The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery in the Mist Edition

Based on the series of children’s books entitled Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus, The Great Mouse Detective (1986) came out at a time when Disney was at one of its lowest ebbs, both creatively and commercially. They were a directionless studio in... 

Fantastic Mr. Fox

When it was announced that Wes Anderson would be adapting Roald Dahl’s short story Fantastic Mr. Fox, it came as something of a surprise. Up to that point, Anderson had only made films based on original material that he created himself or with a co-collaborator.... 

G.I. JOE: Season 1.1

The early 1980s was a good time for cartoons. Not only were several shows from the 1970s still in syndication but a whole new wave of cartoons emerged, including The Transformers and G.I. JOE. Supported by an impressive line of actions figures and an... 

The Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary)

When The Transformers debuted on American television in September 1984 with the episode “More than Meets the Eye,” a whole generation of kids fell in love with transformable robots and the accompanying toys became all the rage, spawning a legitimate... 

Gulliver’s Travels

In the 1930s, Walt Disney’s most formidable competition was the Fleischer brothers, Dave and Max. They pioneered numerous innovations in animation as is evident in the short films that they made about Popeye and Superman. In the ‘30s, they embarked... 

Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition

Pinocchio (1940) marked Walt Disney’s second foray into animated feature film territory, after the phenomenonal success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Based on Pinocchio: Tale of a Puppet by Carlo Collodi, early drafts stuck closely to the... 

Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, lived a beautiful princess. CGI was a phrase unknown to mankind. Hollywood introduced us to computers, giant boxes with blinking Christmas lights, their workings a mystery to everyone except Martians. The moniker... 

Code Monkeys: Season 1

Code Monkeys is a television show for anyone who owned a Commodore 64 personal computer or played Pac Man for hours. It’s a show for people who can remember seeing Tron or E.T. in theaters back in 1982 and yet with a nod to contemporary gross-out humour.... 

The Nightmare Before Christmas: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition

When The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) debuted in theatres, it was a modest commercial success but hardly the massive hit Disney had hoped for, especially with the pedigree of Tim Burton’s name above the title. It was well-received by critics who... 

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

There are those films in cinematic history that have redefined the way other films are made. The first talkie had silent film stars running for the hills. Snow White proved that a feature length animation can work. Jurassic Park spelt the end for the... 

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