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Armageddon
Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Touchstone Home Video (1998 / 2010), single disc, 150 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.35:1, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, Rated PG-13 (for Sci-Fi Disaster Action,… |
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Nicktoons to relaunch Voltron
Variety reports that Nicktoons will air 26 half-hour episodes of Voltron Force starting next year. With the relaunch of the massive robot from 1980s, rights holders World Event Prods and… |
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Warner Archive: Red Skelton Whistling Collection
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Home Video (1941-43 / 2010), 3 discs, 239 mins, 1.33:1, Dolby Mono, Not Rated, $24.95 (available online only from the Warner Archive Collection) The Movie: I have to admit… |
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James And The Giant Peach: Special Edition
Walt Disney Pictures/Allied Filmmakers (April 12 1996), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (August 3 2010), single Blu-ray Disc plus DVD, 79 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.66:1 widescreen, DTS-HD 5.1 Master… |
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Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season One, Part One
Warner Bros. (2008), Warner Home Video (August 17. 2010), 2 discs, 286 mins plus supplements, 16:9 ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Stereo, Not Rated, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Batman teams up… |
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Rudolph / Frosty / Santa Claus: The Original Christmas Classics
Rankin/Bass (1964-1970), Classic Media (October 12 2010), 3 Blu-ray plus 1 Compact Disc gift set, 150 mins plus supplement, 1080p high-definition 1.33:1 original ratio, 5.1 Dolby True-HD and Stereo, Not… |
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Danger Man / Secret Agent: The Complete Collection
ITC Entertainment/A&E Home Video/Granada International (1960-1968 / 2010), 18 disc set, 57 hours plus supplements, original 1.33:1 ratio and mono soundtrack, Not Rated, $99.95 The Show: Although Patrick McGoohan will… |
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He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
Melendez/Mendelson Productions (1968), Warner Home Video (September 21, 2010), 1 disc, 25 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Snoopy… |
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Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Warner Bros. (2010), Warner Home Video (September 28, 2010), 2 discs (Blu-ray + DVD), 78 mins plus supplements, 16:9 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio, Rated PG-13, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: A rocket… |
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Toy Story 3
…plus for the 3D experience, and three of Ken’s Dating Tips (1:30), to the brilliantly executed Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear Commercial (:30) and Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear Japanese Commercial (:30) that both run like… |
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Yogi’s Great Escape
…an end in the latter 1980s, they produced a series of ten made-for-television movies, under the umbrella of Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. These syndicated movies included three Yogi Bear titles, all… |
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Thunder-Thunder-Thundercats…Anime?
Children of the 1980s, rejoice! The beloved Rankin-Bass cartoon Thundercats is being revitalized anime-style. Warner Brothers released a promotional image seen at right. The character designs appear to retain the… |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CGI Reboot
…still looks to be in the early rendering stages or it might be the movie’s style. The turtles have seen many mutations over the years from kid-friendly 1980s heroes to… |
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First Footage of the new ThunderCats
…a young Lion-O and his fellow ThunderCats must fight the evil forces of Mum-Ra after his father, King Claudius, fails. Larry Kenney, the voice of the 1980s Lion-O, provides the… |
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Tron: Legacy and The Original Classic 2-Movie Collection
…125 (2010) mins plus extensive supplements, 1080p high-definition widescreen (multiple aspects), DTS-HD 5.1 (1982) and 7.1 (2010) Master Audio, Rated PG, Retail: $79.99 Storyboard: In the 1982 classic, Kevin Flynn,… |
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Nickelodeon Picks Up Voltron
Nickelodeon’s NickToons channel has a streaming preview for a new Voltron series. The series will be a sequel to the 1984-1985 series about five humans who journey to an alien… |
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Watch 9 Minutes of the New ThunderCats
…1980s cartoon, the reboot takes the ThunderCats universe in a whole new direction. The animation is cleaner and slanted towards Japanese anime. It was animated by Studio 4°C. The plot… |
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The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones
…to be distributed in the late 1980s, this storyline seems like a perfect project. It was the second one to air, following Yogi’s Great Escape. And what, exactly, would one… |
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Cartoon Network Reboots Thundercats to Positive Reviews
On August 5, Cartoon Network premiered it’s newest cartoon, Thundercats, a remake of the 1980s cult classic produced by Rankin and Bass (the studio that made the popular Christmas specials:… |
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Rockin’ With Judy Jetson
…Funk, whose hatred of music drives her mad plot. The Sweatbox Review: Warner Archive has just completed putting out the fabled Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 syndicated movies from the 1980s. The… |
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Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season Two, Part One
Warner Bros. (2009-2010), Warner Home Video (August 16, 2011), 2 discs, 286 mins plus supplements, 16:9 ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Stereo, Not Rated, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Batman and friends… |
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The Fox And The Hound: 30th Anniversary 2-Movie Edition
…to The Fox And The Hound II: Making Of The Music featurette (10:05), focusing on the blue-grass contributions of the recording artists, and a You Know I Will music video… |
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Phineas And Ferb: The Movie – Across The 2nd Dimension
…the mid-1980s, it was off to a flying start, creating the original – and overlooked – concept show The Wuzzles (two animals in one, two times the fun!), the fondly… |
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Jem’s Popularity is Truly Outrageous
The truly, truly outrageous 1980s Hasbro series has endured for almost thirty years and it’s popularity continues to grow. Jem and the Holograms: The Truly Outrageous Complete Series box set… |
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Popeye returning to the big screen
…the word.” This won’t be the first time that Popeye has had a movie. He was also the star of a 1980s live-action movie starring Robin Williams and Shelly Duvall…. |
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Mad: Season One, Part Two
Warner Bros. Animation (2010), Warner Home Video (January 17 2012), single disc, 146 mins, 1.78:1 letterboxed widescreen, Dolby Stereo Surround, Not Rated (nothing particularly offensive), Retail: $19.97 Storyboard: The pages… |
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John Carter (Of Mars)
…John Carter’s under-performance, led Disney to take stock of its big budget productions, halting the progress of its 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea remake (good, the Douglas/Mason film is a… |
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Masters of the Universe Goes Live Action!
Taking a cue from some of the 1980s cartoon reboot, Masters of the Universe is being handed over to Jon Chu. Currently, Chu is working on a 3D post-conversion of… |
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CG ALF coming to big screen?
The Hollywood Reporter says Sony Pictures Animation acquired the rights to the 1980s sitcom ALF and is looking to make a film with the producers of the original show and… |
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The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition
…and early 1980s, not least the Disney answer to Ralph Bakshi’s interpretation of Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings. Coming too late by the time of release in 1985, much… |
