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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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Warner Archive: Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze
…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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Bee Movie Fun Facts
…wings between 180 and 225 times per second…which is a little tough to animate. So, the bees in Bee Movie flap their wings only six to seven times per second… |
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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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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
…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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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure‘s director and producer take us to a Once-in-a-Blue-Moon experience!
…little flaws and feistiness, yet she is relatable to every generation. RI: How did you manage the evolution of Tinker Bell as a character regarding the original personality she had… |
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
…and loved of the modern Superman, Batman, and Lex Luthor voices— respectively Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, and Clancy Brown. Though the characters look a little different here, it was a… |
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Incredibles 2
…little bit more into those two storylines. Elastigirl differs from her husband not just in powers but in the way she goes about crimefighting. Where he is all about brute… |
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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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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…Meltdown. Okay, the film wasn’t much more than a re-tread, adding some predicable sequel-prone elements and doing pretty much what it set out to do and little more. But when… |
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Kung Fu Panda
…lot of tickets and DVDs. But classics these films were not. In 2004, the first DWA film that I actually liked a little bit came out — Shrek 2. The… |
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Toy Story 3: Animator Victor Navone talks about his “Favorite Toys”
…is a comical new adventure that lands the toys in a room full of untamed tots who can’t wait to get their sticky little fingers on these “new” toys. It’s… |
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The Seventh Dwarf
…film is a “hilarious mash up of Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, and more!”, those children’s story icons only show up for frankly confusingly random cameos. Red Riding Hood,… |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume One
…arrest Yogi’s little buddy for being the domestic terrorist known as…. wait for it… the Unabooboo. The story is plenty funny, despite sadly exposing Yogi’s shame of illiteracy. We also… |
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Miss Hokusai
…regularly with her mother and with her blind, sick little sister. Tetsuzo fears illness and death, so he stays away from his youngest offspring altogether. The relationship between O-Ei and… |
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Picks Of The Year 2004
…features from around the world, unless one can wait for the inevitable “double-dip” when the mooted sequel is about to hit screens. Best yet, is this little beauty coming out… |
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SWAT Kats – The Radical Squadron: The Complete Series
…little resemblance to anything else in the H-B filmography. SWAT Kats was created by brothers Christian and Yvon Tremblay, who designed much of the show, while Robert Alvarez did the… |
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Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition Giftset
…team. I also noticed that brother Gordon was pouty about his lack of participation as well, but there is little follow-up on this until he has a chance to help… |
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Director Mike Rianda on The Mitchells vs. The Machines
…Linda, quirky little brother Aaron, their squishy pug, Monchi, and two friendly, but simple-minded robots to save humanity. Produced by Oscar winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and Kurt Albrecht,… |
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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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Rudolph And Frosty’s Christmas In July
…Winterbolt awakens, and it is his return that provides the conflict in our story. It is a splendid fantasy premise, and makes for a great start for this tale. Winterbolt… |
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Mickey And The Roadster Racers
…in which the majority of shows aimed at little kids were “interactive,” meaning that the lead characters would frequently stop the action and ask the audience “for help.” While it… |
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Stop-Motion Marvels!
…characters, with impressive animation, fun gags, and a good story. Toyland Ice Capades: The Adventures Of Mugsy (1917) is a six-minute narrated story of two young boys and a little… |
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The Art Of Kung Fu Panda 2
…a little difficult to get too excited by the prospect of a Kung Fu Panda 2, knowing that the reason for its existence is down to its bottom-line commercial potential… |
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Wacky Races: The Complete Series
…Takamoto and Jerry Eisenberg, voice artist Janet Waldo, and current cartoon creators like Paul Dini to dissect the show. It’s a grand little tribute to the show, even if it’s… |
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Valley Of The Dinosaurs: The Complete Series
…I appreciated the attempt to be just a little more academic than other shows. Of course, the emphasis on science and dialog may have doomed the show, with kids preferring… |
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Day & Night
…one of them displays the “right” state of play: light, or dark? Eventually, as each one opens up a little more to the other, the many wonderful aspects that make… |
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Clutch Cargo: The Complete Series – Volume One
…books. His little pal Spinner always accompanied him, as well as a dachshund named Paddlefoot. Frequently, their adventure would begin as Clutch was summoned by an old friend, or he… |
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Challenge Of The Gobots: The Original Miniseries
…revisiting; but I did enjoy watching it with my little guy, who was decidedly enthusiastic. And that’s the bottom line— it’s a dandy show for little kids who love robots… |
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M.A.S.K.: Volume One
…has to get it back. These episodes hold some promise, as the stolen items often relate to a hitherto little-known civilization or an alien artifact, but the stories go by… |
