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Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter & The Wolf (2006)
…with role playing and physical exercises, but there’s very little context other than a few words from the teachers involved in the project, which aims to offer ways to further… |
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The Ballad Of Rango
…excellently touches on these aspects, as well as dedicated looks at the different characters and the creation of specific sequences, but if anything feels a little “missing”, it’s any seeming… |
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Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales
…the only instance of the characters’ hometown ever being named. This tiny tribute to Charles “Sparky” Schulz is just a little throwaway thing, but I enjoyed it. Seasons Greetings From… |
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Once Upon A Time…; Peter Pan specs…what's up with that?
…fast as my little fingers can thrash out the transcript! But it’s on its way! Speaking of that era of Walt produced films, did anyone catch the specs announced for… |
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Not-so-Cool World debuts on DVD
…“Unlike Roger Rabbit’s benign and happy Toontown, Cool World is violent and sleazy. A little gratuitous sex and violence could have been entertaining, but Bakshi overloads most scenes with throw-away… |
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All*Star Superman
…a little better. Foreshadowing is certainly not a foreign concept for Morrison, but the way he uses it can be too oblique; in other cases, revelations can seem to come… |
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Despicable Me 4
…laughs to be had), by all means go see this one too. But for everyone else, it’s criminal how little there is in Despicable Me 4 to recommend for you…. |
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
…Wars episode actually premiered a couple weeks prior to Family Guy’s parody—it’s even commented on in the closing of Blue Harvest. Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III is a little… |
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A Magic Gourd, Chipmunks, Madagascar's Nana and Wonder Woman? It's another packed post!
…new found fandom. Rodney himself has good words to say about the show, but remarks that these aren’t the best of episodes and that the video quality leaves a little… |
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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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Mad: Season One, Part One
…advertising was introduced to pay for upgraded color printing that, it has to be said, took a little something away from Mad, titled as in crazy, not as in angry,… |
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Arthur Christmas composer Harry Gregson-Williams: from Venice Beach to the North Pole!
…possibility of one child not getting a Christmas present on Christmas morning. I had never worked with the director, Sarah Smith. To begin with, she was a little confused about… |
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The Ten Commandments
…their own ambitions, but there really is very little to praise in The Ten Commandments. I’m tempted to end this review with the new law that “Thou shalt not make… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: Basil Of Baker Street (movie clip)
…animated action when The Great Mouse Detective comes to DVD on April 13, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In the greatest little mystery in Disney history, the renowned… |
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Prep & Landing
…modern-day story of what goes on behind the scenes before Santa Claus arrives at a child’s house. Our hero in the story is an elf named Wayne (Codename “Little Drummer… |
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Frankenweenie: Cinematographer Peter Sorg’s shades of grey
…only a little detail showing in the shadows and then changes to a more dramatic monster style lighting as the kids dig up their dead pets to try and bring… |
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Romeo, Romeo…Sealed With A Kiss DVD Special!
…little outing with primary character animation that’s as good as you would expect from a top-notch Disney animator. The story, adapted from Shakespeare’s original, isn’t quite as strong, but although… |
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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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The Lorax
…the story of Ted and Audrey, or of the Once-ler, or of the Lorax? To be honest, I’m not sure. The Lorax gets the title treatment but relatively little story…. |
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The New Adventures Of Superman: DC Classics
…titles speak for themselves (all are highly infectious, but bold italics indicate especially effective double bills). With each story packing everything into little more than six minutes, you can pretty… |
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DreamWorks/Aardman deal is flushed away
…and a win for Best Animated Feature did little to push sales of the DVD, where it even lost out to Disney’s direct-to-video offering Bambi II in their joint first… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: Basil’s Calculations (movie clip)
…animated action when The Great Mouse Detective comes to DVD on April 13, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In the greatest little mystery in Disney history, the renowned… |
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Oscar-winner interview, Abrams' Trek, Laurel & Hardy's animated themes, and more Dinosaurs!
…a very nice little read. Look for our final part in this series, when Josh speaks to The Little Matchgirl director Roger Allers, soon! Next up is some cool news… |
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Oscar interviews, site updates and new reviews!
…by discussing The Little Matchgirl (available on The Little Mermaid DVD) with director Roger Allers. In the chat, Allers remarks on the short’s true-to-Andersen ending and the film’s place in… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: On The Trail (movie clip)
…animated action when The Great Mouse Detective comes to DVD on April 13, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In the greatest little mystery in Disney history, the renowned… |
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Win Peter Pan, plus more archive reviews and site updates
…full review of the new 2-disc set very soon. In the meantime, we’ve got a copy to give away so fly on over, with a little pixie dust of course,… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: Basil’s Experiment (movie clip)
…animated action when The Great Mouse Detective comes to DVD on April 13, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In the greatest little mystery in Disney history, the renowned… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: Sleuth (DVD bonus clip)
…animated action when The Great Mouse Detective comes to DVD on April 13, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In the greatest little mystery in Disney history, the renowned… |
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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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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: Scotland Yard (DVD bonus clip)
…animated action when The Great Mouse Detective comes to DVD on April 13, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In the greatest little mystery in Disney history, the renowned… |
