DVD Review: Star Wars, The Clone Wars – A Galaxy Divided
The 2008 television series, The Clone Wars is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, during the same time period as the previous 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars series. Star Wars creator George Lucas says “there will be at least 100 episodes produced of the series, regardless of whether the ratings are good or bad. […]
Blu-ray Review: Igor
Directed by Anthony Leondis (Lilo & Stitch 2), Igor is a somewhat fun but ultimately disappointing exercise in animation. Had it not been for the voice talents of Steve Buscemi, John Cusack, John Cleese, Molly Shannon, Jay Leno, Christian Slater and Arsenio Hall Igor would have been written off as a formulaic romantic comedy. However, […]
Blu-ray Review: Futurama – Into the Wild Green Yonder
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder arrives on Blu-ray, the fourth of a planned quartet of direct-to-home-video releases centered on Matt Groening’s (The Simpsons: The Movie) FOX animated television program, Futurama. Featuring a similar animation style seen on The Simpsons, Futurama is set in a future where robots walk and talk, a purple-haired female cyclops […]
Blu-ray Review: Madagascar – Escape 2 Africa
I enjoyed 2005’s Madagascar, so I was more than happy to sit down and take a look at the second installment. Part two picks up where the first movie left off, with the same group of animals, along with a few new ones and a brand new villain. Escape 2 Africa begins with a brief […]
DVD Review: The Polar Express (Presented in 3-D)
Based on a short (32 pages), illustrated children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, directed by Robert Zemeckis, the guy behind such creative hits as Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, and Contact, all of them filled with fascinating characters and jnique sights for the eye, had a bit of a misfire […]
DVD Review: Kung Fu Panda / Secrets of the Furious Five
Hollywood has enjoyed a long and storied lineage of animals in lead roles. Old Yeller, Lassie, Babe, and even Remmy the Rat from last year’s Ratatouille effortlessly capture the hearts of audiences everywhere with their often human-like personas, showing a range of emotion and stirring the soul through the good times and the bad. DreamWorks’ […]
Blu-ray Review: Kung Fu Panda
Hollywood has enjoyed a long and storied lineage of animals in lead roles. Old Yeller, Lassie, Babe, and even Remmy the Rat from last year’s Ratatouille effortlessly capture the hearts of audiences everywhere with their often human-like persona’s, showing a range of emotion and stirring the soul through the good times and the bad. DreamWorks’ […]
DVD Review: Sleeping Beauty – 2 Disc Platinum Edition
Production began on Sleeping Beauty in 1951, voices were recorded in 1952, animation production took from 1953 until 1958, and the stereophonic musical score, partially based on Tchaikovsky’s ballet of the same name, was recorded in 1957. The film holds a notable position in Disney animation as the last Disney feature to use hand-inked cels. […]
DVD Review: Chicago 10
Few would deny that 1968 was one of the most turbulent years in American history. Martin Luther King had been assassinated in April, Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed in June, an unpopular war in Vietnam had be a catalyst in President Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision not to seek another […]
Blu-ray Review: Beowulf – Director’s Cut
Beowulf is the oldest surviving poem in the English language. The epic work was written sometime between the 8th and 11th centuries. In the poem, Beowulf battles three rivals: Grendel who is attacking the Danish mead hall known as Heorot and its citizenry; Grendel’s mother; and later in life after returning to Geatland and being […]