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Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin
…(Lion King, Pocahontas, Roger Rabbit, Aladdin, Dinosaur, Fantasia/2000), DreamWorks (Prince Of Egypt, Antz, Spirit, Shrek) and Warners (Osmosis Jones, Looney Tunes: Back In Action, Son Of The Mask) and is… |
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Welcome to ANIMATED VIEWS!
…little mitts on one of two new Looney Tunes titles – and our extensive and ever growing DVD Reviews, you’ll find the Toon Review, a grouping of archive reviews that… |
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Pixar picking park rides?; Back to the Dungeons; Hi-def duos?
…able to enjoy the content we want – the Looney Tunes from HD-DVD’s Warners, the eventual Disney movie releases on Blu-Ray – without the confusion and inconvenience of two players…. |
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2006; summer 2007; Disney Blu-Ray…
…the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4, the Hanna-Barbera titles and Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies releases. Perhaps my pick of the bunch, though, might be the bulky but… |
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Groovie Goolies: The Saturday Mourning Collection
…looked, to my little eyes, like it mixed the characters from the Rankin/Bass stop-motion feature Mad Monster Party with the classic stable of Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes gang. I distinctly… |
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Ben's shamelessly blatant Film Festival event plug…
…show built on the resurgence of classic animation following the success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, harking back to the great Looney Tunes of old, and arguably provided the most… |
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Shrek makes it 600 million; plus Jolson sings again!
…the Looney Tunes on DVD. As such, this issue of The Jazz Singer is sure to appeal not only to vintage film fans, but any animation enthusiasts genuinely interested in… |
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Bugs Bunny Superstar
…a laser collector and don’t already have it, it has recently been issued in two parts as one of the extras in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection #4 DVD set…. |
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Cultoons! Volume 1: Ads And Oddities
…series as the Disney Treasures and Golden Looney Tunes would be envious of, is as good as anything else out on the market prove that Steve and his Thunderbean collaborators… |
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Kermit, Piggy, Woody, Oswald…and Jerry Beck too!
…MGM catalogs for such gems as The Droopy Theatrical Collection. And don’t forget another round of Looney Tunes on the way, building on the sheer excitement of finally being able… |
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Ratatouille
…with the classic Looney Tunes, the film feels made with its crew in mind first and the needs of the young second, but never forgotten. I could keep gushing about… |
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Back and "looking" better than ever! Plus Super Powers and Pirates!
…and the hi-def 2-Disc Blu-Ray format at very reasonable savings. I’ll be back later this week with a full look at WB’s Looney Tunes 5, so stay tooned! – Ben…. |
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Oscars, Richard Sherman, SuperFriends and more – it's another packed Monday!
…as the Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Droopy, Superman and Popeye, as well as Tex Avery’s Little Johnny Jet and Chuck Jones’ High Note, plus over an hour of special… |
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And the Academy Awards went to…; plus much more in our Oscars Special!
…reveals, there are many reasons to pick up the set, not least some new to disc Looney Tunes, new commentaries on previously released cartoons, plus the Bugs classics A Wild… |
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Plastic Man: The Complete Collection
…and Jerry Beck, who likens Plas to the Looney Tunes version of a superhero. The many various incarnations of the character are briefly explored over the 14 minutes, from his… |
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Ben’s baaaa-aaaack!
…nicely with our choice of the recent Looney Tunes set in our 2008 picks, the original Uncensored Bosko: Volume 1 collection from Image. And Jeremie’s continuing series of fantastic interviews… |
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Indiana Jones and the alien borefest of doom…
Welcome to a new week, and we have a bunch of reviews on the way for you that should be up for the weekend: Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6… |
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Go, Speed Racer, go! Plus new discs and Iron Man 2, 3 and more!
…on You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown. Also on the site, don’t forget that our Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volume 6 contest is still open until midnight this Friday, and that… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series Special Edition
…their hands, the makers of the recent Looney Tunes movies still had the giant task of beating a true hand-crafted original. Although rivalry between Disney and Katzenberg’s studio DreamWorks means… |
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Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
…once the angles are very imaginative and the timing throughout does not play as just some Warner Brothers Looney Tunes-in-disguise moments, but that of classic Disney itself. Interestingly, apart from… |
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Chuck Jones: Extremes And Inbetweens, A Life In Animation
…teaser – hopefully all the WB shorts will look as good as this on disc when those Looney Tunes collections start filtering through! No added DVD-ROM material has been included,… |
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The Man Called Flintstone
…now a bit tired— think “Looney Tunes lite”. Then Fred hears from Chief Boulder again, who introduces Fred to the quick-change master Agent XXX, and informs Fred that he must… |
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Disney projecting $30 billion in branded retail sales for 2008
…Princess line. The record $30 billion-plus global revenues expected for this fiscal year represent 5 times the retail sales generated by Warner Bros. Consumer Products (Batman, Harry Potter, Looney Tunes,… |
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Presto clip
…of a magician and his rabbit. The short was helmed by first-time director Doug Sweetland, and is an ode to slapstick cartoons such as Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes…. |
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Paul & The Dragon: Cartoon Laugh-O-Therapy with the Film’s Creators!
…their own themes). But we also wanted the music to underline some of the typical cartoon action (like Carl Stalling did with the Looney Tunes). Maarten found this perfect balance… |
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Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941 – 1942
…truly rare inclusion? Likewise, from the WB vaults, many of their Looney Tunes cartoons spoofed this series and it might have been real fun to include a couple of the… |
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Exclusive: Going Up with Pixar director Pete Docter!
…career and the workings of his multi-layered new movie! Whoever knew he was such a big Muppets fan? Or that, between you and us, he perhaps prefers Looney Tunes cartoons… |
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Wacky Races: The Complete Series
…were usually funnier than the finished show itself because of this. Fortunately, there were some accomplished gagmen working on the show, such as Looney Tunes veteran Michael Maltese, and the… |
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Drawn Together: Season One
…Fatale, Fat Albert, Smurfs, Snagglepuss, Looney Tunes, Droopy, and numerous Disney musicals. Movie buffs will also catch homages to such films as Return Of The Jedi and Return Of The… |
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The Adventures Of Aquaman: The Complete Collection
…a glimpse of the show’s other superhero subjects. Trailers appearing on Disc 2 include those for Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5, Smurfs, and the Tom & Jerry Spotlight Collection… |