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Animated Bauer Power!

The style is very limited animation, drawn with a rough comic-book edge that seems to suit the material adequately (the images look great when they’re not trying to move too…

Ben's shamelessly blatant Film Festival event plug…

…show built on the resurgence of classic animation following the success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, harking back to the great Looney Tunes of old, and arguably provided the most…

Narnia news: director Apted an "interesting" choice for Voyage…

Still fresh on the site this week are our bunch of Contest Corner giveaways, including chances to win The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh and The Best Of Casper….

Whatever happened to Robert Zemeckis?

…bring it to the screen. Not a lot has been leaked from the “set” – one of the clear benefits of the enclosed studio shooting – and the official website…

Pottermania mach 5, plus The In-Complete Pluto

The Complete Pluto, Volume Two. While the set concludes the pup’s toons on DVD, I have to gripe about the “complete” tag, and go into several reasons why in the

Little King and Bravestarr's best, plus hi-def gripes

…Of Batman soon. In the meantime, our own Randall Cyrenne has hijacked the wayback machine to go back to the 1980s for his comments on The Best Of Bravestarr, the

Time for a Renaissance and another Amazon sale!

…– $7.99 • Shrek 2: Widescreen Edition – $12.99 Buying through these direct links helps boost the old Animated News & Views coffers and keeps the content coming, and as…

I Yam What I Yam…Popeye's here!

Well, blow me down – they said it could never happen. They said that it would be impossible to get two of the biggest media corporations in the same room…

Weekend Roundup! Plus The Tick is back!

…studio’s multi-decade history, from the first series to the last! • The Simpsons Movie – what was James’ Animated View on the yellow citizens of Springfield’s first trip to the

The roar of the 300 and the whimper of the Aqua Teens…

…check out the Spartan’s adventures and leave the ATHF to their own devices. Oops…I shouldn’t mention ATHF and “devices” in the same sentence, right? Have a great weekend! – Ben….

TMNT

…stone warriors also out to capture the monsters, and face crime gang The Foot in order to save the city! The Sweatbox Review: Although the popularity of the titular heroes…

Birdman, Terabithia, and – finally – contest winners!

…Saturday morning super hero adventure series, and like Space Ghost benefited from the designs of Alex Toth. Although Rand has some reservations on the handling of the material, the show…

Ratatouille on DVD – Winner Announced!

…Views for more giveaways! About Ratatouille A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family’s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in…

Disney's Pixar-release Tuesday! Plus: is Bee Movie really a B-movie?

As promised, we have the lucky winning names to announce for our Disney/Pixar giveaways. The reader with a DVD copy of Pixar Short Films Collection on the way to them…

A pair o'Pixar reviews!

…to get excited about. I enjoyed the first half of the new Your Friend The Rat short, but it’s true to say that in all the excitement over the fact…

It's The AristoCats, Charlie Brown! Plus contest winners!

…subtle and very clever things going on in the film, and while this new DVD isn’t the out and out Special Edition that title might suggest, there’s still a great

Warner's Academy Award Collection is here, and we have two to give away!

…cool, but the one to really go for, especially with the low-price offered by Amazon.com ($30, down from the $45 list), is the full three-disc 15 Winners, 26 Nominees set…

More Walt Disney Treasures!!

…while he was looking for material for the continuations of Fantasia. He took on the challenge of bringing the creation of these two great artists to fruition, and the film…

Oscar night approaches, as does Bravestarr!

…to win a Disney DVD bundle worth over $100 for the lucky entrant who predicts the most correct winners at the the 2008 Oscars in our Annual Academy Award Contest!…

The end of a "spotty" week: Dalmatians reviewed!

…couple of spotty oversights that could have helped the set reach a perfect 10 score all around. As it is, the brilliant film is worth the pick up (especially as…

Beowulf: Director’s Cut

…generated humans on screen (though the less said about the story the better!), the general consensus with The Polar Express was…what went wrong? The term “uncanny valley” quickly gathered buzz…

Ollie Johnston…RIP

I was going to get all excited and shout about today’s debut of The Woody Woodpecker Collection Volume 2, but the news just spreading about the web about the death…

Another walk in the Park…

Just a quick update before we see the week out, to point you in the direction of our latest review: my take on the recent release of the South Park:…

Return to Narnia…

…area has been with The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, the first of CS Lewis’ Narnia books that came to screens a couple of years…

Our Caspian coverage continues!

We’ve a return trip to Narnia today, in the company of Jeremie Noyer, who’s speaking to the co-producer of Prince Caspian, Douglas Gresham, on his role in the new film…

Planes, Trains and Automobiles on the Road To…San Diego!

…to LA, where they switch to a train for the rest of the journey, while James (and wife!) is on the tracks the whole way from Cincinnati, on a cross-country…

Heaps of new DVD announcements; plus the new Splits!

…and Historical aspects. I tried the film twice in the theater and both times it failed to capture the magic, so maybe three times the charm? As with TransFormers, I…

Back to the Park, more Peanuts announcements…

An odd double bill or perfect comparison of the times, today, as I post my take on the recent release of South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season, an uncensored DVD…

Eric Goldberg's Character Animation Crash Course book!

…simple! Elsewhere on the site, the reviews just keep on comin’, as Rand offers his latest, for Bravestarr: Volume Two, the second and final collection of the futuristic sheriff’s adventures….

Back Under The Sea, plus Filmation's DC Super Heroes!

…Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures, a two-disc collection of the individual “guest character” segments from 1967’s The Superman/Aquaman Adventure Hour. The appearance of Aquaman on the cover is a little…