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Animation
Tuesday, 12 July 2005 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
Vintage Mickey
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studio:
Disney DVD
distributor:
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
NR
starring:
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Horace Horsecollar, etc.
release years:
1928,1929,1931,1932,1933,1934
DVD release year:
2005
film rating:
Three and a Half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
Between them, Disney and Warner Bros. own almost a half of the entire
DVD market. Warners does it by volume, by creating interesting boxed
sets, and because they own not only the Warner Bros. library but most
of that of MGM. Disney does it more by volume than anything else, and
because so much of their library is ideal for kids.
Tuesday, 17 May 2005 |
Written by
Bryan Dailey
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title:
Team America: World Police
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studio:
Paramount Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
Unrated
starring (voices):
Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masasa, Daran Norris, Phil Hendrie
director:
Trey Parker
film release year:
2004
DVD release year:
2005
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Bryan Dailey
Last year, the semi-animated British action TV show “Thunderbirds” was
made into a big-budget Hollywood movie that featured live actors.
However, the original “Thunderbirds” TV show features marionettes with
visible strings, as well as fighter planes and missiles that too are
obviously scale models suspended from wires. The effect is a surreal
kind of Gumby meets Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer experience.
Tuesday, 10 May 2005 |
Written by
Dan Macintosh
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title:
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
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studio:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett
film release year:
2004
DVD release year:
2005
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture:
Three Stars
reviewed by:
Dan MacIntosh
Your appreciation of “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” will be
highly dependent upon your feelings about Bill Murray’s new, more
reserved comedic persona, as well as how you react to director Wes
Anderson’s droll sense of humor. Murray is funny here as Steve Zissou,
a washed up oceanographic documentary maker, but he’s not the
physically silly character he played in “Caddyshack,” nor the likeable
victim he portrayed for “Groundhog Day.” Instead, he plays the role of
a difficult man trying to come to grips with what he’s made of his
life. When he’s introduced to Ned Plimpton, allegedly his son (played
here by Owen Wilson), he thinks he’s found a lost soul he can take
under his wing. And for a brief period ...
Tuesday, 03 May 2005 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
Pocahontas (10th Anniversary Edition)
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studio:
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
G
starring:
Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means, Christian Bale, Linda Hunt
film release year:
1995
DVD release year:
2005
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odem
When Walt Disney Pictures first announced their intention to make a
feature-length animated film about the "romance" between Pocahontas and
Captain John Smith of England, a lot of objections rose up from Native
Americans, as well as women's organizations. "Pocahontas" marked the
first time Disney animation had ventured out to do a story based on
historical fact instead of fantasy or legend. General consensus held
that Pocahontas would not be fairly represented as a Native American,
nor as a woman, since the real Pocahontas' life was tragically ended
through sickness at age 22.
Tuesday, 15 March 2005 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
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title:
The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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studio:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG
starring (voices):
Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, Brad Bird, Sarah Vowell
film release year:
2004
DVD release year:
2005
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four-and-a-Half Stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
There’s much that’s incredible about “The Incredibles,” an energetic
and fairly inspired CGI-animated tale of a family of superheroes that
manages to gently satirize its chosen genre without mocking it. It’s
not in the least incredible that the movie just won the Oscar for Best
Animated Film of 2004 – while it had worthy competition, on the basis
of both originality and technical skill, it’s clearly the rightful
choice.
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