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Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection
…Tex Avery’s Droopy: The Theatrical Collection will lead to Warners’ promised collection of the other Avery shorts. Though there are some absolute gems here, and any Avery collection should automatically… |
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Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection: 15 Winners, 26 Nominees
…It remains a cartoon for which not many words can be found. A complete opposite is unquestionably the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon, Tex Avery’s 1940 A Wild Hare –… |
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Woody Woodpecker And Friends: Classic Cartoon Collection
…they beat the pants off the earlier shorts in the recent and disappointing Tex Avery’s Droopy collection. Although there are more than a few nicks and scratches earlier in the… |
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The Best Of 2009: This Time It’s Personal!
…definition DVDs: HD-DVD was the way forward, except Sony didn’t think so, winning the hi-def disc war with their Blu-ray format, prompting everyone to go out and buy the same… |
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Inside The Box: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs DVD and Blu-ray Disc Comparisons
…discs and one DVD disc. The Blu-rays will not play on regular DVD players, and the single DVD disc is the exact same as Disc 1 found in the regular… |
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The Flintstones: The Complete Series
…promises extras not found in the eventual set), The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Scooby-Doo Where Are You?: Seasons One & Two, Top Cat: Complete and Wacky Races: Complete. The Season Four… |
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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…Flintstones, another Hanna-Barbera classic show returned as the Scooby-Doo: Where Are You! Complete Series set, with the discs housed neatly in a non-too-shabby replica of the Mystery Machine, complete with… |
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Two
…serious appraisal of Avery’s work, even when debating the merits of giant canaries and wolf-whistle takes! In short, the inclusion of Tex Avery (later subtitled King Of Cartoons to tie… |
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The Best Of 2008: It Came…It Saw…It’s Over!
…but its disc didn’t impress completely, with a couple of features held for the Blu-ray edition that could well have been included on standard DVD and the feature documentary The… |
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Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
…an individual release, Superman Returns was well supported on disc, with over three hours of supplements presented on the initial Blu-ray and two-disc DVD. In the 2006 DVD collection there… |
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The Best Of 2007: The Year In Review
…double dip coming when baby Maggie’s “sequel” prophecy inevitably comes true. Ho-hum… Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete / Pixar Short Films Collections Some old and new in our choice of the… |
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LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
…even heard of LaserDiscs; but to many of us, there is no small amount of sentimentality about them. And, though many collectors got rid of their collections since DVD arrived… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Five
…by Jones and Clampett) again features Beans, in Tex Avery’s first cartoon for Warners. The disc continues with more bacon: Pilgrim Porky, Wise Quacks and Porky’s Preview – Avery’s terrifically… |
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The Best Of 2012: Apocalypse NOT!
…several fresh enticements, including new HD documentaries on Leon Schlesinger and Tex Avery, plus a vintage Avery profile that’s worth owning the set for on its own. We sincerely hope… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
…more from the Classic DVD Bonus Features selections, though this is by no means a complete archive of what came before. Animation Voice Talent does little other than to run… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…the souvenir DVD of the Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney art exhibition, so it wouldn’t have been out of the question. From that disc, I was personally mesmerised and completely… |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…it can only help. AV: What was your main goal for the Woody Woodpecker and Popeye DVD collections? JB: My goal for any of the DVD sets that we work… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
…level for this collection’s closing, coming to disc fresh from its theatrical debut with Ratatouille (also appearing on that film’s DVD). Long-time Pixar sound designer Gary Rydstrom makes his jump… |
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High-Def Animation Took Off in 2007
…Bully • released on Blu-ray and a combo DVD/HD DVD in 2006. re-issued on HD DVD in 2007. • same features as DVD. Cars • released on Blu-ray in… |
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Fred Grandinetti: Talking With Popeye’s No. 1 Fan
…of the Offical Popeye Fan Club, and his efforts to help bring the cartoons to DVD are well known. With the DVDs now here, Animated Views has taken the opportunity… |
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Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (Blu-ray/DVD)
…original music for his Sleeping Beauty ballet), which was later re-packaged as a theatrical short. Previous LaserDisc and DVD editions have only offered this European featurette version, but here we… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (3D)
…success perhaps proving a theatrical reissue could be worthy. Disney’s change of heart indicates so: Beauty And The Beast has been announced for 3D theatrical reissue early next year. Both… |
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Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection
…Mouse Trouble – their second Oscar winner, from 1944 – is very much in the style of stable-mate Tex Avery’s films in terms of pace and gags. This time, Tom… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3 – 3D Editions
…3D, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy Pack: Toy Story 3 – Five Disc Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray x2, DVD, Digital Copy Pack: Complete 3D Toy Story Collection – Three Disc Blu-ray 3D… |
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Thunderbean Roundup: Van Beuren Studio Cartoons and Other Strange and Commercial Rarities
…productive years, while Van Beuren would fade away from memory within just a few. With the addition of two recent DVDs to the Thunderbean collection, all of Van Beuren’s major… |
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Picks Of The Year 2004
…all of which made their DVD debuts (and not forgetting The Iron Giant), and all of which deserved better than they got and warrant second (or third!) glances. Theatrically, The… |
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Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004
…of which made their DVD debuts (and not forgetting The Iron Giant), and all of which deserved better than they got and warrant second (or third!) glances. Theatrically, The Incredibles… |
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The Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Ultimate Collector’s Edition Volume One
…Collection DVD series, there’s just as much reason to get excited all over again at what is fundamentally a double-dip, but one laden with so much Looney goodness that easily… |
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Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
…way the elves manage to achieve their task, and although the set-up does suggest the kind of Tex Avery treatment that’s ultimately missing in favor of a more sweet, old-fashioned… |
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The Essential Daffy Duck
…have the later selfish character traits we associate with him (here he’s just a complete loon), the jet-black feathers and white collar make him instantly recognisable. Directed by Tex Avery… |
