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The Art Of Up is simplexity itself!
…writes, the images perfectly capture the “simplexity” of the production design in Up. Read his review to see what he means. After a flurry of DVD reviews the past 2… |
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Ice Age coverage, Chuck does Tom & Jerry, and more of Saturday Morning
…de Seve. The interview covers his work on the whole trilogy. Do check out Peter de Seve Breaks the Ice with Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs for this informative… |
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Back to business: new reviews and announcements!
…Peanuts die-hards due to the half-hour profile of the specials’ musical Vince Guaraldi, which Rand suggests truly warrants the $30 asking price. Classic animation of the furred kind next, as… |
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From one sanctuary to another: Christophe Vacher on art directing 9
…in the textures. I look to that with the director, the production designer and the animation director, and then, for the final artistic aspect of the image, there’s only the… |
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DuckTales: Volume 2
…from the House Of Mouse. As discussed in our review of the first volume of DuckTales, the show was a homage to the wonderful comic book work of “Unca Carl”,… |
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Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
…This continues the rest of the way through the story. I can understand that they had no suitable role for Bugs out of the Christmas Carol story— you couldn’t have… |
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Disney tins, rumors, and the Shrek 3 trailer…what’s up with that?
…but sure to surprise and delight with the rest of the selection. With the recent True Life Adventures launch of the Legacy series and the spectacular success of Cars and… |
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New Hardy, Scanner Reviews; Snakes On A Plane; Post Updates
…the Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents The Hardy Boys limited tin set (the further titles will get their respective once-overs very soon), as well as Richard Linklater’s… |
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Goofy's new animators spill the beans; plus dancing penguins and other new reviews
…a trio of reviews: for the surprisingly entertaining Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Great Clubhouse Hunt special based around the popular pre-school Disney Channel show, a return back to my childhood… |
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Hoo-Ray! Classic, really-for-real Disney in Hi-Def! Plus TMNT!
…effectively been won. Titles like these from the Mouse House are what is going to propel Blu-Ray to the front of collectors’ minds when they make their move into hi-def,… |
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Weekend Update: Tom & Jerry's Tales, plus Casper winners!
A real quick one to take us into the weekend, with a brief note to point out two new review additions, for the two volumes of cartoons from the Tom… |
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Kermit, Piggy, Woody, Oswald…and Jerry Beck too!
…bit of a let down from Disney, but their upcoming The Jungle Book is shaping up to put the otherwise diluted Platinum Editions back on track, alongside more of their… |
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Ghosts, ghouls and goblins? Either our reviewers or it must be Halloween!
…the graveyard shift! • Book Review: The Gremlins – these guys will give you the bedtime creeps! Happy Halloween, and enjoy what will no doubt be a frightfully fun weekend!… |
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Bruce Broughton's Bambi II; More Justice League and Tom & Jerry Tales
…most handsome of DisneyToons’ films to stand up to the feature qualities of Disney animation. There are still copies of the film to be found out there, and perhaps Jeremie’s… |
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Looney Tunes meets Gargoyles…what's up, doc!?
…of the series may find themselves disappointed with the lack of a major helping of Bugs, Daffy and company. But hard-core nuts (like me!) will find a great deal to… |
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Dr Syn, Donald and Annette…it's the Walt Disney Treasures reviewed!
…additions to the series. • Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh – Patrick McGoohan stars as anti-hero Christopher Syn, who in the dark of night becomes the terrifying… |
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The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition
…to the conclusion that the characters (and the filmmakers) are just going through the motions. The uneven animation is perhaps the result of splitting production between three facilities (in Toronto,… |
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
…first film. With that story established, and the animals seemingly back in the Zoo, the credits montage begins, expediting their journey from the original and getting them back to the… |
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Disney magic flies again!
…Yep, the 1970s at the House Of Mouse was not the most innovative of times: Walt had just passed on and the Studio was stuck with the troublesome task of… |
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2009 Annie Nominees announced
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 37th Annual Annie Awards, which recognize the year’s best achievements in the field of animation. The Best Animated Feature nominees are Cloudy With… |
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Up wins Best Feature Annie Award
Disney/Pixar’s Up took home the top prize at the 37th Annual Annie Awards, but no single production stole the night. Coraline, The Princess and the Frog, and Prep and Landing… |
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The Black Cauldron: Producer Joe Hale talks munchings and crunchings…
It was back in the days when Disney animation was encountering big changes, and the most successful family movies weren’t coming from the House of Mouse anymore: they were the… |
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Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd
…their film A Night In The tropics in 1940. They stole the show, and from then on they headlined films for the next fifteen years. Tall, thin Abbott played the… |
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Kachow! The Cars 2: Agents On A Mission Tour
…rain droplets. However, the sun eventually began to shine. About 30 minutes afterward, the tour employees received the news that they and all of the visitors had been greatly anticipating:… |
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Glen Keane leaves Disney
Veteran Disney animator Glen Keane is leaving the company that he’s called home for many years, THR is reporting. The man who worked on such Disney movies as The Little… |
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Doc McStuffins
…Toy Story movies, Winnie the Pooh, and Pinocchio. Following in these footsteps, the Mouse has added a half-hour children’s TV show to their Disney Junior block called Doc McStuffins about… |
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Down Under with Rescuers composer Bruce Broughton
…a theme to redundantly announce the entry? I’ve generally chosen themes to represent dramatic ideas in the movie. The big themes in Rescuers were chosen along these lines: the thrilling… |
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Netflix and Disney Sign Streaming Deal
…the Mouse’s films to stream on the popular service…in 2016. The deal includes movies from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Disnenature. If you do not want to wait four more years,… |
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Strange Magic
…on the other I guess there was always a chance the competition-free late January/February slot that had worked so well for a run of direct-to-video turned theatrical hits in the… |
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Miles From Tomorrowland: Let’s Rocket!
…entire season around Slimey the worm going to the moon, they more or less abandoned those concepts in the years that followed, as the show, quite honestly, made itself more… |
