Transformers: The Movie Reconstructed
February 20, 2006
Transformers fans rejoice! The movie has been released for the third time on region 2 dvd, but this time it’s different. It’s a new version of the movie boasting 5.1 dolby sound and more visible picture than has ever been seen before and a...
The Takara Collection Volume 1: Headmasters
February 12, 2006
It’s Transformers, but not quite how you might remember it. In 1987 the Americans decided they didn’t want to make the cartoon anymore and ditched it after 3 episodes into Season 4. The Japanese were not ready to let the show die. Ignoring...
The Adventures of SharkBoy and LavaGirl in 3-D
February 3, 2006
After the gritty, hyper-violent world of Sin City (2005), Robert Rodriguez returned to more family-oriented fare like the Spy Kids movies with The Adventures of SharkBoy and LavaGirl in 3-D (2005). Inspired by the stories of his son, Racer Max, the film...
Fantastic Four
January 30, 2006
Capitalizing on the theatrical release of the live-action Fantastic Four movie, Buena Vista has released the animated TV show that aired in 1994 and 1995. The Fantastic Four was a popular comic book created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the 1960s. It...
The Muppet Show: Season 1
January 29, 2006
For anyone who grew up in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, The Muppet Show was an integral part of their childhood. Jim Henson’s brainchild was to create a variety show hosted by dogs, frogs and monsters. The result is an ingeniously funny TV show...
Superfriends: Volume
December 17, 2005
ABC ran this incarnation of the Superfriends as part of an hour-long package with Challenge of the Superfriends in the 1978-1979 season. This version featured Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman and Aquaman with the Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna (and...
Batman The Animated Series: Volume 3
December 15, 2005
Batman lay dormant on the animated front during the 1980s. It wasn’t until the commercial success of Tim Burton’s films that Warner Bros. green-lighted an animated series. Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski were chosen to work on the new show based on concept...
Are We There Yet?
December 4, 2005
There seems to be a disease going around big action heroes at the moment. First it was Vin Diesel, who felt the need to soil himself in the kiddie comedy, The Pacifier (not literally, although that might have improved things somewhat), and now Ice Cube,...
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
November 16, 2005
Over the last few years children have been treated to the magical tales of Harry Potter through a series of blockbuster novels and movies, but now comes something for those children who found Potter a bit mainstream: a bleak, askew story of gothic proportions,...
Astro Boy: The Complete Series
October 13, 2005
This latest incarnation of Astro Boy (2003) is an update of the classic anime created by Tezuka Osamu that was one of the key shows that fueled a cult following the genre had in North America. All 50 episodes of this series (including 29 that never aired...
