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The Day The Earth Stood Still: Blu-ray Disc Special Edition
…bleak outlook throughout, which might be in danger of feeling murky on standard definition DVD, but on this Blu-ray Disc I can honestly say it’s sharper than the theatrical print… |
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Gigantor: The Collection, Volume One
…“boy and his giant robot” fight would-be dictators and mad scientists in a series that has been imitated many times over the years. The Sweatbox Review: Fred Ladd had scored… |
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Secret Origin: The Story Of DC Comics
…extra in other sets, as indeed Secret Origin is on the upcoming Batman Beyond: Complete Series collection, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it cropping up on other titles… |
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2006; summer 2007; Disney Blu-Ray…
Before I slip into today’s post, I just wanted to point you in the direction of James R Whitson’s review for Happily N’Ever After, our first bit of currently-in-theaters coverage… |
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Captain Caveman And The Teen Angels: The Complete Series
…prison, he assists three beautiful girls in solving mysteries across America. The Sweatbox Review: It’s so fun to watch for the Warner Archive announcements. Just when I think they’ve collected… |
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Jabberjaw: The Complete Series
…the sea against perils of the deep… in the future! The Sweatbox Review: Jabbajabbajabbajabbajabbajabbajaw!!!!…. Dang, I’ll never get that theme song out of my head. Ah, the 1970s, home of… |
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Gargoyles: The Complete First Season
…in February 1997. The Sweatbox Review: While I have always been aware of Gargoyles as a television show, I never actually watched a full episode until I was in college…. |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro – The Complete Second Season
…de la Vega continues his quest for justice in Spanish California, in the second season of Walt Disney’s all-time classic TV show. The Sweatbox Review: The first season of Disney’s… |
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American Legends (featuring John Henry)
…come true! Well, sort of… Completed in 2000, but left on the shelf until it was attached to a few select prints of Return To Never-Land in 2002 theatrical release,… |
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Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition
…and teams with the creatures of Fairytale Land to put right the wrong and get those dream stories restored. The Sweatbox Review: In the early 2000s, two things happened that,… |
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More Cartoons For Victory!
…Wow. Throw in a few more rare shorts from the period, including ones from Disney and UPA, and you have cartoon gold. This DVD deserves to be in the collection… |
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The Reef
…The Reef on DVD more than a year after it was completed. And, surprisingly perhaps, it does actually deserve a release. It’s unfortunate that comparisons – mostly with Nemo as… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Black And White Volume 2 review!
In the first of their reviews on this year’s animated releases in the new Walt Disney Treasures line, DVD Toons {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/357 takes an in-depth look}} at the second collection… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 2
…Gilligan’s Island, a lost world of dinosaurs, and the land of the Arabian Nights are just a few locales explored in shows featured for the first time on DVD. Joining… |
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Pixar leads this week’s CG pack; plus a Fantastic Fox!
…two new-to-DVD specials, Rand criticizes the “smoke and mirrors” involved in “stretching a meager collection into a two–disc set [when it] could have easily held all twelve specials from the… |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
20th Century Fox (October 23 2009), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (March 23 2010), Blu-ray plus DVD and Digital Copy disc, 87 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.85:1 widescreen, DTS-HD… |
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Go, Speed Racer, go! Plus new discs and Iron Man 2, 3 and more!
…our full Golden Collection 6 review will be up sometime next week! Lastly today, the big news is not only that director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr [pictured… |
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DuckTales: Volume 1
…a variety of adversaries. The Sweatbox Review: Walt Disney Comics Digest Number 44. That is where it all started for me. This beautiful little 50-cent digest was published in 1973…. |
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You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…runs a popular campaign before threatening to sabotage himself with an unpopular speech. The Sweatbox Review: Ah, the holidays. As that special time of years comes close, we see a… |
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Yogi Bear’s All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper
…an awful lot of Christmas specials in my DVD collection, but few get watched every single year. This is one I may have to put into the regular rotation. Is… |
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Walt Disney: On The Front Lines – another Treasure review
…Now DVD Toons clocks in with a fully in-depth look at {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/301 On The Front Lines}}, the collection of Wartime films. “It can be safely said that no single… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Color Volume 2: full, in-depth review
DVD Toons continue their in-depth appraisal of animation on DVD with a full look at {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/297 Mickey In Color 2}}, due out May 18. “These shorts are simply eye-popping,… |
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The Tick Vs. Season Two
…to be had. The DVD presentation is lacklustre, and it is frustrating that another season has gotten released incomplete, but there is definitely entertainment to be found on the two… |
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The Secret World Of Arrietty
Studio Ghibli (2010), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (May 22, 2012), 1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD, 95 mins, 1.85:1 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated G , Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: A… |
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Arthur And The Invisibles
…authored. They have a pretty nice logo, which switches to a Coming Soon blurb: we get previews for the theatrical Scarlett Johansson “comedy” The Nanny Diaries and the DVD release… |
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TV to DVD: Tree Friends, Smurfs, Batman, Titans, Beatrix Potter
TV Shows on DVD has the cover artwork for Happy Tree Friends – The Complete Season One, as well as revised rear artwork for The Smurfs – Season One, Volume… |
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WB getting serious about animation on DVD
Flushed with the success of their Looney Tunes: Golden DVD Collection late last year, it seems Warners are already looking towards a second boxed set for Bugs and co. The… |
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TV to DVD: Simpsons, Dr. Katz, Gumby, Felix, Tom & Jerry
TV Shows on DVD notes that Amazon.com is offering most of the past season sets for The Simpsons at 55% off, with the exception of The Complete Tenth Season, which… |
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King Con! News from San Diego…
…Legion of Super Heroes, the new Superman-themed half-hour adventure series. -Universal Home Video: King Kong Deluxe Extended DVD: a sneak peek from the upcoming King Kong Extended DVD will be… |
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The Powerpuff Girls: The Last Donnycorn
…gave the first DVD volume of the so-called “reboot” of The Powerpuff Girls a more or less favorable review, saying that it ultimately won me over with its rapid-fire humor… |
