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Merry Madagascar
…and The Penguins Of Madagascar television series on Nickelodeon…and to be honest I’m more than a little Madagascar and Penguined out! Which is why it’s no surprise for me to… |
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Recommended books; Potter beats Bond; plus that Tron sequel!
…History comes very, very heartily recommended, and cheap at under $25 from Amazon. A little more pricey at just under $50 (though still better than the $75 list price) is… |
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Aardman’s Timmy Time to premiere on Disney Channel
Aardman Animations’ new series Timmy Time, about Shaun The Sheep‘s little lamb pal, will make its North American debut on the Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney on September 13, following a… |
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Happiness Is… Peanuts – Snow Days
…it’s a pleasant enough collection of stories, with some shaky drawing. She’s A Good Skate, Charlie Brown— a 1980 TV special— looks a little more polished, but suffers from a… |
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WALL-E looks cute!
A quick end of week message to point out my mid-week posted review for the 1925 and 1960 versions of The Lost World, a great little package that is well… |
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The Lost World (1925 and 1960 versions)
…rampage and that of Spielberg’s T-Rex romp in the poorer Jurassic Park sequel (little less than another remake), is a terrific slice of hokum, and even if it doesn’t inherently… |
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The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo: The Complete Series
…little was done to bring the series into the 80s. Finally, the addition of Flim-Flam and Vincent Van Ghoul were unnecessary and perhaps too formulaic. By giving the series an… |
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Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney
…techniques to convey information warmly. The documentary would be perfect if but for a slightly sharp ending, where it loses its way a little before simply coming to a close,… |
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Down Under with Rescuers composer Bruce Broughton
…a little hard to do since the Australian aborigines don’t have a lot of instruments to pick from. As far as I knew, they used the digeridoo and the boomerang… |
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Composer Harry Gregson-Williams takes us far, far away, from Prince of Persia to Shrek Forever After
…two scores have little in common, really, just the location of the movies. Kingdom of Heaven was based on historical events – it was about the Crusades, so there were… |
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Wallace & Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death
…impressive and cinematic as ever. The animation, especially the computer controlled camerawork, and (some CG) special effects are particularly impressive – wonderful little touches that add so much even if… |
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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Prize Pack – Winner Announced!
…of the little monkey’s latest animated adventure on DVD! All you need to do is enter your details in the form below to be in with a chance of winning… |
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Animation supervisor Jamie Beard captures The Aventures of Tintin!
…a bit more “cartoony,” we’d add a little bit more snap to it. Of course, Snowy was completely key-framed, and we had animators adding all the character there. It’s very… |
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Peanuts: 1970s Collection Volume 2 – Winners Announced!
…Kiss, Charlie Brown (1977) -– It’s homecoming night and Charlie Brown is asked to escort the homecoming queen, who just so happens to be the elusive, little red-haired girl whom… |
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2009 Annie Nominees announced
…Network Studios • Bret Haaland The Penguins of Madagascar – Launchtime — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation • Jennifer Oxley The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster — Nickelodeon/Little Airplane Productions Directing… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 5
…by the American military to disable a nuclear submarine in the bottom of the ocean. It is up to Wolverine (with a little help from Storm) to go down with… |
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Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax: Deluxe Edition
…book’s more detailed introduction to the boy’s meeting of The Once-ler, but little else is left out. Instead, the viewer gets a large expansion of what was in the book,… |
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The Herculoids: The Complete Series
…best work. Without his designs, this show would have been quite forgettable by now, though for its time it did serve up plenty of exotic adventure. The premise makes little… |
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Bedtime Stories
…and more than a little at a loss of focus. At one point, there’s even a randomly thrown-in attempt at a lacklustre mini-musical number, apparently for good measure. I don’t… |
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Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Pete Travers talks “wonderfood” VFX in Cloudy 2
…Of The Rings: The Two Towers, Stuart Little 2 and Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone, to mention only a few. He also supervised the Sony Pictures Imageworks team who… |
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Star Trekkin' across the universe! Plus Venture Bros. and Tiny Toons!
…was great for the most part, though I kept thinking that, had this been set a little earlier, the guy playing Chekov would have made a great young Kirk. In… |
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We're baaaa-aaaaaaack!!
…a brief post to let you know that we made it through – nope, even that little earthquake incident didn’t stop us even if it might have shaken us up… |
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Penguins rundown
…when the young Private notices that the Polar Bear is all alone with no one to share the holiday. Surrounded by his own “family,” the littlest Penguin is determined that… |
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Frozen: The Poster Collection
…than substantial and, dare I say it, even a little “cheap”. This it is certainly most not with a $25 retail cost, and despite my initial reaction that it felt,… |
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Snoopy’s Reunion: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…one leisurely paced cartoon. That seems somewhat appropriate, given the rural setting that the first half of the story has, but I could have used a little more substance. The… |
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Update on Disney's DTV slate; American audiences ignoring British humor?
…Little II: The Ugly Duckling Story and Dumbo II, they may have very little input regarding the Disney Princess and Disney Fairies brands, including The Tinkerbell Movie and its sequels…. |
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Disney close to renegotiating deal with Pixar?
…Chicken Little. Some people feel as though Disney should wait until after Chicken Little enters theaters, for if it becomes a hit, Disney could have somewhat of an advantage in… |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Galaxy Divided
…Once again, this is a great episode with plenty of great action sequences set inside the Malevolence. I was glad to see Obi Wan get a little piece of the… |
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Big Bird's movie debut bounces back to DVD!
…of Deluxe Editions has really seen them push out the boat in terms of bringing a little something extra – no matter how small – to a whole host of… |
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Timeless images
Following are four images from Disney’s compilation DVD Timeless Tales: Volume 3 due out on January 3, 2006: Little Hiawatha Rutt and Tuke Morris the Midget Moose Casey at Bat… |
