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The New Adventures Of Superman: DC Classics
…as strongly as any of the earlier Superman music or even the later, perfect John Williams score for the Christopher Reeve epic, but it captures an essence that immediately lets… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro – The Complete First Season
…not to blow your speakers when a loud noise comes crashing in!) might reveal some basic signal noise but the RCA recording process of the time captures a mix of… |
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Animated Con-versation: AN&V at Comic-Con 2008!
…our first port of call, which I hadn’t had time to ride before, followed by a return to the adventure with Indiana Jones that still captures the feel of the… |
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Wallace And Gromit: The Complete Collection
…bottom. (Please ignore any color or resolution differences. These are not straight screen captures, and do not give a true representation of the Blu-ray’s video quality.) To me, the framing… |
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
…that one often sees on animated DVDs. (The screen captures featured here are not necessarily representative of the Blu-ray’s picture.) Scratch Tracks: The sound on this disc is pretty impressive,… |
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The Incredibles: Collector’s Edition
…to John Barry, the long-time James Bond composer who was originally attached to score The Incredibles, are apparent throughout, especially in the Bond-esque, big hidden-fortress island moments, but Giacchino captures… |
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Flushed Away
…the script, by long-time comedy writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, among others including Frasier’s Christopher Lloyd, captures the Aardman style while being distinctly quirky – I can only… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition
…wider captures while the film is presented in its full-frame, open matte negative ratio. I’d have actually been quite up for seeing a widescreen transfer, as the movie is easily… |
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UPDATED: Leiji Matsumoto Creates Music Video for Queen
…by the end of the year. FURTHER UPDATE: The official Japanese website for Queen has posted two screen captures of “Bohemian Rhapsody ~feat. Leiji Matsumoto,” per this new article from… |
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Dr. Seuss’s Holidays On The Loose!
…this time around as the narrator, and the difference is more apparent, but Bob Holt’s Karloff/Conried impersonation captures the Grinch well. There are a couple of inconsistencies again: the Grinch… |
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The Incredibles
…in the Bond-esque, big hidden-fortress island moments, but Giacchino captures this feel a lot more subtly and effortlessly than current Bond composer David Arnold does with his sometimes sledgehammer approach…. |
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Saving Mr Banks
…first place). Personally, I couldn’t get past Tom Hanks as Walt Disney. Hanks portrays the old Mousetro well, and he certainly captures the essence of the role and even manages… |
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Wallace & Gromit are back in new Christmas-themed commercial
…bigger role for many families. krow’s new campaign captures the much-loved, Christmas mood, with an injection of Wallace & Gromit classic humour.” John Quarrey, CEO of krow Group, said: “DFS… |
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The Owl House
…voice cast and how they enhance the presentation of their characters. Sarah-Nicole Robles perfectly captures the spirit and enthusiasm of Luz. She’s not over-the-top, so the excitement heard is pleasant… |
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The Breadwinner
…the CGI “folk tale” sequences, and the Blu-ray provides a beauty of a hi-def image. Note that the screen captures have been taken from the DVD version. Scratch Tracks: The… |
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Beauty & the Beast: 25th Anniversary Edition coming to Blu-ray this year
…Disney Pictures’ magical animated classic “Beauty and the Beast” captures the magical journey of Belle (voice of Paige O’Hara), an independent and intelligent, modern-day heroine who’s taken prisoner by a… |
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Anomalisa
…manages to somehow make us forget this as a potential gimmick, and captures the essence of each role – from Stone’s young kid on the phone and a bemused waitress… |
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Studio Cast Recording
…cast recording for The Hunchback of Notre Dame is not perfect, as is usually the case with such albums. It nonetheless captures the majestic music of the production that should… |
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Noveltoons: Original Classics
…of the few cartoons on the disc that captures the unique and surreal spirit of the Color Classics, although it is matched by another Ann cartoon called The Enchanted Square…. |
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Princess Mononoke
…little zoomed in, and loses some detail when compared to the old one. (Note that the screen captures here do not accurately reflect the awesomeness of the Blu-ray transfer.) Scratch… |
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The Smurfs 2
…the screen captures are taken from the DVD. Note also the unsubtle product placement.) Scratch Tracks: The sound mix is a playful one, particularly during the chase scenes and copious… |
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My Neighbor Totoro
…very clear and solid presentation. Note that these screen captures are mostly taken from the DVD. Scratch Tracks: The audio is the barest of upgrades over the DVD. English, Japanese… |
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Private Snafu Golden Classics
…before, most viewers should be quite pleased with the overall quality. In these examples, screen captures from my old review of the Image/Bosko set appear first, with the corresponding Thunderbean… |
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Batman – The Dark Knight Returns: Parts 1 And 2
…that the Miller classic and its animated adaptation trump Nolan’s overblown and poorly plotted denouement to his otherwise fine trilogy. This two-part animated movie captures the brutal elegance of Miller’s… |
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ParaNorman
…package. There’s a teeny, tiny coda on the end of the movie itself where a time-lapse camera captures just how much work goes into one shot of Normal strolling down… |
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Disney Historian J.B. Kaufman on the greatest Snow White books of all!
…of appreciation, a film that captures a great artist at the peak of his powers, perfectly sums up his achievements in the development of his craft, and stands as a… |
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Justice League: Doom
…the screen captures here are from the DVD.) Scratch Tracks: Warner springs for a lossless audio track on this release, being offered in DTS-HD Master Audio in 5.1 sound, and… |
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The Essential Daffy Duck
…The Blob, The Fly, Godzilla and even Leatherface! Predating a similar idea in the later ChubbChubbs short, this 1988 effort captures the style if not the frantic nature of the… |
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Cars 2
…direction that captures nothing of the speed and wit of the first film’s clever camera angles. The lack of real excitement in the race scenes is astounding, and practically none… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3 – 3D Editions
…the time Newman perfectly captures the mix between Woody’s America and Buzz’s whimsical action ambitions, with a heartbreaking song, I Will Go Sailing No More, that is incredibly bettered only… |
