September 22, 2010 Johanna Comic Book Films 2 comments

Scott Pilgrim on DVD/Blu-ray Before End of Year

Highly anticipated by its devoted fans, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on November 9, three months after its theater debut. The Blu-ray (list price $40) is jam-packed with special features. (If I hadn’t already upgraded my system, this would be my excuse.) It’s also a combo pack, coming with a DVD version and a digital copy. Both the Blu-ray and the DVD ($30) offer bloopers, deleted and alternate scenes (with commentary from director/co-writer […]

September 9, 2010 KC Television Reviews One comment

Lost: The Complete Sixth Season (and the Complete Collection)

Review by KC Carlson To paraphrase someone much smarter than me, “Writing intelligently about Lost is like dancing about architecture.” There has been so much written about Lost over the past six years that it’s been on broadcast TV — and especially this final year — it’s difficult to find anything new to say about it. Besides, it seems somewhat appropriate to attach Lost to a famous literary quote, especially one whose actual origins are widely disputed. (The original quotation […]

Fantasia & Fantasia 2000 Special Edition cover

September 5, 2010 Johanna Movie News 4 comments

Fantasia / Fantasia 2000 Double Disc Edition Announced

Due out November 30 is the re-release of Fantasia, Disney’s collection of animated classical music videos, in a special edition with its companion remake (with different musical pieces), Fantasia 2000. The Blu-ray is definitely the edition to get, since it comes with four discs (each movie on both Blu-ray and DVD) at a price difference of only $6. The list price is $46, while the two-disc DVD edition is $40. At Amazon right now, the price difference shrinks even further, […]

September 2, 2010 Johanna DCU Original Animation Leave a comment

Interview With Ed Asner, Granny Goodness in Superman/Batman Apocalypse

I don’t always run the interviews Warner Home Video sends out to promote their original DC animated movies, but I’m posting this one because I happen to think that Ed Asner as Granny Goodness is the most genius piece of voice casting ever. He originally played her in four episodes of Superman: The Animated Series and two episodes of the various incarnations of the Justice League cartoon. He’ll be continuing the role, described as “the primary henchwoman for the evil […]

August 29, 2010 KC Television Reviews 5 comments

Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season One, Part One

Review by KC Carlson As a DC comic book, the original Brave and the Bold title ran from 1955 to 1983. For the first 24 issues, it was an adventure-style comic featuring tales of the Silent Knight, Viking Prince, Robin Hood, Golden Gladiator, and others. Issues #26-49 featured try-out series (ala Showcase), the most successful of which were Hawkman, the Justice League of America, and (later) the Teen Titans. Beginning with #50, the title contained a series of stories featuring […]

August 23, 2010 Johanna Comic Book Films 6 comments

I Saw Scott Pilgrim

Actually, I saw Scott Pilgrim vs. the World on opening night, but then I went on vacation and forgot to post about it. Oops. I don’t think my recommendation would have helped, though, since the negative judgments came in fast and furious, whether it was hatred for the presumed ‘hipster’ audience, the wrong release date (up against the much more testerone-y Expendables), the inability of geeks to open a movie, the tendency of the presumed target audience to download films […]

August 22, 2010 Johanna Motion Comics 2 comments

Iron Man: Extremis Is Marvel’s Second Motion Comic DVD Release

Marvel and Shout! Factory have announced the second in their line of motion comic collections on DVD, after Astonishing X-Men (out September 28). Iron Man: Extremis is due out November 30. As described by the press release, Adapting the critically acclaimed storyline by superstars Warren Ellis and Adi Granov, Tony Stark (AKA Iron Man) faces his greatest threat ever — a terrorist transformed into an unstoppable force with the powerful bio-engineered Extremis super-soldier serum! Now Tony Stark redefines Iron Man’s […]

Superman/Shazam! The Return of Black Adam

August 10, 2010 Johanna DCU Original Animation Leave a comment

DC Showcase Cartoon Set Cover Emphasizes Superman, Captain Marvel

The cover has been released for the DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection, due out November 9. That corner cover copy says “Plus extended versions of 3 more original DC Comics animated shorts”, but they’re sure trying to make this look like a new original movie, aren’t they? Especially with that title treatment on the spine. I did like this cool banner they came up with for the promotional flyer, with a comic strip feel, although it should have been Captain […]

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