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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…and sarcastic age, I find these older specials oddly refreshing. Is This Thing Loaded? The Blu-ray begins with ads for How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Peanuts Holiday Collection Blu-ray,… |
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Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
…wedding which is fitting given the lyrics to the tune. Is This Thing Loaded? The disc opens up with a trailer for a collection of Peanuts Holiday Specials and for… |
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The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest : Season One, Volume Two
…wackier. Thirteen episodes are split unevenly over two discs, all in broadcast order. Disc One The collection begins with In The Wake Of The Mary Celeste, where Dr. Quest’s team… |
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Brave premieres new Dolby sound system
…check out this Hollywood Reporter story to see if the system is coming to a theatre near you. SoundWorks Collection: The Making of Dolby Atmos from Michael Coleman on Vimeo…. |
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Treasure Planet: 10th Anniversary Edition
…Blu-ray previews for the Cinderella Diamond Edition, Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure, Tinker Bell’s Secret Of The Wings, the Pocahontas and The Rescuers 2-Movie Collections, The Tigger Movie,… |
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DreamWorks buys Classic Media
The L.A.Times reports that DreamWorks has bought Classic Media for $155 million. DreamWorks Animation Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said, “Classic Media brings a large and diverse collection of characters and… |
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Family Guy: Volume 10 coming to DVD in September
The 1oth DVD volume of Family Guy will be coming to DVD on September 25th, DVD Active is reporting. The big highlight in the 3-disc episode collection will be Road… |
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The Heathcliff And Dingbat Show
…at least one previous Ruby-Spears release, Warner Archive has NOT incorrectly branded this one as part of the Hanna-Barbera Collection. (Of course, it would have been keen to see a… |
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The Halloween Tree
…to the Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection banner this time out, bringing The Halloween Tree more in line with previous releases. The lack of a true DVD logo remains disappointing on the… |
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Brave: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…liked it enough myself, and the film’s Ultimate Edition treatment here easily makes it a natural addition to the growing Pixar collection. Animated Classic or Back To The Drawing Board?… |
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The Charlie Brown And Snoopy Show: The Complete Animated Series
…comments on the foibles of life. That’s fine if you love those stories, but anyone looking for sustained plots will find this collection pretty spotty. Rather, it’s a close reflection… |
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From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece’s animated adventures in screenwriting
…of Reece. Harry had generated several meetings for Reece, including one with producer Wendy Japhet. As Reece took a seat in her office, he noticed a collection of screenplays on… |
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Frankenweenie
…a lazy collection and pale imitation of what he has done before. Disney’s disc matches the lackluster levels, but it’s such a shame that the first major home video release… |
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Brave wins Cinema Audio Society and ACE Eddie awards
Over the weekend, Disney/Pixar’s Brave added two more awards to its collection: the Cinema Audio Society Award for outstanding sound mixing and the American Cinema Editor’s Eddie Award. Other CAS… |
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New Monsters University vids include spoiler-filled Japanese trailer
…Movie Collection that’s garnering the most recent buzz, as it contains a bit more info than some people would prefer. On Twitter, Pixar animator Catherine Hicks even warns that the… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #34: Toy Story 2 – British Invasion
…could all have made from the collection?, toy protocol, Gerry from Gerry’s Game cameo, world’s fastest toy horse, don’t forget the bloopers!, Stinky Pete returns as villain in Toy Story… |
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Sesame Street welcomes a new amigo
…has a collection of videos that documents the audition process, from the open casting call and callbacks to the final announcement on Good Morning, America. The lucky new neighbor is… |
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Has Disney gotten rid of Merida’s so-called “makeover”?
…Princess Collection (even though she’s technically a Pixar heroine). It would seem, however, as though the studio possibly took notice, as the AV Club has pointed out that Disney has… |
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Superman Unbound
…parts of Little Girl Lost (which brought Supergirl onto the show). In a further effort to interest you in buying the graphic novel collection of the original comic, there is… |
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New DreamWorks, Classic Media content coming to Netflix
…deal for original first-run content in Netflix history, is also the first time DreamWorks Animation’s beloved characters will be introduced into the television market as a branded collection of shows…. |
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Oz, The Great And Powerful (regular and 3D editions)
…hence my summary of those events in my review above, but this is a terrific collection of facts and concept art for Walt’s proposed The Rainbow Road To Oz Mousketeer… |
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In-depth features on MU sound design, last minute character changes, and The Blue Umbrella
If you’ve just got back from the theatre after seeing Pixar’s latest we’ve got some special features for you. SoundWorks Collection profiles Monsters University sound designer Tom Myers of Skywalker… |
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Docter talks Inside Out
…They are made up of particles that actually move. Instead of being skin and solid, it is a massive collection of energy”. The film is slated to open in 2015…. |
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Robin Hood: 40th Anniversary Edition
…come before we ostensibly have complete collections – but it also means these BD updates don’t always get the full attention they should. With the producers of these efforts choosing… |
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Marvel Comics to release Muppets Omnibus
USA Today reports that Marvel Comics will publish The Muppets Omnibus, a hardcover collection of four series – originally released by Boom! Studios – by cartoonist Roger Langridge. The featured… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…on that recent disc is anything to go by), it means Return To Never-Land is deemed worthy of an individual release instead of a two-movie collection. Using, as is the… |
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Animated Views: A Retrospective
…was Ben Simon. Ben had been an animation fan since he was a lad and became enchanted while watching his father’s collection of 8mm Walt Disney Home Movies. His dad… |
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Director Jimmy Hayward talks turkey about Free Birds
…in the Dr. Seuss Collection at the UC San Diego Library. To earn approval from Seuss’ estate, Hayward, Martino and head of story Ricardo Curtis presented them with a special… |
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Marine Boy: The Complete First Season
…I have DVDs in my collection that contain material that I enjoy and can watch over and over again, and I have classics that I can appreciate only occasionally, but… |
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Is there Room On The Broom for the Best Animated Short Oscar?
…book by Donaldson and Scheffler, Room On The Broom. Released in 2001, the children’s best-seller tells of a kindly witch who allows a collection of animals to hitch a ride… |
