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D23 Expo 2024 Exclusive
…In the decades that followed, they would grow in interest and popularity, with the highly beloved 1976 ABC TV series The Muppet Show launching their stardom into the stratosphere. Since… |
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D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive
…in-laws at the height of the pandemic. This provided him some inspiration in building the lyrics around family. After Miranda logged off, Hall moved into the second half with members… |
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2022 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the idea. Without specifically naming it, Diamond noted in the introduction that The Man Who Planted Trees was one of the films that inspired him to begin curating the Animation… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3 – 3D Editions
…leap into action and venture out into the world to save their friend. Then, third time around, the toys leap out of the toybox to find themselves at a curiously… |
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2024 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…to the heartbreak of the finale to the Mugen Train feature film, they were recognized as having had a cumulative affect in the show’s increasing popularity. I felt the few… |
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Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941 – 1942
…weren’t just the lead storymen as credited on the earlier shorts. The same crews worked on these films, and they retain the Fleischer introductions, some even with new inserts, and… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase
…could invest in the characters, invest in the inner journey of the characters and not judge the characters, you know what I mean? I wanted them to be able to… |
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2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the air in that everyone in the packed room paid attention and allowed themselves to be absorbed into the discussions that were taking place. There was absolute affection for the… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…in particular about things like the ice crystal sequence in terms of the sound? Dan: Oh yeah, definitely. Particularly in the chase, before they actually find the Titan, where there’s… |
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Superman: The Complete Animated Series
…The look of Krypton isn’t as original as the producers were striving for: they mention in the supplements that they wanted to go in a new direction, but the retro-30s… |
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Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Special Edition
…we loved in the first film. The slightly “off” nature of the film continues throughout the rest of the soundtrack, never really becoming truly enveloping. The savannah doesn’t have the… |
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire – 2 Movie Collection
…animation. On the included DVDs, Atlantis’ disc is sadly not a replication of the first platter from the Collector’s DVD, instead being a replication of the film’s original single-disc issue… |
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The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…
…Marvel. I also really enjoyed Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, showcasing the studio’s continued interest in diversifying their films in taking one of their lesser known heroes… |
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A tribute to X. Atencio
…they should keep their hands inside the boat, done by the skeleton face. I recorded the main voices, especially with Paul Frees. But then, after we put the ride in,… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland – Secrets Stories And Magic
…safe proofing – the clear indication is that, with all the multiple aspect rations inherent in the archive material, the intended ratio for the doc itself is “full-screen” 1.33:1, also… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro – The Complete First Season
…which Walt introduces the Mousketeers and the audience to the star of his new show, has been seen before in the Treasures, but makes perfect sense including here. In the… |
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Team America: World Police – Unrated
…away many of the best moments. Trey Parker and Matt Stone run you through the movie, sharing their ideas on the team, the film, the characters and their attitude toward… |
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The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over
…might mean the end of the studio, but after the triumphant release of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World [above right] last February, they appear to be in… |
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The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)
…the most notable of these films was Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, quite possibly the best animated movie of the year. Also falling into the category of “why are they making… |
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Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation
…the best talent in the business. Look up some of the names in the credits of the Tinker Bell films, and you’ll find names that worked on some of Disney’s… |
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Disney’s Adventures Of The Gummi Bears: Volume One, Seasons 1-3
…to come out from the classic Disney era, then that’s fully intentional, and indeed this premiere episode did accompany re-issues of Pinocchio in theaters as part of the international Gummi… |
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Arnold Leibovit on producing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2
…it on LaserDisc, and then they did a DVD of it. They did The Puppetoon Movie. They had a Laser then they had a DVD. So, he was wanting to… |
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The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still
…Jaws, The Empire Strikes Back and Jurassic Park return to the limited big screens and drive-ins that were open and hit the number one spots again years after their initial… |
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Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas
…all the time. 98% of the footage in the show are first takes. EC: It’s funny, in the old days, doing stop-motion animation, if the character had to jump in… |
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Rex Steele – Nazi Smasher: Limited Edition
…of the great adventure themes. Seems the short may have been temp tracked by a couple of James Horner cues though…there’s the unmistakable mark of his The Rocketeer in the… |
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An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations
…adapting the game for the screen. At the same time, DVD was emerging as a viable media viewing platform. The interactive options the format offered was intriguing enough to try… |
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The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?
…my shelf, along with the superlative restoration of George Pal’s The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm to the always enticing Warner Archive, the bonkers Return Of Captain Invincible in… |
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The Best Of 2024: Back To Basics!
…the galaxy far, far away to the multiplex where it belongs. At the end of the day, people love their comfort food, especially during uncertain times. The “real world” felt… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s
…an upcoming Treasures set. The no-shows for the Winnie the Pooh featurettes are understandable, since they have their own DVD, more or less, albeit in feature form as The Many… |
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DC FanDome Online Event Recap
…later). The conversation then shifted to the spin-off TV series which is already in early development for HBO Max. Told from the perspective of “the city,” it will chronicle the… |
