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Cinderella: Diamond Edition
…been great to have had a picture-in-picture track throughout the movie (see the What’s Missing? comments below), but as something of a token gesture in this regard, a Storyboard To… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro – The Complete First Season
…of readers and filmmakers alike. None other than Douglas Fairbanks picked it as a starring vehicle for his new studio United Artists (co-founded with wife Mary Pickford, silent clown Charlie… |
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From Up On Poppy Hill
…to warrant the attacks it received. Sure, it was a relative disaster for the studio— but there are far worse anime films out there. Goro’s father must have also come… |
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Shark Tale
…catching the spectacular adventures of The Incredibles, the sheer aggressiveness of the mass-market friendly and very commercially-minded animated comedy Shark Tale, DreamWorks Animation’s ninth feature (or only their fourth, if… |
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An Auteur is Born – 30 Years Of Miyazaki’s Castle Of Cagliostro
…Totoro or the Academy Award winner Spirited Away, Cagliostro commands an equally important place in the Miyazaki cannon. The film is a transitional work for Miyazaki in many ways, starting… |
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Otto Messmer And Felix The Cat
…to distribute the Felix pictures through Copley Pictures Corporation. It was a failed venture, unfortunately, as the sound synchronization was all done after the animation, with sloppy and uninteresting results…. |
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Smallfoot
…where he comes face to face with the mythical smallfoot — also known as a human. His world is shaken, and even more so when he is banished for refusing… |
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The BFG
…but just come off as slightly disjointed, especially when the Giant picks Sophie up in his hands and the result just looks and feels wrong! The best things about it… |
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The Reef
…truly intended, for probable commercial and audience recognition reasons. Seemingly made by a consortium of computer animation companies, mainly in South Korea, The Reef boasts but one name in its… |
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Thunderbean Roundup: Van Beuren Studio Cartoons and Other Strange and Commercial Rarities
…compare the Van Beuren Studio’s work to other artists and companies of the time, and while Cartoon Commercials! won’t be on everyone’s list, if you’re such a fan of early… |
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Looney Tunes’ Mouse Chronicles
…welcome, but shone the light away even further from his past associates. Clampett, Avery, Freleng, Frank Tashlin, even the much underrated Bob McKimson – they may not have all been… |
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Disney new release Tuesday: It's a Small World of Fun
…II,’ is only 5 inches tall, the runt of the herd. When a mouse attacks the herd and frightens all the other elephants away, Goliath II bravely battles the mouse,… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…come up with some new directions if it’s going to remain fresh, and although fair value, this Blu-ray and DVD combo features an odd mix of old and new material…. |
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Toy Story That Time Forgot
…Pixar have come up with previously. Following on from this, a surprise but handy Audio Commentary with director Steve Purcell and head of story Derek Thompson is a very worthwhile… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
…squash and stretch technique combined with developing the realistic effects of motion blur. Though the staging and character designs are fairly basic, they pull away from the computer animation conventions… |
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Legends Of The Superheroes
…through on marital commitments. This is one of those “just-can’t-look-away” train wrecks that must be seen to be believed. If you’ve ever loved the Adam West Batman, DC comic books,… |
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Batman – The Dark Knight Returns: Parts 1 And 2
…from Miller’s graphic novel. Again, stick with the complete book. Superman Vs. Batman: When Heroes Collide (9:24) has screenwriter Bob Goodman, numerous comic folk, and a PhD discuss the two… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3 – 3D Editions
…since the configuration is completely confusing, as surely the picture-in-picture aspects could be switched off to let the movie play as it does on the first disc anyway? With the… |
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The Incredible Mr Limpet
…lost, and Limpet is magically transformed into a hitherto unknown species of fish, complete with his Harry Potter-esque horn-rimmed spectacles! Coming across a sunken Allied forces ship, Henry has the… |
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What’s New Scooby-Doo?: Complete 3rd Season
…and comes across the Frozen Fiend. A Terrifying Round With A Menacing Metallic Clown – Shaggy competes in a miniature golf tournament that is terrorized by, well, a menacing metallic… |
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The Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary Edition)
…running away from home and the importance of dialogue in families. Rounding up the disc are three toy commercials for the original toys released by Hasbro. The three commercials are… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 2
…and Jerry have always been different from other chase-based cartoons. Looney Tunes perfected the genre with the comical and witty pairings of Bugs Bunny vs. Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam,… |
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The Tigger Movie: Bounce-a-rrrific Special Edition
…kinds of entertainments. Long before the term “pre-school” became a marketing demographic, Pooh accounted for being one of the Disney Company’s biggest merchandising properties, at times second only to, and… |
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Shrek the Third fun facts
…the rest. Let Us Draw You a Picture… •Early in production, the filmmakers considered making Cinderella a complete slob (due to her perpetually having to clean up during adolescence) and… |
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The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under: 35th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
…rendered out within the computer, combined with traditionally painted backgrounds or computer animated environments. The 1988 experiments on Who Framed Roger Rabbit proved that perspective animation allowed for a great… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…more flippant of previous supplements on their BD upgrades. They’re somewhat compensated by the new additions, especially the Cine-Explore picture-in-picture commentary and Filmmakers’ Roundtable featurette, but I’m glad I usually… |
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ParaNorman
…pull you out of a movie more often than not. On the enclosed DVD, almost all of the extras are pleasingly replicated, except for the picture-in-picture commentary (the regular audio… |
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The Wind Rises
…a doctor, who insisted that Jiro should let Nahoko go away to get as healthy as possible. When faced with competing forces of passion and facts, Jiro tended to favor… |
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
…End it is the over talky nature and convoluted plot involving the gathering of the Pirate Lords to stand up against the corrupt East India Company that ultimately takes away… |
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Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition
…the animation, but they felt that the company was not being as original as they had been in the past with some of their classics. With Robin Hood, the company… |
