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The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
…to learn the full story. Meanwhile, some of the Team travels to Superman’s Fortress of Solitude to put his things in order. Darkseid attempts to take full advantage of the… |
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The Muppet Show: Season Two
…in the second season of The Muppet Show, and the addition of absolutely superb guests makes it probably the best season of one of the finest variety shows in television… |
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Darkwing Duck: Volume 2
…Of The Capes is pretty neat, telling the story of a planet of superheroes looking for one normal guy to protect— that’d be Darkwing. Darkwing Doubloon offers a new twist,… |
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Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete First Season
…least of all working. His lack of motivation is a constant source of frustration to his hard-working dad, as are his liberal views. Daughter Alice, who turns sixteen during the… |
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Dinosaurs: The Complete Third And Fourth Seasons
…by Ethyl to Baby) in If You Were A Tree. Disc Three The third disc finishes off the third season of the show, offering the last three episodes. We Are… |
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The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. Two
…Volume One. In BCI’s first volume of The Legend Of Prince Valiant, the famous comic strip character had completed the first season of his television show, which ended with him… |
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The Amazing Screw-On Head
…year. Of course, I speak of The Amazing Screw-On Head. Like many successful creative people, Mignola chooses to tell stories that interest him, stories that include all sorts of things… |
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Monster House: Widescreen Edition
…to the role of the girl who is the same age as the boys, and yet just a little ahead of them. Staging of the action is quite good as… |
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The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Animated Movie)
…an end to a proposed series of films. In truth, this version of the story is pretty tight, and retains the feel of the original, and while the animation cannot… |
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Rex Steele – Nazi Smasher: Limited Edition
…features of the time (which also inspired the feel of Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow), and decided to make their film, Star… |
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Justice League: Season One
…brings a whole new level of “cool” to the show, depicting the Jack Kirby version of the fall of Camelot and the re-introduction of the Demon (last seen in the… |
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Beowulf: Director’s Cut
…Succinct and without losing any interest, this is a good piece that explores an often overlooked angle of the moviemaking process on these types of films. The Origins Of Beowulf… |
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A Christmas Carol
…of the mo-cap process that mirrors rotoscoping coming to the fore with any kind of rapid movement: there are lots of times when characters slip, fall or move actively and… |
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Up:rising with Story Artist and Dug’s Special Mission‘s Director Ronnie del Carmen!
…dog; his heart is out there. Because of that, he also gets taken advantage of. In a pack of soldier dogs, he is definitely out of place as the cuddly,… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 2
…emphasis on Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera subjects, we explore the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons. The Sweatbox Review: The first volume of this series was one of my favorite… |
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Secret of Kells gets US distribution, Oscar run
…the eyes, in this sweeping story about the power of imagination and faith to carry humanity through dark times. Young Brendan lives in the Abbey of Kells, a remote medieval… |
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
…of successful, dramatic DC Comics movies, this one comes off as an attempt to create a simpler “popcorn” movie— lots of costumes, lots of fights, lots of action, crazy ideas… |
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Spider-Man 3
…that seems well out of place, and indeed brings the otherwise exciting climax of the film to a crashing thud of a stop until it motors up again. And just… |
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Sin City: Blu-ray Disc (plus Recut, Extended & Unrated Edition)
…the movie isn’t quite as unique as it sounds, and instead of playing as an alternate cut, splices the four main sections of the theatrical film into individual tellings of… |
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Sunset Boulevard: Centennial Collection
…The second disc holds the rest of the bonus material, a mix of content from the 2002 disc (a 25 minute Making Of Sunset Boulevard retrospective, the film’s Theatrical Trailer,… |
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Oscars, LaserDiscs, Lost Chords, and Wild animals!
…Of 2008 review of the highs and lows of the last twelve months. Elsewhere on the site, Jeremie’s back with something rather special indeed: a conversation with musical historian Russel… |
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WALL•E wins over the critics; Brit legend Oliver Postgate RIP…
…Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King opened the doors to such fantasy fare, the eventual winners of the big prizes have seen a return to… |
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Of Paramount importance: a pair of live-action reviews!
…of the actors underneath. The backs of both leave a little open to interpretation: instead of a plot synopsis they’re both mainly given over to stills and a listing of… |
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Dr Syn, Donald and Annette…it's the Walt Disney Treasures reviewed!
…additions to the series. • Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh – Patrick McGoohan stars as anti-hero Christopher Syn, who in the dark of night becomes the terrifying… |
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The Best Of 2007: The Year In Review
…the designs of Alex Toth set the standard for the next decade of adventure cartoons. The 70 minute biographical documentary on Toth is a very tempting offer even for a… |
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Home On The Range
…slow road to killing it off at the same time. The “toon boom” of the 1990s led to a variety of companies stepping into the field, not least Disney’s own… |
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The New Adventures Of Superman: DC Classics
…had almost never been out of performed media since his radio debut after the launch of the comics in the 1930s and certainly never off screen where he jumped from… |
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Time for a Renaissance and another Amazon sale!
As promised (it went up late last night) is my take on the motion-captured graphic novel-styled Renaissance, fresh on DVD from Miramax Films. Does it break the trend of unconvincing… |
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Mickey quits…
…promotions and the like. This year’s big rumors involve The Dark Knight‘s nemesis The Joker, and the casting for 300‘s Zack Snyder’s next, Watchmen, though there are plenty of other… |
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Arthur And The Invisibles
…of the Renée Zellweger-starring Miss Potter, an account of the creation of Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddleduck and many more that also features touches of effective animation. It’s a… |