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New Pooh Christmas tale coming to DVD
…episode of My Friends, a Snowman dance-along, and the “100 Acre Wood Downhill Challenge” game. Cover artwork, as well as further details, for Pooh’s Super Sleuth Christmas Movie are available… |
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Disney & Yash Raj Films announce their first CG feature
…Chopra, the films will be of regular length having Indian appeal with lots of drama, romance, songs and dance to cater Indian audiences’ tastes. The production on Roadside Romeo has… |
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Who revived Roger Rabbit?
…cost-prohibitive special effects.” The new movie would be set in New York City where Roger once worked as a song and dance man. Perhaps Jessica Rabbit will declare in this… |
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Tim Burton's musical numbers
CreativeLoafing, in one of its articles, talks about song and dance numbers from Tim Burton’s films which also features “Kidnap the Sandy Claus†from The Nightmare Before Christmas and “Remains… |
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Three Little Pigs added to National Film Registry
…the 11th-best cartoon of all time in a 1990s poll of animators, Three Little Pigs falls midway through a series of classic shorts (Skeleton Dance, The Band Concert, The Old… |
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Menken, Mear talk Mermaid musical
…a way to make the dancers move as freely as fish under the sea. “You can’t dance in roller skates. You can’t do a jeté or a pirouette. Flying is… |
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Disney's Enchanted Easter Experience
…sing and dance for joy WHERE: The Grove Fairfax and 3rd St Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is celebrating the debut of Enchanted in stunning Blu-ray High Definition and DVD… |
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And the Oscars go to…the (Slum) dogs!
…fun of Billy Crystal’s legendary openers but left Jackman out of breath, while a later song and dance selection (again with Jackman, joined by a showgirl costumed Beyonce) claimed that… |
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M-I-C-K-E-Y…Happy Birthday, Mr Mouse!
…character awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, returning to theaters soon after in a string of featurettes: Mickey Mouse Disco (1980) featured the dance craze of the… |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…strict rules on depicting violence gave the show a name change, to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles). Whatever its guise, the adventures of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael – the four… |
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Dinosaurs: The Complete First And Second Seasons
…the dynamics of the Sinclair family and Earl’s relationship with his co-workers. The Mating Dance explores Earl’s inept reaction to Fran’s emotional needs, Hurling Day sees Earl gleefullylooking forward to… |
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Hero High: The Complete Series
…fondly by fans because of their high quality (e.g. Zorro, Flash Gordon), while many are forgotten due to their relative mediocrity. And then there are those that were really pretty… |
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Popeye 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…warned against picking up this three-disc set of television Popeye cartoons, and was told that they were among the worst things ever done with the sailor. But I love Popeye…. |
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A Charlie Brown Valentine
…“Charles” can be; we end with a Valentine’s dance… and that’s not all, either. As you can tell, this is quite an episodic show that regurgitates what we have seen… |
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Kachow! The Cars Speedway Premiere
…26, 2006, the once-in-a-lifetime premiere of Disney/Pixar’s Cars occurred in Concord, NC. In attendance at the extravaganza was Animated News & Views correspondent Josh Armstrong and guest contributor Brandon Neeld…. |
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Chuck Jones: Extremes And Inbetweens, A Life In Animation
…is for animation artists and buffs, even if it does end rather abruptly. A couple of pencil tests follow, the first for the classic Ken Harris-animated dance sequence in Mississippi… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Behind The Scenes At The Walt Disney Studios
…original). Classic Mickey is represented by the 1936 short Thru The Mirror, and Donald appears again in Donald’s Cousin Gus (1939). The segment in which Donald helps Walt out is… |
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Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland
…routines shot as dance reference. That Japanese box is the one to look for (a DVD edition that ported many of the extras over is available there too), but is… |
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Joe Barbera; Gremlins and Disney's Dog
…To The Dance (1956) and Jack And The Beanstalk (1967) – hey, WB, how about issuing those as a dandy double-feature disc!? Hanna and Barbera became figureheads for the fledgling… |
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The Legendary Laugh-O-Grams: Fairy Tales by Walt Disney
…fun with the traditional story, opening with a wacky sequence in which Red’s mother cooks up some tasty donut treats for Grandma by way of having the gun-happy pet cat… |
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Archie’s Funhouse: The Complete Series – Winners!
…boy-next-door and his good friends Betty, Veronica, Jughead and Reggie as they sing, dance and let loose in this classic hit from the 1970s. Archie’s Funhouse: The Complete Series three-disc… |
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South Park Chihuahua…a new breed? Get Outa Here!
…fun if its central marketing hook – an amusing song and dance number seen in the teaser – had actually turned up as a scene in the actual movie. Without… |
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Not quite the fairest of them all…
…great many gems (HD debuts for Steamboat Willie, The Skeleton Dance and Flowers And Trees among others) but a lack of real authority, especially in the many new talking heads…. |
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Merry Madagascar
…kicks off his boots and starts to dance along, although I’m sure it made millions of others chuckle uproariously. There’s also an inconsistent tone between the characters, at one moment… |
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Brad Pitt and Matt Damon join Happy Feet 2
…and Damon will be voicing, but they will be joining returning original Happy Feet actors Elijah Wood and Robin Williams. Happy Feet 2 is currently set to dance into theaters… |
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Peanuts 1970’s Collection: Vol. 2
…the homecoming dance. The whole set-up is too bizarre, and the repeated failures of Charlie Brown to kick the football during the game (because Lucy keeps pulling it away from… |
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Peanuts: 1970s Collection Volume 2 – Winners Announced!
…he has been pining for all his life. In spite of his trembling from nervousness, he escorts her to the dance floor and somehow summons up the courage to kiss… |
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A Charlie Brown Valentine
…a Valentine’s dance… and that’s not all, either. As you can tell, this is quite an episodic show that regurgitates what we have seen in previous specials (and obviously the… |
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From Paris to home video: A Monster finally arrives!
…Practice), A MONSTER IN PARIS harkens back to the classic tale of beauty and the beast, and delivers vibrant storyline packed with elegant characters, unforgettable song-and-dance musical numbers and beautiful… |
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Oscar’s Snow White speaks
…minute song and dance number with several uncomfortable stars in the audience as props. The producer behind the segment never worked in Hollywood again, Disney sued the Academy, and Lowe… |
