Blu-ray Review: Aladdin (Signature Collection) (1992)
Once again, Disney has opened the vault for a re-release of the 1992 film, Aladdin on Blu-ray as the tenth title in their ‘Signature’ line. Video has been remastered and is now Presented in a different aspect ratio than the Diamond Edition, 1.66:1, versus 1.85:1, while audio appears unchanged. As is often the case, this […]
Aladdin (Diamond Edition) (Digital Disney Movies Anywhere)
Disney recently released the 1992 hit Aladdin on Blu-ray, and I was given the chance to check out the film via Disney Movies Anywhere. For those unfamiliar with Aladdin, the story centers around the title character (voice of Scott Weinger, singing voice by Brad Kane), a homeless orphan living on the streets of the city […]
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Surf’s Up Scooby-Doo! (DVD)
A new two-disc collection, Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Surf’s Up Scooby-Doo! features a brand new 22-minute cartoon, “Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie.” Frank Welker provides the voice of both Scooby-Doo and Fred, as the whole gang—Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) Velma (Mindy Cohn) and Daphne (Grey Griffin)—as they head out on a vacation to Florida. When a […]
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (DVD)
First introduced in 1969, the adventures of Scooby-Doo—a talking brown Great Dane—and his teenage friends Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville “Shaggy” Rogers who solve crimes involving supposedly supernatural creatures has become a cultural phenomenon. Given the success of several animated series, and live-action films, it’s no surprise that Warner Bros. found success […]
The Shadow (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)
Based on the very popular 1930’s radio character, original comic books, and several pulp novels, The Shadow stars Alec Baldwin as Lamont Cranston, the crime fighter “who learned in the Orient the power to cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him.” Once a ruthless drug lord, he’s been trained by Tibetan holy man named […]
Blu-ray Review: Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
The Scooby series’ latest direct-to-video original movie, Stage Fright finds the Mystery Incorporated gang—Fred (voiced by Frank Welker), Daphne (Grey Delisle), Velma Dinkley (Mindy Cohn), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and of course, Scooby-Doo (Welker, again) traveling to an old opera house in Chicago, where auditions are being held for an America’s Got Talent-style TV competition. Everyone […]
Blu-ray Review: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (25th Anniversary Edition)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis with funding from Steven Spielberg, Who Framed Roger Rabbit was loosely adapted from the 1981 book Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. Released in 1988 to box office success and critical acclaim, the film won Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Editing (with […]
Blu-ray Review: Frankenweenie
After several years of mostly crafting other people’s work into his own vision, Tim Burton returned to his own material for Frankenweenie. An expansion of a live-action short Burton made for Disney way back in 1984, the black-and-white and stop-motion animation film plays homage to horror classics of yesteryear and the bond between a boy […]
DVD Review: The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show
Growing up, I occasionally read the Heathcliff comic strip, but I also considered him a second rate Garfield. So while I had a stuffed Garfield on my bed and Garfield pencils in my pencil box, Heathcliff was largely ignored. Whatever I may have thought, Heathcliff first debuted in 1973 (five years before Garfield) and is […]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon arrives in a four-disc Ultimate Edition Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on January 31st
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (December 27, 2011) – From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg, in association with Hasbro, Paramount Pictures’ global smash hit Transformers: Dark of the Moon returns to Earth January 31, 2012 in a four-disc Ultimate Edition Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD combo pack with UltraViolet™ and a Digital Copy. A must-own […]