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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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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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The Prisoner: The Complete Series
…or less a “fact” to fans given the additional little clues (“Be seeing you” is a phrase used in both series) dropped in the series – resigning from his post…. |
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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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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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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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Yogi’s First Christmas
…his little pal Boo Boo from their slumber, and they decide to investigate the source of the noise. By this time, the gang has found out from the hotel manager… |
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Castle In The Sky
…They have little time to reason this out, as both the military and the pirates are tracking the girl in Pazu’s small mining town. Just before the chase resumes, however,… |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
…appeal to everyone, it is perhaps my favorite of Anderson’s live-action work, the poorly received The Darjeeling Limited from three years ago proving to be a little too complacent even… |
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The Lord Of The Rings: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…a little less of the constant Disney-bashing that often permeates Ralph’s remarks (though it’s still there, from himself and other contributors), and he remains sprightly and outspoken even in his… |
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Armageddon
…blockbuster. At two and a half hours, Armageddon does lag a little once one of NASA’s two rockets inevitably falters and the team finds themselves split on other sides of… |
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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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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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Batman: Under The Red Hood
…usual for these releases, there is little to do with the actual movie’s production in these bonus features. However, the featurettes that we get do nicely provide some context for… |
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Day & Night
…one of them displays the “right” state of play: light, or dark? Eventually, as each one opens up a little more to the other, the many wonderful aspects that make… |
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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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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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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… |
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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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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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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…the “myth” of Santa. Worst of all, the crank signed his letter “from all of us.” One can see why Santa was a little put off, though one does wonder… |
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Picks Of The Year 2004
…features from around the world, unless one can wait for the inevitable “double-dip” when the mooted sequel is about to hit screens. Best yet, is this little beauty coming out… |
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SWAT Kats – The Radical Squadron: The Complete Series
…little resemblance to anything else in the H-B filmography. SWAT Kats was created by brothers Christian and Yvon Tremblay, who designed much of the show, while Robert Alvarez did the… |
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Stronger Than Spinach
…the wilderness— Steve Bierly. Bierly is a pastor by occupation, so I cannot help being obvious in stating that his book comes off a little like preaching. He wrote the… |
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Stop-Motion Marvels!
…characters, with impressive animation, fun gags, and a good story. Toyland Ice Capades: The Adventures Of Mugsy (1917) is a six-minute narrated story of two young boys and a little… |
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The Art Of Kung Fu Panda 2
…a little difficult to get too excited by the prospect of a Kung Fu Panda 2, knowing that the reason for its existence is down to its bottom-line commercial potential… |
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Valley Of The Dinosaurs: The Complete Series
…I appreciated the attempt to be just a little more academic than other shows. Of course, the emphasis on science and dialog may have doomed the show, with kids preferring… |
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Challenge Of The Gobots: The Original Miniseries
…revisiting; but I did enjoy watching it with my little guy, who was decidedly enthusiastic. And that’s the bottom line— it’s a dandy show for little kids who love robots… |
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M.A.S.K.: Volume One
…has to get it back. These episodes hold some promise, as the stolen items often relate to a hitherto little-known civilization or an alien artifact, but the stories go by… |
