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Pixar picking park rides?; Back to the Dungeons; Hi-def duos?
…between the two: he’ll be wanting to base rides on the Studio’s biggest hits, of course, but those just happen to be Pixar productions! Even so, I remember his arrival… |
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The Critic: The Complete Series
…included, think of the way this gem of a short-lived series was treated during its original run. They are also the words of The Critic himself, one Jay Sherman, TV… |
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Mickey’s House Of Villains
…collection of Halloween tales should have been “House Of Spooks”. Or better yet, “House Of Musical Spooks”, as most of the cartoons on show here are less to do with… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
…objects come to life. Here the emphasis is on a snow globe Snowman, a reminder of a trip to Alaska, as he sits on the shelf yearning to break out… |
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Ratatouille
…so much more real than Beowulf because it isn’t supposed to look real. It’s true that the design of our hero Remy isn’t the most original: comparisons to the Sesame… |
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Batman, Pixar, Pooh…and Cinders two!
…good for a laugh – like many I didn’t find much magic to write about – though it continues our quest of completing our backlog of pre-Christmas releases that we’re… |
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Underdog (live-action movie)
…promo plays on start up, which does no more or no less than get one excited about “Disney” as a concept…it’s quite a clever way to restore some of the… |
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Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection: 15 Winners, 26 Nominees
…offbeat inclusion of this Ralph Phillips-debut. Seeing Jones at the beginnings of his musings off into out of the ordinary cartoons, Z-z-z-z finds schoolboy Phillips daydreaming during lessons, and while… |
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My vote? I'd say go for Looney Tunes or Popeye on DVD!
It’s time to get thee to the polls for one of the most historical presidential elections of all time: today Americans all over the country will be voting to pick… |
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Kung Fu Panda / Secrets Of The Furious Five
…Kung Fu Panda itself closes with this oh-so original choice of track over its end credits, though I wouldn’t be surprised if the directors had to fight to prevent Po,… |
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
…is your cue to discover a couple of bonus episodes of DreamWorks Animation’s new television spin-off The Penguins Of Madagascar, animated out of house though retaining a fair amount of… |
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Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!
…sidekick Boo-Boo off to the San Diego Zoo. Hearing of this, Yogi’s sweetheart Cindy volunteers herself to be sent off too, but is unaware that her actual destination is the… |
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South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season
…by the sounds of Disc Two’s supplement Six Days To South Park you’ll either be excited or uninterested in what this turns out to be. Essentially running various versions of… |
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
…of a commentary (Winner likes to talk so getting him to sit and let his memories flow shouldn’t have been too tough to arrange) or, surely an option, a pop-up… |
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure‘s director and producer take us to a Once-in-a-Blue-Moon experience!
…on a secret quest to set things right. In order to go deeper into the magic of Pixie Hollow, Animated Views was kindly invited by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment… |
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Cars: Ultimate Gift Pack
…Very often, this is the result of too much hype or high expectations on the viewer’s part, leading to disappointment. Other times, the movie can just not be very good…. |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…these themes to be explored are the characters, who come up with some consistently laugh out loud funny exchanges: on telling Sid that he’ll eventually find someone to settle down… |
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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
…video fare, we’ve also been treated recently to other studios’ traditional offerings, some of which have been very poor television upgrades (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) and some of which have… |
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The Princess And The Frog
…be selected, though true to form, Disney disables one of Blu-ray’s main bonuses and forces one to return to a menu screen as opposed to allowing pop-up options. The wonderful… |
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The Black Cauldron: Producer Joe Hale talks munchings and crunchings…
…of animation, and Katzenberg wanted that also and each one of them didn’t want to give up any of their power. So, there was kind of a struggle between Roy… |
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Armageddon
…do the same to us. Unlike the two other films, Armageddon does all this right there onscreen and – don’t laugh – does so fairly believably for a film of… |
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Composer Harry Gregson-Williams takes us far, far away, from Prince of Persia to Shrek Forever After
…a unique light, offering a unique point of view to the movie. Now, he strikes again with two major movies of this summer, Disney’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of… |
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The secrets of Walt’s Vault unlocked…!
…about the Disney Films, stories of the Disney Theme Parks and finally stories about out of the ordinary Disney History from the Mickey Mouse radio show of the Thirties to… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition
…special anyway, especially as Menken often runs his fingers over the piano keys to revisit the songs, including the genesis of a different take on Be Our Guest. Pure magic,… |
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The Essential Bugs Bunny
…that have been overlooked to bring us a sometimes random pick of titles, some of which are only so-so outings, and all of which most Looney Tunes fans will already… |
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Toy Story 3
…needed to be made. Now, having waited to see it again on home video, free of the 3D distractions that I have to say didn’t add anything to my original… |
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
…a hoedown one can’t help but laugh. While the special proves to be funny, a few of the sketches rely too heavily on cursing and sex to move the punch… |
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Scooby-Doo: Where Are You! The Complete Series (Mystery Machine Edition)
…Scooby too. Originally, the Mystery Inc. gang were to have been a pop band on the road (a reply to the success of The Archie Show) so Roberts was no… |
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Jabberjaw: The Complete Series
…to release a Gorgon on Aquahama! See Dorsal attempt to overthrow the queen of Atlantis! See Coldfinger try to take over the gold mines of Aqualaska! See Jabberjaw compete in… |
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Tangled
…only serves to repeat Mother Gothel’s implied threats to Rapunzel if she dared to leave her tower in an extra verse or two, though it does sport one of Slater’s… |
