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Looking ahead to the long weekend
…anemic DVDs of Cars and Ratatouille, but I’m really jazzed about the possibilities of presenting behind-the-scenes material within the context of the movie itself, which is what BluRay will offer…. |
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Archie’s Funhouse: The Complete Series
…spoof. And then, of course, go to the music. In the version of the shows on the DVD set, each episode is only about twenty minutes, a remnant of when… |
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George Of The Jungle: The Complete Original Series
…cartoon classics; and Ward’s final show, the fondly-remembered Saturday morning cartoon show George Of The Jungle. George appeared on ABC beginning in 1967, airing opposite the debut of The Aquaman-Superman… |
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DVD reviews: Two more from BCI, plus contest winners
…the 1980s. He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe: Volume Two actually involves the 2002 version of the show, basically a reboot of the Filmation series. The newer show certainly… |
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I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown
…Throughout the special, the one-liners come often and they come funny. This is the advantage behind taking these new specials directly form the daily strips. True, it must be tricky… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition
…even showed that the show was unlike many other educational shows because the children actually learned the lessons that were taught. The show became so successful, that many of these… |
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Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition
…the animation, but they felt that the company was not being as original as they had been in the past with some of their classics. With Robin Hood, the company… |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Two-Disc Special Edition)
…show talk about the idea behind the project and the stories they are going to tell during the first season of the show. They go into detail about the proposed… |
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The Black Cauldron: Gold Classic Collection
…the likes of Clash Of The Titans, Krull, The Dark Crystal and The NeverEnding Story, etc) I now find myself agreeing with the critics of the time: these films were… |
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Frank And Ollie: Special Edition
…standards (witness the attempt to imitate their classic Baloo The Bear in The Jungle Book with the faded impression of the same character in the recent sequel). The “Doctor Frankenollie”… |
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Tom & Jerry Tales: Volume 1
…were some of the best parts of the entire DVD. You can choose from three languages: English, Spanish or French, but they didn’t provide subtitles for the hearing-impaired! Final Cut:… |
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Shrek The Third
…stage of the film’s finale. It’s not the most elaborate of slipcases, with only the title stamped out instead of the intricate detail we often get nowadays, and to be… |
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Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E: 3-Disc – Winner!
…the movie, allowing viewers to enjoy WALL-E portably in their choice of iTunes or Windows Media formats. Read our full review of the DVD here, and check out these official… |
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Space Buddies DVD Giveaway – Winner Announced!
…with intergalactic action and heart, Space Buddies is an amazing tale of teamwork, and loyalty that celebrates the journey of life and the friendships made along the way. It’s Buddy-loving… |
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The Secret Of The Magic Gourd on DVD – Winner!
Experience a magical story about the boundless limits of imagination and the strength we each have inside us with Disney’s heartwarming film The Secret Of The Magic Gourd – of… |
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Aardman's new home; Treasures still a comin'; new contest and more reviews on the way, plus a recharge to the site coming soon…
…as if the release of these historic shorts wasn’t enough, is the promise that the discs will house the DVD debut of the Ub Iwerks documentary feature The Hand Behind… |
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Arthur And The Invisibles
…Bowie, there’s lots of footage of the rest of the cast in the recording booth miming their lines to pre-rendered animation. Serial voice-offender Jimmy Fallon, who actually doesn’t grate as… |
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Hi-def, Blu-Ray, and all that Jazz…
…their content on BRD and only Universal staunchly reserving theirs for HD-DVD, the Blus are certainly in the stronger position, from industry support and thereby the amount of titles available… |
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I Yam What I Yam…Popeye's here!
Well, blow me down – they said it could never happen. They said that it would be impossible to get two of the biggest media corporations in the same room… |
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I Wanna Be Like You! The Jungle Book on DVD, plus SuperFriends!
…a mouthful! As a comics nut, Rand likes the show itself, of course, but really saves his enthusiasm to say some good words about the set’s supplemental features, calling them… |
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Beowulf: Director’s Cut
…of what the audience gets as a final looking result. And the main problem again is the mo-cap technique. At best (in examples such as The Lord Of The Rings’… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 3
…is the first time fans of the show have been able to collect all episodes of the show on DVD. With their latest batch, Disney has now released more than… |
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Warner Archive: The Big Circus
…the synopses and info on the back are tailor made, so while they all feel uniform, each is different. The lack of enthusiasm comes with the cases themselves, the sleeves… |
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Warner Archive: Captain Sindbad
…of the sets would be impressive enough if the rest of the movie wasn’t also as enchanting with its imagination. Of course its hokey stuff, but then these films were… |
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Warner Archive: A Distant Trumpet
…but the effect is the same: very good versions of otherwise hard to find movies. I was particularly impressed by the stability of the elements used and the solidity of… |
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Warner Archive: Captain Nemo And The Underwater City
…by the stability of the elements used and the solidity of the coloring; one of the best prints in the Warner Archives is easily Captain Nemo, but although it’s the… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…of the previous films’ previews in HD, nor any of the Scrat teaser spots for any of the three films, instead serving the sole option of The Pink Panther 2…. |
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Disney profits up; consumer DVD spending down
…is despite a couple of theatrical misfires, including the Jerry Bruckheimer produced G-Force, and lower than usual consumer spending on DVDs, according to Video Business Magazine. President and CEO Robert… |
