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DuckTales: Volume 1
…read, the stories only got better. Years later, I re-discovered the adventure stories of Carl Barks when Disney comics re-started publication, and I now have a nice collection of albums… |
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Team America: World Police – Unrated
…“action comedy adventure special effects drama musical extravaganza social issue piece animated with puppets”. It’s Thunderbirds-meets-Armageddon, by way of blending Jerry Bruckheimer explosion-fests with Broadway showtunes. If you take yourself… |
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Disney documentary DVD exclusive offer!
…Walt & El Grupo as a pre-release exclusive direct from Disney Movie Collections.com. Full details on special pricing for each title or as a group, can be found here: An… |
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Lady And The Tramp
…feature length film often contributes to the marking out of the 1930s as animation’s Golden Age, the 1950s – and in particular the year of 1955 – could arguably be… |
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Cinderella: Diamond Edition
…the previous DVD supplements as well as some of the audio-only goodies from the LaserDisc set. Once again it’s a lighter than usual collection, although unfortunately I can’t make my… |
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How Disney historian Didier Ghez wrote (twice) as he pleased…
…digging into some rare documents in the Sylvia Holland collection, at the Walt Disney Archives and in other private collections, I stumbled upon the names of Heinrich Tandler, Marcia Lees… |
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The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still
…big screen in the States. Indeed, Disney made it very apparent that Disney+ is currently their most prized golden goose, with The Mandalorian continuing to earn (almost) universal praise from… |
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Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age To Meddling Kids
…started on… my beautiful record collection!! I now have piles of vintage children’s LPs, 45s, and book and record sets – maybe one of the better collections around. And so,… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s
…and plain fun, and features more vocal stylings of Thurl Ravenscroft as Paul. Perhaps the most curious piece in this collection is 1959’s Noah’s Ark (20:46). Why? Because it is… |
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More Macca animation in the pipe
…Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection. The collection will also feature the award-winning Rupert And The Frog Song and another Macca frog flick, Tuesday. The CD single Tropic Island… |
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Under the sea with Robert Reece; plus yuletide Shrek, more Popeye and new disc announcements!
…it’s now due on November 11), at $34.98 for a two disc collection that should complete the cycle of Fleischer Studios’ shorts. • Warners also has a bunch of Classic… |
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Pixarian interviews, book and DVD reviews
Upcoming Pixar points to three interviews with high-profile Pixarians. The first interview is a Newsarama.com one with John Lasseter, focusing on Pixar Short Film Collection: Volume 1, WALL-E, Disney animation… |
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Contest roundup
…more than $100. The bundle includes Walt Disney Treasures Collection: The Complete Pluto Volume Two, Pixar Short Films Collection, National Treasure, Underdog, and The Game Plan. Last day to enter… |
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The Smurfs, Vol. 1: True Blue Friends
…season, entitled True Blue Friends. This release, under the Hanna-Barbera Kids Collection label, is the first of a series of one-disc, kid-friendly DVDs that Warner is releasing for some of… |
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Scooby! Samurai Swords! Sin City! Plus Something Wicked, Honey!
…while you’re searching about, look for the also recently issued Twilight Zone: The Movie, but be aware that, as per tradition, all of these Intrada Special Collections are limited to… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition
…thirty years later, a collection of all of the Schoolhouse Rock songs have finally made their way to DVD. They had been previously released in five video sets: Grammar Rock,… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald Volume Four
…up Disney’s collection of cartoon stars on DVD. Of course for Donald he is not alone and he brings his cartoons sidekicks with him, including Chip & Dale, Humphrey the… |
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Mickey Mouse: The Black And White Years
…a collection of this type. Mickey has an affable, but very mischievous nature in these earlier toons, but over the years he and Minnie became an item, and hearing Walt… |
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The Incredibles: Collector’s Edition
…to go there… an exceptional collection of bonus features. For the most part, the latest Pixar DVD delivers, but I have to say that I didn’t find the supplemental section… |
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Disney’s Adventures Of The Gummi Bears: Volume One, Seasons 1-3
…ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Not Rated (TV-Y), Retail: $34.99 Storyboard: Zummi, Tummi, Sunni, Cubbi, Grammi and Gruffi – the Gummies return to our screens in this first collection of… |
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True-Life Adventures true again!
…1 and 4 of the Walt Disney Legacy Collection: True-Life Adventures sets. The acknowledged problems, a topic of high activity on many message boards across the web, are: • True-Life… |
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Shrek's directors talk, Dinosaurs, Droopy – and Shrek! – reviewed…
…release of Tex Avery’s Droopy: Theatrical Collection. Early preview: this is a stunning collection of brilliant shorts marred only by image quality that surprisingly leaves a lot to be desired…. |
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The New Adventures Of Superman: DC Classics
…Brothers bring us a couple of their animated Detective Comics incarnations: this collection, and The New Adventures Of Batman, sadly the closest yet we’ve gotten to having the classic, camp… |
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More Walt Disney Treasures!!
…line! • Destino: isn’t too much of a surprise, having been previously announced for the second wave of Roy Disney’s Legacy Collection series, but is extremely welcome! The last wave… |
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WALL-E: 3-Disc Special Edition
…WALL•E’s genesis of tone from Sylvain Chomet’s The Triplets Of Belleville, the use of the Hello Dolly songs (including a nice iTunes plug for Disney/Pixar shareholder Steve Jobs’ Apple Site),… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
…a general lack of magic on Disney’s part to make the package feel special. Sure, there’s a $250 gift set, or a storybook and disc collection, but for all the… |
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Inside The Box: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs DVD and Blu-ray Disc Comparisons
…other Disney Blu-rays in your collection, this book and disc set probably represents the best value in terms of Snow White in high definition, especially with online discounts bringing the… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro – The Complete First Season
…both seasons, The Sign Of Zorro and Zorro The Avenger, though they have not materialized in this collection’s final form. I highly doubt disc space would have been an issue… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 4
…shorts in these family-friendly single disc collections. The Sweatbox Review: For this fourth group of shorts, Warner Bros. has repackaged more shorts from the Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection: Volume… |
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The Princess And The Frog
…The Frog is a pleasing return to classical animation on screen, it’s only a mildly diverting collection of nostalgic elements at best. The opening shots evoke memories of Lady And… |
