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Return To The Sea (again), plus Dr Horrible and another Nutty Professor…
…follow-up tradition, new to stores today is a fresh Special Edition of The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea, one of the studio’s earliest direct-to-video sequels and one of… |
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Peter, the Wolf, and a Nutty Professor! Plus Watership Down's composer remembered…
…least not ready to blow anyone’s brains out! Nutty Prof 08 is an odd little film because it seems to lean rather heavily on Jerry Lewis’ 1963 original, surely a… |
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Hotel Transylvania 2
…himself is given so little to do that he seems more like a “me too” character, who does nothing but nod in agreement with other more useful characters. Another story… |
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More on iTunes Disney shorts
…their Oscar-nominated shorts from Three Little Pigs up to Lorenzo. Their report also mentions a pending DVD box set of said shorts and a brand new short, Hans Christian Andersen’s… |
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Around the world with Mila: Writer (and Director) Cinzia Angelini
…a one-room little apartment. They stayed there for the next couple of years. The kids actually enjoyed that time up in the mountains and my mom remembers it with pleasure…. |
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Disney on the web; Night At The Museum; Oscar noms 2007
…top. It’s an extremely fun little picture, the best family outing for the recent holiday season certainly, and deserves the success it is generating. I got a big kick out… |
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Balto
…CLV pressing, it is not as sharp as perhaps a CAV edition would have been. It’s framing is still preferable to the DVD of course. After a little checking, I… |
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest: Family Fun Edition
…on a computer, then printed out and inked and painted traditionally. The resulting animation throughout the film is very professional; but ironically, there is very little rain in the movie,… |
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Aarrgghh! No more Disney Treasures!?
…$4.3m weekend takings). Josh has also updated the DVD Deals section with a fun little related item: your own Shrek computer! Naturally, being “partners”, the hardware for this DreamWorks-inspired PC… |
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Pixar picking park rides?; Back to the Dungeons; Hi-def duos?
…Finally today, we have a great little review of a fun little title: BCI’s Dungeons & Dragons: The Complete Animated Series, a lavish five-disc set that packs in all 27… |
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Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume One
…program. Yogi and his little buddy Boo Boo Bear were residents of Jellystone Park (unlike Huck, their stories’ setting was almost always the same). In his first appearance, Yogi was… |
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How Disney historian Didier Ghez wrote as he pleased…
…way Disney approached cartoons? DG: This will sound a little bit vague, but Bianca introduced a woman’s sensitivity to the projects she tackled. The colors and motifs in her drawings… |
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Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney
…techniques to convey information warmly. The documentary would be perfect if but for a slightly sharp ending, where it loses its way a little before simply coming to a close,… |
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You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…differ in age by well over thirty years. The more recent one benefits a bit from more modern production methods, but even the older one has very little dust on… |
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The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. One
…the show’s storylines previously, I was a little surprised at how fast Valiant found Camelot (in Episode 6, appropriately titled The Finding Of Camelot), but he does spend several episodes… |
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The Angry Birds Movie
…a short temper and a lack of a filter on his words before he speaks. This had already caused him to be banished to live a little away from the… |
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DuckTales: Volume 2
…points for ads. This was another missed opportunity to present a little info on Carl Barks, so as a long-time fan I am disappointed. Sure, he got a tribute on… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents The Hardy Boys
…the gold gets deeper and deeper, and three suspects emerge. Old Silas Applegate, initially appearing mean and a little batty, eventually befriends the boys, as they are the only ones… |
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Inside Animation Supervisor Victor Navone’s mind
…human world was the more standard Pixar style, leaning towards naturalistic. We struggled a little to find this style at first, assuming that we really needed to contrast it with… |
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Lego Justice League: Attack Of The Legion Of Doom
…knock the charm of Lego minifigures springing into action, though, and the brick-like nature of the characters does allow for sillier gags to be carried maybe a little better. This… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2! Yes, Brunhilde and Michigan J. Frog included!
…of shorts, read on here: {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001757.html [More…]}} “Hare-Brained Hypnotist” (Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd – 1942) “Little Red Riding Rabbit” (Bugs Bunny – 1944) “Stage Door Cartoon” (Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd –… |
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Loads of Christmas DVDs
…as A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas as well as plenty of forgotten gems such as Ziggy’s Gift and little-known titles such as Brer Rabbit’s Christmas… |
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Hero High here!
…hitting stores today. Calling it “a nice little package”, Randall Cyrenne checks out Hero High: The Complete Series without ever mentioning Sky High, Zoom or any of the superhero school… |
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Minions
…I hadn’t seen already. Minions is definitely in the Despicable Me camp — great performances, always musically interesting, somewhat entertaining, sometimes funny, a little bit of heart, but with a… |
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The Animatrix
…that little, I think I have already surpassed the average North American’s knowledge of anime, which might not extend beyond Pokemon or Yugi-oh. Anime has, for many years, been a… |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
…spin-off movies keep the characters and ideas coming. These are money-makers, pure and simple. And that should be allowed without complaint. But the whole thing is just a little too… |
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Brave
…family struggles over expectations and duty as we grow up. The only thing different is a little bit of magic. Some early reviews have criticized how “small”, “timid”, “weak”, “slow”,… |
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Arthur And The Invisibles
…sweet little film, which comes recommended itself. Zellweger’s co-star Ewan McGregor pops up again in the “now available” Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, and there are predictable pushes for Weinstein animated… |
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Presenting Felix the Cat: The Otto Mesmer Classics 1919-1924
…but hits Bobby… and that’s it. The short has limited action, little humor, and zero charisma. No wonder Felix was such a sensation in this era!! (Note that Bobby is… |
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Announcing Toonacious Family Entertainment
…Society Award for his animation supervision on Stuart Little 2. Bancroft seeks, along with his colleagues, to provide quality, values-based entertainment through traditional, hand-drawn animation along with some computer animation…. |
