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Monsters, Inc.‘s Composer Randy Newman: “I score because I care!”

…did you approach these characters? RN: Like Woody and Buzz, they’re friends, but they’re different. So, the themes may be a little corkier. For them, I tried to use some…

The Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary Edition)

…passed and they must stop the Decepticons from destroying the new world. Their pursuit leads them to an oil rig in the middle of the ocean where the Autobots save…

Gigantor: The Collection, Volume One

…for the War to be over. The giant robot was then used in civilian service, and was commanded by Shotaro Kaneda, the twelve-year old son of the robot’s chief inventor….

Lots of classic super-Warner goodness!

We end the week with a dip into the Warner Archives for a look at six titles from the Collection: the grease and sawdust drama The Big Circus, the Arabian…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

their 1990s release years. Occasionally the bulk of the costumes reveal limitations in the performers’ movements, some of the visual effects work reveals the tight budgeting, and the Shredder/Splinter dynamic…

Battle from the 80s: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. GI Joe!

…desired (just basic trailers for the first three, the same extras as was found on the previous release for the fourth), but the packaging is where it’s at, even if…

Pete’s Dragon: High-Flying Edition

…character. And there’s still more music! Promotional Record of 4 “Pop” Versions Of The Songs presents the recordings initially featured in a 7” record used to promote the film. The

Scooby, Aurora and Jasmine…

Although the news is just breaking on Disney’s announcement that they’re scrapping the Platinum Editions and starting again from scratch with the Diamond Collection on Blu-ray Disc, I’m afraid this…

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure: Ellen Jin Over on art directing Pixie Dust and Art Nouveau!

…attention to the quality of the products of the franchise. Certainly, his choice of Ellen Jin Over as the Art Director of Tink’s second movie follows the same approach Born…

Sister Act‘s music supervisor Michael Kosarin takes us to Heaven!

…will very often write the intro that you hear going into the song out of the dialogue, and then the interstitial music in the middle of a dialogue, and then…

The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit

…of positions. In the case of the Wallace & Gromit films, the armatures are covered by simple Plasticine, which provides the external appearance of the characters. These doll-like miniatures measure…

Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season

…transparent plastic slipcase. The effect of the slipcase art over the cardboard digipack simulates the look of an animation cel, and looks pretty slick. The red and orange-themed digipack is…

Rudolph And Frosty’s Christmas In July

…paying to see the cute television characters on the big screen. Whatever the reason, disappointing returns meant that there would be no more features forthcoming from the studio. Looking at…

Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume One

…due to the difficulty in re-creating the look of an older show; and the origin of “The Bear” from the series is revealed, as well as the fact that they…

Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines: The Complete Series

…commentary hears them discussing the show’s merchandising, the voice artists, and other aspects of creating the show. Disc One also has The Vulture Squadron’s Greatest Misses (7:36), a fairly useless…

My Neighbors The Yamadas

…visual style, I cannot fault the transfer. The 16:9 anamorphic image is done just right, even if the nature of the style used in the movie gives the impression of…

Ultimate Avengers: The Movie

…while simultaneously continuing to publish the exploits of the original versions. They dubbed the new comics their “Ultimate” line, which began with Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men. Despite a great

Whisper Of The Heart

…Japanese, and the cultural influences on the story are central to some of the themes, the truth of a young person’s existence during the transition to adulthood is universal. Aside…

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

…of the musical numbers. The DVD does do one major thing right. The DVD preserves the movie’s original runtime of 86 minutes, in contrast to the 79-minute cut shown previously…

Superman: Brainiac Attacks

…but dumps it all in favor of reverting to the status quo by the end of the movie. Similar “resets” are made during the story in other ways. The apparently…

Space Sentinels & The Freedom Force: The Complete Series

…in space. The “origin” of the characters was never dealt with to a large degree in any of the episodes themselves, but the opening for the show describes the premise….

The Gremlins

the “upcoming Disney film”, using Disney artists’ artwork and Dahl’s text. The preview appeared at the end of 1942, under the title Introducing The Gremlins. The full text of the

The Fox And The Hound 2

…for the featurette The Making Of The Music: The Fox And The Hound 2 (10:09). Director Jim Kammerud explains that the music here is more a part of the setting…

Teen Titans: Trouble In Tokyo

…was responsible for the attack on them back in the U.S. Furthermore, the polite commander also encourages them to enjoy their time in Japan and leave the “protecting the public”…

Greg P. talks about John K.; more Filmation cartoons coming

…DVD from Warner? Ha! At last! While they can’t measure up to the Timm versions’ level of sophistication, these are the types of cartoons that I grew up loving, fostering…

Fred Grandinetti: Talking With Popeye’s No. 1 Fan

…introduce what their version of Popeye, what they remember, to the kids. Then, once you make Mommy and Daddy, who have the MONEY, buy the DVDs— make them happy— then…

The New Adventures Of Batman: DC Classics

then there is the “moral” tag at the end of the show. The “Bat Message” at the end of each story allows Batman the opportunity to point out what we…

The Secrets Of Isis: The Complete Series

…work done, making the most of the elements they were given. Scratch Tracks: The English and Spanish tracks perform their function adequately but certainly not spectacularly. The show sounds pretty…

The Tick Vs. Season Two

…Blowhole joins the “A” story in momentous fashion at the end. Armless But Not Harmless – In the most insidious, diabolical theft ever, The Tick and Arthur lose their arms…

Josie And The Pussycats: The Complete Series

…everywhere they went danger seemed to lurk. The first episode saw them captured by the great-grandson of Captain Nemo, with references to both 20,000 Leagues Under The Seas and Mysterious…