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January 4, 2010 – Our newest review covers Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: 2-Disc Super-Sized Edition. In stores tomorrow, Sony's computer-animated comedy/adventure expands upon the beloved children's book with the story of an outcast inventor who creates a device that causes a variety of foods to rain down from the sky.
January 26, 2010 – Soon to gross $100 million domestically, The Princess and the Frog leaps to home video on March 16th
February 26, 2010 – Our latest review looks at Ponyo, the latest film from legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, this film tells the story of a young boy and the somewhat magical goldfish he rescues who, against her wizard father's wishes, turns herself human. As usual, Disney's release lets viewers choose between the original Japanese audio and the studio's Western-friendly dub.
February 27, 2010James and the Giant Peach, the lesser known of the two Tim Burton-produced, Henry Selick-directed stop motion '90s Disney films, will be making its Blu-ray debut this summer
March 11, 2010 – Just posted: our The Princess and the Frog DVD review. Out next week, Disney's 49th animated feature returns the studio to the traditional hand-drawn methods they're best known for in this musical fairy tale set in 1920s New Orleans. A waitress kisses a frog claiming to be a prince only to find herself likewise transformed into an amphibian.
March 23, 2010 – Kelvin Cedeno brings us a review of today's high-definition debut for Toy Story, the 1995 film that changed the way animated movies are made
March 24, 2010 – Aaron Wallace covers the Blu-ray + DVD of Toy Story 2. According to Disney's official website, Beauty and the Beast is heading to Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD on November 23rd. The first animated film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, this hit 1991 musical is expected to become the second entry in Disney's line of Diamond Edition Blu-rays
March 25, 2010 – We've just posted cover art for Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue. The third movie in Disney's strong-selling computer-animated direct-to-video series will arrive a month ahead of schedule, on September 21st in DVD and Blu-ray + DVD versions
March 26, 2010 – We've updated our page on Disney Release Types with information on Disney's Diamond Edition Blu-rays. In related news, Disney has told retailers to expect Beauty and the Beast's Blu-ray combo first on October 5, 2010. Following a model employed a year earlier on Snow White, Disney will issue the second 3-disc Diamond Edition (2 Blu-rays, 1 DVD) in both "Blu-ray + DVD" and "DVD + Blu-ray" packaging. Beauty's 2-Disc DVD will street on November 23rd.
April 16, 2010 – As once contested and long expected, Disney has announced Tim Burton's 2010 Alice in Wonderland will indeed be coming to DVD and Blu-ray on June 1.
April 20, 2010 – Final cover art for the Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition Blu-ray + DVD has been posted here.
April 23, 2010 – We've just posted the press release for Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, the third entry to the Disney Fairies movie series, complete with a picture from this human-fairy convergence adventure, due on September 21st.
April 26, 2010 – Confirming what we told you months ago, Disney Movie Rewards has announced that Fantasia will make its Blu-ray debut in December, specifically on December 7th. Walt Disney's 1940 musical masterpiece is expected to become the third Diamond Edition release and be joined by its sequel Fantasia 2000. There is no word yet on whether Disney will delay the anticipated standard DVD re-release as they have done to encourage combo pack purchases of other entries in the line.
May 1, 2010 – Updated Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue cover art has been posted.
May 8, 2010 – Amazon.com has added listings for Disney's announced James and the Giant Peach: Special Edition. According to the e-tailer, the release will be available as a Blu-ray + DVD Combo or as a standalone DVD on August 3rd.
May 14, 2010 – Cover art for the James and the Giant Peach: Special Edition Blu-ray + DVD, scheduled for August 3rd, has been posted here.
May 21, 2010 – Disney has announced last year's motion capture extravaganza A Christmas Carol for DVD and Blu-ray release on November 16th.
May 26, 2010 – Kelvin Cedeno reviews Alice in Wonderland, the 2010 Tim Burton film that's likely to be most associated with Lewis Carroll's title for some time. Coming off a phenomenal box office run that made it one of the highest-grossing movies ever with $1 billion in global earnings, Alice futterwacks to home video next Tuesday. Mia Wasikowska stars as the teenaged heroine who plunges down the rabbit hole to a fantastic world that's home to the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), the tyrannical Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), and animals ranging from the imposing Jabberwocky to a hookah-smoking caterpillar.
June 11, 2010 – Kelvin Cedeno brings us an interview with Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue's director Bradley Raymond and producer Helen Kalafatic. They discuss what we can expect from the upcoming third adventure in Tink and friends' third computer-animated outing. And Kelvin describes the 8-minute clip he got to see. Check out the full interview, which includes some new pictures from the movie.
Disney has announced a release date for the oft-delayed new edition of one of their lowest regarded animated films. The Black Cauldron: 25th Anniversary Edition will arrive on DVD on September 14th
June 22, 2010 – Here is an 8-minute clip from the upcoming Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, whose creators Kelvin Cedeno recently interviewed
July 28, 2010 – A rare Friday video debut has been set for How to Train Your Dragon. DreamWorks Animation's hit fantasy will come to disc on October 15th
August 1, 2010 – Kelvin Cedeno serves up a review of this week's James and the Giant Peach Blu-ray debut. The second and less famous 1990s stop-motion fantasies directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton, this adapts one of Roald Dahl's most beloved novels. A young boy escapes the home of his abusive aunts Spiker and Sponge in a giant peach he shares with human-sized talking insects.
August 13, 2010 – UPDATED with bonus features! Per a tradition now in its fifth year, Disney has announced a November home video debut for this summer's Pixar movie. Toy Story 3 will be available on November 2nd
August 27, 2010 – Disney has officially announced the Blu-ray debuts of Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 for November 30th
September 13, 2010 – Just in time for street date, we take a look at The Black Cauldron: 25th Anniversary. Disney's first PG-rated animated feature, this dark, ambitious fantasy is adapted from Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain series. It tells the story of an adolescent pig-keeper who looks to prevent the evil Horned King from acquiring the titular cauldron and reign of the undead army that comes with it.
September 15, 2010 – Kelvin Cedeno reviews Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, the third adventure in Disney's computer-animated direct-to-video series. Set in summer, this one puts Tinker Bell in the custody of Lizzy, a young human girl who's a big fan of fairy culture. The rest of the Pixie Hollow gang sets out to rescue their friend. Available next week on the Blu-ray + DVD Combo pack
October 1, 2010 – Aaron Wallace reviews Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition Blu-ray + DVD. The only traditionally animated film nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award, this 1991 musical fairy tale is one of Disney's all-time most beloved works. Next week, it becomes the second entry in the studio's top line of animated classic Blu-ray combos.
October 24, 2010 – Our latest review covers Tuesday's Blu-ray and DVD release of Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. It tells the story of Kermit the Frog and the Muppets' team who got shipped by the Disney Patrol while volunteering for a free ticket to California's Disneyland Resort. With a help of a princess named Melinda, they were on a race to defeat the kingdom's high official named Dark Force, which forces the princess's roommate, Lily to marry Bobo the Bear in Prince Kermit's disguise.
October 25, 2010 – The long-anticipated Toy Story 3 hits stores next week, but you can read our review of the 4-Disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo right now. With their ranks thinning and playtime at an all-time low, Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and Andy's other remaining toys wind up at Sunnyside Daycare, where all is not as it seems.
October 29, 2010 – Disney has announced a February 1, 2011 release of the animated Alice in Wonderland's 60th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray + DVD combo
November 5, 2010 – Amazon.com has made Bambi, the third and next release in Disney's Diamond Edition line, available for preorder with a release date of March 1, 2011
November 11, 2010 – Disney's A Christmas Carol offers the latest filming of Charles Dickens' oft-retold redemption tale. With his ImageMovers Digital studio, Robert Zemeckis adapted, produced, and directed this feature in the motion capture animation medium he's adopted since The Polar Express. Jim Carrey stars as Ebenezer Scrooge and the three Christmas ghosts who visit him. Our review covers the 2-disc Blu-ray + DVD combo, which is released next week.
December 22, 2010 – Kelvin Cedeno brings us a thorough review of Disney's Fantasia & Fantasia 2000: 2 Movie Collection 4-disc Blu-ray + DVD combo. Returning to stores briefly for the first time in years and the first time in high-definition, Walt Disney's ambitious fusion of classical music and animation and its turn-of-the-millennium follow-up are treated to dazzling presentations and an assortment of new and retained bonus features.
December 28, 2010 – Our latest review looks at Despicable Me, the blockbuster computer-animated comedy with which new studio Illumination Entertainment was launched. Steve Carell voices Gru, a supervillain who plots to steal the moon to one-up his formidable new nemesis Vector (voiced by Jason Segel) with the help of three newly-adopted orphan girls.
January 3, 2011 – DreamWorks has announced a quick home video debut for its latest computer-animated film, Megamind. Boasting the voices of Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, and Tina Fey, the heroes and villains action comedy will come to disc on Friday, February 25th
January 7, 2011 – The CGI comedy Alpha and Omega tells the story of opposite wolves who are pulled away from their home to repopulate. Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Danny Glover, Dennis Hopper, and Christina Ricci lend their voices to this, the first feature from India's Crest Animation. Available Tuesday.
An April 12th release date has been set for the Blu-ray debut for Disney/Pixar's superhero flick The Incredibles. The same day, a Blu-ray + DVD combo of the original Cars will arrive.
January 19, 2011 – Disney's Tangled will be coming to home video on March 29th.
January 29, 2011 – Kelvin Cedeno takes a fourth and -- for now -- final look at Disney's animated filming of Alice in Wonderland for next week's 60th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray + DVD Combo.
February 18, 2011 – We take a look at The Last Unicorn, the 1982 Rankin/Bass animated film adapted from Peter S. Beagle's novel.
February 25, 2011 – DreamWorks Animation's film Megamind centers on a bald blue alien supervillain (voiced by Will Ferrell) who gets his wish of conquering his nemesis, Metro Man (Brad Pitt). This superhero satire co-stars Tina Fey and Jonah Hill as a news reporter and her cameraman, who are at the center of the change sweeping over Metro City. Released today on the Mega Double DVD Pack
March 1, 2011 – Aaron Wallace reviews Bambi, Walt Disney's fifth animated film and now his namesake studio's third entry in the Diamond Edition line. Nearly seventy years after its debut, this mature and atmospheric story of a deer, adapted from Felix Salten's novel, continues to delight.
March 26, 2011 – We take a look at Tangled, the hit CGI musical fairy tale that stands as the 50th animated feature in Disney's official studio canon. Unknowingly a princess, teenaged Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) spends her days inside a tower where her magical hair keeps protective Mother Gothel (Donna Murphy) young. Along comes charming outlaw Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi) who reluctantly takes Rapunzel to see the nearby kingdom's floating lights that mark her birthday every year. From the makers of Bolt with original songs by The Little Mermaid's Alan Menken, this acclaimed family comedy adventure comes to DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday.
April 24, 2011 – Disney fans have long been anticipating the return of The Lion King to DVD and Blu-ray, as the next entry in the studio's Diamond Edition line.
April 29, 2011 – UPDATE: We've just posted the full Dumbo Blu-ray & DVD press release, which elaborates on the restoration process and the DVD and Blu-ray bonus features mentioned earlier (revealing more BD-exclusives). The long-delayed U.S. Blu-ray debut of Dumbo has just been scheduled for September 20, 2011.
May 6, 2011Mars Needs Moms, the costly bomb with which Disney and ImageMovers Digital's partnership ended, will come to home video on August 9th.
On the same day, Disney will release The Fox and the Hound and The Fox and the Hound II: 2-Movie Collection.
May 9, 2011 – Paramount has scheduled a Friday, July 15th home video debut for the animated comedy western Rango.
May 18, 2011 – Ten years in the making, Gnomeo & Juliet was conceived at Walt Disney Animation Studios with the makers of Beauty and the Beast. Instead, it was produced at Miramax Films and, after that was sold, distributed by Disney's Touchstone Pictures. This hit G-rated, computer-animated comedy puts a twist on William Shakespeare's tragedy, setting its tale of young love among rival clans in a world of English lawn gnomes. James McAvoy and Emily Blunt lead a large accomplished voice cast, whose dialogue is complimented by new and classic songs by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Our detailed review covers the Blu-ray + DVD combo pack. Available next Tuesday.
May 20, 2011 – Disney has announced an August 23rd Blu-ray debut for Bambi II. The 2006 sequel will be available as a 2-disc Blu-ray + DVD combo pack.
November 22nd is to see the Blu-ray + DVD release of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and the DVD return of Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World.
May 26, 2011 – Disney has confirmed October 4th Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D debuts of The Lion King in a press release which schedules the new 1-disc DVD Edition for November 15th and announces a two-week 3D theatrical engagement beginning September 16th.
June 15, 2011 – Fox has announced Rio, presently the year's top-grossing animated film, will come to Blu-ray and DVD on August 2nd.
July 8, 2011 – Hopefully worth the wait, we've just posted our review of The Incredibles' recent Blu-ray debut and it is as thorough as any. We take an entirely new look at Pixar's Oscar-winning 2004 hit. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it tells the story of a family of superheroes forced to hide their powers in anonymity.
July 14, 2011 – Disney has announced an October 18th home video debut for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
July 15, 2011 – Our latest review covers Rango. Johnny Depp reteams with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, voicing a chameleon who is stranded in the desert and becomes sheriff of a drought-plagued small town called Dirt. This Nickelodeon Movies western comedy is the first animated feature made by Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic and has become the early frontrunner for next winter's Best Animated Feature Oscar.
August 7, 2011 – Our new review looks at this week's The Fox and the Hound & The Fox and the Hound 2: 2 Movie Collection Blu-ray + DVD combo. Disney's transitional 1981 animated classic tells the story of Tod and Copper, who quickly become unlikely best friends as children, but find their relationship strained when they enter adulthood.
Amazon.com has made Winnie the Pooh, Disney's 51st animated classic available for preorder as a single-disc DVD, a DVD + Blu-ray combo in DVD packaging, and a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo in BD packaging. The critically acclaimed new Pooh is expected to reach stores before Halloween
August 10, 2011 – Journey with us to Rio for a look at the sixth computer animated comedy from Ice Age creators Blue Sky Studios. This G-rated musical adventure tells the story of Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg), a sheltered, flightless blue macaw who leaves the comforts of Minnesota domesticity behind to save his species with Brazilian female Jewel (Anne Hathaway). The two birds are captured by smugglers, chained to one another, and set loose in the big city on the eve of Carnival. Now available on Fox's Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack
August 13, 2011 – Now available on home video, the sci-fi adventure Mars Needs Moms has a lousy reputation to live down after putting up on one of the worst box office performances on record. has a lousy reputation to live down after putting up on one of the worst box office performances on record. Adapted from the book by Bloom County cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, the latest costly motion capture film from Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers Digital (and its last distributed by Walt Disney Pictures) tells the story of a young boy who follows his abducted mother to the red planet, where aliens are harvesting human mothers' essence for their unusual child-rearing arrangement. Our review covers the 4-disc Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo
August 15, 2011 – Red Riding Hood, The Big Bad Wolf, and Granny are back in Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil. This untimely sequel to The Weinstein Company's 2006 hit animated comedy gets Granny (voiced by Glenn Close) mixed up with a witch's kidnapping of Hansel and Gretel (Bill Hader and Amy Poehler). Red (now voiced by Hayden Panettiere) and Wolf (still Patrick Warburton) reteam to solve a mystery that isn't what it seems. Coldly reviewed and one of the worst-performing movies of all time, Hoodwinked Too hits stores tomorrow and we look at Anchor Bay's Blu-ray + DVD combo
August 19, 2011 – Disney and Pixar will usher in the holiday season the minute Halloween ends with a November 1st Blu-ray, DVD, and Blu-ray 3D debut of Cars 2.
September 9, 2011 – Disney has officially announced Winnie the Pooh for Blu-ray and DVD release on October 25th.
September 23, 2011 – Sony has announced a Friday, December 2nd video debut for The Smurfs, their well-attended live-action/CGI filming of the comics and cartoon franchise.
September 27, 2011 – After much delay, Dumbo has finally made its US Blu-ray debut and we've got a thorough review. Walt Disney's fourth animated feature centers on a little circus elephant with big ears and an even bigger heart. Separated from his mother and reduced to child clownhood, the mute pachyderm makes the best of his situation with help from Timothy Q. Mouse. Now available on Disney's 70th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray + DVD.
October 4, 2011 – DreamWorks has set a December 13th DVD and Blu-ray release date for their summer release Kung Fu Panda 2
Join us for a detailed look at The Lion King: Diamond Edition Blu-ray + DVD, the fourth entry in Disney's line of best-selling animated classics. While still drawing big crowds in its ongoing theatrical rerelease, this blockbuster 1994 musical drama makes its Blu-ray debut today, boasting a spectacular presentation.
October 17, 2011 – Disney's all-time biggest film franchise continues in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. This streamlined sequel sets sail with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) on a quest for the Fountain of Youth. He is joined by former love Angelica (Penélope Cruz), the feared pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), and a newly peg-legged Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). Available tomorrow on the Blu-ray + DVD combo pack
October 22, 2011Winnie the Pooh, the 51st entry in Disney's animated classics canon, returns the Hundred Acre Wood gang to the stylings of the studio's Academy Award-winning earliest adaptations. Faithfully drawn from A.A. Milne's beloved original stories of the 1920s, this all-new musical adventure finds Pooh craving honey, Eeyore missing his tail, and the entire group trying to set a trap for the feared Backson. Earning some of the year's best reviews, this film comes to disc next week. Our review covers the DVD + Blu-ray combo
October 28, 2011Cars 2 brought an end to Pixar's long winning streak, earning the worst reviews of the studio's sixteen years in feature filmmaking. This incongruous sequel sends Lightning McQueen to Europe and Asia for a World Grand Prix run on an alternative fuel source, but more attention is paid to Mater, who is mistaken for a spy by British agents Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell.
November 11, 2011 – Confirming our suspicions, Disney has officially announced both Lady and the Tramp and Cinderella will make their Blu-ray debuts in 2012 as Diamond Edition Blu-ray + DVD combos. Lady will arrive in time for Valentine's Day, available February 7 as a 2-disc Blu-ray + DVD and a 3-disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy. A single-disc "DVD Edition" DVD will follow seven weeks later, on March 27th. Cover art posted here. Cinderella will follow in the usual early October window.
November 21, 2011 – Gear up for Wednesday's theatrical release of The Muppets by picking up the soundtrack at a low, low price from amazon.com.
December 3, 2011The Smurfs gives the live-action with CGI feature film treatment to the Peyo comic series and 1980s Hanna-Barbera NBC cartoon. Six Smurfs are transported from their medieval village to present-day New York City, where they are aided by an expectant couple (Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays) and pursued by power-hungry wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria) and his cat Azrael. Following a blockbuster run especially potent overseas, this PG comedy is now on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D.
December 15, 2011 – One of today's Golden Globe snubs, DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda 2, is our latest review. In this follow-up to the studio's 2008 hit, Po (Jack Black) tries to find innerpeace while ridding Gongmen City, with the help of the Furious Five, of destructive tyrant Lord Shen (Gary Oldman). Released this week on the loaded Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack
December 16, 2011 – Claiming the date normally reserved for Disney's most popular animation, the bestselling direct-to-video sequels The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and The Lion King 1½ will be making their Blu-ray debuts outside of October's trilogy collection on March 6th.
December 22, 2011 – Just in time for Christmas, we take a look at last month's Blu-ray debut of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas. Disney's direct-to-video 1997 sequel to their Oscar-winning gem looks at Belle's tumultuous holiday season as a captive in the castle of Christmas-hating Beast.
January 18, 2012 – Disney has set March 20, 2011 as the DVD and Blu-ray release date for The Muppets
January 30, 2012 – Inserts inside next week's Lady and the Tramp: Diamond Edition Blu-ray + DVD announce plans for a number of upcoming Disney animated Blu-ray releases. Given a "Summer 2012" date are 2 Movie Collection combo packs of The Rescuers & The Rescuers Down Under and Pocahontas as well as, for a limited time only, a Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure combo pack. August 7th will bring the BD debut of The AristoCats. Secret of the Wings, the next in Tinker Bell's lapsed annual Disney Fairies franchise, will release fall 2012. A different booklet reiterates Cinderella as the fall 2012 Diamond Edition and places Aladdin (which had been reportedly dropped from the collection) next, due to arrive spring 2013
February 7, 2012 – Today brings the Blu-ray debut of Lady and the Tramp, the fifth release in Disney's Diamond Edition line
February 23, 2012 – Our newest review looks at Puss in Boots, DreamWorks' spin-off from the Shrek franchise. Antonio Banderas once again voices the proud, dashing sword-swinging feline, who reteams with his old friend Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) and nimble thief Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) to swipe magical beans from the heinous Jack and Jill to become rich. Releasing tomorrow on the Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack
March 16, 2012The Muppets returns Jim Henson's furry, colorful creations to the big screen for the first time. Jason Segel co-wrote, executive produced, and stars in this reverential yet fun musical comedy which finds a Smalltown man, his longtime girlfriend (Amy Adams), and his Muppets-loving felt brother to Los Angeles, where Muppet Studios has hit hard time. To save their storied theater from a greedy oil baron (Chris Cooper), Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, and everyone else reunite to put on a big show. Full of cameos and homage, this was one of last year's most acclaimed films. Available Tuesday, The Wocka Wocka Value Pack serves up a fairly loaded Blu-ray, a thin DVD, a digital copy DVD-ROM, and a soundtrack download code.
Two of Walt Disney Animation Studios' least commercially successful films, Treasure Planet (10th anniversary) and Home on the Range, will make their Blu-ray debuts on July 3rd in Blu-ray + DVD combo packs
March 24, 2012 – The yearlong wait is finally over: Hop is now on Blu-ray and DVD! The second film from Universal's Illumination Entertainment (the company behind Despicable Me), this mixed-medium comedy brings together a California underachiever (James Marsden) and E.B. (computer-animated, voiced by Russell Brand), the son of the Easter Bunny. While they are sorting out their ambitions, a chick (voiced by Hank Azaria) plans an Easter Island coup and three Pink Beret bunnies come looking for E.B. Our review covers the Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + Mini-Movie combo pack, released yesterday
April 27, 2012 – Disney has announced an October 2, 2012 release date for the studio's next Diamond Edition title, Cinderella
May 15, 2012 – Our first look at next week's new Disney/Studio Ghibli Blu-ray + DVD combos comes with our Whisper of the Heart review. This 1995 coming-of-age drama follows a high school-bound, book-loving girl into adventure, music, romance, and a touch of feline fantasy.
May 18, 2012The Secret World of Arrietty, Studio Ghibli's latest film, comes to home video on Tuesday. Adapted from the 1952 novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton, this fantasy tells of a small family living in secret and the humans from whom they borrow what they need.
May 22, 2012 – Our coverage of today's new Studio Ghibli Blu-rays comes to a close with our Castle in the Sky review. Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the studio's first film follows two kids on an adventure on land and in the clouds, as pirates and military pursue the powerful, mysterious necklace they possess.
June 1, 2012 – A lot more Disney animation is coming to Blu-ray this summer. On August 21st, Disney will release three-disc 2 Movie Collections of The Rescuers (35th Anniversary Edition) & The Rescuers Down Under and Pocahontas.
But wait, there's more. On the same day, the studio will also issue a Special Edition Blu-ray + DVD combo pack for The AristoCats. Also arriving August 21st is a Bounce-a-rrrific Special Edition Blu-ray + DVD combo pack of 2000's The Tigger Movie and finally, Lady and the Tramp II: Special Edition Blu-ray + DVD.
Shortly after returning to theaters for the first time in 3D, Finding Nemo will at last find its way to Blu-ray, arriving on the format on December 4th. On the same day, Disney/Pixar's Up will be re-released in a five-disc Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
June 8, 2012 – Disney will bring just a single animated film to Blu-ray in October. 1986's The Great Mouse Detective will be released on October 9th as a 2-disc Mystery in the Mist Edition Blu-ray + DVD combo pack
June 22, 2012 – Disney has scheduled the Blu-ray debut of Pete's Dragon for October 16th
July 3, 2012 – We take a look at one of today's two new animated Disney Blu-ray debuts with a review of Home on the Range. This 2004 western was seen as the studio's last traditionally-animated film, until the medium's recent revival. It follows three cows on a mission to capture a cattle thief and save their farm.
July 20, 2012 – Disney has scheduled a 20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray + DVD combo pack for The Muppet Christmas Carol, releasing on November 6th.
Disney will release its two out-of-print modern sequels, Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, in a 3-disc (1 Blu-ray, 2 DVD) Special Edition 2 Movie Collection
August 12, 2012The Lorax, Illumination Entertainment's computer-animated adaptation of a classic Dr. Seuss book, is now available to own and we've got a review of Universal's Blu-ray 3D combo pack. The mustachioed orange creature who speaks for the trees (voiced by Danny DeVito) meets a savvy young inventor (Ed Helms) in a story being retold to a young modern-day Thneedville teenager (Zac Efron) who's never seen a real tree. This blockbuster musical adventure from the creative team behind Despicable Me.
August 16, 2012 – Our coverage of next week's Disney animation Blu-ray combo pack bonanza begins with a look at The Tigger Movie. The Hundred Acre Wood's first all-new feature film released to theaters, this 2000 film has Tigger searching for his family.
August 17, 2012 – The 1977 animated adventure The Rescuers and its 1990 sequel The Rescuers Down Under finally get revisited in next week's 2 Movie Collection Blu-ray + DVD. Rescue Aid Society mice Bernard and Miss Bianca hop an albatross down to Devil's Bayou to help New York orphan Penny, a girl kidnapped by pawn shop owners to find the world's most expensive diamond. In the sequel, the mice head to Australia, where a boy named Cody has been abducted by a poacher determined to capture a rare golden eagle and its eggs.
August 21, 2012 – The least exciting of today's Disney Blu-ray debuts is our latest review subject. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure picks up not long after Walt Disney's 1955 classic ended and focuses on the playful son of Lady and Tramp. Scamp looks to run with junkyard strays and falls for a girl from across the tracks.
August 22, 2012 – Our newest review covers this week's 2 Movie Collection Blu-ray + DVD release of Pocahontas. Released at the height of Disney's animation renaissance, the original film brings John Smith and the Virginia Company to Jamestown, where he secretly falls for the eponymous chief's daughter.
August 24, 2012 – Disney has scheduled a November 13th Blu-ray + DVD release of Brave
August 31, 2012 – Our coverage of last week's Disney animation Blu-ray bonanza concludes with a review of The AristoCats. Set in 1910 Paris, this 1970 film follows three kittens and their mother on an adventure after their owner's butler tries to drug them and leave them for dead.
September 7, 2012 – Aardman, the studio behind Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, returns to stop-motion animation in The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Adapted from the first book in a popular series, this British clay comedy finds The Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) aiming for the Pirate of the Year award by way of a scientific discovery competition with Charles Darwin and Queen Victoria. Following an acclaimed but slight spring theatrical run, the film is now available to own.
September 26, 2012 – An insert inside Cinderella's upcoming combo pack reveals that Aladdin has been bumped either from its spring 2013 Blu-ray release date or the Diamond Collection altogether. Peter Pan is now scheduled for a Blu-ray debut next spring, with The Little Mermaid confirmed to follow in the fall.
October 2, 2013 – Today, Cinderella becomes the sixth animated film treated to a Diamond Edition Blu-ray + DVD
October 12, 2012 – Today's new review covers Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. DreamWorks' blockbuster sequel takes the Central Park Zoo animals and friends to Monte Carlo, Rome, England, and beyond as part of a traveling circus. In stores Tuesday on the two-disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack
October 13, 2012 – Disney's 1977 partially animated live-action musical Pete's Dragon makes its Blu-ray debut on Tuesday and we've got a review of the 35th Anniversary Edition combo pack. At the turn of the century, a young orphan (Sean Marshall) and his usually invisible best friend, a 12-foot dragon, come to the harbor town of Passamaquoddy where they are embraced by lightkeepers (Helen Reddy and Mickey Rooney) but pursued by a family of hillbillies (headed by Shelley Winters) and a charlatan doctor (Jim Dale).
October 22, 2012 – After a year off, Tinker Bell's film series picks back up with tomorrow's release of Secret of the Wings. In this feature-length adventure, Tink ventures into the forbidden Winter Woods, where her wings mysteriously begin glowing. She proceeds to discover why while making a dear friend.
November 2, 2012 – Last year's Aardman Animations family comedy adventure Arthur Christmas finally arrives in stores next week and we've got an early review of Sony's Blu-ray + Blu-ray + DVD combo pack. The film centers on Arthur (voiced by James McAvoy), the clumsy son of Santa Claus who sets out to save Christmas by delivering an overlooked bicycle to the girl who asked for it. He's joined on this mission by his 136-year-old Grandsanta (Bill Nighy) and a spirited elf (Ashley Jensen).
November 5, 2012The Muppet Christmas Carol celebrates its 20th anniversary with this week's Blu-ray premiere. This highly regarded adaptation of Charles Dickens' redemption tale stars Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge and casts Gonzo and Rizzo as storytellers.
November 12, 2012 – Our latest review looks at Brave, the thirteenth and latest film from Pixar Animation Studios. Set in the Scottish Highlands during the Middle Ages, this fantasy adventure centers on Merida, a fiercely independent princess who resists the traditions her mother enforces upon her. A witch's spell changes her life immediately and she has mere hours to fix it.
November 16, 2012 – Disney has officially announced Peter Pan as its next Diamond Edition Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack. The 1953 animated classic will fly to stores on February 5th in a two-disc Blu-ray + DVD combo pack and a 3-disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy with storybook app.
November 21, 2012 – We review today's widest theatrical opening. Based on William Joyce's series of picture books, DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians finds Jack Frost joining the ranks of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman to protect the world's children from the Boogeyman called Pitch Black.
November 25, 2012 – Released to theaters ten years ago this week, Treasure Planet has become our latest review subject. Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island in space, this pricey adventure was a major flop at the box office and a major reason why Disney abandoned traditional animation.
November 27, 2012 – A January 29th Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and DVD release has been announced for Sony Pictures Animation's hit Hotel Transylvania
November 30, 2012 – Disney has set a January 8th DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D release date for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie
December 14, 2012 – Disney has set March 12, 2013 as the day when three animated classics will make their Blu-ray debuts. Arriving in 2-Movie Collection Blu-ray + DVD Combo Packs are Mulan, Brother Bear, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
December 18, 2012 – The Touchstone Pictures blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit will make its Blu-ray debut on March 12th, alongside the recently-announced 2-Movie Collections given to Disney animated classics Brother Bear, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Mulan
December 21, 2012 – Today's review covers the recent Blu-ray debut of Finding Nemo. This Oscar-winning 2003 film remains the all-time #1 seller on DVD and the theatrically best-attended Pixar film.
January 3, 2013 – Disney has announced a March 5th Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and DVD release for its acclaimed hit Golden Globe-nominated latest animated film, Wreck-It Ralph
January 4, 2013 – In our newest review, we look at Tim Burton's stop motion animated feature Frankenweenie, adapted from his 1984 live-action short. A boy uses the electrical power of lightning to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life. This highly acclaimed black and white flop hits stores Tuesday in a four-disc Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack.
On the heels of its underperforming theatrical reissue, Monsters, Inc. will get a new 5-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition combo pack on February 19th
January 25, 2013 – Tonight's new review covers the Blu-ray 3D combo pack of Hotel Transylvania. This computer-animated family comedy is set in a hotel for monsters owned and operated by Count Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler), who remains overprotective of his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) even as she turns 118. Available on Tuesday in Sony's three-disc Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD combo pack
February 1, 2013 – On Tuesday, the sixtieth anniversary of its theatrical release, Peter Pan becomes the seventh Disney animated film treated to a Diamond Edition combo pack. One of the most beloved films from Walt's era, this 1953 release adapts J.M. Barrie's play and novel in which three London kids are whisked away to Never Land for adventures with pirates and Indians.
February 14, 2013 – As expected, Rise of the Guardians will hit home video in time for Easter
March 4, 2013 – Our newest review looks at Wreck-It Ralph, the 52nd film from Walt Disney Animation Studios. This Oscar-nominated comedic adventure follows the titular dejected villain (voiced by John C. Reilly) of a 30-year-old 8-bit video game into the colorful universes of his arcade neighbors. Available tomorrow, Disney's 4-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition presents the film on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, and Digital Copy.
March 6, 2013 – Today's new review covers next week's Blu-ray debut of Disney's 1996 animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Victor Hugo's novel comes to life in the Broadway-esque fashion of the studio's renaissance with songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz and the directors of Beauty and the Beast. It hits stores in a 2 Movie Collection, 3-Disc Special Edition
March 7, 2013 – Our latest review takes a thorough look at Rise of the Guardians, the holiday adventure that became one of DreamWorks Animation's rare flops. Based on William Joyce's book series, the film finds Jack Frost joining the super team of legendary figures (Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Sandman) to save the world from nasty boogeyman Pitch Black. It hits stores Tuesday in a set designed for Easter business.
March 8, 2013 – In theaters today, Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful serves as a prequel to one of the most beloved films of all time. Directed by Spider-Man's Sam Raimi, this big budget fantasy sends a carnival magician (James Franco) from 1905 Kansas to the magical world of Oz, where he is greeted by witches (Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams) as the wizard who will fulfill a prophecy.
March 12, 2013 – Another Disney animated musical makes its Blu-ray debut today. Fifteen years ago, Mulan stuck to the renaissance formula and was better received by critics and moviegoers than its immediate predecessors. Based on the ancient Chinese legend, it tells the story of a young woman who poses as a man to take her aging father's place in China's army assigned to defend against Hun invasion.
March 22, 2013 – Disney has just scheduled three more animated features, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Lilo & Stitch for 2 Movie Collection Blu-ray debuts on June 11th
April 10, 2013Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Steven Spielberg-produced, Robert Zemeckis-directed 1988 blockbuster credited with revitalizing animation, is our newest Blu-ray review subject. Set in 1947 Hollywood, the film follows a private eye (Bob Hoskins) investigating the murder of a cartoon studio head believed to have been performed by a rival studio's star. Full of cameos from the likes of Looney Tunes, Disney, and beyond, this film won four Academy Awards including a special achievement honor.
April 16, 2013 – Today's new review covers Disney's recent 2 Movie Collection of Brother Bear. The 2003 film, an Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature, hit theaters during a time of change and doubt for Disney Animation. It features song by Phil Collins and tells the story of a young man (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix) who is transformed into a bear.
April 19, 2013 – Disney has cemented The Little Mermaid as its next Diamond Edition release on October 1st
May 1, 2013 – Disney has officially announced a June 11th home video release for Oz the Great and Powerful
May 6, 2013 – Disney has announced an August 27th Blu-ray debut for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, the studio's first Pooh film, originally released to theaters in 1977
May 17, 2013 – August 6th will be the next big day for Disney animation on Blu-ray. That Tuesday will bring new anniversary edition combo packs of The Sword in the Stone (50th anniversary), Robin Hood (40th anniversary), and Oliver & Company (25th anniversary).
A week later, we'll finally get the long-advertised The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray debut of The Muppet Movie. The gang's first theatrical outing, released in 1979, August 20th will see the Blu-ray debut of the 2002 theatrical sequel Return to Never Land
May 20, 2013 – We look at Howl's Moving Castle, one of two animated films from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli making their American Blu-ray debuts this week in a Disney Blu-ray + DVD combo pack. This 2004 fantasy adapted from Diana Wynne Jones' novel was a huge hit in its native Japan and a Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee in America, where its voice cast includes Christian Bale, Billy Crystal, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall, and Josh Hutcherson. A young hat shop worker cursed to looking and feeling 90 years old gets aboard the titular mechanical vessel of a fabled wizard.
May 23, 2013 – Our newest Blu-ray review covers My Neighbor Totoro, the 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film. In 1950s Japan, a family moves to the countryside where the two young daughters discover some interesting creatures in and outside of their new house. Now available in Disney's Blu-ray + DVD combo pack
June 4, 2013Escape from Planet Earth hits stores today, more than seven years after being first announced. This computer-animated sci fi family comedy follows extraterrestrials to our planet, where an American general locks them up and plans to exploit their intelligence. An unexpectedly strong performer in theaters last winter, this Weinstein Comedy release features the voices of Rob Corddry, Brendan Fraser, William Shatner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, and Sofia Vergara.
June 8, 2013 – Our newest review covers Tuesday's Blu-ray debut of The Emperor's New Groove. The original 2000 film is among the most highly regarded films by Disney Animation of its era.
June 11, 2013 – Another Disney animated classic hits Blu-ray today. Lilo & Stitch stands the studio's last big traditionally animated hit. The 2002 comedy centers on the unlikely friendship formed between an alien experiment and a lonesome Hawaiian girl.
June 13, 2013 – Disney's big budget fantasy Oz the Great and Powerful returns us to the universe of L. Frank Baum's beloved book series. Directed by Spider-Man's Sam Raimi, the film follows 1905 carnival magician Oz (James Franco) into a colorful world bearing his name. There, he is expected to fulfill a prophecy and slay a wicked witch, but which of the three witches (Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz) is it?
June 21, 2013 – Pixar Animation Studios adds to its trend of brand expansion with the prequel Monsters University, now in theaters. To fulfill his childhood dream, one-eyed Mike Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal) enrolls in Monsters University's scarer program, where he meets James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) and the two join a fringe fraternity of misfits to compete in Scare Games.
Disney's Academy Award-nominated 1983 animated featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol will make its Blu-ray debut in a 30th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack arriving November 5th
On the same day, the studio will also release Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year in a "Gift of Friendship Edition" Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack
August 2, 2013 – Disney has announced the two animated films that will be released in Blu-ray combo packs next year as Diamond Editions. The Jungle Book will make its BD debut on February 11, 2014, while Sleeping Beauty, which premiered on Blu-ray as a premature 50th Anniversary Edition in 2008, will this time make the leap to Diamond Edition in October
August 3, 2013 – Another Disney animated film makes the leap to Blu-ray as we review Oliver & Company. This 1988 release retools Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist into the musical tale of an orphaned kitten who joins a pack of pickpocket stray dogs. Available Tuesday on the 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray + DVD combo pack
August 5, 2013 – Disney's 1963 animated film The Sword in the Stone makes the leap to Blu-ray tomorrow. Adapted from T.H. White's novel, this fantasy musical finds young future king Wart tutored by the wizard Merlin in a number of different forms.
August 9, 2013 – Disney expands the world of Pixar's Cars with Planes. Launching this spin-off franchise, this film from the makers of the Tinker Bell movies centers on Dusty Crophopper, a crop duster who tries to realize his improbable dreams of air racing by competing in an international event. It opens in 3,400 theaters, some presenting it in 3D.
Disney has announced an October 29th Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and DVD release date for Monsters University
August 10, 2013 – Our coverage of this week's Disney animation combo packs concludes with a look at Robin Hood. This 1973 musical, all-animal adaptation of the English legend makes its Blu-ray debut
August 11, 2013The Muppet Movie hits Blu-ray this week in Disney's The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition and we've got a review. This 1979 comedy shows us how the gang first met, as Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Miss Piggy and others come together and head to California, while trying to avoid the persistent frog leg restaurateur Doc Hopper (Charles Durning) and his assistant (Austin Pendleton).
August 13, 2013 – Disney will release an Of Pirates & Pigs Collection Blu-ray on December 10th, consisting of Muppet Treasure Island and The Great Muppet Caper
August 15, 2013 – Expectedly timed to the theatrical release of Saving Mr. Banks, Mary Poppins will make its Blu-ray debut on December 10th in a 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack
August 20, 2013Epic, the ninth animated feature from Blue Sky Studios, tells the story of a human teenager who winds up shrunk down to the size of Leafmen, tiny forest warriors engaged in an ongoing struggle with decay-producing Boggans. Adapted from a book by William Joyce (Rise of the Guardians, Meet the Robinsons) and directed by Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots), this fantasy adventure hit disc today in Fox's Blu-ray + DVD + DigitalHD UltraViolet combo pack
August 28, 2013Return to Never Land, the DisneyToon Studios sequel given theatrical release in 2002, has hit high definition in a Special Edition Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy and we've got a review. In an effort to lure Peter Pan, Captain Hook mistakenly kidnaps Wendy's daughter Jane. The grown-up girl is immune to Never Land's charms and her disbelief hits Tinker Bell the hardest.
September 3, 2013 – Another Disney animated classic has hit Blu-ray and we've got a review. Released in 1977, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh strings together three 25-minute shorts produced over the preceding eleven years
September 4, 2013 – Disney passed on distributing Studio Ghibli's From Up on Poppy Hill, allowing GKIDS to step in and impress. Set in 1963 Yokohama, this coming-of-age drama, co-written by Hayao Miyazaki and directed by his son Goro, centers on high school students who discover secrets from the past while standing up to defend their beloved old clubhouse from pre-Olympic demolition. After a qualifying engagement last fall and a limited theatrical release in the spring, this film is now available to own in a loaded Special Edition Blu-ray + DVD
September 27, 2013 – August theatrical release Planes is hitting DVD and Blu-ray combo pack on November 19th
October 1, 2013 – We've just posted our review of Disney's The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
October 9, 2013 – Today's new review covers The Croods. Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon, Lilo & Stitch) and Kirk DeMicco (Space Chimps, Racing Stripes) wrote and directed this hit DreamWorks Animation comedy adventure about a family of prehistoric cave dwellers (voiced by Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and others) forced to adapt to changing times. The Croods is now available on Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD UltraViolet combo pack
October 19, 2013 – After two years off, The Muppet films picks back up with next week's release of Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. 2. In this sequel, Kermit the Frog ventures into the forbidden Sea Lagoon, where his body mysteriously begins glowing. He proceeds to discover why while making a dear friend, a sea princess named Clamina (Sarah Bolger). Soak out with our thorough review.
October 28, 2013Monsters University, the fourteenth feature film of Pixar Animation Studios, hits stores tomorrow and we've got a review. This prequel takes us back to Mike and Sulley's college days, where they form a rivalry until an expulsion from MU's hallowed scarer program requires them to join forces with a frat of misfits to compete in the annual Scare Games.
November 1, 2013 – This week, the 2006 film Cars become Pixar's latest film converted to 3D. Skipping a theatrical reissue, it went straight to stores in a three-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition, consisting of Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD, and downloadable digital copy. The blockbuster that strands a race car in a sleepy Route 66 town
November 2, 2013 – Disney finally releases a compilation of classic animated shorts to Blu-ray in next Tuesday's Mickey's Christmas Carol: 30th Anniversary Edition. That 1983 featurette retelling Charles Dickens' tale with Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge is joined by five additional shorts, ranging from 1939's The Hockey Champ to Disney Channel's Yodelberg from earlier this year.
November 8, 2013 – Disney has officially announced The Jungle Book as next February's Diamond Edition release. The Oscar-nominated musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's stories will swing to stores in a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy and a new DVD on February 11th.
November 11, 2013 – Today's new review covers the new Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack of Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year. This 2002 video premiere adds a new New Year's Eve-themed material to the Emmey-niminated 1991 television special Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too.
November 24, 2013 – Our newest review covers Planes, DisneyToon Studios' spin-off to Pixar's Cars universe. Launching this computer-animated theatrical series, this one follows a crop duster into the world of international racing, where he tries to combat a fear of heights. Now available on Disney's Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy combo pack.
November 27, 2013 – In theaters today, Disney's 53rd animated feature Frozen loosely fashions Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale The Snow Queen into a Broadway-style musical adventure. After a childhood accident, Anna grows up not knowing her older sister Elsa has powers. From a director of Tarzan and Surf's Up, a writer of Wreck-It Ralph, and a creator of Avenue Q and Book of Mormon, the film features the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, and Jonathan Groff.

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