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Armageddon
…names and faces, Earth-shattering events, big explosions, comeuppance and resolve – was Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day in 1996. A clear and acknowledged homage to the disaster epics, Emmerich threw in… |
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Seeing is Beelieving! Plus two new great contests!
…much trumpeted return of comedian Jerry Seinfeld to screens, and his debut as an animated character. While an often heard criticism of the movie in many reviews didn’t exactly praise… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 3 1941-1943
…the Navy and does what he can to help out against America’s enemies, but still has time to fight Bluto, woo Olive (and her look-alikes), and spend time with his… |
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2019 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…Popeye comic books published by IDW in Tom Neely, animation historian Jerry Beck, and President of King Features in CJ Kettler. Beck would primarily relate the history of Popeye along… |
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The Adventures Of Aquaman: The Complete Collection
…Steel’s, in order that the two series could be complementary rather than repetitive. Whereas Superman flew in the air and battled crooks and aliens, Aquaman swam in the ocean and,… |
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Paul & The Dragon: Cartoon Laugh-O-Therapy with the Film’s Creators!
…classic cartoons (like Roadrunner and Tom & Jerry) don’t rely on dialogue at all. We knew that then the music and sound effects would become very important. We’re extremely happy… |
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Presto clip
…of a magician and his rabbit. The short was helmed by first-time director Doug Sweetland, and is an ode to slapstick cartoons such as Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes…. |
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The Lion King 1½
…it does however stand tall above Simba’s Pride as a companion piece – and a surprisingly well-crafted and very, very funny and unexpected one at that! Is This Thing Loaded?… |
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Anything on DVD this week?
…of Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm . Ben will be back Friday to wrap up the week and announce the winner of the Tom & Jerry contest. Catch ya later! – Rand… |
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Superman – Doomsday
…published instead. Reading about the friends and allies (and enemies) of Superman responding to his death was riveting stuff, some of it actually quite touching. And then came the big… |
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Step in time! Poppins is back, plus new discs and more!
…to follow. After being mooted as a Spielberg project for a couple of decades, I’m thrilled that it’s finally being gotten around to, and with Jackson’s Weta Digital and over… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Two – There Is Now A Level Zero
…its own and rather fun to watch. Whereas Shark Tale was loaded with pop culture references, Madagascar pulled back and seemed to concentrate on developing characters and their personalities. And… |
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The Best Of 2014: Son Of 2013!
…Fancy Free & The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad from Amazon.com now! 4. Jack And The Cuckoo-Clock Heart Independent and international animation (often one and the same thing!) has… |
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A bumper weekend post: reviews, announcements and clips…oh my!
…include commentaries, featurettes and gallery. On the other end of the scale, Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 6 comes to DVD from Warner on February 3, for $14.97 and featuring… |
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The Jetsons: The Complete First Season
…by his boss Mr. Spacely. Jane hates housework, and loves shopping, much to the horror of her husband. Judy, like any regular teenager, loves rock music and boys. Elroy is… |
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Big Hero 6
…Marvel movies) and X-Men and Fantastic Four at Fox, Marvel and Disney are now beginning to move away from the more established characters and starting to really investigate those additional… |
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Big DVD plans unveiled for Warner Animation
The Digital Bits has posted a transcript from last night’s Home Theater Forum chat with animation and television representatives of Warner Bros’ Home Entertainment. As it turns out, Tom &… |
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We now return you to our normal operating service…!
…Festival, a week-long celebration of movies made at the famous studios still alive and kicking in my home town in England. Well this year was a little different (to say… |
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The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ To Town: Deluxe Edition
…Hears A Who: Deluxe Edition, The Smurfs: Season One, Tom & Jerry Tales 4, Peanuts’ Valentines and Easter Deluxe Editions, and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Season One are all advertised,… |
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Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird – 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
…Snoopy’s Reunion, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Tom & Jerry Tales and The Wiggles. Case Study: Giving Follow That Bird the extra special treatment is a very bright and colorful sleeve,… |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action
…and the general feeling at the WB was that, while Space Jam had made tons of money in film sales and merchandising, and brought back the Looney Tunes characters into… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume Two
…and of course the pup and Flutter Foot end up as friends. Pluto’s Blue Note is next, and I have to be honest and say that it’s not one of… |
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Peter, the Wolf, and a Nutty Professor! Plus Watership Down's composer remembered…
…its success. She actually started off as Wally Stott, who composed, arranged and conducted scores for British radio and television (including The Goons and Hancock’s Half Hour) and films including… |
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12 Days of Cartoon Network’s Holiday Programming
…and this holiday season Cartoon Network presents favorites viewers young and old will enjoy. Celebrate this special time of year with holiday programs from original series including Chowder and The… |
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Another walk in the Park…
…the lucky name grabbing a copy of Volume 4 is Jeff Cook of Auckland, New Zealand. Happy cat and mousing, Jeff! Have a great weekend, and stay tooned! – Ben…. |
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The Herculoids: The Complete Series
…competition with itself, as Birdman And The Galaxy Trio and Samson And Goliath each had their debuts that year on NBC (along with Flintstones reruns), and Herculoids shared its 9:30… |
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Horton Hears A Who!: Deluxe Edition
…pre-restored clips for some reason), Tom & Jerry Tales Volume 4, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: First Season (all 4:3) and Pop Go The Wiggles (in 16×9 – ahh, they burn… |
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It's the Superman music box set, Charlie Brown!
…collection of Scott Bradley’s MGM cartoon music Tom & Jerry And Tex Avery Too have out-done themselves. It’s not small (at eight compact discs) and it’s not cheap ($120 plus… |
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Warner's Academy Award Collection is here, and we have two to give away!
…bunch Bugs, Pepe, Speedy, Tweety, Droopy, Tom & Jerry and many more together legitimately along with a grouping of new to DVD titles and special one-off shorts? For instance, the… |
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Oscars, Richard Sherman, SuperFriends and more – it's another packed Monday!
…as the Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Droopy, Superman and Popeye, as well as Tex Avery’s Little Johnny Jet and Chuck Jones’ High Note, plus over an hour of special… |
