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In his elegantly modulated tone, Pierce Brosnan tells us at the onset of Oceans that to know the sea, you must see it, hear it, feel its power. The high definition documentary he narratives, a Euro-Disney co-production, brings the vastness of the oceans to the comfort of our living rooms. Oceans is out in a Blu-ray/DVD package. Breathtakingly photographed, Oceans offers a visual and sonic...

Disney and animals have been inseparable since Uncle Walt built an empire around animated ducks and mice. In 1948 the Disney studio expanded its scope with a series of �True Life Adventures� that brought drama and comedy to beautifully photographed, full-color travelogues of nature. Earth, a BBC/Disney co-production out now in a package featuring both a DVD and a Blu-ray disc, updates tho...

Disney and animals have been inseparable since Uncle Walt built an empire around animated ducks and mice. In 1948 the Disney studio expanded its scope with a series of "True Life Adventures" that brought drama and comedy to beautifully photographed, full-color travelogues of nature. Earth, a BBC/Disney co-production, updates those old nature pictures, with the resonant voice of James Earl Jones narrating a thematically linked...

Competing with Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney�s first star, was an irascible waterfowl called Donald. �The Chronological Donald, Vol. 4� is a superbly presented finale to a DVD series devoted to Donald Duck�s many short subjects. Packaged in a metal canister and introduced by genial movie historian Leonard Maltin, Vol. 4 includes interesting bonus features such as a look at Donald�s other career in c...

Anybody with a phobia of loud, shrieking little girls should stay as far away as possible tonight from the Marcus Amphitheater, where the Jonas Brothers do a 7 p.m. show. This sibling trio began modestly as wholesome rockers until Disney picked them up and reinvented them as tween lady-killers...

In new film Be Kind Rewind, Jack Black and Mos Def recreate Disney’s The Lion King on a shoe-string budget using life-size puppets. It’s a clever joke with a great visual, but viewers looking for a more realized adaptation of the The Lion King would be better served by the grand musical version performed at the . . .

In the brief two years since Disney’s made-for-TV production “High School Musical” debuted, the tween trendsetters have been quick to capitalize on its success, churning out a sequel, a concert tour, a stage musical and, most recently, an ice tour. Through Sunday, “High School Musical: The Ice Tour . . .