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The Tick Vs. Season One
…Not Rated, Retail: $34.99 Storyboard: A lovable big, blue dufus and his little pal fight crime in The City. The Sweatbox Review: Citizens! Behold the origin of the mighty Tick!… |
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Winnie The Pooh‘s Henry Jackman, a “First Class” composer
…combination. It’s 50% Hollywood with a little nod or tribute to Gershwin and so on through light music arrangements, and on the other hand, it’s got sort of historical references… |
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Wallace & Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death
…his own series! Aardman also went from strength to strength, and a feature film deal with DreamWorks not only allowed them to go international with Chicken Run, putting the Studio… |
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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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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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Up
…flying house will not be lost on those who know their Wizard Of Oz well. There are other brilliant little touches, too, like the Shady Oaks assistant’s shirt label sticking… |
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Flintstones celebrate original premiere with day-long marathon!
…but little does he know the Bowling alley is next to the Opera House… • “The Hot Piano” (1961) — For their wedding anniversary, Fred wants to give Wilma something… |
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Megamind
…the main character. I can’t quite explain why but I think it may be that he looked too young or too “smooth”. His face and head were just a little… |
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The Essential Bugs Bunny
…marvel in the way Gene Kelly dancing with Jerry Mouse was, it’s a fun little sequence, shown intact here. Jumping post-Bugs’ theatrical career, a popular trend in the 1970s was… |
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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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Scooby-Doo: Stage Fright
…is the first time that the idea has been explored. It’s a little bizarre that they would bother with that particular storyline, and it certainly makes it difficult to imagine… |
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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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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 2
…Scent-imental Reasons/Stop, Look, And Hasten/Hare-way To The Stars/Duck! Rabbit! Duck! VALLEY OF THE DINOSAURS is, a relatively little remembered Hanna-Barbera show from 1974. Its premise is oddly similar to another… |
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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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Have A Laugh! Volumes 1 and 2
…fan. We’ll get to the good stuff in a bit, but up front let’s clear the way for it… Little more than a year ago, around the run up to… |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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My Life With Charlie Brown
…the public. An Introduction by the editor gives his own views on Peanuts and then explains the purpose of the book. Rather than printing every little thing that Schulz ever… |
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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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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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Toy Story‘s full specs and final artwork
…veteran Lee Unkrich’s feature directorial debut and the return of Pixar’s favorite composer Randy Newman, with the addition of Academy Award-winner Michael Arndt’s (Little Miss Sunshine) compelling original screenplay. Tom… |
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Warner Archive: Captain Nemo And The Underwater City
…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… |
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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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It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
…story seems a little out of place. Still, the ending gets it right, with Charlie once again failing to win at life. Phil Roman directed the special, with music by… |
