Blu-ray Review: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
A.A. Milne’s fanciful books about his son’s stuffed animal’s come-to-life were purchased by the Walt Disney Company in 1961, and the first animated short was released in 1966. Additional shorts followed in 1968 (winning an Academy Award) and 1974 (earning an Oscar nomination). In 1977, the three shorts were blended together with some additional sequences […]
Blu-ray Review: The Aristocats
Disney’s 20th Animated feature released in 1970, The Aristocats has the distinction of being the last full-length cartoon green-lit by Walt, and the first completed after his death. While it’s a fun film, featuring a memorable title song, the slightly different approach to things by Disney animators—a greater emphasis on rougher line-type drawings then the […]
DVD Review: The Smurfs Holiday Celebration
Given the release of a Smurfs live action/CGI film earlier this year, it should come as no surprise that the renewed interest in the group of small blue fictional creatures has lead to the release of various compilation DVD’s of the Smurfs 1980s Saturday morning cartoon. In October, Warner Bros. put out The Smurfs Holiday […]
DVD Review: The Smurfs – A Magical Adventure
Voice Cast: Don Messick (Papa Smurf, Azrael), Paul Winchell (Gargamel), Lucille Bliss (Smurfette), Danny Goldman (Brainy Smurf), Michael Bell (Johan, Lazy Smurf, Handy Smurf, Grouchy Smurf), Frank Welker (Peewit, Hefty Smurf, Poet Smurf), Hamilton Camp (Greedy Smurf, Harmony Smurf), Henry Polic II (Tracker Smurf), William Callaway (Clumsy Smurf, Painter Smurf), Alan Oppenheimer (Vanity Smurf, Homnibus), […]