Dinosaurs may be extinct, but they still rule the world. When the first episode of the six-part BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs originally aired, an estimated one out of every four Britons tuned in. What they witnessed was dinosaurs brought to life, not in the modern world as in Jurassic Park, but in their original habitats millions of years ago. Revived using computer-generated effects that …
Spirited Away
Exciting and heartfelt animated sagebrush saga detailing the adventures of Spirit (narration voiced by Matt Damon), a courageous mustang. After being captured by a U.S. cavalry colonel (James Cromwell) who wants to domesticate him, Spirit is befriended by Little Creek (Daniel Studi), a Lakota Indian, and is attracted to a mare named Rain while on a danger-filled journey to find freedom. Feature…
This live-action version of E.B. White's novel doesn't have quite the magic of, say, Toy Story. Instead of entertainment the whole family can be enthralled with, Stuart Little is squarely aimed, and successfully so, at the 4- to 10-year-old watcher. Does this make it a bad family film? Not in the slightest. The gee-whiz visual effects (created by original Star Wars wizard John Dykstra) and the …
Gold Collection edition of Disney's classic "Sword in the Stone" animated feature. Has lots of bonuses, including Micky and Goofy shorts, scrapbook gallery and various music.
South Park: Bigger
Disney's 1959 animated effort was the studio's most ambitious to date, a widescreen spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapting Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked Queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her 16th …
Bien des décennies avant que l'industrie hollywoodienne du film ne se distingue par des désastres financiers et de colossales productions de science-fiction, les studios de la Californie du Sud (et plus particulièrement ceux de la Metro Goldwyn Mayer) étaient célèbres pour leurs comédies musicales, phénomène cinématographique typiquement américain (et en voie de disparition). Ce…