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Shrek makes it 600 million; plus Jolson sings again!
…an animated film released on a Thursday between 4:01pm in the afternoon and 8:36pm in an evening with a non-stormy weather outlook…what is it with these records!?) and a take… |
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Renaissance
…hand-tweaked movements. The best motion-capture is mo-cap used as reference, just as rotoscoping should be used for reference and not for tracing. Rotoscoped footage in traditional animation looks stilted and… |
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Crazy triple bill: Popeye, The Simpsons, and 300 Spartans!??!
Things couldn’t get any better today as the Popeye: 1933-1938 Collection finally comes to DVD and is in stores right now for you classic cartoon nuts to go and pick… |
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Weekend Roundup! Plus The Tick is back!
Wow…what a week! And just in case you missed any of it, here are the highlights: • Appreciation For Filmation – we looked back and reviewed several titles from the… |
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DreamWorks goes HD-DVD!? Plus a More Symphonies fix!
…major catalog and new release titles, including Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, the Die Hard quartet, Mr And Mrs Smith, The Fly, The Day After Tomorrow, Edward Scissorhands,… |
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The Tick returns! Plus yay or nay for TransFormers Bay?
…around, we’re missing another episode from what should make up the full pack, though there is hope the ones missing from the first collection and here will show up in… |
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Ratatouille's storyboard artist speaks!
…that right here! Don’t forget our second Casper Contest, which ends tomorrow night, so get those entries submitted, and we will have more reviews and updates for you shortly –… |
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The Lost World (1925 and 1960 versions)
…out as a special effects animator and had always been drawn to recreating prehistoric life on screen. The Dinosaur And The Missing Link; 10,000 Years BC and Prehistoric Poultry all… |
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The Jungle Book: 2-Disc Platinum Edition
…a solid spine and the print reads fresh and crisp as ever…and in animation collection terms, it truly is a bare necessity! Animated Classic or Back To The Drawing Board?… |
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Spooky! Doomsday, Mickey reviews and Pixar contests!
…by hanging out with various ghosts, ghouls and goblins and will no doubt do the same again next weekend! So we’re getting into the spirit of things here too, with… |
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Archie and the Pussycats, plus Beowulf and TailSpin!
…to Scooby Doo and includes a tribute to Josie‘s overlooked creator Dan DeCarlo, adding that this new collection (and a profile featurette) is a “fitting tribute” to him, and “classic… |
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Aquaman swims again!
…make mention of the “James Cameron directed version” in the sublime HBO series Entourage – and there are good words for the “generally distinct and colourful” image transfer and overall… |
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A pair o'Pixar reviews!
…you all to run out and catch Disney’s Enchanted (if you haven’t already!) and support the return of hand drawn animated princesses to the big screen! Happy Thanksgiving! – Ben…. |
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“Life is like a hurricane…”: DuckTales; plus Sonic and Snow White at 70!
Hello! First up this week, Rand has posted a look at Disney’s latest classic TV series DVD, DuckTales: Volume 3, the third collection of the Carl Barks-inspired action adventure show… |
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Director Steve Anderson meets the Robinsons, and we meet a new contributor!
…animation and music at the Disney Studios by way of his always warm and knowledgeable interviews. On the other hand, some of you might be frustrated to visit the page… |
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Awards, Neverland's composers, and a 2-disc for the Rat!?
…hearts in the right place, trying to do some justice to Walt’s originals and their legacies. Return To Neverland remains a bit of a favorite around here, and these two… |
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One on one on One Hundred And One Dalmatians!
…It’s all to celebrate the release tomorrow of the Platinum Edition of Disney’s classic, and one of my favorites, One Hundred And One Dalmatians, naturally, and first puppy out of… |
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Potter, Austen, de Vil…and lots of spots!
…The Beatrix Potter Collection stories. These are really sweet tales that have been lovingly brought to the screen, and while there are slight elements of danger and suspense, the fairly… |
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One Hundred And One Dalmatians: Platinum Edition
…gamble: the lavishly produced Sleeping Beauty had proven an elaborate and costly film to make, and had not performed as previous Disney fairytales Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs and… |
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Ollie Johnston…RIP
I was going to get all excited and shout about today’s debut of The Woody Woodpecker Collection Volume 2, but the news just spreading about the web about the death… |
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Ready for Jack Skellington on Blu-ray Disc? The future looks cool, but watch out for that tree!!
…run until tomorrow, for Sabrina The Teenage Witch and Disney’s Saludos Amigos and The Three Cabelleros, back on DVD in the guise of a Classic Cabelleros Collection. Both titles are… |
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Eric Goldberg's Character Animation Crash Course book!
…already had his book in hand, and to my good fortune, I turned and found him looking around the vintage books himself! Eric’s been a good friend to the site,… |
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Blow me down! Popeye Volume 2 reviewed, plus Shrek The Halls details!
…Volume 2 1938-1940, the second collection of bona-fide classic black and white Max and Dave Fleischer animated cartoons. These Popeyes are the real deal, as you all know, and it’s… |
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Howard Ashman, and 304 Dalmatians!
…pitch, the influences of Ashman’s lyrics for Little Shop Of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast and Aladdin were buried deep within my soul, and I often found… |
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It's the great review stack-up, Charlie Brown!
Well, we promised you reviews and, even though Friday afternoon is very much in danger of becoming Friday night, there’s just enough time to sneak some new ones in on… |
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Let's start the week off with some new announcements…
…($24.99) and BD ($29.99) flavors. Cast and filmmaker commentaries, featurettes, profiles, MTV Movie Awards footage, documentary, deleted and extended sequences, alternate ending, rehearsals will all be there waiting for you…. |
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My vote? I'd say go for Looney Tunes or Popeye on DVD!
…this morning, for A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Warners’ new remastered edition of the 1973 special. Rand’s a confirmed Schultz nut and as such the disc gets the “must-own” badge, and… |
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Where's WALL•E? Right here!
Tomorrow sees the DVD and Blu-ray release of the biggest animated film of the year, Disney/Pixar’s WALL•E, of course, and our full review of the Special Edition is raring to… |
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Ben’s baaaa-aaaack!
…down. Randall, James, Rodney and myself all deliberated (deliberately) on the results and, although we’ve cheated a little this year and played loose with the top ten format, you’ll still… |
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The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition
…the cartooning is just so bland and the song so basic and mediocre, that anyone with half an inkling towards what used to stand for Disney quality could only come… |


