The trouble with nostalgia titles is that they don’t always live up to childhood memories. While I enjoyed the release of Saturday morning staple “Isis” a while back, the years haven’t been as kind to its one-time partner “Shazam!,” now available from the Warner Bros. Archive Collection. The series aired from 1974-76, and I admit … Continue Reading →
Today I put on my Disney hat because a trio of classics is being released this month on Blu-ray: “Cinderella,” “The Great Mouse Detective” and “Pete’s Dragon.” “Pete’s Dragon” is out this week, so I’ll start there. Like “The Great Mouse Detective,” “Pete’s Dragon” is highly underrated. I hadn’t seen it in years, so I … Continue Reading →
I love my Disney, and I love my Dreamworks, and I love my Pixar, but sometimes it’s nice to go outside the United States to see what other countries are up to in the world of animation (besides anime). “A Cat in Paris” is a wonderful example, a fun film from France’s Folimage animation studio … Continue Reading →
After my rant this summer about Batman overload, I felt a little funny popping “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns — Part 1″ into the Blu-ray player. But it’s a comic book video, and I’m a geek writer, so I figured I should do it. And I’m actually glad I did. Would I have preferred an … Continue Reading →
I love my readers, but there are some thing I just won’t do for you. One of those things, is sit through “Snow White and the Huntsman” again just to see the new “extended edition” that’s out this week. But I did watch the Blu-ray of this year’s other “Snow White” movie, “Mirror Mirror” so … Continue Reading →
Disney may be known as the “House of Mouse,” but Chuck Jones’ stint at Warner Bros. also gave the rodent a funny face, as evidenced in this week’s new DVD and Blu-ray set “Looney Tunes: The Chuck Jones Collection — Mouse Chronicles.” This two-disc set focuses on two of Jones shorts series featuring mice, with … Continue Reading →
The 2011 network TV season’s second fairy tale-based series makes its debut on DVD and Blu-ray this week as “Once Upon a Time” prepares for its second season of curse-breaking fun. In this show, the evil queen from the “Snow White” tale has cursed all of the fairy tale characters to live in a dreary … Continue Reading →
Today could also be called “Disney Day,” as the company releases a flood of Blu-ray debuts for various animated films and/or their sequels. We get “Pocahontas” and “Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World” in one set, “The Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure” and “The Tigger Movie: Bounce-A-Rrrific Special Edition.” There’s also “The … Continue Reading →
I know they’re out there, but U.S. anime distributors don’t tend to pick up a lot of titles for kids if they’re not fighting series, so Funimation’s “Oblivion Island: Haurka and the Magic Mirror” is a real treat. Brightly colored and sweetly told, “Oblivion Island” is a story about memories of childhood and how important … Continue Reading →
This is a good week for ecologically themed DVD releases. The big name, of course, is “The Lorax,” the colorful adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss story by some of the people behind the delightful “Despicable Me.” But today I’m going to focus on the hidden gem “Mia and the Migoo.” It’s from the French … Continue Reading →