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Kronk’s New Groove
…Pauper styled drama to becoming a broad, crowd-pleasing comedy that came out of left field to surprise audiences – and the Mouse House – alike! Back then, the whole Direct-To-Video… |
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DuckTales: Volume 1
…in 1983’s Mickey’s Christmas Carol. While it was nice to get Uncle Scrooge on the big screen, that first cartoon was more interested in giving a lesson on economics than… |
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Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Special Edition
…compilations) and that the company itself had been doing all through the 80s (remember the likes of Goin’ Quackers, Sport Goofy and various Mickey-themed collections?) on home video. There were… |
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The Quest For Camelot: Special Edition
…to make a grab for Mickey’s crown. One of the most successful animation companies to rival Disney, the Studio had given us Bugs, Daffy, Tweety and Sylvester, and the Tazmanian… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Burny Mattinson on Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent
…the release of Walt Disney’s 1959 animated classic on DVD and Blu-ray, Burny Mattinson remembers working with the man himself. With the inevitable passing of all the Nine Old Men,… |
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Pixar picking park rides?; Back to the Dungeons; Hi-def duos?
…relegated to hotel room accessory status: the Cinderella Castle Suite at Disney World and Disneyland’s Mickey Mouse Penthouse being themed rooms randomly chosen to accommodate guests. All fine and good,… |
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Preview Animation from Pencils to Pixels
…Digital Animator. Released on July 21st through Focal Press, the paperback comes with a DVD containing White’s film Endangered Species, showcasing some of animation’s finest moments. Likewise, the DVD presents… |
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The Chronological Donald – full review
While it seems the Mickey Mouse In Color 2, On The Front Lines and TomorrowLand sets in the new wave of Walt Disney Treasures deluxe DVD tins are the most… |
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Return To Never-Land: Pixie-Powered Edition
…about “faith, trust, and pixie dust.” The Sweatbox Review: (You may also wish to read an alternate take on this film, from our review of the previous DVD edition.) There… |
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Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney
…something to see: a vast collection of the various books, paintings, films and other artworks that the original Disney artists used as artistic sources during the heydays of the Mickey… |
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Disney’s 2011 animated classic cover art
…Cat song and intro • Thru the Mirror Mickey Mouse animated short (now in hi-def) • One-hour in Wonderland • An Alice Comedy: Alice’s Wonderland • Original theatrical trailers (1951… |
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Jack's back! NB4X's Skellington returns for Halloween!
…on DVD (and Blu-ray, don’t forget). Fans with the previous LaserDisc and standard edition DVD will certainly want to check this out, as it features a wealth of material not… |
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Animated Views: A Retrospective
…where I came into the story. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t an animation fan. My first stuffed animal was Mickey Mouse. I was still watching the Disney… |
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South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season
…Darth Maul, and Mickey Mouse’s head quite literally being blown off by a Cylon? It’s back to more standard fare – and a commentary on videogames – in Guitar Queer-O,… |
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Cats Don’t Dance
Warner Bros (1997), CLV/CAV, 2 sides, 77 mins, 1.85:1 letterboxed widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated G A good looking disc, be it LD or DVD, is only as good… |
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Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies, or Monte Carlo Or Bust!
…This ethos is carried over into Ron Goodwin’s bombastic musical score, full of intentional Mickey Mouseing, heroic stabs, wobbly brass for Frobe’s perpetual misfit and slinky strings for the boo-hiss… |
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Hoodwinked Too! Hood Vs. Evil
The Weinstein Company (April 29 2011), Anchor Bay Entertainment (August 16 2011), 1 Blu-ray plus 1 DVD, 87 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.78:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Rated… |
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Warner Archive: The Amazing Captain Nemo
…them and make a mainstream DVD release even a moderate hit. The basic scheme is simple: current video masters for many requested titles are dusted down and encoded, using a… |
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Disney drops Destino DVD release plans
Ultimate Disney reports that the Mouse House has revised its press release for Walt Disney Treasures: Wave 8 by dropping from the track list the 2003 realization of the long-unfinished… |
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Back to business: new reviews and announcements!
…only two of these shows are really brand new to DVD, having been made available on either Paramount or Warners releases previously. However, the set is worth picking up for… |
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Ratatouille
…fender, Pixar’s latest was apparently a hard sell for Disney’s marketing team, not least because the film was in production before the Mouse bought the Lamp late last year. Think… |
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Cats Don’t Dance
…a children’s feature. The DVD comes equipped with several fun DVD-ROM features which can be accessed using the Interactual Player. The two “Fun Feline Games” are Cannonpudge Catapult and Darla-Dodge… |
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Clutch Cargo: The Complete Series – Volume One
…of older theatrical shorts starring Mighty Mouse and Popeye. And more importantly, you will note, the cartoons available were all of the humorous variety. In stark contrast to the eclectic… |
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A Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…animator and director Eric Goldberg, most recently a director-for-hire on Looney Tunes: Back In Action. During the informal chat, Goldberg spoke about his career at the Mouse House, taking in… |
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Hi-def, Blu-Ray, and all that Jazz…
…from most studios, including even Warners and Paramount, both of which were initially batters for HD-DVD but who now release their titles “format neutral” on BRD and HD-DVD. The new… |
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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… |
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A Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…at the Mouse House, taking in such characters and movies as the Genie in Aladdin, and co-helming Pocahontas. Animated Views: Let’s start with the recent Disney Legends ceremony where they… |
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Inside the Aladdin DVD
‘Moonraker’ in the {{link http://forums.dvdfile.com/interactive/forum/showthread.php?p=610263#post610263 DVD File Forums}} has opened up his copy of the Aladdin Platinum Edition, with menu grabs, package shots and more. The photos confirm that Proud… |
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Marvel Superhero Show appears on DVD this June
Comics2Film reports that the 1960’s Marvel Superhero Show hits stores on June 28, 2005, in a five-disc DVD boxset. As pointed out in the article, the animation for the show… |
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Pippi Longstocking to get August DVD release
Toon Zone notes that the 1997 Pippi Longstocking animated feature will have a DVD release from Warner Home Video on August 2, 2005. A theatrical trailer for the film is… |
