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Our Caspian coverage continues!
We’ve a return trip to Narnia today, in the company of Jeremie Noyer, who’s speaking to the co-producer of Prince Caspian, Douglas Gresham, on his role in the new film… |
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Heaps of new DVD announcements; plus the new Splits!
One banana, two banana, three banana, four…The Banana Splits are coming back to TV! Cartoon Network and Boomerang will debut the return of the Splits on Tuesday, September 2, as… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 1
…that places the second, double-sided platter at the back to keep it from any harm. The inside of the dual sleeve makes note of the episode titles, while making the… |
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Looney Tunes meets Gargoyles…what's up, doc!?
…of the series may find themselves disappointed with the lack of a major helping of Bugs, Daffy and company. But hard-core nuts (like me!) will find a great deal to… |
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WALL-E: 3-Disc Special Edition
…a valuable exploration of how the film broke through the confines of CG to emulate the live-action feel. The remainder of these mini-documentaries each observe distinctive facets of the film;… |
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The Wild
…on hammering home the plot and character similarities between the film and DreamWorks’ Madagascar from the summer before, The Wild’s bashing was indicative of the general mood of the public… |
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Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter & The Wolf (2006)
…the Musical Themes Of Peter & The Wolf found in the bonus menu is one and the same clip. The Making Of Peter & The Wolf is where the real… |
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Yogi! New announcements! And tons of Pinocchio clips!
…Yogi Bear!, the 1964 animated feature comedy from Hanna-Barbera that marked their return to the big screen after producing so many of the original Tom & Jerry shorts. Hey There… |
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Monsters Vs. Aliens! Smurfs! Plus the WB Archives open up!
…them apples and many of the films here will have buffs gagging at the bit to own them. Though these are not actually described as DVD-R discs by Warners (they’re… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 2
…into four or five smaller sections that cover the renewal of the series, the switch to single story episodes, the casting of Jonathan Harris, the cancelling of the show and… |
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The Day The Earth Stood Still: Blu-ray Disc Special Edition
…date, state of the art spectacles of today. Fox recently released a special DVD and BD edition of the earlier film which split up the much better double-sided contents of… |
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Sin City: Blu-ray Disc (plus Recut, Extended & Unrated Edition)
…the cars of the movie and the processes used to bring them to the screen, with more of the same in Booze, Broads & Guns, which explores the manufacturing of… |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: With a Smile and a Song!
…the production of Snow White, counted no less than 56 people. Hence the remarkable rendition of water (the ripples in the wishing well), of the rain or else the shadows,… |
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
…battle especially) there are no other big creature moments, something that felt lacking after the power of the Kraken sequences in the last film (the end of which is explained… |
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure‘s director and producer take us to a Once-in-a-Blue-Moon experience!
…about the look of this film and what inspired it? KH: Certainly the inspiration comes from the original 1953 Peter Pan movie. The colors and the richness of the backgrounds… |
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DWA: Shrek musical on DVD; no Monsters Vs Aliens sequel; future slate announced
DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg announced Tuesday that Shrek The Musical, the Broadway edition of the company’s Oscar-winning animated film, was DVD bound in “unique packaging”. Grossing $380 worldwide, this year’s… |
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Animated Views 2.0 is here!
…looks at the Blu-ray release of Nick Park’s danger-prone duo, which includes the hi-def debut of their newest adventure, A Matter Of Loaf And Death. Also new to Animated Views,… |
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Princess brings Disney and directors full circle
The Wall Street Journal has a nice piece on The Princess and the Frog, the return of traditional animation to Disney, and how it was brought about by some directors… |
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Epic game designer Spector talks Mickey Mouse
…Spector about the game’s Cartoon Wasteland storyline, which will see the return of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit in his first major new role since Disney’s re-acquisition, and how Mickey is… |
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Walt’s Museum, a drab Muppet Christmas, plus more Up!
…appropriate tribute to the old Mousetro. Not such cheerful news to report is the results of the Muppets returning to the Christmas genre for the DVD release of their 2008… |
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A Christmas Carol: season’s greetings from Jim Carrey’s Scrooge!
…Festival, Scrooge himself talked about his vision of the story, of the acting, but also about his first experience in a motion-capture movie. With the release of the film to… |
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A Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa
…shocking and heartbreaking loss of their creator Jim Henson in 1990, the crazy menagerie of puppets’ future was thrown into doubt when a deal between Henson and the Disney Company… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…of the previous films’ previews in HD, nor any of the Scrat teaser spots for any of the three films, instead serving the sole option of The Pink Panther 2…. |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 2
…to the land of the Arabian Knights. The genie Shazzan appears, and promises to help them, but the teens cannot return home until they find the original owner of the… |
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New Princess and the Frog images
A number of new images and cast photos from Disney’s anticipated The Princess and the Frog can now be found at Comingsoon.net. The studio’s return to hand-drawn animation opens in… |
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The Art Of The Princess And The Frog Book – Winners Announced!
…Life: The Art And Making Of An Epic Of Miniature Proportions. He is an author, writer, and consultant in the motion picture, theater, and themed-entertainment industries. The Princess And The… |
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A Christmas Carol
…of the mo-cap process that mirrors rotoscoping coming to the fore with any kind of rapid movement: there are lots of times when characters slip, fall or move actively and… |
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Ruby-Spears’ Superman: DC Comics Classic Collection
…over the next two decades, along with their rivals Hanna-Barbera, created multiple variations of super-heroics, including The Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure, The New Adventures Of Batman, The Batman/Superman Hour, Super… |
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The Princess And The Frog: Almost There (feature film song clip)
…adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. From the creators of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, The Princess And The Frog marks the return to hand-drawn animation from the revered… |
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The Princess and the Frog opens
Disney’s long awaited return to hand drawn animation,The Princess and the Frog, opens today in 3,432 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is getting good reviews from the… |
