…Tenma, the director of the Ministry Of Science, suffers the loss of his son Tobio in a traffic accident. The brilliant man goes mad, and dedicates the Ministry’s resources to…

…the rest of the World’s Greatest Superheroes. Disc One The Batman/Superman Story, Part 1 gets the whole guest-star thing off to a booming start, with the introduction of the Man…

…in October of 1964, though the special’s story goes past that of the strip, which ended before the actual election and its outcome. Of course, politics in the Nixon era…

…future. This is my least favorite short on the disc, mainly because of the two live-action shadow narrators of the story who are supposed to be the Spirits of Progress,…

…scenes are staged from slightly different perspectives allowing even fans of the original to re-live a favorite moment with more of a sense of déjà vu than the feeling of…

…and tone of Tarzan II is good as its predecessor. But there’s none of the complexity of the first film’s multi-layers and clever use of visual storytelling. After a well-staged…

…first star wasn’t even animated but she sure enjoyed a whole heap of adventures in a cartoon wonderland! This unique collection features ten examples of some of Walt’s earliest work….

…comparison, has always been seen as one of the very worst of what the Disney “cheapquels” could offer. I’d seen moments from a – ahem – copy of The Disney…

…asteroid, of the most dangerous criminals in the universe, and in Sirena, Empress Of Evil, Green Lantern travels to the far off Planetoid Sargasso to save a fleet of Earth…

…of course itself remade as a couple of vehicles for Eddie Murphy, but that pair of films threw out the charm of Lewis’ freewheeling effort and resorted to just running…

…to squeeze in a random movie reference or two, and Strange Tales Of Weird Science fits the bill, especially Plucky’s Toxic Revenger story. There’s more of the screen-grabbing duck in…

…from the archives of, primarily, the Filmation library. This is where I caught my first glimpses of the “best” episodes of such shows as New Adventures Of Superman, Tarzan: Lord…

…of the camera. It’s a trait all-too often seen in television animation (where the flashy nature of the shots adds “value”) and first-time CG directors’ output where the freedom to…

…restricted to the lack of tolerance for the staccato visuals often associated in the genre, for me. And now we come to Renaissance, one of a growing breed of internationally…

…with story spoilers. Keeping the chat up for most of the film’s 94 minute run time, Anderson is a little bit of a dry fellow, and though his thoughts are…

…two instances of repeated gags: the “smell” of food, distinctively visualised in a swirl of warm, enticing imagery, and a terrific comedy line involving one character being another’s figment of…

…In the huge library of classic Disney songmusic, Dalmatians composer Mel Leven is often overlooked, despite Cruella de Vil perhaps being one of the most covered of all Disney tracks….