…as The Magic Sword, Quest For Camelot failed to set the box-office alight on either side of the Atlantic. One of my bugbears in the way the film was promoted…

…own door – a door that resides in the absolutely huge warehouse storage of Monsters Inc… The Sweatbox Review: The third in the trio of this year’s nominations for the…

…situations along the way, until they meet again the Cavalry colonel, who has been pursuing them… The Sweatbox Review: DreamWorks’ Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron was a strange experience for…

…in the mouse world (the Mickey Mouse watch used as a clock on the wall of the Rescue Aid Society, which resides in the basement of the United Nations, for…

…time to just over an hour! Very reminiscent of the later “Specials” that the Studio would produce (many of these, such as Mickey And The Beanstalk, Bongo, The Wind In…

…video and DVD (the previous release, The Return Of Jafar was composed of the first five episodes of the Aladdin spin-off TV show, though Simba’s Pride was designed as a…

…accompany Kenai and Koda on their quest, and I shuddered at the thought of the old comedy shtick playing throughout the rest of the movie. However, they come and go,…

…musical theme, the rating of the film based on Baker’s appearance, how the use of the Triplets’ choice of instruments came about, and the film’s sound design. Combined, these clips…

…in the number of jokey – and some unexpected – references to the Mouse’s past. The script is great, mixing good, bright Disney storytelling with the offbeat sensibilities of the…

…the top of the disc. Based on one of PL Travers’ Poppins stories from the book Mary Poppins Opens The Door, the short tells of a washed-up King (voiced by…

…creation of the music and there again is a generous amount of behind-the-scenes footage (including the duo working on the deleted song In The Middle Of The River) and singer…

…version of the story, the work of the layout boys, pencil test footage, original recordings sessions and footage of the legendary Frank Thomas and Milt Kahl in action, animating their…

…in the linking material – the creation of a “second” Cinderella storybook filled with the mice’s recollections of when Cinders helped them out in the past. Cue the three flashback…

…when the need arises. The rest of the cast, too, essentially continue the Jungle Book trend of playing caricatured versions of their established personalities, the most notable of which is…

…most latterly as the almost as hilarious Rat Race), Jerry Lewis’ 1963 original version of The Nutty Professor was one of the most watched and re-watched VHS tapes of my…

…and reproduced cleanly, with the John Henry music score energetic, forthright and the highlight of the entire program. The exuberance of the cast’s performance is an asset to the film,…

…one marks the return of the playful baby seal that cropped up throughout the Mickey and Pluto cartoons, so you can imagine the kind of japes the pair get themselves…

…much guess what happens in: The Force Phantom/Mermen Of Emor; The Prehistoric Pterodactyls/Merlin’s Magic Marbles (highlights for their simply loopy plots!); The Threat Of The Thrutans/The Wicked Warlock; The Chimp…

…With Kate, 1:20), these short shorts display all the hallmarks of the work of Cartoon Films, the company set up by Ub Iwerks, and until the hard sell comes out…

…emphasis on the Oswald short Confidence, the two-strip opening to the Universal feature The King Of Jazz, the birth of Andy Panda, Woody’s debut of course, and the story of…

…believed The Swarm. Here he’s riding on the back of Twentieth Century Fox’s fascination with CinemaScope adventure films of the time. With the success of Walt Disney’s Jules Verne adaptation…