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Bravestarr: Volume One
…where he teams with Holmes and goes up against a man by the name of Moriarty. Holmes buffs will be sure to check this one out, if only to compare… |
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Monster House: Widescreen Edition
…different… Now take the man out of the house. Is the house so scary anymore? In Monster House, that man is Mr. Nebbercracker, robustly played by Steve Buscemi. The kids… |
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Metropolis
…they arrive only after the doctor is killed and his new creation, the “robot” Tima, goes missing. Essentially similar to the manga, Tima is befriended by Kenichi. Kenichi immediately develops… |
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Danger Mouse: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2
…Dream Cloud story gets positively surreal, and the outer space scenes in Custard are fun. At one point in that story, DM goes Tex Avery by re-drawing a map of… |
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Broken Saints (Original Release)
…to solve the mystery of the “dark city” seen in his vision. Oran goes into the dessert, where he will eventually be picked up by NATO troops and brought to… |
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Flash Gordon: The Complete Series
…of their old cartoons on DVD, BCI goes all-out to provide fans with great bonuses on their licensed sets. Flash Gordon is no exception, and as someone who loved the… |
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The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. One
…“different from the rest”, really was different. He loved that the show emphasized characterization and sophisticated storytelling. He also goes over some of the restrictions they had, specifically avoiding mythological… |
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Rudolph And Frosty’s Christmas In July
…the North Pole years later with Mrs. Claus. His arrival and kind leadership allows Lady Boreal to retire, and she forsakes her human form to return to the skies. Eventually,… |
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Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
…wants Bugs tossed out of the store, while Bugs warns Daffy of what will happen if he does not begin to show more respect for the holiday. Bugs describes a… |
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Greg P. talks about John K.; more Filmation cartoons coming
…my love of heroes and comics. I can’t wait to review these this summer. Same goes for the Space Ghost and Birdman sets, though their official announcements are still pending…. |
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The Gremlins
…story caught the eye of one Sidney Bernstein, a movie producer who served with the British Information Services in New York. Now, I don’t wish to plagiarize all of Mr…. |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 1
…amazing run that featured a dizzying amount of variations on the simplest of themes. Credit goes to Joe Barbera for coming up with so many different settings and gags to… |
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A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 1
…Filmation Studios. (Incidentally, The New Adventures Of Superman was just the first of many series from Filmation to start with “The New Adventures of…” in the title. It just goes… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 3
…Flintstones in Ancient Rome), Speed Buggy (1973), Peter Puck (1973), These Are The Days (1974, small-town nostalgia series, think The Waltons), Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch (1974, with anthropomorphic autos),… |
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Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume One
…superimposed on his body. And on it goes. Meanwhile, designs are generally appealing, though sometimes overly busy and literal. Again, this is a pretty typical 1980s adventure show. Those who… |
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The Last Unicorn: 25th Anniversary Edition
ITC/Rankin-Bass (1982), Lionsgate (February 6, 2007), single disc, 93 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0, Rated G, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: A sole unicorn goes on a quest… |
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Teen Titans: Trouble In Tokyo
…end credits (and Beast Boy goes solo during the movie), but Puffy Amu Yumi only shows up in this “lost” episode. Robin’s Underworld Race Challenge is yet another useless “game”… |
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What’s New Scooby-Doo?: Complete 3rd Season
…robots. The gang goes up against The Robot Banditos. Wrestle Maniacs – Here’s a good example of appealing to modern tastes, with the gang investigating the Titanic Twist, a mangled… |
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Archie’s Funhouse: The Complete Series
…also goes into detail about how the band was formed, and discusses the various other performers and songwriters, not to mention the man behind the band, Don Kirshner. Unfortunately, the… |
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A Conversation with Ben Balistreri
…work goes into something like this and I’m really trying not to hack through any of it. Of course it’s only a side project and I still have to devote… |
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Director Torill Kove on The Danish Poet
…over Scandinavia. It’s not just the ferry that goes between Oslo and Copenhagen. My hope is that even though those jokes are in-jokes, people will get them anyway. I have… |
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The Great Polar Bear Adventure
…of food. The two cubs, after chasing a Tundra Buggy, get separated from their mother and discover a town with its trash heap that attracts other polar bears. The mother… |
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Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Six
…he also gets chased by the lion. The second short is Kangadoofus where once again Tom is on a trip to Australia and he goes chasing after Jerry. Jerry, however,… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 2
…and Jerry have always been different from other chase-based cartoons. Looney Tunes perfected the genre with the comical and witty pairings of Bugs Bunny vs. Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam,… |
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Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
…surfing and gets noticed by The Geek (Jeff Bridges). That’s when he goes onto become a very popular penguin.” MovieWeb was granted an interview with the movie’s producer Chris Jenkins…. |
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Rumors abound for Disney, Fox projects
…the “Disney Fairies” flick. The earlier site also notes Cheryl Abood and Carter Crocker as the screenwriters of Tinker Bell. As far as casting goes for the picture, the IMDB… |
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Director Frank Nissen on Cinderella III: A Twist In Time
…the Denzel Washington movie that was just out a couple of months ago, Déjà Vu. It’s just the same idea, done from a different viewpoint. I think that goes on… |
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Raketu CEO Greg Parker on John K. collaboration
…an invited speaker at COMDEX in Las Vegas, and most recently as keynote speaker at the P2P Media Summit. Animated News & Views’ Josh Armstrong recently spoke with Mr. Parker…. |
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Race To Witch Mountain
…itself these days. Ink And Paint: On both DVD and BD, Race To Witch Mountain presents the solid, unified look of a major studio blockbuster release. Disney regularly goes for… |
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Mark Smith talks Art of Flash
…alarm goes off. ‘Oh great, a stupid fire drill,’ I thought. ‘What lousy timing!’ I dressed as quick as I could, and started out. Just in case I was going… |
