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Kevin Lima heading back to animation
After helming Disney’s Tarzan and the studio’s live-action fantasies 102 Dalmatians and Enchanted, director Kevin Lima is returning to the animated musical, though this time he’ll be overseeing a movie… |
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Spotlight shines on Kompin Kemgumnird, Kantana Animation
…Kantana Animation. The ‘Business’ section of the Bangkok Post examines the animated career of Kemgumnird, who has worked on such films as Tarzan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Ice Age…. |
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Listen in on Glen Keane
…Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective, Ariel in The Little Mermaid, the second title character in Beauty and the Beast, the title characters in Aladdin, Pocahontas, and Tarzan, John Silver… |
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Disney World finds Nemo
The newly enclosed Theater in the Wild, once home to Tarzan Rocks!, is preparing to go under the sea with Finding Nemo – The Musical. Set to debut in late… |
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Disney channels’ animated movies, April 2006
…& Company, An American Tail, The Brave Little Toaster, The Land Before Time, Pocahontas, A Goofy Movie, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers, and Tarzan II may be seen…. |
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Beauty And The Beast: Glen Keane on discovering the beauty in The Beast
He’s presently one of Disney’s top character designers and animators. In a way, he’s the daddy of Ariel, Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Tarzan, John Silver and Rapunzel, among others. He’s an… |
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Over the Hedge: review, interviews, and production notes
…Larry Sanders Show, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show) voices the overly practical turtle named Verne. Rounding out the voice cast of Over the Hedge are: Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, TV’s… |
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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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How To Train Your Dragon
…Dean DeBlois (the head writer of Mulan), Bonnie Arnold (producer on Toy Story and Tarzan), Darren Holmes (film editor of The Iron Giant and Ratatouille), John Powell (composer of Happy… |
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The Princess and the Frog
…as anything from the next five years (Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan). And considering how low things seemed in the early 2000’s, that is not a… |
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Warner Archive: Freebie And The Bean
Warner Bros (1974 / 2009), single disc, 2.40:1, 113 mins, Rated R, $19.98 (available online only from the Warner Archive Collection) The Movie: In the August of 2009, Warner Bros…. |
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Warner Archive: Captain Nemo And The Underwater City
…own with his mega-budgeted version of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, heralding the movies’ fascination with the works of Jules Verne and a whole series of adaptations and knock-offs. Although… |
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Warner Archive: A Distant Trumpet
Warner Bros (1964 / 2009), single disc, 2:40:1, 117 mins, Not Rated, $19.98 (available online only from the Warner Archive Collection) The Movie: In the August of 2009, Warner Bros…. |
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Warner Archive: Captain Sindbad
…of remastering, or the absence of extras, and especially the $20 price point. But I say “phooey!” to that: I remember a time back in the LaserDisc days when an… |
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Warner Archive: The Big Circus
Warner Bros (1959 / 2009), single disc, 2.40:1, 109 mins, Not Rated, $19.98 (available online only from the Warner Archive Collection) The Movie: In the August of 2009, Warner Bros…. |
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Back Under The Sea, plus Filmation's DC Super Heroes!
…here, and for many the real reason the set is worth owning, is the Animation Maverick: The Lou Scheimer Story documentary: 40 minutes of classy quality interviews and rare footage… |
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Ready for Jack Skellington on Blu-ray Disc? The future looks cool, but watch out for that tree!!
…Series, a two-disc set of Jay Ward’s 1960s Tarzan spoof, with a few other ingredients thrown in for good measure. As usual, Rand’s review is stuffed with a generous background… |
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The Jungle Book: 2-Disc Platinum Edition
…with gorgeous production design, fantastic character animation, succinct dialogue – it all works just as brilliantly as any of Walt’s other features made in the 30 year span between 1937… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume Two!
Filmation Associates/Tribune Broadcasting Co (September 13 1986), BCI/Eclipse (July 3 2007), 3 discs, 726 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Not Rated, Retail: $39.98 Storyboard:… |
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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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Disney/Pixar want rights to John Carter of Mars – but for live-action or animation?
Reports are that Disney and/or Pixar are working to acquire the rights to Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars series. But the question is will it be… |
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Once Upon a Stage: 30 Years of Disney on Broadway
…then, Aladdin has played nearly 4,000 performances on Broadway and has welcomed nearly 20 million guests worldwide with productions in Japan, South Korea, Germany, and the United Kingdom. With dozens… |
