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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… |
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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,… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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 –… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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Bee good: Jerry's animated debut is out today, plus good news for Gilliam, and I Am Beowulf!
…think I’ll end up being more accepting of the issues James assesses, having thoroughly enjoyed the film at the screening I was at. The jury is out on the Jerry-heavy… |
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Richie, Scooby, Caspian, Boba Fett…all in the same post!
…week, and how great it was to be joined by Jan Harlan, Brian Cook and Kubrick’s assistant Tony Frewin for a showing of the great man’s The Shining on Wednesday… |
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Ariel's Beginning's composers sing, and Open Season 2!?
…the composing pair and, though I didn’t care too much for the overall final result, it’s clear they both know and understand their art, and I have great faith in… |
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At the movies: Klaatu, Julien, Despereaux, a Transporter, Bolt and Delgo!
…played on TV in the run up to the recent release of Transporter 3 in theaters, but I found it to be great fun. Statham isn’t the sharpest thespian on… |
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Ben’s baaaa-aaaack!
…in a 32” Panasonic television, seeing as our old set also went on the fritz in the past few weeks. But…we’re off to a great start to the new year!… |
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Oscars, LaserDiscs, Lost Chords, and Wild animals!
…the technical Sound Mixing and Sound Editing categories (Pixar also gets a nod for their Short Film Presto). The Dark Knight likewise shows heavily in the technicals with seven nods… |
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New twists on Oliver, Poppins, Peanuts and Bugs' Looney Movie!
…the “just as good” You’re The Greatest, Charlie Brown, adding that it’s refreshing “to see some of the more non-holiday specials emerging”. Even better is the news that the release… |
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Snoopy! X-Men! The Calgary Expo!
…into a hotel near the airport, and got settled in for the night. Everybody’s favorite domehead. And R2D2. [Sorry Rand! – Ben] The Show The Expo was held on the… |
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Snow White week begins at AN&V!
…Jeremie Noyer has taken to the pages of The Disney Song Encyclopedia, a new compendium of the Studio’s many songs and the projects they were written for. Thomas Hischak and… |
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Spider-Man 3
…reminds me of the Christopher Reeve Superman films. The first set up the myth splendidly, while the second entries became more gritty, deeper affairs where the leading ladies discover the… |
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The Transformers: Season Two, Volume One (25th Anniversary Edition)
…Storyboard: The second season of The Transformers continues the success of the show’s inaugural season with new episodes featuring the continuing battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. The season’s… |

