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Monsters Vs. Aliens vs. Zeta vs. Captain Toontastic?
…day is out). But I wanted to jump in today to play up James’ take on DreamWorks’ latest, Monsters Vs. Aliens, the almost $60m box-office hit that seems to be… |
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Bolt
…for the same speaker space and a distinct smoothness to the bass that feels a little clunky on the DVD’s rendering. On DVD, French and Spanish 5.1 dubs and subs… |
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Green Lantern: First Flight soars into stores in July
…Warner Premiere is committed to being at the creative forefront in the evolution of quality product in the direct-to-DVD business and the digital space, creating material that exemplifies the commitment… |
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Nickelodeon orders pilot for Monsters vs. Aliens
…Halloween special, Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space, and would join The Penguins of Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda: The Series on Television. Katzenberg also confirmed two new… |
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Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941 – 1942
…send it hurling back into space. Not only one of the best looking, edited and soundtracked cartoons in the series (the comet’s power helped immensely by the thundering sound effect),… |
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Snoopy’s Reunion: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…some 1970s volumes before going to the well again with these single-disc releases. I’m always glad to see more Peanuts on DVD, but my dwindling shelf space demands that I… |
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The Venture Bros.: 3rd Season
…a whole lot about the creators. Good for a listen, as the creators do bring out the best on each other and they do avoid dead space, but these tracks… |
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High-Def Animation Took Off in 2007
…in the film that are then answered in a video from the filmmakers; additional deleted scenes; “Alien Invasion”, a one or two player Space Invaders type game. Dragon’s Lair… |
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Review Roundup: Up flies high, plus Hanna-Barbera classics
…on this film, and James is not immune to the good feelings that Up has engendered. Of the film, James starts out by calling it, “a fun, moving, exciting, nostalgic,… |
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Ponyo, or Hayao Miyazaki’s Inner Child
…world where magic and alchemy are part of everyday life. Down, like our unconscious mind, the deep sea, and at the surface, the tumult of the waves. In altering space… |
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Watchmen: Director’s Cut
…and Keanu Reeves’ mode of space transport. The effects are almost the same in each movie and Watchmen, coming so close after Day, was in danger of looking like a… |
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Green Lantern: First Flight
…and in outer space. A large cast makes for interesting storytelling, with Kilowog coming around to respecting Hal, and female Lantern Boodika figuring prominently in the plot. There is also… |
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Race To Witch Mountain
…I wasn’t sure it was always doing the right things for what was happening onscreen, but it does keep the all-important pace moving forward, leaving space for the dialogue and… |
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Uncensored Bosko: Volume 1
…criminal with the help of his dog team and some big, rubbery pistols. He finds space in his schedule, however, to whoop it up with Honey in a saloon. The… |
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Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition Giftset
…a cultured London agent named Lady Penelope. Each of the sons commanded an amazing vehicle— a Thunderbird, ranging from a space satellite to an undersea ship. Although the 60-minute runtime… |
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Wacky Races: The Complete Series
…Perhaps the considerations of putting together those older shows made Wacky Races and its spin-offs more convenient choices. Personally, I would have preferred to have seen the 1960s shows Space… |
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Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection
…not always well-liked by the police or the average New Yorker, and Peter’s own boss J. Jonah Jameson used his newspaper to disparage Spider-Man, yet at least Peter knew that… |
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Aeon Flux: The Complete Collection
…Monican launch of a deity into space. Isthmus Crypticus has a similar theme but is an even stronger episode that deals with Trevor’s fascination with a female creature who offers… |
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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
…looking for alien spaceships on Earth, but one of their satellites, along with a space shuttle, is destroyed when its surveillance proves successful. Fury is ordered by his superiors to… |
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Justice League: Season One
…arrest Green Lantern, and bring him to trial out in space for destroying an entire planet. Naturally, his friends try to help him out, and there are numerous nods to… |
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Superman: Brainiac Attacks
…this Luthor voiced by the bold Clancy Brown, and it only gets worse as more and more insipid dialog is delivered. But I digress… Out in space, Luthor has a… |
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The Tick Vs. Season One
…only shout to the child, “Put the moon back, demon waif!” From kids to animals, the next episode brings in an intelligent space monkey who lands in the hands of… |
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Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season
…spaceship. Fortunately, this somewhat wacky story is punched up with a couple of entertaining twists, the least of which being the fact that the alien prefers Beast Boy to his… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 1
…was, populated by all manner of talking animals, space heroes, and crimefighters. The Big Three American networks no longer compete with Saturday morning cartoons, with only Disney-owned ABC taking a… |
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Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume One
…Cut: This show really should not work, given its premise (scenes of The Phantom in space battling aliens is kind of weird), and to be honest the rushed production on… |
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Greg P. talks about John K.; more Filmation cartoons coming
…my love of heroes and comics. I can’t wait to review these this summer. Same goes for the Space Ghost and Birdman sets, though their official announcements are still pending…. |
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Dinosaurs: The Complete First And Second Seasons
…say. While I will be the first to say that Kermit’s Swamp Years was excruciating to watch, and Muppets From Space was woefully disappointing, the Henson company has managed to… |
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The Venture Bros.: Season Two
…Jonas Senior, in order to defeat a menace from space. It is here that we encounter a grown-up, pathetic Jonny Quest, but a better highlight is the trip back to… |
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Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete First Season
…sexuality. The youngest Boyle, little Jamie, is the exception when it comes to the Boyle children. Jamie is every bit the capitalist, interestingly making him the ideal age to mature… |
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The New Adventures Of Batman: DC Classics
…Batman Beyond Season 3/Justice League Unlimited Season 2, and the “Classic Cartoons From The Vault” selection that looks at Space Ghost, Birdman, and Droopy Case Study: The packaging for this… |
