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DreamWorks goes HD-DVD!? Plus a More Symphonies fix!

…Blu-Ray or at least go format neutral, a major studio has carried out what is effectively a surprise 180-degree turn in policy. What does this mean for us animation fans?…

TMNT

…too clean! But it’s directed well, and when the Turtles hop into action there are some fun set pieces to be enjoyed. Imagi Studios’ approach reminded me at times of…

Rumble in the Jungle!

…showing on these titles, and with high-definition formats taking longer to take off than anticipated (not that The Jungle Book is available as such anyway), I wish the Studio had…

Alice returns to Walt's Cartoonland!

…make his mark in Hollywood and become the first cartoon producer to operate from there, with the building of the fabled Hyperion Avenue studio. Though many of the 57 films…

Back and "looking" better than ever! Plus Super Powers and Pirates!

…ideas that the Studio has felt the need to actually explain some vital plot points in a supplemental listing! However, despite some of these confusing story strands, as one of…

Underdog (live-action movie)

…over again thanks to CBS’ purchase of his studio and their running of those cartoons each weekday afternoon. Superheroes were big business again in the 60s, with many other cartoons…

Weekend wrap-up…

…critical mauling in the press last summer, but I actually found this version to be one whole heap of fun – a quality family comedy from a studio back on…

Warner's Academy Award Collection is here, and we have two to give away!

…and extras (60 minutes’ worth, including the new Drawn For Glory: Animation’s Triumph At The Oscars featurette) that we’ve come to expect from major Studio releases. Where else could you…

Oscar night approaches, as does Bravestarr!

Rand’s back with some more classic Filmation goodness in his Bravestarr: Volume One review. He wasn’t expecting much from the Studio’s final show, but remains sufficiently impressed following a previous…

One on one on One Hundred And One Dalmatians!

…Cruella de Vil! Bill looks back on his Dad’s work and what it was like working for Walt at the time of Dalmatians at the Studio, in a fun little…

Potter, Austen, de Vil…and lots of spots!

…quickly became one of the Studio’s most loved-to-hate figures! The world was such a wholesome place until…Cruella, Cruella de Vil… Woof woof! That’s your final call to say it’s nearly…

Andreas Deja hits the spot!

Studio artists and how their work – especially Marc Davis’ Cruella de Vil – informed his own later villain animation. Congratulations to Eric Emin Wood, Eric Stallard and Raph Branca,…

Beowulf: Director’s Cut

…Bros, will get the better option. Scratch Tracks: Again, Beowulf benefits from having major Studio financing, a top-drawer director and strong performers on its side, and anything less than a…

Bee good: Jerry's animated debut is out today, plus good news for Gilliam, and I Am Beowulf!

studio teams. This Director’s Cut edition reviewed here at least adds a great deal of interest by way of some excellent supplemental features, which may or may not help one…

Heaps of new DVD announcements; plus the new Splits!

…Crystal Skull documentary, pre-viz sequences and five galleries, including one marked The Stan Winston Studio. Blu-ray has all this in hi-def, as well as three interactive timelines, covering Story, Production…

Eric Goldberg's Character Animation Crash Course book!

…The release is also important, of course, for presenting the final shows in Filmation’s legendary history; it wasn’t long after these programs aired that the studio closed down. “Bravestarr has…

Back Under The Sea, plus Filmation's DC Super Heroes!

…that really does justice to the co-founder of this little studio that could. Now if only Tarzan could swing onto DVD…! Elsewhere on the site today, Jeremie continues his dive…

Let's start the week off with some new announcements…

…totally missing out anything on the Lion’s cartoon output, is a worthy history of the studio, hosted by Patrick Stewart. Finally, Rand will probably be excited by The All-New SuperFriends…

Go, Speed Racer, go! Plus new discs and Iron Man 2, 3 and more!

…left to right] will regroup for the hotly anticipated Iron Man 2 for Marvel, but have both confirmed participation in the fledgling studio’s The Avengers motion picture! Downey Jr –…

Looney Tunes meets Gargoyles…what's up, doc!?

…episode here and there, but it certainly has a unique tone and style for something from the Mouse House. Maybe a bump in sales might prod the studio to release…

Bolt of lightning! Our coverage starts here!

…overseen by the new John Lasseter regime at the Studio. Though the new The Art Of Bolt predictably omits the earlier development, Jeremie speaks to the book’s author Mark Cotta…

At the movies: Klaatu, Julien, Despereaux, a Transporter, Bolt and Delgo!

…form for the Studio, remarking that “Disney’s computer animation has come a long way since Chicken Little just three years ago” and praising the “outstanding action sequences” and camera work….

Return To The Sea (again), plus Dr Horrible and another Nutty Professor…

…follow-up tradition, new to stores today is a fresh Special Edition of The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea, one of the studio’s earliest direct-to-video sequels and one of…

Oliver, Dave Pruiksma, and Company!

…reading about in such promotional interviews. With a nice additional rundown of the many characters he’s animated in the Studio’s films, simply don’t miss this article! Following up on the…

New twists on Oliver, Poppins, Peanuts and Bugs' Looney Movie!

…it was at a time of great change at the Studio. It remains a vastly entertaining and contemporary picture and if you haven’t seen it in a while, certainly deserves…

South Park Chihuahua…a new breed? Get Outa Here!

While the majority of our coverage naturally concerns major Hollywood studio fare, we do like to champion independent film here at Animated News & Views, and so today Jeremie does…

Snoopy! X-Men! The Calgary Expo!

…Anyway, that’s now working, and compliments my take on Warners’ recent Superman collection: you know it’s amazing to be reminded of just how good the Fleischer brothers’ studio was back…

Disney magic flies again!

…Yep, the 1970s at the House Of Mouse was not the most innovative of times: Walt had just passed on and the Studio was stuck with the troublesome task of…

Snow White week begins at AN&V!

…Jeremie Noyer has taken to the pages of The Disney Song Encyclopedia, a new compendium of the Studio’s many songs and the projects they were written for. Thomas Hischak and…

The Disney Song Encyclopedia

…certainly the most demanding studio in Hollywood, and maybe in the world, in this aspect. It’s difficult, indeed, for that reason, to list them all as they are so many….