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Aarrgghh! No more Disney Treasures!?

…has posted the way to make your feelings known. What the general feeling there is that we should request the release of the remaining volumes that would complete the Studio’s…

I want me a fur coat – we've hit 101 reviews!

including, in respect of the recent passing of Hanna-Barbera designer Iwao Takamoto, a look at the package put together for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?: The Complete First and Second Seasons….

Not so silly Symphonies; Song Of The South?; More Hanna-Barbera!

…paved the way for more exciting content to come this year, and there’s even the hint of the brilliant 1946 feature Song Of The South coming to disc under Roy’s…

And the Oscar nominations are…

DVD extra and should remain in the bonus features section. As for the rest, the frankly awful Superman Returns is inexplicably up in the Best Visual Effects category, when I…

Animated Trek; store deals, and Cinderella's new director!

…marking the release just this past Tuesday for the latest in the run of direct-to-DVD Marvel comics features, and a new interview with director Frank Nissen. He’s the guy who…

DreamWorks/Aardman deal is flushed away

…and include their prestigious partner along for the ride? Aardman is very clear in the direction they want to head, and a read between the lines in their statement reveals…

Oscar, Oscar!

the roles he pops up in, such as the inventor assistant in The Rocketeer and the thankless father role in Edward Scissorhands (though the less said about his turn as…

Win Peter Pan, plus more archive reviews and site updates

Today marks the release of Walt Disney’s classic Peter Pan on DVD. The film is probably my favorite of the “middle-Walt” period of the 1950s, and I’ll be posting a…

Classic feature reviews, Pan deals, and more…

A couple of 1970s animated features get the archive review treatment today: the original animated The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, and the special edition DVD of Ralph Bakshi’s…

Flushed Away Giveaway – Winners Announced!

…found under London’s streets. There, he meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Together they must navigate their way through a…

Pan panned…!?!??

Can you believe it? My favorite Walt Disney picture and they royally screw it up on DVD, and in a supposedly deluxe 2-disc Platinum Edition no less! After the many…

Warners on new toon DVDs, plus the DisneyLand…bootleg!?

…Tunes and some of the “Censored Eleven” were requested, WB remained tight-lipped on the shorts that would be included. They didn’t have any news “now” on the previously mooted Looney…

Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume Two

…cartoon was actually included! Ink And Paint: All of the cartoons in the set are presented in their correct 1.33:1 aspect ratio, with no windowbox formatting. Some of the cartoons…

Mickey quits…

…promotions and the like. This year’s big rumors involve The Dark Knight‘s nemesis The Joker, and the casting for 300‘s Zack Snyder’s next, Watchmen, though there are plenty of other…

Renaissance

…up making the plot more incomprehensible in their attempts to simplify it for the US audience. Thankfully, the new guys running the unit have become accustomed to letting their acquisitions…

Popeye (live-action movie)

in real life. The story itself is fairly straight forward, telling how the characters came together in the first place. Set in the strange sea town of Sweethaven, one stormy…

The New Adventures Of Superman: DC Classics

…much guess what happens in: The Force Phantom/Mermen Of Emor; The Prehistoric Pterodactyls/Merlin’s Magic Marbles (highlights for their simply loopy plots!); The Threat Of The Thrutans/The Wicked Warlock; The Chimp…

Recommended books; Potter beats Bond; plus that Tron sequel!

the closest Britain ever came to having a fully-fledged animation industry before Nick Park (who writes the foreword) and Aardman Animation came along. They launched into animated features, most notably…

Mickey’s House Of Villains

their uncle out. Then, back in the House Of Mouse, the Villains finally begin to make their play for Mickey’s job. The Villains all band together for their big song…

Spooky! Doomsday, Mickey reviews and Pixar contests!

…by hanging out with various ghosts, ghouls and goblins and will no doubt do the same again next weekend! So we’re getting into the spirit of things here too, with…

My Friends Tigger And Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie

…help children associate these characters with the plushies they no doubt have in their bedrooms. Of course, this still leaves the somewhat controversial introduction of the new girl, Darby… In

Batman, Pixar, Pooh…and Cinders two!

…for Dean Jones in a host of very amusing comedies in the 60s and 70s, The Ugly Dachshund, Blackbeard’s Ghost and The Shaggy D.A. among them. On television, she of…

Awards, Neverland's composers, and a 2-disc for the Rat!?

We’re well into the awards season, with both the animation Annie Awards and the British BAFTAS being handed out over the weekend, and Ratatouille the big Feature Animation winner at…

More Walt Disney Treasures!!

the irascible duck is back in what should be the final collection of his animated short work. The inclusion of the 1959 featurette Donald In Mathmagic Land has now been…

Oscar night approaches, as does Bravestarr!

…to win a Disney DVD bundle worth over $100 for the lucky entrant who predicts the most correct winners at the the 2008 Oscars in our Annual Academy Award Contest!…

Potter, Austen, de Vil…and lots of spots!

It only seems yesterday that we were excited about the Platinum Edition of The Jungle Book coming to DVD, but the series is back already with the big new release…

Bee good: Jerry's animated debut is out today, plus good news for Gilliam, and I Am Beowulf!

Only animation related in the loosest sense, but anyone with an interest in the medium will know the work of Terry Gilliam, one time Monty Python cartoonist and now one…

Our Enchanted celebrations continue!

…behind the scenes interviews. You’ve already read about how original screenwriter Bill Kelly came up with the concept, but where did it go from there? In Chapter Two of our…

Horton Hears A Who!: Deluxe Edition

…parents into questioning such weighty themes as the very nature of reality and, not least, the idea of the quantum multiverse! Not wishing to partake in these theories is Jane…

More Nightmares, plus is The Chosen One worth choosing?

It’s a little early in the year, but tomorrow Tim Burton’s ultimate bad dream, The Nightmare Before Christmas finally comes to DVD and Blu-ray in the kind of collector’s package…