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What's New Scooby-Doo? The new Indy trailer, that's what!
…when Vic Armstrong was doubling for Harrison Ford in the old days. • Spielberg promised “no CGI”…I noticed a ton of it, and it didn’t look very good (King Kong‘s… |
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Potter, Austen, de Vil…and lots of spots!
…slow pace may put off those who don’t know the original stories or have become too accustomed to flashy CGI. For everyone else, though, these three discs hold plenty of… |
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Ollie Johnston…RIP
…say than we’ll have a review up soon-ish, while I’ll direct you over to our Animated News page for more on Ollie, the last of Walt’s original Nine Old Men… |
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Return to Narnia…
…films that seem to come more and more often, blurring the lines between “plain old” visual effects and full-blown CGI animated movies. One of Disney’s most recent hits in this… |
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Comic-Con update, plus Fred 'n' Yogi's movies finally on DVD!
…modern stone-age family, is finally set for December 2! The movie was released to DVD previously, but rights issues meant it could only be sold in Canada, from where most… |
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The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
…at the start. Within the first ten minutes, there are two sequence fade outs that would have really been better placed to hold the title, particularly King Triton’s calling out… |
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Character Animation Crash Course's winner!
…for pointers on how to develop their animation technique, even if you’re a newbie to the business or an old-time experienced hand, and most unique is the CD that includes… |
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Blow me down! Popeye Volume 2 reviewed, plus Shrek The Halls details!
…Caper short. English, French and Spanish Dolby 5.1 and subtitles are bundled in, as well as that old standby, the DreamWorks Animation Video Jukebox, which merely promotes other DWs titles… |
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Tweety and Sylvester back on DVD
…is much to appreciate if you are a connoisseur of the cartoons put out by the old Termite Terrace gang”, mainly it seems from the plethora of classic character cameos…. |
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Indiana Jones and the alien borefest of doom…
…work out why it wasn’t working), but its lethargic nature just can’t nudge itself into anything more than an old and cranky third gear. Enjoy! And stay tooned! – Ben…. |
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Where's WALL•E? Right here!
…or three disc flavors (the third disc is a digital file version which may be handy for some), but for those still with good old DVD, there’s also lots to… |
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Bolt of lightning! Our coverage starts here!
Just a quick one today as we continue to bring you some fresh reviews for old and new titles: look for Kung Fu Panda this week from me as well… |
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Of Paramount importance: a pair of live-action reviews!
…cinema greats. Famously opening with the dead body of its leading man in a private pool, Sunset defies all filmmaking conventions by having the dead guy narrating the picture, told… |
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At the movies: Klaatu, Julien, Despereaux, a Transporter, Bolt and Delgo!
…old self-defense lady and a double dose of The Lion King for good measure. I was really surprised to find Alec Baldwin in the cast as the evil uncle, not… |
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Ben’s baaaa-aaaack!
…in a 32” Panasonic television, seeing as our old set also went on the fritz in the past few weeks. But…we’re off to a great start to the new year!… |
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Oscars, LaserDiscs, Lost Chords, and Wild animals!
…Feature contender. Sure, it’s been getting good notices and holding its own in theaters (perhaps another reason its a show here is that it’s hence more recent than Horton‘s year-old… |
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Peter, the Wolf, and a Nutty Professor! Plus Watership Down's composer remembered…
The wheels of the old reviews section get well and truly underway again today as I start to bring you my thoughts on some pre-Christmas titles. We kick off with… |
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Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter & The Wolf (2006)
…our exclusive interviews here! Storyboard: Sergei Prokofiev’s immortal musically told story comes back to life in a stark and stunningly stop-motion rendered retelling which won the Oscar for Best Animated… |
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More Peter & The Wolf, Madagascar 2 – and a quick catch-up!
…actually ended up catching up a TV showing, where it entranced the eight-year old girl in the family even though I feared it might be a little too grim for… |
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The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition
…and subsequent 1998 home video and LaserDisc release, which sold millions more units than it had on VHS in 1990, proved that there was an audience ready to gulp up… |
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A Magic Gourd, Chipmunks, Madagascar's Nana and Wonder Woman? It's another packed post!
…more of what they liked first time out, and one of those characters was the little old lady who beats up Alex the lion on the New York subway. Now… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 2
…was to serve as an unofficial template for the new program, grabbed hold. As WB’s long-time partner Steven Spielberg, who had executive produced Tiny Toons and Animaniacs, came aboard, Timm… |
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Snow White: The Characters And Legacy Of The First And Fairest Of Them All!
…the film that told us you’re never too old to be young, and taught us to whistle while you work. May it keep whistling for a good few more years… |
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Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies, or Monte Carlo Or Bust!
…to include roles for every living comedy screen star (save for the one hold out, Buster Keaton) including, “in alphabetical order, Jimmy Durante”. Two years later, this sub-genre was in… |
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Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Unrated Director’s Cut
…spot, where native gangsters are out to protect their business at any cost. When the director steps on an old mine and is literally blown out of the picture, our… |
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The Day The Earth Stood Still: Blu-ray Disc Special Edition
…essentials on the production as well as its director would have done, in an excellently informative track. Like power-charged trivia tracks of old, Blu’s BonusView technology allows for picture in… |
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Sin City: Blu-ray Disc (plus Recut, Extended & Unrated Edition)
…and C regions, a rarity for Disney’s discs, so it’s clear that the Studio see this as a catalog reissue and little more. Those with the old edition: this is… |
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure‘s director and producer take us to a Once-in-a-Blue-Moon experience!
…comparing the new Tinker Bell and the older one, as a co-star of Peter Pan? SL: The biggest difference has to be that she can talk in these movies. Even… |
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The Transformers: Season Two, Volume One (25th Anniversary Edition)
…the quality of the print on this set is pretty good for a show with episodes nearly 25 years old. Of course there are some dust and scratches here and… |
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New announcements and Saturday Morning clips!
Disc announcements including Spaceballs, District 9, Pooh’s Valentine, Coraline, TCM’s Marx Bros. and Sci-Fi, Ghost In The Shell 2.0, Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-lympics and Batman: Brave And The Bold. Plus Saturday… |
