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Scooby Heads South of the Border
If straight-to-video is dead, no one told Warner Bros. Home Video. Following on from its surprise summer 2002 feature Scooby Doo hit, WHV is releasing the all-new, feature-length movie Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico on September 30. A mystery set in Mexico with mucho DVD special features, the film [...]
The Animatrix and South Park: Season 2 Offer DVD Relief
With the dog days of summer reruns upon us, it’s a relief to know that there are several must-see DVDs and videos ready to fly out of the stores today. After months of hype and expectations, The Warner Bros. DVD The Animatrix will be available for rental and for sale [...]
Elmo Aardvark Babe Releases CD
On the heels of Elmo Aardvark Vintage Cartoon Soundtracks comes Modern Music from Outer Space, the first audio CD from sultry songstress and fellow Snappytoons cartoon star VaVa LaVoom. The release features pop music and songs composed by veteran cartoon thespian Will Ryan, who’s voice character work includes Scrooge McDuck, [...]
Ants, Neutron March on Post-Memorial Day Picnic
Topping this week’s slate of home video releases is Buena Vista Home Ent.’s A Bugs Life – Collector’s Edition. This time around, the Disney/Pixar comedy/adventure is accompanied by grocery list of extra features including “Fishy Facts” from the two studios’ latest work, Finding Nemo, which opens on Friday. Also included [...]
Disney Returns to Atlantis
Arriving on DVD and VHS today is the direct-to-video sequel to Disney’s 2001 theatrical release Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, Atlantis: Milo’s Return promises to stay true to the design concepts of popular comic book artist Mike Mignola, whose flat, graphic and layered style defined [...]
Finding Nemo Soundtrack Surfaces
A week before Disney/Pixar’s latest CG feature film hits theaters, the original motion picture soundtrack for Finding Nemo will land in stores. The release highlights the work of composer Thomas Newman whose cousin, Randy Newman, created memorable songs for the Disney/Pixar collaborations Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc. [...]
Before you get Reloaded, Reach Equilibrium
For sci-fi/action fans who can’t wait for the highly anticipated second installment in the Matrix trilogy, Buena Vista Home Ent. has the perfect fix with the cult gem Equilibrium, a superb actioner debuting today on DVD and VHS. Featuring visual effects by Digital Firepower, director Kurt Wimmer’s Equilibrium takes place [...]
Action Figure Animation Comes of Age in Storm Cloud
For a lot of animators, toy action figures made great guinea pigs for those early childhood animation experiments. And while many of those artists have moved on to more professional mediums, there is at least one studio devoted to making legitimate action stars of those 12-inch, poseable descendants of G.I. [...]
Barbie of Swan Lake Lands at Entertainment Rights
For the third consecutive year, U.K. company Entertainment Rights has been awarded world-wide television and home entertainment rights (excluding North America) to Mattel’s new CG feature Barbie of Swan Lake, animated by Mainframe in Canada. The previous Barbie titles, Barbie in the Nutcracker and Barbie as Rapunzel have been surprise [...]
Monsters on DVD Rampage
Today’s home video releases unleash a couple of beasts in the form of a six-armed stop-motion octopus and a green-painted Lou Ferrigno. The Ray Harryhausen classic It Came From Beneath The Sea and The Incredible Hulk Collection are now on DVD for the first time. In the 1955 atomic-age monster [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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