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"Going Once . . . Going Twice . . . Sold!": Auctioning Off Harry Potter Film Roles
…in your Gringott’s account, it might be a good time to withdraw some of it and take it to the auction block. Even if you don’t win a part it’ll… |
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The Day The Prince And The Pauper Stood Still!
…of Klaatu than Wise did in 1951; here he’s less the warning of an apocalyptic future and more the instigator. The rest of the cast don’t measure up so well:… |
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The secret to Pixar's success? Their people
CNN talks with the people of Pixar to figure out how they churn out hit after hit. Up director Pete Docter says “I don’t really think it’s much of a… |
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Computer Animation – Lango Style
…true love for animation. Especially when they take the time to tell you how it’s done. For all you would be animators, don’t miss out on his new animation tutorials…. |
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Happily N’Ever After
…not need to be made. It has been done (and done better!) several times this decade, and will, unfortunately, be done again in the years to come. C’mon Hollywood! Take… |
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Ratatouille
…perfectly Gallic. Most live action films don’t boast music this dynamic or evocative. This film should be the model for how to do voice acting right. Pixar has not gone… |
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Delgo
…the most mundane parts of the animation were given a level of attention that you just don’t see very often. Now about those character designs! As I said earlier, they… |
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The Jetsons: Season Two, Volume One
…allowed us to think about what we wanted from our future. Of course, all of this was done in a fun, entertaining way familiar to fans of Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Another… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 1
…7, with its many other characters, as Batman already has its own DVD set. (Come to think of it, I don’t think Warner has the rights to the other Super… |
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The Art Of Up
…a cube, but filled with so many details in matter of architecture and decoration by Don Shank that it pretty much became a character of its own; a witness of… |
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Ponyo, or Hayao Miyazaki’s Inner Child
…is not bothered by that. In general, children don’t like that, but he doesn’t care. As you’re watching the film, you’re not surprised by his reaction, he’s truly believable. And… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…— mammoths don’t talk and all that! But when they tell us we’re underground can they at least avoid putting the sun down there! I understand the decision — “the… |
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Ice Age coverage, Chuck does Tom & Jerry, and more of Saturday Morning
…with many saying that they don’t do the Hanna and Barbera cat-and-mouse team justice; but as Ben states, these underrated short films “are more than just an interesting curio, being… |
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Green Lantern: First Flight
…is all Hal’s. The other Corps members don’t immediately trust Hal, who seems to have been granted his ring without any sort of proper initiation. Nevertheless, Corps member Sinestro volunteers… |
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Witch Mountain, Super Friends, and Disney history!
…documentary of a different kind next, but still keeping with the magic of the Mouse, and Don Hahn’s Waking Sleeping Beauty sounds most intriguing. We’ve all heard about the shenanigans… |
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Spider-Mouse: the ultimate character crossover team-up as Disney buys Marvel!
…have paid off for the most part, it only takes two or three of these planned features to drop dead, and so does the company. What Bob Iger has done… |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Season One, Vol. 3 – Hello Mummy
…interesting. I like it when the mysteries don’t only involve the gang finding out who is terrorizing the citizens of a particular town. In this case, this was an underground… |
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Scooby, Aurora and Jasmine…
…Princess And The Frog – but don’t get excited…even this isn’t anything you haven’t already seen online (and for free), leaving this edition as nothing but a cheap cash-in to… |
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Disneynature: Earth
…go wrong in making our world look spectacular on screen, and the Disney touch, as supervised by long-time Studio producer Don Hahn, is in evidence in the selections of footage… |
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Winnie The Pooh and new announcements too!
…for the most recent British DVD release, and will contain hours of bonus material never before released in North America, including the new feature-length documentary Don’t Knock Yourself Out, chronicling… |
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Uncensored Bosko: Volume 1
…have benefited from audio commentaries or perhaps a short featurette on where these cartoons and their creators fit into animation history. We don’t even have proper liner notes— just a… |
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Grave Of The Fireflies: Collector’s Series
…Bonus Storyboards (this actually links to the Main Menu, but don’t worry— the Bonus Storyboard menu will be popping up repeatedly as you go through the other features). A total… |
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Pinocchio In Outer Space
…function from the remote has been inexplicably disabled. I like the idea of not having to press the Step button over and over again, but don’t kill my “Pause” button!… |
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Batman: Mystery Of The Batwoman
…as Alfred, and Bob Hastings returns as Commissioner Gordon. Tara Strong is once again Barbera Gordon, having generally played her since 1997. The Robin on display is the Tim Drake… |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?: The Complete First and Second Seasons
…herring to put the viewer off the trail, but that was rare. The animation was also typical of Hanna-Barbera TV shows, done on the cheap with limited animation and questionable… |
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Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season
…Hanna-Barbera’s The Flintstones, Top Cat, and The Jetsons. Those first three shows were done for laughs, telling humorous stories using “cartoony” artwork. The Adventures Of Jonny Quest was another thing… |
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Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition Giftset
…fridge at home! I don’t think I will do that personally, but it’s fun to know that I could! Ink And Paint: The digital remastering done for these movies rivals… |
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Wacky Races: The Complete Series
…Don Messick. John Stephenson, Janet Waldo, and Paul Winchell. To me, one of the great joys of watching Hanna-Barbera cartoons has always been to enjoy the terrific voices, and that… |
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Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines: The Complete Series
…my funny bone, largely due to the voice talents of Paul Winchell (Dastardly and the General) and Don Messick (everyone else). Dastardly is a hoot, spouting his “Drat and double… |
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Perils of Penelope Pitstop: The Complete Series
…him carry out his plans. Penelope was undoubtedly the same character as seen in Wacky Races, but a subtle re-design was done to give her more complex goggles, a new… |
