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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…

Character Animation Crash Course's winner!

…for pointers on how to develop their animation technique, even if you’re a newbie to the business or an old-time experienced hand, and most unique is the CD that includes…

Blow me down! Popeye Volume 2 reviewed, plus Shrek The Halls details!

…on the right. Promising “fun and interactive holiday-themed bonus material to get the whole family celebrating, including a sing-along version of The Twelve Days Of Christmas starring the entire gang…

Howard Ashman, and 304 Dalmatians!

As promised, today marks the end of our interview series based around the recent release of The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, and to finish up with, Jeremie has been speaking…

Let's start the week off with some new announcements…

…to say, and it sounds fascinating, coming as it did between the original strips and the move to the animated specials that brought the Peanuts gang to screens. A nice…

Yabba-dabba-doo-or-don't? The Complete Flintstones completely reviewed!

Yabba-dabba-doo! As promised, last night saw the posting of our customary comprehensive comments (try saying that three times fast!) on The Flintstones: The Complete Series collection, the recently released 24…

Yogi! Fred! Caspian! All on DVD!

…see a couple of Hanna-Barbera’s first animated features on the format: Hey There! It’s Yogi Bear, from 1964, and a 1966 theatrical ending to the original Flintstones series that we…

Oliver, Dave Pruiksma, and Company!

…In The Stone and others. There are some that describe these editions as “last ditch” attempts to sell us titles we already own before they start to make their inevitable…

Monsters Vs. Aliens! Smurfs! Plus the WB Archives open up!

them apples and many of the films here will have buffs gagging at the bit to own them. Though these are not actually described as DVD-R discs by Warners (they’re…

Snow White and the Seven X-Men!

The Flying Cat, The Two Mousketeers, Smitten Kitten, Baby Butch, Designs On Jerry, The Pecos Pest, Touche Pussy Cat!, The Flying Sorceress, Blue Cat Blues, The Night Before Christmas, The

Tooning In, and tuning up, with composer Shawn Patterson!

…similar duties for the small screen are seemingly left unheralded outside of the industry, with audiences taking for granted the often brilliant compositions an army of musicians work hard to…

The Odd Couple: Centennial Collection

…television for five successful seasons during the 1970s. Like the subsequent M*A*S*H*, the TV incarnation of The Odd Couple became the de facto edition of the basic concept, outstripping the

The Day The Earth Stood Still: Blu-ray Disc Special Edition

…be added, since especially with the 1951 film bundled in here, it covers all the bases and then some. After a selection of upcoming theatrical/Blu-ray previews, including the full X-Men:…

Warner Archive: The Big Circus

the synopses and info on the back are tailor made, so while they all feel uniform, each is different. The lack of enthusiasm comes with the cases themselves, the sleeves…

Warner Archive: Captain Sindbad

their more commercially promoted cousins, it’s in the packaging. Not that there’s anything wrong in the artwork itself: though there’s a basic design template for these releases in place, each…

Warner Archive: Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze

…than they do, especially for the price. Although the discs are not quite of the DVD-R variety (Warners say they use specific discs and software that make them more robust…

Some Day My Prints Will Come…!

…live. As one of the most important titles in the Disney line-up, and a big release in terms of home video and its high definition debut on the Blu-ray format,…

Not quite the fairest of them all…

…a staggeringly beautiful restoration which makes the film feel brand new again. But for all the goodness of the movie and its makeover, I found the supplemental package to be…

The Astonishing Work Of Tezuka Osamu

the tiny grey letters on the back of the case don’t read particularly well on the black background either. At least the contents listing on the back does a mostly…

Disney historian Didier Ghez on the Walt Disney Family Museum: a flame more alive than ever

the relationship between the Museum and the Walt Disney Company like? DG: The project was entirely managed and financed by the Disney family. That said, The Walt Disney Company lent…

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

…DC Premiere movies, and it’s great when they can adapt the original artist’s work. The best part of the movie, though, is that the producers brought back the best known…

Superman, Batman…and Tink!

…a classic strip story for the screen. Rand’s not too impressed overall, but finds the fault may well be with the original comic’s plotline, gaping holes included. But Rand ultimately…

Tinker Bell honored at United Nations

Celebrating the release of Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure under the Secretary-General’s Creative Community Outreach Initiative and promoting environmental awareness in the lead-up to the upcoming Copenhagen conference on…