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Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies, or Monte Carlo Or Bust!

…are no longer made; we now demand too many subtleties in our characters rather than the stereotypes that are simply perfect for this sort of thing, and our politically correct…

Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End

…even if you have seen the last two Pirates you may still be in for a lot of confusion as the plot swings wildly from heroes to villains. Throughout the…

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

…If you can put your brain aside and simply enjoy a good old-fashioned fight epic, this is your movie. The characterization of the two main characters is also strong, but…

Cars: Ultimate Gift Pack

…against someone meaner. Pixar “doesn’t do villains”, but McQueen certainly comes off as more than just an arrogant fool in the early scenes even if he doesn’t actually cheat to…

Up

…deal of balance to the movie and pulls things back on track. Pixar aren’t known for their strong villains, but if anyone “gets” old-school Disney with a genuine authority at…

The Princess and the Frog

…than worthy addition to the Disney Princess line of actresses. Bruno Campos is unforgettable as Naveen. Keith David is one of the scariest voiced villains ever at Disney. I was…

Spidey Vs…?

The Hollywood Reporter announces that the fourth Spider-Man movie under Sam Raimi has hit another stumbling block after the director and the producing studio Sony couldn’t agree on which villains

Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths (preview clip)

[flv:http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/jlcote_fight2_540x.flv 540 360] To save our world and all those like it, Superman, Batman and their caped colleagues must go toe-to-toe with their evil mirror images in Justice League: Crisis…

Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths (clip)

[flv:http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/jlcote_lastHope_480x.flv 480 270] To save our world and all those like it, Superman, Batman and their caped colleagues must go toe-to-toe with their evil mirror images in Justice League: Crisis…

Super Friends: Season One, Volume One

…a mid-season replacement in January, 1976. A half-hour version then pulled in better ratings, and the show was revived in 1977 as The All-New Super Friends Hour, at the unheard-of…

My Neighbor Totoro

…it to be a gently told yet harshly true-to-life tale that juxtaposed our everyday reality with magical creatures. The mix of themes provides the film its uniqueness, and has had…

Live action Maleficent movie happening?

Disney is reportedly working on making a live action movie based on one of their most popular animated villains. Maleficent, being penned by Alice in Wonderland screenwriter Linda Woolverton, will…

Shrek Forever After

…for the writers, Rumpelstiltskin continues the tradition (only soiled in the third film) of great villains. The beauty of Shrek bad guys is that they are not the bad guy…

Warner Archive: Red Skelton Whistling Collection

…approach leads to some nice twists and diversions from the usual plotting (a strong point across all three films is that the villains are quite genuinely villainous). The action is…

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo: The Complete Series

…The series had basically gone on cruise control since the addition of Scrappy-Doo when they abandoned outright villains being unmasked. That’s not to say there wasn’t any unmasking on this…

Danger Man / Secret Agent: The Complete Collection

…and each half-hour episode runs the gamut of the eventually predictable formula: NATO agent Drake, the man they call when there’s “a messy job” to be done, usually turns up…

Thundarr The Barbarian: The Complete Series

…except that he has two faces that rotate from front to back depending on his mood. Many of the villains, plus Ookla, were voiced by Henry Corden, who voiced Fred…

Cars 2 Trailer

…by his friends and watched by the whole world. Adding to the fast-paced fun is a colorful new all-car cast that includes secret agents, menacing villains and international racing competitors.”…

He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special

villains then set off to capture the children, but they must first battle each other and the Monstroids who also decide to capture the children. Ultimately, it is Skeletor that…

Tangled

…done! All of the above and you get your average Disney classic. But this film adds just the right amount of the DreamWorks-style modernness and humor to make the whole…

Young Justice

…are. What appears to be a normal crime-fighting day for our heroes—fighting a series of ice-related villains—turns out to be the day when the sidekicks Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, and…

SWAT Kats – The Radical Squadron: The Complete Series

…sit back and marvel at the imagination of the writers and artists. Just look at the villains, like Dr. Viper— part cat and part reptile; Mark Hamill provided the voice…

Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind

…girl living in a post-apocalyptic world fights for her people against a poisonous jungle and its mutated creatures. The Sweatbox Review: (Portions of this review originally appeared in our review…

Jabberjaw: The Complete Series

…special features on this release. The menu is a pretty bland affair, offering only episode numbers and no title cards. Case Study: The four single-layer DVD-R discs each hold four

Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season One, Part Two

…an even greater variety of heroes and villains from DC Comics, in the series that celebrates the Silver Age Batman. The Sweatbox Review: I loved the first half of season…

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated – Season One, Volume One

…the Mystery, Inc. gang are back on television solving new paranormal mysteries and unmasking monsters in the aptly-titled new series Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated. The first four episodes of the show…

Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles: The Complete Series

…sales figures on such shows as Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear; but the advent of Warner Archive has allowed us diehards to get our wish and see the H-B line…

Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos

…something very nostalgic about the show and how it handles villains like The Klaw. There just were other shows from the era that did it much better. Animated Classic or…

Lion King animator Tony Bancroft takes “warthog”’s share on Pumbaa!

…flesh out a scene. But besides that, studying how people move and act around them is very important. Watch your family around the house, how your dog moves, or how…

Cars 2

…Two, and although the promise of an Around The World Tour where one can “choose your own adventure with interactive access to deleted scenes, documentaries, animation and more” sounds really…