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When You Wish Upon A Star: The Musical Making of Walt Disney’s Pinocchio
…development of these variations of the theme requires the most detailed care. The spectator must be aware of the theme and of its slightly altered form, but neither theme nor… |
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Azur & Asmar: Michel Ocelot’s Quest For Tolerance
…of the nurse. As they grow up the nurse tells them many enchanting stories but their favorite is about the Djinn fairy waiting to be released from captivity by a… |
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Pinocchio and Gulliver, but which one is the big lie…?
…of the format’s great and the frankly awful. First up is Walt Disney’s fantastic second animated feature, 1940’s Pinocchio, which I regard as the Citizen Kane of animated pictures: not… |
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The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest: Season One, Volume One
…I enjoyed the cast readings. But my favorite part of the show is the redone theme. The original Jonny Quest theme is an all-time classic, and the new version— playing… |
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Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter
…the Digital Copy disc. There is an insert concerning the Digital Copy, and one advertising the Watchmen collected editions and the video game base on the movie. Ink And Paint:… |
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Watching the Watchmen, plus Green Lantern!
Although the Watchmen film ultimately failed to fulfill all the very heavy expectations both fans of the comic book and those coming to the property for the first time might… |
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Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird – 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
…Movie scene and had them drive through the Bird’s film. By 1985, the Muppets themselves had reached the peak of their success and even their creators were moving on slowly… |
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Snoopy’s Reunion: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…Lila, and in the end only Missy remains with the farmer. Lila loves Snoopy very much, and they have great times together, but she must return him to the farm… |
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Scooby! Samurai Swords! Sin City! Plus Something Wicked, Honey!
…a costume exploration, demonstrating the in-depth levels these featurettes reach in bringing the film’s making to the screen, leaving the only non-ported extra from the DVD a look at the… |
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Arthur And The Invisibles
…not to be drowned by its problems. The two most glaring issues are those I mentioned at the beginning. The first of these is the “dumbed-down” factor. The most obvious… |
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Bee Movie
…the most glamorous job and get to actually leave the hive, Barry gets a chance to go on a mission with them. While enjoying the freedom of the outside world,… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 1
…Tarzan do not match the episode featured on the disc. The meat of the special features is in the form of two Bonus Documentaries, both of which appear on the… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…Ice Age and the disappointing The Meltdown, Dawn of the Dinosaurs could be considered the best of the three. While missing the heart of the first it adds action, adventure,… |
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Season 1.1
…control the Earth’s animals and even the Joe’s own Junkyard (Snake Eye’s dog) turns against them. Finally, the last episode on the set is “The Funhouse” and it features the… |
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Grave Of The Fireflies: Collector’s Series
…impart the effect of the film. The emotions are brought to the forefront not so much by the plot, but by smaller moments. During the still, quiet moments, the children… |
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Space Jam: 2-Disc Special Edition
…between the Monstars and the Looney Tunes. The fates of the Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan rest on the outcome. Marvin the Martian shows up to ref the game, apparently… |
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Pom Poko
…observation of the humans and the learning of the ancient art of transformation. Unfortunately, the raccoons are lazy and easily distracted, but eventually they do take their war to the… |
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The Tick Vs. Season One
…The Tick to star in a newsletter published by New England Comics, with The Tick first appearing there in the summer of 1986. After escaping from a Minnesota asylum, The… |
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The Invincible Iron Man
…issues with the ending, which left the outcome of the final battle largely out of Iron Man’s hands, which therefore weakens the film. A secondary ending in the corporate boardroom… |
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Dinosaurs: The Complete First And Second Seasons
…pull off an occasional masterpiece even without Jim there to guide them in person. The Muppet Christmas Carol, for example, is an underappreciated gem, and then there is the television… |
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Pooh review, big things happening at Views
…pointing you towards my latest review, that being for The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh: The Friendship Edition. If you have the previous DVD release, there is no reason… |
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Ratatouille reviewed, catalog DVD reviews added
…of the the two 1960s movies based on the Supermarionation TV show We’ll have more for you later in the week, including… the return of Ben!!! DUM DUM DUM!!! –Rand… |
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The Best Of Bravestarr
…the boy’s destiny. They have evidently escaped some sort of attack, but their foe is still with them. In a nod to Superman, the boy’s escape is made, the intent… |
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Popeye 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…slickest animation, given the budget restraints. The stories from the Kneitel team also tend to be better presented than some of the other efforts. The greatest number of cartoons were… |
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Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series
…the original negatives, and there is some dust here and there. The biggest problem, though, is the banding seen at the sides of the frame throughout the episodes. Depending on… |
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The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
…audio are the best we’ve seen for these releases, and the featurette, though short, nicely places the show in context even if it does less than the featurettes on the… |
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Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…bare-bones releases. Their releases petered out altogether in 2004, except for the release of a couple of the theatrical Peanuts movies and the This Is America, Charlie Brown miniseries. There… |
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Bravestarr: Volume One
…Andy Mangels. They discuss the importance of the morals in the series (more so than in the movie), and the slick look that the show managed to maintain. Disc Four… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 2 1938-1940
…but the Fleischers kept the sailor remarkably fresh throughout their tenure on the shorts. I was frankly amazed at just how few of the cartoons in this set followed the… |
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He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe: Volume Three
…(The Price Of Deceit, which also has an extended conversation, and The Power of Grayskull). For show fans, these are great gateways into the thinking of the creators and the… |


