It’s no classic Christmas special, but what is? If you’re looking for more seasonal animated entertainment, try Happiness Is… Peanuts: Snow Days. This short DVD includes two mini-features: She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown, and episode 18 of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, both new to DVD. Happiness Is… Peanuts: Snow Days She’s a [...]

Warner Brothers has released more details about the next original DC Universe animated feature, Justice League: Doom. (I put the earlier voice casting news up at that link.) The movie will be released on February 28, 2012. The Blu-ray Combo Pack (list price $24.98) will include these special features, according to the press release: • [...]

I guess the Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising set that came out this week did pretty well, since Shout! Factory has just announced Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season. Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season The set will be available March 6, 2012, on either four DVDs or in a Limited Edition Blu-ray four-disc set. Both [...]

When the Transformers Prime CGI animated series began on The Hub at the end of last year, it did so with a five-part miniseries. Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising Now, Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising is available on DVD in a special format. The miniseries has been edited together into one uninterrupted movie, and it’s available starting [...]

I blush to admit that I’ve never read a Tintin comic book, although of course, I’ve heard of the boy adventurer and I love the ligne claire style. With the movie due here later this year, it seemed an excellent time to sample this Shout! Factory animated release and introduce myself properly to Tintin. This [...]

The Lion King Trilogy Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day features 55% off two recent Disney collections. The Lion King Trilogy (eight discs, including The Lion King, The Lion King 1½, and The Lion King 2 on DVD and Blu-ray), list price $100, is now $45. Cars Director’s Edition (11 discs, including Cars, Cars 2, [...]

Next Tuesday, November 22, is a huge release day for home media — movies, TV shows, and cartoons — since it’s the Tuesday before the holiday shopping season officially starts on Thanksgiving weekend. Everyone wants to be on the shelves when customers show up to spend money and buy gifts. Among the many items coming [...]

Disney/Pixar has released the trailer for Brave, as shown here: This film, which will be released June 22, 2012, is the first of Pixar’s movies to star a female lead, so I’m very curious to see how they tackle the idea of a Scottish “princess” in what they’re terming a fairy tale. Update: Courtesy of [...]

One of the major new characters in Cars 2 is the female spy car Holley Shiftwell, voiced by Emily Mortimer. Shiftwell is new to field work, but she takes to it quickly, even rescuing herself and boss Finn McMissile (Michael Kaine) from a deathtrap, as shown in this clip. I was surprised to find that [...]

Here’s a clip from the Toy Story Toon “Hawaiian Vacation” (from the just-released Cars 2 DVD) that sets up the premise and shows all your favorite toys, including a new cameo by Lego minifigs that tickled me. Story Supervisor Jason Katz describes the generation of the story like this: “One of the initial ideas involved [...]

I was curious to see this latest Pixar movie. It’s the worst-reviewed of any of their films, and the first one in a long time that KC and I didn’t see in the theater, knowing it would be available on home video soon enough. And here it is! Cars 2 Cars 2 wasn’t what I [...]

I found a couple of Young Justice video clips that elaborate on two moments I mentioned in my review of Season 1 Volume 2. The first shows Superboy learning to channel his anger usefully, as the team fights Amazo: The second features the new Topo telling Aqualad’s origin through animated flashback cartoon:

As with the first volume, Young Justice Season 1 Volume 2 is a bare-bones, just-the-episodes disc. I didn’t care much for the first few episodes, but I keep hearing that the show continued to improve over its run, so I figured I’d try these next four and see what I thought. “Schooled” begins with Superboy [...]

Out yesterday were DVD volumes three and four of the cartoon The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! Volume Three Volume 3, Iron Man Unleashed, has these six episodes, pitting the team against Kang the Conqueror and Black Widow, among others: Masters of Evil 459 The Man Who Stole Tomorrow Come the [...]

Casting information on the next original DC animated movie, Justice League: Doom has already been released. Now, here’s the official trailer, showing Vandal Savage assembling the Legion of Doom to take down the Justice League. Justice League: Doom is due out early next year. I admit, there’s something about seeing all the big-name heroes teamed [...]

In preparation for the debut of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Warner has released this first scene of the new cartoon: The one-hour debut special will air on Cartoon Network Friday, November 11 at 7 PM. Further episodes of the CG-animated series will launch next year as part of the “DC Nation” programming block. The [...]

I haven’t heard much about this film previously, but I’m always excited to see another Ardman movie. They’re the folks behind Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, and their style, a kind of lumpy Claymation, is adorable. This movie opens at the end of March 2012, under two different titles. In the UK, it’s The [...]

We’d been anticipating this one, since buzz from friends was good. We were hearing that it was faithful to the classic Frank Miller/David Mazzucchelli story while still being entertaining in its own way. Our friends were right. Batman: Year One is a little over an hour, but it’s solid and unflagging. It moves from key [...]

Review by KC Carlson Probably best known for its earwig of a theme song (“It’s truly, truly, truly outrageous!”), Jem and the Holograms holds a unique place in animation history, is of interest to comic book historians, and has a truly dedicated fanbase — how many other long-defunct cartoon shows have their own annual convention? [...]

The first three DVD releases of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated have been simple, four-episode discs labeled “Season 1 Volume X”. Now, via TV Shows on DVD, comes word that Warner is changing its release strategy. Unfortunately, it isn’t to a complete season set, as older fans have been hoping. “Season 1 Part 2″ will contain the [...]