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Pocahontas: 2-Movie Collection
…in an attempt to please the kinds of kids that were never going to get that much out of an animated history lesson anyway – Disney musical or otherwise! Of… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…on to make a visually appealing film even if the story often lacked, but some of the earlier films (Pocahontas II and…ugh…IIs for Cinderella and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame)… |
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Animated Views: A Retrospective
…none of it was published on the web. Around 1999, while reading Premiere Magazine he saw a fascinating story about the sequel to Toy Story and was surprised none of… |
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Coco
…things like the use of occasional Spanish language feel organic rather than tacked on for atmosphere. Unfortunately, the story is a bit of a disappointment compared to the rest of… |
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Inside Inside Out 2 with Pixar Production Designer Jason Deamer
…AV: One of the salient aspects of both the first and second opus of Inside Out is that it’s kind of two movies in one. How did you deal with… |
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The Flintstones: The Complete Series
…Digital Mono, Not Rated (nothing offensive), Retail: $129.98 Storyboard: Flintstones, meet the Flintstones – they’re the modern stone-age family! From the town of Bedrock, they’re a page right out of… |
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Director George Scribner: Happy as a King with Prince and the Pauper!
…only because of the both delicate and fun treatment of the novel, but also because it presents one of the deepest and most touching performance by our dearest Mickey Mouse… |
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The Simpsons Movie
…one of Krusty’s phrases. The Simpsons Movie is good for a lot of laughs, and for fans of the current iteration of the series, a worthy big screen debut. But… |
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Batman: Mystery Of The Batwoman
…series we all loved. It maybe doesn’t have quite the emotional depth of Mask Of The Phantasm, the humor of The Batman-Superman Movie or the mythos-redefining punch of Return Of… |
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Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season
…though I was personally digging the darker storyline. Okay, whatever. The opening of the show is a big tip-off to expect a different type of story this time out, with… |
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The Invincible Iron Man
…with the Dragons and provides a very small dose of romance. It seems that the newly raised city includes the temple of The Mandarin, cruellest of all of China’s ancient… |
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The Last Unicorn: 25th Anniversary Edition
…story of how the unicorns were driven off by a Red Bull that pushed them to the ends of the Earth, never to be seen again. Having heard this, the… |
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Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy
…a running gag while never becoming an integral part of the story. The rest of the characters launch into a not-bad We’re Off To Rescue Pappy song that did not… |
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Director Kevin Munroe on TMNT
…recalled his beginnings in animation and how he landed the job of directing TMNT through the blessing of Ninja Turtles‘ co-creator Peter Laird. Of course, TMNT itself was discussed, from… |
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Fun And Fancy Free: Gold Classic Collection
…$19.99 Storyboard: Fun And Fancy Free sees Pinocchio’s Jiminy Cricket playing a phonograph of Dinah Shore’s story of Bongo The Circus Bear, while Jiminy dreams up the images to accompany… |
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The Sword In The Stone: Gold Classic Collection
…for greatness, something only the wizard Merlin is aware of, and must be taught the ways of right and wrong before taking his place in history. Through a number of… |
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Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition
…than stellar box office runs of Pinocchio and Fantasia (partly based on the cutting off of revenue from foreign markets involved in the Second World War), Walt was looking for… |
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Anastasia: Family Fun Edition
…featurette and the brilliant The Secret Of NIMH among his company’s first offerings. A modest box-office success, NIMH was triumphant in its animation, returning to the classic style of the… |
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Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition
…of flashes of inspiration, but it lacks a singular vision and the film just doesn’t possess the kind of magic that’s at the heart of its story. With much better… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition
…of working on Bedknobs And Broomsticks on that film’s DVD, featuring more concept art, storyboard sequences and, best of all, the brothers playing through a couple of songs from the… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 3
…big fan of the Savage Land storylines, or Sauron for that matter, but I’m always up for a good Storm story. She is the heart of the X-Men team, and… |
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The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 4: Americana
…John Henry as a story was just always one of my favorites as a child both because of its historical nature but I also love the message, the story behind… |
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Specs on How To Train Your Dragon
One of 2010’s top ten films, and one of the best reviewed of the year, How To Train Your Dragon lands on Blu-ray and DVD from Friday, October 15. A… |
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Dumbo: 70th Anniversary Edition
…the American way of life as well. In script and storyboard production for only six months, the entire story was honed and toned by a number of studio story men,… |
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Winnie the Pooh and Burny, too: a chat with animation legend Burny Mattinson
…served as a key member of the story team on Disney’s contemporary classics including Aladdin, Beauty & the Beast, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan,… |
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From Johan to Jordan: Peyo’s daughter tells the Smurfs’ story
…creator of the little blue men, Peyo! The story of how Peyo created the Smurfs is a fascinating one indeed, as detailed by the artist’s official bio from publisher Dupuis:… |
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Maleficent
…be reinvested in the country following the devastation of World War II. Treasure Island and the likes of The Story Of Robin Hood And His Merrie Men (both of which… |
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Into The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Studio Cast Recording with Music Supervisor Michael Kosarin and Orchestrator Michael Starobin
…Triumph of Love, Little Shop Of Horrors, Can-Can (Encores!), Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Leap Of Faith, Sister Act, Newsies, and Disney’s newest hit, Aladdin. His extensive film… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez celebrates the art of Disney’s mid-century era
…or at least a style that reminded one of some of the most famous European illustrators of the end of the XIXth century and early XXth century, like Arthur Rackham… |
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Director Juan Antin talks about Pachamama on Netflix
This story of an initiation journey for a would-be shaman has its roots in the history and culture of Latin America. Learn more of this film’s development from its director…. |
