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Shrek 2
…animation to become computer-animated comedies and signalled the dismal end to big time, studio produced, traditional hand drawn fare. Whatever the naysayers proclaimed, Shrek was a massive hit. Cue sequel…. |
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Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
…said to be all over The Jungle Book, The Happiest Millionaire, The Love Bug and, to an extent, The AristoCats – the first few films to emerge from his Studio… |
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Father Of The Pride: The Complete Series
…were raised. The Studio promised theatrical level CGI animation and high production values. The idea was to tell of what went on behind-the-scenes of the Siegfried & Roy magic shows… |
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Cars
Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures (June 9 2006), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 7 2006), single disc, 116 mins plus supplements, 2.39:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX, Rated… |
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Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition
…role Williams did actually play in the production: though the credits list his Vanguard banner among them, animation was actually handled not by the Ealing Studios facility set up for… |
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Cultoons! Volume 2: Animated Education
Various production studios (1927-1956), Thunderbean Animation (first quarter 2007), single DVD-R disc, 108 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $14.95 Storyboard:… |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Movie Film For Theaters
…movie’s soundtrack, including an Aqua Teen animated promo, behind the scenes recording studio footage and live performances from what looks to be a Hunger Force movie launch party, running over… |
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Transformers: 2-Disc Special Edition
…on this hyper diet are now in charge of the studio greenlights) we’re seeing a whole slew of 1980s properties either being remade or re-dressed. I was shocked when none… |
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101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure Special Edition
DisneyToon Studios (January 21 2003), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (September 16 2008), single disc, 73 mins plus supplements, 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 NOTE:… |
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Aarrgghh! No more Disney Treasures!?
…of these cartoons. Likewise with More Disney Rarities and A Disney Education, both the most rumored – and requested – titles that would at least complete the Studio’s cartoons within… |
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DreamWorks/Aardman deal is flushed away
…enough to appease DreamWorks, who look set to take a $105m writedown on the film, and insisted on moving production to its Glendale studio and converting the traditional Aardman claymation… |
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Cowabunga!
…updated! Anyhoo, with 300 already breaking the bank in box-office, it looks as if Warner Brothers’ disastrous luck of the draw last year , when the studio had poor shows… |
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Big release Tuesday: Muppets, Darkwing and Tick!
…independent, but a public company with strong studio ties. With such a leaning on the popular but creatively weakening Shrek sequels and no other franchise friendly titles propelling the studio,… |
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Recommended books; Potter beats Bond; plus that Tron sequel!
…informative anecdotes that reveal the history of animation in Britain and this Studio’s contribution to the American market by way of being contracted to produce a number of programs for… |
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Ratatouille
…I was watching some amazing European animation from an independent studio rather than an all-guns blazing big-budget studio feature made predominantly by some crazy Californians! Much of this is down… |
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Batman, Pixar, Pooh…and Cinders two!
…the villain Zira in the Studio’s first proper video sequel, Lion King II: Simba’s Pride. The UK’s Guardian online newspaper has a lovely obituary that remembers this talented lady fondly…. |
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More Walt Disney Treasures!!
…feature-length documentary will examine the partnership between Dalí and Disney, and two new featurettes, The Disney That Almost Was and Encounters With Walt, will examine the studio’s unfinished projects and… |
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It's Kung Fu Monday!
…wanted to swerve away from the pop-culture heavy pitfalls of a usual DreamWorks outing really makes me think that the Studio may have found their Brad Birds…two guys ready to… |
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Animated Con-versation: AN&V at Comic-Con 2008!
…this once-famous film studio which is situated in my town (and from where I am work based). During June and July, the town regular holds an annual civic festival, which… |
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The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Home Entertainment (August 26 2008), single disc, 77 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: Ever wonder what happened to… |
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Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull: 2-Disc Edition
…farewell for good…unless the script was right. With the Studios now run by executives who had seen the original movies as kids, Paramount – always on the look out for… |
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Oscars, LaserDiscs, Lost Chords, and Wild animals!
…a testament to John Lasseter’s guiding of the Studio that has seen Disney’s latest bolt into the position. Would American Dog have turned up in the same place? Who knows,… |
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Monsters Vs. Aliens! Smurfs! Plus the WB Archives open up!
…reaction to similar animated pictures from other studios, fully expresses the kind of lighthearted touch the pair were out to achieve. MvA, as I’m sure you’re aware, is in theaters… |
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Shawn Patterson: Composer Maximum!
…kids voices and other unusual stuff. I know Henry really loved the animated opening and the music that I did, but I think the studio heads thought it was too… |
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Snow White: The Characters And Legacy Of The First And Fairest Of Them All!
…it since. It transformed the Disney organization in the process, from a small cartoon outfit on Hyperion Avenue to the animation powerhouse in Burbank that the Studio is today. Such… |
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
…Harry Hoyt’s Boston Blackie adventure picture to illustrate Won’s adventures on screen). Even the very basic plots could be distant cinematic cousins: with his threadbare New Era Studio close to… |
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Sunset Boulevard: Centennial Collection
…Studios, and is even set on the Paramount backlot, where we find none other than Cecil B. DeMille at work on a movie. DeMille, of course, was the celebrated auteur… |
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Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Unrated Director’s Cut
…to work on screen in their own way and not crowd each other. Throw in Tom Cruise as a passionately loathsome studio boss, and Matthew McConaughey as Stiller’s agent, and… |
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The Odd Couple: Centennial Collection
…that they reprised essentially the same characters as Amelia and Abigail the geese in Disney’s The AristoCats, played again together as Maid Marian and Lady Cluck in the Studio’s Robin… |
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Disney’s Keychest technology “for the fans”
…to consumers, primarily focusing at first on the Studio’s “dedicated groups of fans”. The Keychest service will allow for playing various digital or packaged media on a number of different… |
