Animation

Dumbo Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ September 20, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Along with Snow White, Pinochio, Fantasia and Bambi, Dumbo stands as one of the pioneering early works of Walt Disney’s animation studio. And I doubt it has ever looked or sounded better than on this 70th Anniversary edition Blu-ray! …Continued…

LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace animated special comes to Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ July 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Okay, I had no idea that LEGO was making TV specials now. This is kind of cool. My nephew plays the crap out of all of those LEGO video games on his XBOX 360. I’ve played a few myself and I’ve got to tell you, they’re way fun. Really well put together with a great sense of humour. From the look of the trailer above, the LEGO Star Wars special, The Padawan Menace, shows all the signs of capturing the kid-friendly mayhem of the games. …Continued…

Batman: Year One Blu-ray announced and detailed

By Brenden ⋅ July 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The Batman: Year One animated film premiered to rave reviews at the San Diego Comic Con over the weekend. Shortly before hand, Warner announced the full details of the Blu-ray disc, which will be released everywhere this coming October. If the reviews and the trailer above are any indication, this is going to be one hell of a Batman film. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Kung Fu Panda 2 Blu-ray trailer

By Brenden ⋅ July 11, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Yeah, I know, the video embed above says “DVD Trailer” on it but you know the drill. Not unlike an evil, duplicitous ninja, this trailer serves two masters – advertising both the standard and the high-def disc releases of Kung Fu Panda 2, both apparently due out in October. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Animated Batman: Year One Blu-ray trailer

By Brenden ⋅ July 8, 2011 ⋅ One comment

We saw a tease for Warner‘s upcoming direct to video Batman: Year One animated film on the Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Blu-ray a month or so back. As is par for the course in those pieces, there wasn’t much in the way of finished animation in the clip. Just a lot of design work, storyboards and interviews. With the release of the trailer above, we can finally get a sense of how this thing is going to look when it hits Blu-ray on October 18th. …Continued…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Three Blu-ray announced and detailed

By Brenden ⋅ June 21, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It was almost exactly a month ago that Amazon.ca leaked the package art and release date for The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Three Blu-ray set. Well, they got the art right but the date was actually a week off. Warner has officially announced the set for an October 18th release, with a collection of special features that mimic earlier sets. Expect further details in the near future, like the announcement of digibook packaging (I’m going to be pissed if they skimp out on the book this time!) and the non-revelation that the episodes are only encoded in compressed audio. …Continued…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Three Blu-ray set in October

By Brenden ⋅ May 20, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Wow! This is unexpectedly early. Amazon.ca (a source of tons of early Blu-ray info this week!) has posted their pre-order page for the upcoming Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Three Blu-ray boxed set. The release date is listed as October 25th, which matches up to the time frame of previous street dates. …Continued…

Walt Disney’s Dumbo officially announced for Blu-ray release

By Brenden ⋅ May 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s been over a year since Dumbo was released on Blu-ray in Mexico and now finally, at long last, Disney has announced it’s heading north to the US and Canada. Dumbo will hit store shelves on September 20th, in a 70th Anniversary Blu-ray edition that seems to echo the previous release in every way, outside of the packaging. …Continued…

The Lion King and Lion King Trilogy Blu-ray boxed set available for pre-order

By Brenden ⋅ April 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Disc details have yet to be officially announced by the studio but Amazon has put three Blu-ray versions of The Lion King up for pre-order today. …Continued…

The Incredibles Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ April 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

What do you say when one of the best animated films of the last decade makes its way to Blu-ray in a near perfect presentation with a ton of special features? How do you describe a disc of this variety? What words can one possibly use outside of amazing, wonderful, marvelous, spectacular, remarkable, phenomenal, prodigious, breathtaking, extraordinary, unbelievable… All right, there are a lot of synonym’s for incredible. You get where I’m going with this. The Incredibles was incredible in the theatres back in 2004 and now it’s incredible on Blu! …Continued…