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Deja and Henn on the return of The Goof!
…it look a little weird and odd. We tried those things. AV: How are they dividing up the work? I imagine it’s a little different than with a feature where… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Burny Mattinson on Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent
…but there was very little reference work for Maleficent because Marc generally kept her still so her movement was limited because she was always in a controlled, confined space. RI:… |
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Peter & The Wolf: A Bird’s-Eye View (With A Balloon!)
…it might take a little bit longer but the crew is maybe smaller. Something not industry-like. AV: Did your Oscar open new doors for you? ST: It’s funny you’re asking… |
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The Black Cauldron: Gold Classic Collection
…in the mythical days of old, The Black Cauldron follows Taran, a young pig-keeper who finds his small charge is more than what he seems. For the little pig, Henwyn,… |
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DisneyMania
…Little Mermaid’s Under The Sea (from A*Teens) and Kiss The Girl (by No Secrets) fare well enough. Some of the multi-layered vocals can sound a little too thick and hackneyed… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Behind The Scenes At The Walt Disney Studios
…Age and Disney’s films were second to none! The History Of The Animated Drawing (1955): Moving on a little in time to the 1950s, and disc two features three shows… |
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Studio Idefix #1 – Asterix The Gaul and Asterix And Cleopatra
…little scratchy during the opening titles, but it soon settles down for a fine looking and vibrant presentation, in its original 1.33:1 full-frame ratio. There is not much text on… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series Special Edition
…behavior, while never coming across as someone who does not have that little tiny part of them that remembers what being a kid and loving cartoons was like. A triumph… |
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Cool World
…bursts at the seams, while the little details and extra touches that mark any great movie are totally missing. Like Holli’s one-track mind’s desire, this film is all surface and… |
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The Triplets Of Belleville (Sony US Edition)
…the crime boss’ henchmen and impersonating the “ride machine” engineer (an affectionate pop at Walt Disney, complete with little rodent-like ears). Causing chaos in the hidden club, the group manage… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Your Host, Walt Disney
…Oz picture eventually became. Once again the festivities are largely – and more obviously – scripted, and Walt cheats a little here by being matted in on some shots (probably… |
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WB Academy Award Animation Collection – Winners!
…Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection 41 celebrated cartoons, with something for everyone including characters such as the Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Droopy, Superman, Popeye, Tex Avery’s Little Johnny Jet,… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition
…a very rewarding edition in the Gold Collection line, The Sword In The Stone got a little extra deluxe treatment than most, which even as one of Disney’s lesser efforts,… |
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Oscar, Oscar!
…came with the animation and related categories. Trumping Disney’s strong contender The Little Matchgirl and Pixar’s Lifted was Torill Kove’s The Danish Poet, a nice little film with a very… |
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The pirate movie that's no crime…
…tape, but it’s not the same watching the little guy hopping around on a wooden leg with an eyepatch and a parrot on his shoulder!” Boom, boom! Drumroll, please…I thank… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume Two!
…worthwhile and probably the highlight of this particular collection. Disc Three continues with Little Big Bat (or “The Incredible Shrinking Ghostbusters”?), Really Roughing It (it took ’em long enough to… |
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“Life is like a hurricane…”: DuckTales; plus Sonic and Snow White at 70!
…they’re really going to be disappointed! Of much better quality, and bringing a little historical perspective to things, is the Great American Ink website’s latest little project. Celebrating 70 Years… |
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Underdog (live-action movie)
…rhyming scheme to boot? With a not-as-high-as-expected run at the box office last summer, Underdog comes to DVD, if a little sheepishly, then at least with a full fanfare. The… |
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Ollie Johnston…RIP
…of animator Ollie Johnston has kind of left me a little lost for words. Therefore, the plug for Woody is little more than a hushed whisper, with little more to… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 1
…Jack, repeats the latter horror pastiche, joining an ingenious Hitchcockian plot by The Lobe. The episodes on the second disc – a flipper that allows for a little extra helping… |
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Is Ariel's Beginning worth going back for…?
…very creative people, albeit because the front office has essentially commissioned the film to fill a DVD release schedule gap and squeeze a little more profit from an established franchise…. |
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Let's end the week with a game of Cartoon Catch-up…!
…Jeremie kicked us off this week with his latest exclusive series of Little Mermaid interviews, timed to coincide with the release of the Ariel’s Beginning prequel but also touching on… |
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Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!
…film’s twisty, quite elaborate plotting, which pulls off a number of switcheroos quite convincingly, if sometimes a little over convolutedly. We open, naturally, in Jellystone, just as spring arrives and… |
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Shawn Patterson: Composer Maximum!
…Titan, where Willy (this little kid) is searching for something. I used two different time signatures, wrote in a two different tonalities and featured a bass trombone and a small… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 4
…episodes on this volume focus more on individual X-Men. We have the X-Men’s only Christmas-themed episode, Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas, where Jubilee celebrates her very first Christmas with… |
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
…suggest the seedier side of Hollywood), which is extremely unfortunate, for a little pruning on one early scene and just a couple of instances of language aside, we might have… |
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Sunset Boulevard: Centennial Collection
…she has little need for him, Desmond is unable to let go of her past. Sunset Boulevard is also a filmmaker’s film…it crackles with barbed dialogue aimed at the Hollywood… |
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The Odd Couple: Centennial Collection
…latest release, number 7 in the series as marked on the cover spine. The now-classy black and gold packaging saps a little of the original disc’s bright original theatrical poster… |
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Warner Archive: The Big Circus
…way down the restoration line) titles out on disc (and bring in a little revenue on masters that would otherwise stay lined up on shelves). Some have bemoaned the lack… |
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Warner Archive: A Distant Trumpet
…way down the restoration line) titles out on disc (and bring in a little revenue on masters that would otherwise stay lined up on shelves). Some have bemoaned the lack… |
