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The Animatrix
…they begin to witness strange events that they cannot explain. They see rain when there are no clouds in the sky, levitating objects, feathers that turn into doves, dogs that… |
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Dungeons & Dragons: The Complete Animated Series
…in the episode menu for each episode. The first audio commentary is for the pilot “The Night of No Tomorrow” while the second is for “The Dragon’s Graveyard.” Included in… |
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Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
…for the movie were in attendance. Animaniacs and Pinky And The Brain, both finally arriving in their first DVD volumes last Tuesday, were also promoted at the event. As a… |
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Mad Monster Party
…on Tolkein’s The Hobbit and The Lord Of the Rings, in the 1970s. They also had success with the quick spin-off shows that were spawned from the biggest selling pop… |
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Hi-def disc updates; new Walt bios; Disney Treasures out!
…Joe Barbera’s death overshadowed the fact that the new wave of Walt Disney Treasures had hit store shelves. In his as-usual delightful read, Treasures host Leonard Maltin speaks briefly about… |
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The Complete Adventures Of The Little King
…the characters their way, but they also had to infuse them with movements that would work on the screen and allow them to animate under the time and budget constraints…. |
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300: 2-disc Widescreen Edition
…stood out was the Priest – surely on loan from corrupting the universe as The Emperor in the Star Wars movies? In the lead, Gerard Butler is both the film’s… |
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Alice In Cartoonland: Inkwell Edition
…of the disc includes what I would refer to as the bonus material itself: the documentary segments that provide the essential behind the scenes history behind the cartoons. In addition… |
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Enchanted‘s Visual Heritage
…reflect the moment Belle and the Beast fall in love! Desperate to remove Giselle from the equation, Queen Narissa disguises herself as a strangely familiar Old Hag, both in the… |
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Peter Pan: Platinum Edition
…as Hook climbs up the ropes, sword in hand, toward Pan is simply stunning, water glistening in the background, and dark lighting instantly suggesting the shift in the film’s tone,… |
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The Lost World (1925 and 1960 versions)
…that it was the stop-motion work of Ray Harryhausen – usually the skeleton sword fight in Jason And The Argonauts – that inspired them to break into the business, but… |
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Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection: 15 Winners, 26 Nominees
…as Disney as the unit could get and perhaps the very reason it wound up being the first short in the initial ten years of the category being introduced that… |
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The magic of Richard Todd, and Narnia's visual effects!
…the 1950s (The Story Of Robin Hood And His Merrie Men, Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue, pictured right, and The Sword And The Rose/When Knighthood Was In Flower) and was… |
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Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies, or Monte Carlo Or Bust!
…an international star cast as they race against the dastardly Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage (the inimitable Terry-Thomas, reprising his role from the earlier film) to win the coveted cup – it’s… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 3
…black keep case. The front cover art features Tom and Jerry in their musketeer outfits, while the back references Designs on Jerry. There are no inserts inside the case. Ink… |
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Disney Legend Richard Todd passes away at 90
…of them (The Story Of Robin Hood And His Merrie Men, The Sword And The Rose and Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue) in the 1950s. Todd then landed the role… |
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Zorro, Zorro, Zorro…and memories of Richard Todd
…discuss his earlier Disney career, when he was the lead in Walt’s first forays into live-action with the historical epics The Story Of Robin Hood And His Merrie Men, The… |
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Thunderbean Roundup: Van Beuren Studio Cartoons and Other Strange and Commercial Rarities
…Circus Capers, in which a sexed-up Minnie clone flirts with a dastardly ringmaster, and there’s some smart invention on show in the same year’s similar The Office Boy. The actually… |
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The Black Cauldron: Producer Joe Hale talks munchings and crunchings…
…in. So, I wanted a lot of long shots. The way we approached layout in those days, like in the pictures that Walt was involved in, was we approached each… |
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The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition
…supposed to be the “mist” in the Mystery In The Mist edition? Ink And Paint: Undergoing a number of name changes in theatrical release, the resulting movie finally reached disc… |
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Black Cauldron DVD details
…as they travel into the depths of the earth and meet the Fairfolk. • The Witches’ Challenge Game—In order to defeat the dark powers of the Horned King, players must… |
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Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
…Below”. In this episode, we are introduced once again to the gang in their hometown of Crystal Cove, the home of creepy, haunted ghosts and monsters. Here, they are modern… |
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Warner Archive: Atlantis: The Lost Continent / The Power
…American Tail) as another of the scientists, and The Day The Earth Stood Still’s Klaatu himself, Michael Rennie, as the government official who initiates the search for Hart, the man… |
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Thundarr The Barbarian: The Complete Series
…Essentially, during the course of the series the three friends wander the former United States (with an occasional Latin American trip, or one time trip to the UK) on horseback,… |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Season One, Volume Four
…the Mystery Inc. gang take on an assortment of would-be ghosts and ghouls in four more episodes from the original incarnation of the long-running series of series. The Sweatbox Review:… |
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Tales From Earthsea
…released in Japanese theaters in 2006. Rumors flew about the senior Miyazaki’s disdain for his son’s movie, and Le Guin’s voiced her own disappointment (to put it mildly). The film… |
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Nickelodeon Picks Up Voltron
…planet to pilot the robot defender Voltron with his blazing sword. The new series will premiere on June 16 on the NickToons channel. World Events Productions and Kick Star Productions… |
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Lion King animator Tony Bancroft takes “warthog”’s share on Pumbaa!
…it as inclusive as we could for the audience with the technology we had at the time. Look at the wildebeest stampede scene for example. We made the wildebeests in… |
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The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition
…the DVD. Maybe this is supposed to be the “mist” in the Mystery In The Mist edition? Ink And Paint: Undergoing a number of name changes in theatrical release, the… |
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Peter Pan: Diamond Edition
…powering themselves along. When they shoot off over London and the clouds part beneath them to reveal the city, one could almost fall into the shot, such is the depth… |

