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Scooby! Samurai Swords! Sin City! Plus Something Wicked, Honey!
…just 3000 copies worldwide, so be quick. I’ve already ordered my copies! Howsabout a couple of new announcements? The ludicrously entertaining all-out actioner Air Force One is set to come… |
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Pete Docter’s Up-bringing!
…career in hand-drawn animation for Disney Feature Animation, Bob Rogers and Company, Bajus-Jones Film Corp, and Reelworks in Minneapolis. Upon arrival at Pixar in May 1990, Pete created and directed… |
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Up
…things a lot more adventurous than he had planned. The first 10 minutes or so of Up might be 10 of the best animated minutes ever put on screen —… |
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The Jetsons: Season Two, Volume One
…(Producer Director, The Jetsons) talk about the evolution of the show from 1960’s primetime to 1980’s afternoon syndication. They discuss the ways the producers decided to redirect the series (more… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 1
Various (1970-1979), Warner Home Video (May 26, 2009), 2 discs, 352 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital Mono 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $26.98 Storyboard: The cartoons… |
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Monsters, Inc.‘s Composer Randy Newman: “I score because I care!”
From Toy Story to Cars, Randy Newman’s sound and style are part of Pixar’s genes. Indeed, the success of their films is not based on mere special effects or any… |
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The Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary Edition)
Sunbow Productions (September 17, 1984 – December 28, 1984), Shout! Factory (June 16, 2009), 3 discs, 360 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $29.99… |
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Season 1.1
Marvel/Sunbow Productions (September 12, 1983 – October 1, 1985), Shout! Factory (July 14, 2009), 4 discs, 480 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Not Rated, Retail: $29.99… |
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The Flintstones: The Complete First Season
…vitamins. The Flintstones debuted on September 30, 1960 at 8:30 on ABC, a historic occasion but not an auspicious one. Most critics disliked the show initially, but it still ended… |
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Cinderella: Platinum Edition
…Cinderella Title Song (2:10) has the original demo recording, and we get further demos for Unused Songs (17:20 total, audio only)— these include seven discarded ditties including Sing A Little,… |
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Whisper Of The Heart
…The Microphone (8:00) shows off the English voice cast, and is typical of what one would expect. The first disc also has Trailer And TV Spots (10:45)— enough that they… |
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The Tick Vs. Season One
Sunbow Productions/Graz Entertainment/20th Century Fox Children’s Television (1994), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (August 29, 2006), 2 discs, 252 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround,… |
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DuckTales: Volume 2
Walt Disney Television/TMS Entertainment (1987), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (November 14, 2006), 3 discs, 667 mins, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Rated G (TV-Y), Retail: $34.99… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 1
…of new ones, with almost no overhead cost (then running up to $60,000 per cartoon). So, the animation studio was targeted for closure. It was the studio’s business manager who… |
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New interview, Robinsons promising for Disney, more Treasures, Popeye is coming
…have won the Oscar (I’d have voted for Cars myself, but would have been satisfied with a win for Monster House), I found Happy Feet to be a fun ride… |
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Looking ahead to the long weekend
…anemic DVDs of Cars and Ratatouille, but I’m really jazzed about the possibilities of presenting behind-the-scenes material within the context of the movie itself, which is what BluRay will offer…. |
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Jerry's new book, and Warner's Blu announcement
…recently bought a PS3 myself, strictly for its Blu-ray capabilities, and I have loved watching Cars and Monster House in hi-def; but, I already had a HD DVD player for… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition
…job done are “and”, “but”, and “or.”) using railroad cars. This is a very entertaining short and the animation is very good. This is the first song that Jack Sheldon… |
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Toy Story 3 makes playdate? Gnomeo & Juliet & Sprackling?
…is no stranger to summer releases. Finding Nemo opened on May 30, 2003; Cars opened on June 9, 2006, and Ratatouille opens on June 29, 2007. Sure, both previous Toy… |
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Michael Giacchino: not so short on ideas for Pixar Shorts!
…short film format. That couldn’t be more true than at Pixar Animation Studios, considering all the wonders created in that medium by those artists for over 20 years now. And,… |
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Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille
…commercials in that series were the best and demonstrated a beautiful sense of storytelling even in a short form like a 30-second television commercial. My Listerine commercial, called “Arrows”, won… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Four: Artists Harald Siepermann and Troy Quane
…I took the characters and invented new stories for them and stuff like that. Even when you look at my drawings as a kid, I never drew cars or houses… |
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Osmosis Jones
Warner Bros. Theatrical Animation (August 10 2001), Warner Home Video (November 13 2001), single disc, 95 mins plus supplements, 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $14.98… |
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Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition
…switch into belly dancing elephants, speedboats, race cars, and so on, bringing to life not just the experience of drunkenness, but a complete series of hallucinations! Max Fleischer tried a… |
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Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition
…20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954), the Disney film that featured a captain named Nemo. There are also references to Aardman Animation’s trademark style in the seagulls, with their pointy… |
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Chicken Little
…with The Wild and Cars theatrical trailers (both in anamorphic widescreen no less), Dumbo (oddly using score cues from The Rocketeer) and The Little Mermaid’s DVD reissues, plus AirBuddies, Howl’s… |
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Disney tins, rumors, and the Shrek 3 trailer…what’s up with that?
…70 and counting, and I just finished the transcript for the Disney Paris feature. The image on the right is a small detail from an original Dali painting for Destino,… |
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Open Season: Special Edition
Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation/Imageworks (September 29 2006), Sony Home Entertainment (January 30 1007), single disc, 86 mins plus supplements including limited-time Amazon-exclusive bonus DVD of The ChubbChubbs, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen,… |
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Cultoons! Volume 2: Animated Education
…silent print, with a crisp, authentic music track and spots added for effect. Family Album (1930, 10:06) is a sequel of sorts, or at least a follow up, to Finding… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland – Secrets Stories And Magic
…Golden Horseshoe Revue records the 10,000 performance of one of Walt’s favourite Disneyland stage shows, and a popular one at that which ran for over 30 years from opening day,… |
