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A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Documentary)

…course, and the kids then proceed to sing about the lovable loser. When narrator Don Sherwood goes on to describe the characters from the strip, animation shows such classic set-ups…

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition

…cycles, and so forth. The last piece of the puzzle was Bay jazz pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi, whose music would provide the perfect accent to the struggle between the

Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!

…it appeared the best place to be was the theater, as the film was not represented much at the event this year. Nonetheless, a comic book adaptation of the movie…

Raketu CEO Greg Parker on John K. collaboration

…I’ll call them ‘scribbles,’ but they were actually very good. I said, ‘Well, hey, what were you working on over there?’ So he showed us what they were. They were…

Henry Selick talks Moongirl and more

…spots came the core group of Skellington Studios. AV: What are your thoughts now on MonkeyBone? HS: While there are some fans of the film, they are in the minority…

Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle

…animation along with the technical blueprints were then given directly to VFX, supplying them most of the information they needed to quickly build them again in their computer model, and…

Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford!

…a lift. If you just look at the visual images of that scene by themselves, they don’t necessarily contain within themselves all the expressiveness that needed to the there. So,…

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

the world’s parents, rendering the mom-and-dad free kids more than willing and able to pursue their wildest dreams! Trouble is, they all find out soon enough that there are some…

Balto

great little animated adventure movie, and the wider framing really does open the scope of the film up. By the way, the statue above of the title character that is…

Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition

the next piece, The Party, which features a post-premiere radio broadcast over images from the premiere party, held on the Chinese Theater’s parking lot. The broadcast is fun to listen…

The Plague Dogs: (1983 US Edited Edition)

…though they realize from the outset that those captors will chase them and want bring them back. During the pursuit, the dogs likewise only carry out their confused actions with…

Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition

…to rid the colony of them in the belief that they are hording the “gold” for themselves, and Pocahontas and Smith find their love in danger of becoming exposed and…

Father Of The Pride: The Complete Series

…as Siegfried & Roy themselves, saving the show from the brink. Their crazy, random inserts are as aloof and mysterious as the real-life duo, and the obscurity of the language,…

Open Season: Special Edition

…problem with the sheer amount of rubbery-ness on show in the finished movie. The Voices Behind The Stars runs 7:35 and completes these two companion pieces, naturally concentrating on the

Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition

the picture do nothing but pull the audience out of the story in a flash, the majority of them wondering where they’ve seen the gags before (and in much better…

Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume One!

…characters on the playing field for the rest of the series. These first five shows are among the best of the entire collection here, since it deals with introducing the

Cultoons! Volume 2: Animated Education

…At Work. Though the thought of these guys sitting around a microphone expressing their thoughts on these oddities sounds like gold, they progressively all start jostling for attention after the

Transformers: 2-Disc Special Edition

…doubt pleasing all the teenagers in the audience as well as their fathers). Suddenly, Sam and Mikaela find themselves befriended by the good Autobots and caught in the middle of…

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: Special Edition

…smack of laziness. Even though they’re now living in the palace, the skirting board shortcuts are still handily there for the mice, and now they have a new cat –…

DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures

…wanted more of the same, and The Superman/Aquaman Adventure Hour teamed two of their bigger titles (when there’s trouble under the sea, the Atlantian crime fighter Aquaman took action), also…

Spidey's tangled web…

…gritty, deeper affairs where the leading ladies discover the hero’s identity (and they both, for a while, lose their powers). In each third film, the hero finds himself under the

Jackson up for Tintin; plus Venture and Ghostbusters reviews

the second volume, just announced from BCI, who continue to do a great job with their Filmation catalog. Just before I sign off, The Hollywood Reporter has posted a little…

More Transformers; Frog villain cast; DVD sales and more!

Phew! I’m back from my Film Festival adventure – the movie cans are back at the studio, the foyer props back in storage and the guests back in their boxes…

Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume Two!

…ghostly foes, from the darkest jungles to the loneliest castles, in the final 33 episodes of the popular show from the 1980s. The Sweatbox Review: Filmation’s Ghostbusters – the original…

When good cartoons go bad: review roundup…

…Disney/Jim Henson’s The Muppet Show: Season 2 is a sheer delight! There’s simply nothing around these days to replicate the plain enjoyment of any of these characters. And, don’t forget…

WALL-E looks cute!

…Puss In Boots comes to mind) and I think I would have preferred the Nemo strapline across the top (it’s all a bit bottom heavy), but on the pluses the

Looney gold; Beetle Bailey reviewed!

…with BCI’s packages in the past, but puts much of this down to the original (lack of) ambitions of the program itself. Still, he labels the final result “a neat…

Hobbits, Floyd Norman, Lone Ranger, Zorro, Moses…what a line-up!

…Peter Jackson’s Hobbit movies for New Line Cinema. With Jackson himself seemingly out of the picture, I hope he gets the job: there isn’t another director working out there right…

What's New Scooby-Doo? The new Indy trailer, that's what!

…Blanchett does look great (but we knew that), the Ruskies look like they’re going to do the business as the bad guys, and that glimpse of the Roswell-branded container hints…

Meet Madame Tutli-Putli and one of her directors!

their film, which is created in the stop-motion medium that I’m a big fan of and that I hope to see soon, I wish them all the best. I think…