Blu-ray Review: Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault Volume 2
One of the highest grossing media franchises of all time, Looney Tunes debuted in 1930 as a series of shorts featuring a cast of characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig. Featuring a group of animators including Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, and Chuck Jones, among others, they were given the freedom […]
Blu-ray Review: The New Fred and Barney Show – The Complete Series
Founded in 1957, Hanna-Barbera became known for several iconic animated series. Debuting in 1960, The Flintstones were one of the most popular, becoming the first with a prime-time slot on television. While the original run ended in 1966, The Flintstones lived on in reruns, specials and spinoffs 1979 saw the debut of The New Fred […]
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 […]
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 […]
DVD Review: The Jetsons Meet the Flinstones
Originally airing from 1962–63 and again from 1985–87, The Jetsons was Hanna-Barbera’s Space Age complement to The Flinstones. Both franchises are amongHanna-Barbera’s most popular creations, so it makes perfect sense they would be brought together in 1987’s The Jetsons Meet the Flinstones. 92 minutes long, the feature aired as part of their Hanna-Barbera Superstars series, […]