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Scales and Arpeggios: Richard M. Sherman and the “mewsic” of The AristoCats!

…this. But our history with Maurice Chevalier goes much further back then that. Maurice had introduced a song our father – Al Sherman wrote in the 1930 film The Big…

Once Upon A Dream: Burny Mattinson on Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent

…controlled voice presentation as she did in Cinderella, which was slow and deliberate, and she was able to reflect her character’s evilness in the tones of her voice. She was…

DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter

…until recently, a philosophy that the Studio upheld, breaking the rule but twice, for theatrical follow-ups to The Rescuers and Fantasia, but when Aladdin and The Lion King proved such…

The Black Cauldron: Gold Classic Collection

…completed and finalised footage which has been cut at such a late stage from the film that it was fully colored. During the production process, these sequences are trimmed, looked…

Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land

…is Wartime London, and we find an older Wendy having to say goodbye to her husband, Edward. He’s been called up for service (leaving rather mistakenly in an American GI…

Walt Disney Treasures: Behind The Scenes At The Walt Disney Studios

…or her salt will know that all that archive footage we see of Walt in documentaries and “making of” programs comes from a very small collection of films produced at…

The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume One

…and the first couple of volumes of their then-owned pre-1948 Warner Bros catalog, titled The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes. Even long after these sets finally become reincarnated on the…

The Lion King 1½

…contribute a wealth of animation voice experience to their roles and help the rather dry dialogue lift off the page. The best lines, of course, go to Timon, the sarcastic…

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Animated Movie)

…upon the four thrones, her rule will be over. Reunited, the children discover that Aslan has made the ultimate sacrifice to save Edmund and must face the Witch with their…

Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers

…while this may be true, it was The Sorcerer’s Apprentice that kick-started the whole Fantasia experiment in the first place and Mickey who gives the overall film an identifiable image….

Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Black And White, Volume Two

…that puts turns the famously controversial novel into a stage-bound adaptation for the gang. The show doesn’t manage to make it all the way through, however, when the production is…

Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition

…that sees the original on-set footage compared with the final film. During Jolly Holiday’s animated section, a split-screen shows pencil test and rough footage on one side, with the final…

Pinchcliffe Races Home: A Look Back At Caprino Studios

…is fluid, and this new edition restores the image to make it look better than ever. True, and as noted below, the image has been manipulated to fit widescreen displays,…

Chicken Little

…up in a super cool suit, Men In Black style – surely the clothing of someone almost twice his supposed age? The other voices work much better and it’s great…

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Great Clubhouse Hunt

…the look of the show. While the abomination that was Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas truly showed why Mickey Mouse shouldn’t be let anywhere near a computer mouse, this version…

The Ghost Busters: The Complete Live-Action Series

…They Went Thataway, in which the boys play cowboy when Billy The Kid turns up, and The Vampire’s Apprentice, naturally spoofing Dracula, here seen as an aged “old bat” who’s…

Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams

…like this. I don’t think it’s down to age or gender either…I’m very happy to sit and enjoy what would be alluded to as being “chick flicks”, intended for any…

The Reef

…in which a little orange fish loses a parent (actually, both of them here)? Check. The dashing through the waves and playful friendships between young, school age fish? Check again,…

Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney

…uneasy choice of going with the 16:9 majority of the presented footage (the interviews, art selections and new graphics) and settled at watching the Disney clips in the wrong ratio,…

Aarrgghh! No more Disney Treasures!?

…“message” felt either a little forced or too weak, while what this particular exhibition set out to do was lay the groundwork for something perhaps even more substantial in the…

Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection

…1946’s Northwest Hounded Police, which gives this package its main cover image. As part of the Mounties (“We aim to police”), Droopy is after convict The Wolf (who else?) in…

Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume Two!

…are the occasional snatches of some vintage video footage, much more of which I wish we could have seen. In similar fashion, a series of Creator Interviews feature voice actor…

Cultoons! Volume 1: Ads And Oddities

…‘n’ Pop stores of small-town America. Genuinely heartfelt, and by turns excitingly fantasist and struck with a cold realistic streak, there’s a nice emotional message buried in the story as…

Birdman, Terabithia, and – finally – contest winners!

…scores points for being “a frequently great-looking show with fun stories from the golden age of Saturday mornings. Fans of this era should enjoy the set thanks to some classic…

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Five

…cartoons from the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes library right on time, and although there might not be quite as many choice selections as before, there’s a strong case for…

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning

age lines drawn around the eyes, and she has the figure of an older woman, but one might question the parentage of Ariel’s other sisters, none of whom look like…

Yabba-dabba-doo-or-don't? The Complete Flintstones completely reviewed!

…60+ image selections, but there have been so many questions over the set and what it contains that we needed to be thorough: though it’ll probably take a stone age

Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter & The Wolf (2006)

…to DVD in a very nice package that makes it clear that distributor Magnolia Entertainment is very pleased to be associated with the film. Director Suzie Templeton had previously won…

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

age, even if it does seem to pre-date Who Framed Roger Rabbit, subbing the old screen stars in lieu of the toons (and using some genuine era stock footage from…

Warner Archive: Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze

…matter, Kenneth Robeson’s Clark Savage Jr, better known as Doc Savage, fought for truth, justice and the American way in almost 200 pulp novels, paving the way for such later…