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Ratatouille opens

Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille opened on friday (june 29)  in 3,940 theaters according to Box Office Mojo. The film is wowing the critics, garnering an impressive 94% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer, and a perfect 100% with the Cream of the Crop critics. The film is being gushed over for its look (Chicago Tribune: “you have never seen a computer-animated feature with this sort of visual panache and detail”; Minneapolis Star Tribune: “I defy you to name another animated film so overflowing with superfluous beauty”), its story (Beaumont Review: “If rival studios ever adopted Pixar’s story process for their films, there would be no need for critics”; Associated Press: “Ratatouille is free of the kind of gratuitous pop-culture references that plague so many movies of the genre; it tells a story, it’s very much of our world but it never goes for the cheap, easy gag”), and especially its director (Slate: “Brad Bird’s best movie yet, and from the writer-director who made two of the best American animated features of the past decade… that’s something”; New York Magazine: “this puts him somewhere between Chuck Jones and Michelangelo”). The film hasn’t won over every single critic though (Arizona Daily Star: “The wild, devoted praise afforded Bird’s solid yet tepid films puzzles me. It’s as though society is playing a joke that everyone but me and a few others are in on”; Time Out NY: “Ratatouille is a film made for snobs that may still repel them”). Box Office Prophets sees a first place $56 million opening for the film. Box Office Report concurs with the exact same prediction. .

 

Disney's full details onThe Muppet Show: Season 2 DVD box set

Mark your calendars Muppet-fans!

Buena Vista Home Entertainment has finally released all the details on the highly-anticipated and long-awaited release of "The Muppet Show: Season Two" on DVD. The four-disc "special edition" set will include all 24 episodes from the second season of "The Muppet Show" along with a nice collection of bonus features and extras. The fully-loaded DVD box set of the complete second season is planned to hit store shelves on August 7, 2007...that's less than 95 days away!

Below is the list of the DVD features  which include the other Muppet Show pilot, all new Muppet interviews and Weezer's "Muppet Show" music video. Disney has also released new cover art for the DVD. There will be collectible packaging (similar to the fuzzy boxes released for the season one set).

Well, hopefully you are all planning to rush out and set up camp infront of your local DVD retailer so you can be the first in line to get the set when it comes out on August 7th.

 

Episode Listing:
• Don Knotts
• Zero Mostel
• Milton Berle
• Rich Little
• Judy Collins
• Nancy Walker
• Edgar Bergen
• Steve Martin
• Madeline Kahn
• George Burn
• Dom DeLuise
• Bernadette Peters
• Rudolf Nureyev
• Elton John
• Lou Rawls
• Cleo Laine
• Julie Andrews
• Jaye P. Morgan
• Peter Sellers
• Petula Clark
• Bob Hope
• Teresa Brewer
• John Cleese
• Cloris Leachman

Bonus Features:
• Original Pilot: "The Muppets Valentine Show"
• The Muppets on Muppets: Kermit, Gonzo, Rizzo and others sit down for all-new exclusive interviews
• Weezer & The Muppets: More than just a music video
• ...and much more!

Retail Specifications:
• 4-disc DVD collection
• $39.99 suggested retail price
• Release date: August 7, 2007

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