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Are You There Charley Bear?

May 31, 2011

 Are You There Charley Bear?

Since Little Charley Bear hit the screen on CBeebies, pre-schoolers across the country have been enjoying the magical, colourful world of Charley and his collection of sweet friends. Now for the first time, a DVD has been created so that children can... 

Fireman Sam: Ready for Action

April 20, 2011

 Fireman Sam: Ready for Action

Over recent years Fireman Sam has had a complete overhaul. The little figurines that were painstakingly filmed using stop-motion animation are now gone and have instead been replaced by high-tech computer generated graphics, bringing this much loved children’s... 

Yogi Bear (Blu-Ray)

April 8, 2011

 Yogi Bear (Blu-Ray)

Yogi Bear, or, Is A Bear Shit In The Woods? It’s fair to say that the dearly departed William Hanna and Joseph Barbera had a knack for creating memorable cartoons characters. The list is as long as your arm – Top Cat, Hong Kong Phooey, Wacky Races,... 

Fantasia/Fantasia 2000

November 29, 2010

 Fantasia/Fantasia 2000

It seems amazing now but in the late 1930s Mickey Mouse’s popularity was waning. Donald Duck was proving to be more popular with movie-going audiences. However, Mickey was Walt Disney’s favourite character and he devised a special short film that... 

The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery in the Mist Edition

April 12, 2010

 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

April 6, 2010

 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

July 17, 2009

 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)

June 12, 2009

 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

March 23, 2009

 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

March 13, 2009

 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... 

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