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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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:… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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,… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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Walt’s Museum, a drab Muppet Christmas, plus more Up!
…appropriate tribute to the old Mousetro. Not such cheerful news to report is the results of the Muppets returning to the Christmas genre for the DVD release of their 2008… |
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Pixar leads this week’s CG pack; plus a Fantastic Fox!
…only ones out there at the moment: enjoying good sales is Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs, the third go around for Manny, Diego, Scrat and co, and with good… |
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Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure
…standard DVD included in the Blu-ray package has the same special features on it as the Blu-ray. The DVD utilizes Disney Fast Play. The main difference with the Blu-ray is… |
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Additions old and new; reviews and a new Media section!
…already have is the show-stopper. Although Rand suggests sets like these are where “the whole is greater than the some of the parts”, the titles in the 1970s collection make… |
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Hollywood Reporter animation updates
…the Guardians, a mythic band of winged warriors who fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones”, and is set for release in Australia… |
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Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Prize Pack – Winner Announced!
…Man with the Yellow Hat are having a great time getting ready for Christmas. There’s only one problem: neither of them can figure out what to give the other for… |
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Pixar and Princess rule our latest updates!
…Art Of The Princess And The Frog! There’s been such a ton of new content gone up over the past few days I don’t know where to begin! Remember that… |
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The first and fairest meets the latest for Thanksgiving!
…the end of the Disney Studio right there and then. Of course, Snow White proved to be the blockbuster of its day, leading to several theatrical reissues over the decades… |
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The Princess And The Frog: Almost There (feature film song clip)
…adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. From the creators of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, The Princess And The Frog marks the return to hand-drawn animation from the revered… |
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The Princess And The Frog: A Return To The Animated Musical (featurette)
…adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. From the creators of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, The Princess And The Frog marks the return to hand-drawn animation from the revered… |
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I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…more regular character closer to the end of the strip’s run. The disc opens with Trailers for Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, and some of the Peanuts holiday DVDs. The Bonus… |
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Prep & Landing
…the two reindeer have some of the funniest lines and gags in the show. When one of the reindeer says “shutting down engines”, the reindeer lift up their legs in… |
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The Princess And The Frog: Never Knew I Needed Music Video
…mystical bayous of Louisiana. From the creators of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, The Princess And The Frog marks the return to hand-drawn animation from the revered team of John… |
