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Zune Downloads: What’s Available?

by Rashel Dan
If there's one thing that Microsoft can be hailed for, it is for the Zune player and the many Zune downloads that are available for the small and capable machine. This new player player has many fans in the form of end-users and content providers. Zune Reviews - Although it has been criticized as ...

Robin Hood, one of the most beloved films in the Disney canon.

by Steve Collins
Robin Hood, the twenty-first animated film released by Walt Disney Studios, premiered on November 8, 1973. It was the first feature the studio released that had no creative input from Disney himself, who died in 1966, and had many Hollywood insiders doubting the ability of the studio to carry on without him. The success or failure of this one production would make or break the most successful animation studio in U.S. history. With so much at stake, it is surprising that the studio had allotted such a small budget to the production. To save money, the ...

Dumbo, Disney’s 4th Animated Feature

by Steve Collins
In 1941, Walt Disney distributed his fourth animated feature, Dumbo. Based on the children's book of the same name, written by Helen Aberson and drawn by Harold Perl, Dumbo follows the adventures of Jumbo, Jr., a baby elephant. Because of his unnaturally large ears, which give him the power to fly, Jumbo, Jr. is nicknamed "Dumbo." His only friend, other than his mother, is Timothy the mouse. When Disney submitted his first cut of Dumbo to ...

Disney Remembered

by Steve Collins
2008 ushered in the 85th year for the cartoon giant the world collectively refers to as Disney in general. Disney, specifically, began very simply in 1923. The first productions were called "Alice" comedies, beginning with "Alice's Day at Sea." Many folks today have no memory of Alice, but the name Mickey Mouse rings a ...