Zelma has been taught from a young age that falling in love with the right man and giving everything she has to him in as womanly a way as possible is the key to her long-time happiness. But as hard as she tries, Zelma constantly grapples with her inner self and society’s perception of who…
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost / Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders Blu-ray review
As some fans might be already aware of, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a Japanese company called Mook produced four Scooby-Doo direct-video movies which were Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost, and Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, which are based on the classic cartoon series…
Jetsons:The Movie
Meet George Jetson. His boy Elroy. Daughter Judy, Jane his wife. Okay and let’s not forget the rest including Astro the family dog and Rosie the Robot in this 1990 feature length film of the hit cartoon series known as Jetsons: The Movie. In this film Jetson’s boss Cosmo Spacely (voice of Mel Blanc), is…
My Neighbor Totoro (Disney) Blu-ray Review
The animated cinema of Hayao Miyazaki no longer needs an introduction. Over the last 3+ decades the man, and the studio he help created, Japan’s now famous Studio Ghibli have created a near non-stop barrage of animated classics. They range from complex plotted mythological wonders, to simple family tales. The one through-line between then all…
Aladdin (1992) Diamond Edition (Disney) Blu-ray Review
Disney’s The Little Mermaid was released in 1989, and began a second “Golden” era for the famed animation house. The prior 15 or so years had proven to not be the best in terms of quality for Disney, and the decade between 1989-1999 proved to be one of the studio’s finest filmmaking decades in their…
Adventure Time: The Complete Fifth Season (Cartoon Network) Blu-ray Review
When my daughter first found Adventure Time while watching Cartoon Network many moons ago, I found myself immediately drawn to the show. I immediately recognized the show as satirizing the RPG/Fantasy universe’s that I grew up playing games in and reading about. Over the years the creators of Adventure Time have proven that the show…
Adventure Time: The Complete Fourth Season (Cartoon Network) Blu-ray Review
I go through phases with Cartoon Network programming, when they kicked off in the early 90’s they seemed more like a repository for the Hanna Barbera library of cartoons before creating extremely memorably original content like the Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Laboratory and more. They seemed to lull for a few years before hitting…
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Disney) Blu-ray Review
The early 2000’s was an uneven period for Disney animation. After the early 90’s brought them back to the forefront of animation with films like Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and the Lion King they began a decent in quality starting with Pocahontas. Starting around 2000 they started to change things up from the musical-feature…