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Harold and the Purple Crayon: The Complete Series (2002) - DVD Review
Posted on 10.27.05 by HTQ4 @ 2:10 am
Harold and the Purple Crayon: the Complete Series DVD cover art

Film:
DVD:

Written by Melody Fox and Carin Greenberg Baker, based on the books by Crockett Johnson
Starring Sharon Stone and Connor Mattheus

Features:

  • 16-page activity booklet

Released by: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Rating: NR (suitable for all audiences)
Region: 1
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Rent it to try it out on your kids and then buy it if necessary

Harold has an incredible talent. With his amazing purple crayon (that never needs sharpening), he can create all kinds of new worlds for him to enter and he has many amazing adventures in these very purple worlds. Most of his adventures take place on nights that he's having trouble sleeping. Anyway, he enjoys having adventures in the rain, with musicians that he's created, and flying through the air!

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Categorized as: Animation and Reviews
Comments: None



Aardman Animation Lost to Fire
Posted on 10.10.05 by Widge @ 9:17 pm

Wow, could we have some more bad news, please? I'm just itching for some more tragedy in the world, aren't you? Let's see, thousands upon thousands dead in Asia, America's First Amendment getting beaten like a red-headed stepchild, and now in Britain, word that Aardman Animation's building is gone.

That's right. Gone. Everything from Creature Comforts, from the first three Wallace and Gromit shorts, Chicken Run all of it. Burned up and gone. And if the one picture I've seen from the CNN site is any indicator, it's a complete wash.

The timing is way too convenient for this: right after opening weekend of their second feature film in the U.S.? Who's responsible? Joss Whedon? Because Serenity is getting great reviews but outperformed by clay miniatures? I don't know. I'm way too goddamn depressed now.

Found via Slashdot.

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Categorized as: Animation
Comments: 2 Comments




Futurama, Vol. 2 (2000) - DVD Review
Posted on 10.06.05 by ScottC @ 10:03 am

Film:
DVD:

Series Created by Matt Groening
Starring the Voices of Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche

Features:

  • All nineteen second season episodes
  • Running audio commentary on all episodes
  • Deleted scenes
  • Concept art gallery
  • Storyboards for "A Bicyclops Built For Two"
  • Alien alphabet
  • International clips
  • Alien advertisements
  • Animatics for "Why Must I Be a Crustacean In Love?"

Released by: Fox Home Video.
Rating: NR
Region: 1
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: Own it.

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Categorized as: Animation and Reviews
Comments: None



His Name is Not Katow-Jo
Posted on 10.03.05 by Widge @ 3:47 pm

Manege-Frei is a charming and melancholy flash short in which a chicken-juggling circus bear faces his own lack of freedom.

Found via Screenhead.

Categorized as: Animation
Comments: None



A Freezerburnt Christmas (1997) - DVD Review
Posted on 09.26.05 by HTQ4 @ 7:11 pm

Film:
DVD:

Written and Directed by Michael Bannon
Starring the Voices of Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz, Darrell Hammond

Features:

  • Making-of Featurette
  • Trivia Game

Released by: MGM Kids
Rating: NR (suitable for all ages)
Region: 1
Anamorphic: Nope; full frame only.

My Advice: Skip it.

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Categorized as: Animation and Reviews
Comments: None



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