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Oscar-winner interview, Abrams' Trek, Laurel & Hardy's animated themes, and more Dinosaurs!

…Henson among others. Also in DVD announcements, Fox have settled on an April 24 date to release the excellent Night At The Museum in single and double-disc flavors. The two-disc…

Open Season review; Potter makes it to seven!

As promised, and just scraping in by the end of the week, is my take on the DVD of Sony’s first animated feature offering, Open Season: Special Edition, here being…

Jackson up for Tintin; plus Venture and Ghostbusters reviews

The Lovely Bones, which is how he got tapped by The Beard to get involved in the Tintin movies. Apparently, both Spielberg and Jackson would each direct installments of the

Shrek's directors talk, Dinosaurs, Droopy – and Shrek! – reviewed…

…and saw the latest installment of the not-so jolly ogre’s adventures this weekend. If you enjoyed what you saw, then head on over to our State Of The Art block,…

Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection

…to the screen, and the result is Señor Droopy (1949), with the pooch up against The Wolf in the bullring for the hand of the lovely Latin star Lina Romay….

Arthur, Invisibles, and Tex Avery too!

…just before the weekend, and the two-disc salute to Tex Avery’s leading series star, Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection, which I promised and posted last week and then forgot to…

Lee a marvel at Mouse House?; Disney Songbook comes to London

instrumental in bringing Lee to Disney and will remain heavily involved in the projects, which points to direct-to-DVD features more than anything else even though POW will supposedly “develop and…

Ben's shamelessly blatant Film Festival event plug…

…feature, Chris Buck and Ash Brannon. It’s yet another good read, with some fun insights into the making of the film. Did they succeed with their intentions? James was one…

Narnia news: director Apted an "interesting" choice for Voyage…

Still fresh on the site this week are our bunch of Contest Corner giveaways, including chances to win The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh and The Best Of Casper….

Shrek makes it 600 million; plus Jolson sings again!

…three more movies (including the Puss In Boots spin-off) intrigues me, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the audiences’ love affair with the fractured fable cast is well ogre long…

Pottermania mach 5, plus The In-Complete Pluto

The Complete Pluto, Volume Two. While the set concludes the pup’s toons on DVD, I have to gripe about the “complete” tag, and go into several reasons why in the

Time for a Renaissance and another Amazon sale!

As promised (it went up late last night) is my take on the motion-captured graphic novel-styled Renaissance, fresh on DVD from Miramax Films. Does it break the trend of unconvincing…

Crazy triple bill: Popeye, The Simpsons, and 300 Spartans!??!

the world’s number one film this week, The Simpsons Movie. James caught this theatrical outing over the weekend and posted his thoughts yesterday here on the site, which make for…

Weekend Roundup! Plus The Tick is back!

…studio’s multi-decade history, from the first series to the last! • The Simpsons Movie – what was James’ Animated View on the yellow citizens of Springfield’s first trip to the

Cultoons! Volume 1: Ads And Oddities

…pop. Probably the most in need of help in the sound department, the image on these also suffers from a heavily interlaced or digitised look, so thank goodness they’re nothing…

Kermit, Piggy, Woody, Oswald…and Jerry Beck too!

…you reckon helps put all these things together? Well, Josh’s latest interview will certainly lift the lid on that, as we talk to the almost legendary Jerry Beck, the animation…

Meet The Robinsons contest now open!

Just a quick end of week message to point you in the direction of our new Meet The Robinsons contest. The DVD is out next Tuesday, so if you don’t…

Robinsons vs. Transformers

…and it could go either way, but the charm of the film lies in giving it a second viewing. Like the themes of the movie itself, failing to enjoy Meet…

Alice returns to Walt's Cartoonland!

…series of films based around the reversal of the concept in the Ko-Ko The Clown Out Of The Inkwell shorts. Instead of a cartoon clown popping out and entering our…

Archie and the Pussycats, plus Beowulf and TailSpin!

…typically “hip” program, again filled with songs, this time following the prototype of Girl Power long before the Spice Girls lay claim to the term. Now issued in a Complete…

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Five

the first example of these shorts to pop up on these prestige collections, and as the cream of the crop begin to thin out, expect to see more of them…

Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas

the lifeless 3D with the 2D linking segment art to see that, while the faces are there, the souls are gone and there’s precious little magic left. Interesting too that…

Ho-ho-ho! Season's Greetings, an' all that jazz!

The Year In Review, where myself and Rand count the top ten DVDs and recommendations, and James adds his top three from the last twelve months worth in the theatrical…

Warner's Academy Award Collection is here, and we have two to give away!

…cool, but the one to really go for, especially with the low-price offered by Amazon.com ($30, down from the $45 list), is the full three-disc 15 Winners, 26 Nominees set…

And the Academy Awards went to…; plus much more in our Oscars Special!

…and score composer Michael Giacchino. In an interesting twist, both these gentlemen were involved in the making of the film at opposite ends of production, and hearing about Pinkava’s contributions…

Andreas Deja hits the spot!

We’re back with the last of our One Hundred And One Dalmatians interviews today, as Jeremie looks back on some fun trivia from the making of the film with Disney…

The end of a "spotty" week: Dalmatians reviewed!

…day with a host of Dalmatians 101 interviews, speaking to cast, crew and fans of Walt’s canine classic, marking its debut in a two-disc Platinum Edition DVD: • Bill Leven…

Bruce Broughton's Bambi II; More Justice League and Tom & Jerry Tales

…upgrade in equipment equals the upgrade in quality. Going by Rand’s comments, it seems it is, so in a word…yes! Also new to the site today is our latest giveaway,…

Richie, Scooby, Caspian, Boba Fett…all in the same post!

…all the various iterations of Scooby-Doo that Hanna-Barbera put out on television, this is probably the one I least expected to see on DVD.” The Mystery Inc. gang have been…

Planes, Trains and Automobiles on the Road To…San Diego!

…to LA, where they switch to a train for the rest of the journey, while James (and wife!) is on the tracks the whole way from Cincinnati, on a cross-country…