Animation
Beauty And The Beast
Finally, one of my favorite Disney stories has been released on DVD. "Beauty and the Beast" is not only a special edition two-disc set, but is also an "experiential" DVD set that includes the new, breathtaking 91-minute Special Edition [...]
Grave Of The Fireflies
Why is it that the vast majority of adult American filmgoers continue to look down upon animated feature films as being just for kids? As a lifelong fan of animation I’ve never quite understood this bias. Fortunately not all cultures share this disdain [...]
The Great Mouse Detective
The Walt Disney Studio’s animated fare from the 1970s through the mid-1980s is much maligned among animation fans and it’s certainly true that no real classics emerged during that period. Still, a fair number of highly entertaining films are included [...]
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Jimmy Neutron is another one of the Nickelodeon TV shows that has recently hit the big screen. Viacom is currently having this trend, it seems, that leads the to turn many of their Nickelodeon intellectual properties into movies, as witnessed by the [...]
Justice League
"Justice League" is the latest animated series from the creative folks at Warner Brothers Animation who forever changed the way "cartoon" superheroes were treated with their critically-acclaimed "Batman: The Animated Series" [...]
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
What do you get when you add martial arts, time travel, killer cyborg beetles, Robin Hood, talking dogs, and a Scottish brute armed with bagpipes and a machine gun for a leg? Samurai Jack from Cartoon Network, of course. This unique effort from creator [...]
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
While Anime has been around for years in various incarnations, such as "Speed Racer", "Battle of the Planets" and "Starblazers", it wasn’t the 1988 release "Akira" that western audiences really sat up and began to [...]
Balto II: Wolf Quest
Following the tried-and-true Disney formula and their own steps with the "Land Before Time" series, Universal Home Video is now releasing a direct-to-video sequel to their beloved animated feature film, 1995’s wolf saga "Balto." [...]