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Secret Of The Wings Composer Joel McNeely gives wings to Tinkerbell’s latest adventure!
…Gannaway and The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning‘s Peggy Holmes, Secret of the Wings takes you on a magical adventure that leads Tink to discover a new wintery fairy world and… |
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Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy
…grate on me but also left little impression when it was done. They head towards the Sea Of Mystery, which legend has it is fraught with monsters and mayhem. Bluto… |
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Elstree 1976
…titled a little more snappily as Elstree ’76, which promised to delve into the stories and experiences of those actors, bit-part players and extras that remained largely hidden under latex… |
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The Halloween Tree
…to spend out a little more on them at the time, and The Halloween Tree certainly benefits from a lavish treatment (although this is its first time on disc, it… |
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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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Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians
…animation. After that, I went on doing some CG. I worked a little bit on Monsters Vs. Aliens for like two months. Then I moved to Shrek 4 – I… |
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It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…Although I enjoyed this one, the addition of magic into a Peanuts story seems a little out of place. Still, the ending gets it right, with Charlie once again failing… |
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Otto Messmer And Felix The Cat
…all changed with Felix, who clearly was able to formulate thoughts, ideas, and emotions. The little guy had spunk, and was able to solve his problems in a clever way…. |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez takes us for a “Grand Tour” with Walt
…highly unsatisfactory. We had never seen a photo of Bill Levy, there was little that we knew about George Kamen’s career, and the overall picture simply was not there. Then,… |
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Looking ahead to the long weekend
…evening (once everyone else is in bed), I’m already feeling a little zombie-like, making it very difficult to concentrate on writing. However, over the course of the long weekend, I’m… |
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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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Captain America: Civil War
…all that interesting or necessary. One can’t help but think that it’s a little weird he goes from being in love with Peggy Carter during World War II to sharing… |
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…It’s a little odd to be writing this review at the tail end of reviewing several Peanuts specials. The Christmas one was the very first, back in 1965. It was… |
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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…sound is adequate if not inspiring, though it’s always a pleasure to hear the music of Vince Guaraldi. Guaraldi provided another vocal performance for this special, the song Little Birdie…. |
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Around the world with Mila: Producer Andrea Emmes
Mila is the story of a little girl who loses her family during the war in Trento, Italy. This is the story Cinzia Angelini wanted to tell via her medium,… |
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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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Stronger Than Spinach
…the wilderness— Steve Bierly. Bierly is a pastor by occupation, so I cannot help being obvious in stating that his book comes off a little like preaching. He wrote the… |
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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…his letter “from all of us.” One can see why Santa was a little put off, though one does wonder what he really had to gain by essentially providing evidence… |
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The Grinch
…available. But if you’re looking for something that perhaps means a little bit more, your best bet might be Illumination’s The Grinch. First off, if you had any reservations about… |
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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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A Christmas Carol
…giving is a pure stage performance, leaving the animators little to play with in terms of being able to broaden the caricature. It was ridiculous that the short and stocky… |
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Ruby-Spears’ Superman: DC Comics Classic Collection
…of an effect on me, unless it was Disney’s Wuzzles, or Duck Tales. I had been a little too old for the toy boom early in the decade, many of… |
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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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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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Smallfoot
…over you seem pleasant enough. But the lyrics are so simplistic and hackneyed to the point of being a little embarrassing. The plot moves at a fairly rapid pace. Soon… |
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And the Oscars go to…the (Slum) dogs!
…going to be a banner year, and the results largely did little to change that: predictable early craft wins for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, including an absolutely undeserved… |
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An Auteur is Born – 30 Years Of Miyazaki’s Castle Of Cagliostro
…now for a noble cause rather than a selfish one. This interpretation of the character may have been a little too radical for its fans, but contrary to some claims,… |
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Yogi’s First Christmas
…his little pal Boo Boo from their slumber, and they decide to investigate the source of the noise. By this time, the gang has found out from the hotel manager… |
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Azur & Asmar: Michel Ocelot’s Quest For Tolerance
…interesting characters, but I was particularly touched by the Little Princess. Can you tell me about her? MO: In this story, I put together persons who are all different. I… |
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
…necessary. This is apparent when the majority of the supporting cast has pretty much been pushed to the background with very little screen time for each. And while Grimmel actually… |
