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Director Frank Nissen on Cinderella III: A Twist In Time
…to Walt Disney’s beloved 1950 masterpiece. The following conversation does contain some slight spoilers, although none that would hurt one’s viewing experience of the film. Animated Views: How did you… |
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Disney On Ice: The Incredibles Magic Kingdom Adventure
…showing both in exciting ways. It also features a number of favorite characters from the movie (including Frozone, of course) and brings to life beautiful reincarnations of several of the… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies
…Monkey Melodies (1930), Night (1930), Playful Pan (1930), Summer (1930), Winter (1930), Cannibal Capers (1930), Midnight In A Toy Shop (1930), and The Clock Store (1931). The only short I… |
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The Best of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
Filmation Studios (September 5, 1983 – November 10, 1984), BCI (July 12, 2005), 2 disc set, 215 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original fullscreen ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Not Rated,… |
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Gargoyles: The Complete First Season
Buena Vista Television (1973-1986, 1993-1996), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (December 7, 2004), 2 disc set, 294 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full screen ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Not Rated, Retail:… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Platinum Edition
Walt Disney Productions (November 13, 1991), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (October 8, 2002), 2 disc set, 90 mins plus supplements, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated G,… |
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The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Animated Movie)
…through eBay though a subsequent re-release has become more widely available. Packed into just 90 minutes, there’s a deep level of plot to be getting on with, and the film… |
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Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Special Edition
…the usual 30-second promo for whatever soundtrack Disney wants to push. Moving into Games And Activities, and the big marketing focus has been on Timon And Pumbaa’s Virtual Safari 2.0,… |
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The Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries: The Complete First Season
Warner Bros. (1995), Warner Home Video (September 9, 2008), 2 discs, 274 mins, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Not Rated, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: The classic cat and… |
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Alice In Cartoonland: Inkwell Edition
…minor interlacing issues. Inkwell Images released a previous collection, Alice In Cartoonland, in 2000. This 60-minute compilation of seven films offered up a brief documentary introduction with a narrated potted… |
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Hi-def, Blu-Ray, and all that Jazz…
…for their own movies while being able to leave it to babysit the kids with the latest from the Mouse House. Although animation hasn’t had the strongest showing on either… |
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The Critic: The Complete Series
Columbia Pictures Television (January 26 1994), Columbia/TriStar Home Entertainment (January 27 2004), 3 disc set, 520 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Surround, Not Rated, Retail: $49.95… |
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Ben's shamelessly blatant Film Festival event plug…
…of screenings of classic, Elstree-made features. Last year’s one off, big screen showings of Star Wars: A New Hope, Ice Cold In Alex, Night Of The Demon and 2001: A… |
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Arthur And The Invisibles
…for “ruining” his film and being the hardest company he has dealt with in his 30 years of filmmaking. Showing just what a class act head honcho Harvey Weinstein truly… |
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Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection
…feels like some kind of cousin. Desperate to win the $100,000 race, Daredevil Butch carries out every dirty trick in the book to get ahead of Buzz Droopy, who succeeds,… |
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Spidey's tangled web…
…could be fun, it just doesn’t belong where it occurs in the plot, especially when the film promotes itself specifically as showing Spidey’s dark side. And then there’s Venom. Or… |
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Groovie Goolies: The Saturday Mourning Collection
Filmation Associates (September 12 1970), BCI Eclipse (October 24 2006), 3 disc set, 352 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Not Rated, Retail: $29.98… |
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Aardman's new home; Treasures still a comin'; new contest and more reviews on the way, plus a recharge to the site coming soon…
…and on other projects. You’ll find a little recap on my recent woes and why I haven’t been showing up for these Tooning In… updates here, but rest assured that… |
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2006; summer 2007; Disney Blu-Ray…
…fun Star Trek: The Animated Series collection from Paramount – finally showing some real love for this show and doing nothing short than bringing it in to Trek lore. 2006… |
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The Nutty Professor (2008)
…Kelp’s alter ego, “just Jack”, dominates the class and Polly’s affections (showing just how fickle a young girl’s heart can be). His double life inevitably starts to play havoc with… |
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Wallace & Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death
…Wallace & Gromit being two characters that mean a great deal personally to Nick Park. It was a shorter than we have become accustomed to film, running under 20 minutes,… |
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DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures
…spoofs as The Tick and Freakazoid! got their inspiration, both as kids growing up watching this stuff originally, and as a fertile breeding ground for showing up the aspects in… |
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Transformers: 2-Disc Special Edition
…and fan reaction both influenced and informed the creation of this eventual blockbuster. Autobots Roll Out (20:00) is all about the product placed cool cars licensed for the Transformers to… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Black And White, Volume Two
…with their characters simply jamming with their musical instruments. As such, it’s back to Mr Mouse performing and showing off his abilities for the next pair of shorts, the often… |
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The Complete Adventures Of The Little King
…the lights out of a screaming woman just to clam her up anticipates the similar Zucker Brothers humor in Airplane! by over 40 years! The Little King himself makes his… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!
…other Filmation shows available from BCI. Individually selectable, or running 11:40, 9:20 and 5:15 in their respective blocks, Filmation’s feature Journey Back To Oz is the only title that sticks… |
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Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition
…showing sprocket holes in a digitally created CG feature), to the look of the thing, to even the musical score. If there’s really one thing that can help make a… |
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Anastasia: Family Fun Edition
…it by over 40 years – but their history history is spot on, explaining the differences between what really happened and their Hollywood musical take on the mystery. It’s a… |
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Watershipped Rabbits And Plagued Dogs: The Animated World Of Richard Adams
…a new chance to shine on Region 4 DVD, especially Plague Dogs, which Australian distributor Big Sky Video has released completely UNCUT for the first time in over 20 years…. |
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Lady And The Tramp: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
…epic adventure 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Of course, the DisneyLand show also provided publicity and a way to fund another Disney project, the theme park itself – all of… |
