for what is ostensibly a kids picture, and too light and frivolous for adults. Throwing himself into the lead role, Jake Gyllenhaal… |
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Day & Night
…cartoon they saw on the front of Toy Story 3 with their kids, this book interpretation is a pretty cute way to replay the fun before bedtime. With parents able… |
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Tinker Bell picnics in the park
…food trucks, including Top Chef alum Brian Hill’s gourmet food truck, along with a bevy of activity stations for the kids – including face painting, Tink tattoos, coloring stations and… |
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Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season One, Part One
…us fearing this would be overly kid-friendly and dopey. No problem, though. If Warner wanted a Super Friends-like show for 21st Century kids, there was nothing wrong with that. It… |
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Timmy Time
…the rest of the day (it was in my head for a good few hours too)! Creator/Producer Jackie Cockle (an award-winning British kids TV veteran of similarly age-directed fare as… |
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Warner Archive: Classic Musical Shorts From The Dream Factory
…Arthur Freed (“the lyricist, who also writes the words”) amongst its number, and a bunch of talented teens and kids in the Kiddie Revue, presented in a sepia tint. On… |
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The Pirates of Dark Water: The Complete Series
…shows from the 1980s but with a more modern script keeping it appealing to a new generation of kids used to more sophisticated stories. The show would last for a… |
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Flintstones celebrate original premiere with day-long marathon!
…and 166 countries around the world, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported cable service now available in HD offering the best in original, acquired and classic entertainment for kids and… |
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Del Toro’s TrollHunters no longer a Disney movie
…difficult it is to be kid. Normally, kids are idealized in animated films. But the growing pains, married with the notion that there is a world right next to us… |
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Bill Plympton returns!
…wrote Bill a wonderful group letter, accompanied by a nice drawing from each child. Plympton said: “Basically kids love this short film. It appeals to children of all ages and… |
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Animated DVDs up for 2009 TV DVD Awards!
…Two, BBC Liberty’s Kids: The Complete Series, Shout! Factory Mr. Men: Mr. Tickle/Little Miss Sunshine, Sony Pictures Sesame Street: Elmo Loves You/Being Green, Genius Products/Sesame Workshop Transformers Animated: Season Two,… |
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Announcing Major Damage!
…monsters, and alien scum! Fun for kids and animation fans, both young and old! Don’t miss out on the next great all-ages comic sensation! The book is available solo, or… |
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Animated "kid's films" becoming increasingly adult
…Little and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Ware-Rabbit were called into question when considering what is appropriate for children to view. “Kids are sponges,” noted Kimberly Thompson, author… |
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Cultoons! Volume 2: Animated Education
…association with Rudy Ising had come to an end, is an highly entertaining effort that exposes what happens when kids don’t look after their teeth. It struck something of a… |
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Joe Barbera; Gremlins and Disney's Dog
…aged 95. As many kids did, I grew up with the animated series Joe produced with his life-long partner in animation, Bill Hanna (who died March 2001), and they truly… |
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Loonatics redone in response to online petition
…menacing”. Rowe also notes that test audiences loved Loonatics, set to debut this fall on Kids’ WB!. More info on the matter can be found at The Big Cartoon Database…. |
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Pocahontas leads new reviews, plus DVD Toons on Plague Dogs, Spongebob and Kim!
…Movie}} (“quite imaginative, though this show is for kids, and adults will certainly have a different perspective on it”). The site also looks at the truncated American version of Martin… |
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Shark Tale DVD review
…of an enigma, and it’s not a truly essential catch for your collections, even if the disc is packed with enough information for animation fans and fun for kids without… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
…their kids when Prime Evil first strikes. It’s a quite an ambitious first set of shows, spanning time like no-one’s business, but it sets up the characters, how everyone fits… |
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Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 1
…Superdog: Volume 2, McKids: Volumes 1 & 2, Tom And Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers, How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Kids Holiday 2006, and Harry And His… |
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Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 2
…be the hit of the village. The back of the DVD case reads as follows: “…appeal to a whole new generation of tech-savvy kids”. I was thinking there would be… |
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Madagascar early reviews and latest poster
…The Incredibles but it’s going to be a funny pill to swallow while taking the kids out for a treat.” Thanks to George C. for pointing these reviews out in… |
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The Best Of Casper: Volumes 1 and 2
…for the kids, but essentially they should just say this is a twelve title disc and be done with it. For the record, the two “extras” on Volume 1 are… |
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Cars
…everyone else see what he’s seeing, and it’s a surprisingly adult and dry production featurette for what is ostensibly a light-hearted kids DVD. Finally – yes, finally – we come… |
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Henry Selick keeping very busy, talks \\The Wall and the Wing\\ and \\Moongirl\\
…It’s also a mystery. These kids have lost their memories at this orphanage and, in trying to discover who they are, they become fast friends and ultimately learn that they’re… |
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The Reef
…it harder for little kids to get to the disc. Ink And Paint: On reading the “this film has been modified to fit your screen” notice on the back of… |
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Transformers: 2-Disc Special Edition
…you had to be a couple of years younger at least. Flash forward several years and now that the inmates are running the asylums (as in the kids growing up… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures Of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit
…confound kids of today as much as they may laugh at it. Technically, the cartoons hold up as good as anything being produced at the time: it’s no mistake that… |
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Tom & Jerry Tales Volume 4 – Winner Announced!
…Everyone’s favorite cat and mouse are back with 12 cartoon shorts from the popular Kids WB television series. Tom & Jerry Tales Volume 4 finds Tom chasing Jerry through a… |
