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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Spy Kids [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Carla Gugino
  • Robert Rodriguez
  • Antonio Banderas
  • Alexa Vega
  • Daryl Sabara
  • Alan Cumming
Release date: 2001-10-22
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £2.19

Review Spy Kids [2001] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

Spy Kids is a James Bond adventure for wee ones, with all the trimmings. This affable fantasy begins with Carmen and Juni Cortez soon to find out that their favourite bedtime story, "The Spies Who Fell in Love", is really the story of their parents. When Dad and Mom (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino) mess up their first mission after coming out of retirement, their kids must come to the rescue, equipped with some cool gadgets. The Cortez family gets involved in a bizarre plot hatched by a Pee-wee Herman-type entertainer named Fegan Floop (a wonderfully hammy Alan Cumming) that's as giddy as it is ridiculous. Needless to say there is plenty of derring-do concerning long-lost uncles, goofy monsters, double agents, evil robots, look-alikes, and energised chases. Did we mention the gadgets? Although Banderas and Gugino make terrific impressions, the movie is carried (as it should be) by the younger Cortezes, winningly played by Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara. Who would have thought an action/horror studio (Dimension) and writer-director Robert Rodriquez had this pleasing family film u p their sleeves? Rodriquez (who produced with his wife Elizabeth Avellán) seemed to be mired in cheesy horror films but here breaks out by capitalising on the talent that gave him instant status with his debut, El Mariachi (1992). Spy Kids has plenty of verve but never swerves into potty humour (OK, there is one good potty joke) or wicked gunplay. All 7-year-olds should have a film as fun as this in their film-going lives. -Doug Thomas, Amazon. [+]
com.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Jungle Book 2 (Special Edition) [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • John Goodman
  • Jim Cummings
  • Haley Joel Osment
  • Steven Trenbirth
  • Mae Whitman
  • Tony Jay
Release date: 2008-06-16
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £8.24

Review The Jungle Book 2 (Special Edition) [2003] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

After a delightful opening, in which jungle boy Mowgli (voiced by Haley Joel Osment) recaps much of the original Jungle Book in a sprightly shadow puppet show, The Jungle Book 2 swiftly turns into a carbon copy of the splendidly swinging previous movie. After his old pal Baloo the bear (voiced by John Goodman) draws Mowgli away from the man-village, with all its work and rules, and back into the glorious indolence of the jungle, the movie repeats-in a less energetic form-an encounter with Kaa the snake, the cockney vultures, a musical number at the monkey's palace, the menace of Shere Khan the tiger, and even the song "The Bare Necessities. " The only difference is that there's a girl named Shanti along for the ride; sadly, her character is so bland that it doesn't do much to justify the movie's existence. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Tarzan And Jane [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael T. Weiss
  • Kevin Michael Richardson
  • Greg Ellis (II)
  • Steve Loter
  • Jim Cummings
  • Don Mackinnon
  • Tara Strong
  • Victor Cook
Release date: 2002-07-22
Run time: 72 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.39

Review Tarzan And Jane [2002] / Walt Disney Home Video:

As Tarzan and Jane's first anniversary of wedded jungle bliss approaches, Jane ponders what gift would be appropriate-necessitating three flashbacks from the Disney television series explaining why various celebrations are out of the question. First Jane remembers when her old British school chums came to rescue her from the bush and whisk her back to civilization. Then Terk and Tantor help her recall the time diamond miners hired Tarzan only to double-cross him. The final remembrance features Jane's old neighbour Robert who flies to Africa to recover a music box he gave her-and to betray England. Michael T. Weiss and Olivia D'Abo do the honours as the voices of Tarzan and Jane and Mandy Moore and Phil Collins provide the vocals for two new songs. Like many of Disney's straight-to-video "sequels", the animation and story aren't up to par with the original; but the kids won't care. Ages 3 and up. -Kimberly Heinrichs, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Pixar Short Films Collection [Blu-ray]
Release date: 2008-06-30
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £23.99
Price: £17.77

Review The Pixar Short Films Collection [Blu-ray] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

Pixar's unprecedented string of hit animated features was built on the short films in this collection. John Lasseter and Ed Catmull used these cartoons the way Walt Disney used the "Silly Symphonies" during the 1930s: as a training ground for artists and a way to explore the potential of a new medium. Although it's only 90 seconds long, "Luxo, Jr. " (1986) ranks as the "Steamboat Willie" of computer animation: For the first time, audiences believed CG characters could think and feel. (It was also the first CG film to make audiences laugh. ) When the artists began work on Toy Story, they had learned so much from the shorts, they were ready to undertake that landmark creation. In the later shorts, the viewer can see the artists continuing to experiment: with a more realistic human figure in "Geri's Game" and with new ways of suggesting atmospheric effects in "Boundin'. " Some of the more recent shorts continue the adventures of the characters from the features. "Jack-Jack Attack" reveals what happened to the hapless baby-sitter while The Incredibles were off fighting Syndrome, while "Mater and the Ghost Light" shows that life goes on for the inhabitants of Radiator Springs. When Sully from Monsters, Inc. [+]
tries to adjust his seat in "Mike's New Car," the animators prolong the moment to wring every drop of humor from the situation-just as an earlier generation of animators milked Wile E. Coyote's antics for all they were worth. The long-unseen films for Sesame Street are an unexpected bonus. A delightful collection of entertaining shorts, and a significant chronicle of the growth of computer animation. -Charles Solomon.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / In Search Of The Castaways [1961]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Anderson Jr.
  • Wilfrid Hyde-White
  • Hayley Mills
  • Robert Stevenson
  • Maurice Chevalier
  • George Sanders
Release date: 2004-04-19
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.56

Review In Search Of The Castaways [1961] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review / The Three Caballeros [1944]
Release date: 2002-08-12
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.96

Review The Three Caballeros [1944]:

As a Disney oddity, they don't get much odder than Three Caballeros. Donald Duck receives a birthday package from South America, and the film proceeds to unravel like some peyote-induced hallucination. It starts out reminiscent of other Disney films, where shorts are cobbled together, such as "Make Mine Music" or "Fun and Fancy Free". The film has vignettes such as "The Cold-blooded Penguin" and "The Flying Guachito". After them it careens into part-travelogue, part-stream-of-consciousness animation. Not helping out much are Donald's "friends": Joe Carioca (a parrot) and Panchito (a rooster). They spend most of the rest of the film watching Donald chase skirt. That's right, Donald Duck is a wolf in this movie, and he chases every live-action señorita who bustles across the screen. Although some will say otherwise, Caballeros is for die-hard Disney, Donald or psychedelia fans only. -Keith Simanton, Amazon. [+]
com.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Captain Ron
Actors & Directors
  • Thom Eberhardt
  • Kurt Russell
  • Meadow Sisto
  • Mary Kay Place
  • Benjamin Salisbury
  • Martin Short
Release date: 2004-07-26
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.76

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Fox And The Hound 2
Release date: 2007-02-26
Run time: 66 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.89

Review The Fox And The Hound 2 / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Stitch - The Movie [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Chris Sanders (III)
  • Tia Carrere
  • Kevin McDonald
  • David Ogden Stiers
  • Daveigh Chase
  • Tony Craig (II)
  • Robert Gannaway
Release date: 2003-09-22
Run time: 58 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £2.14

Review Stitch - The Movie [2003] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Disney sets a record for bringing out a direct-to-video sequel after the initial film. Stitch: The Movie arrives only a year after the enjoyable Lilo & Stitch and reunites the title character (otherwise known as Experiment 626) with his earth-bound family in the warm Hawaiian sun. The story has a nice set-up: since Stitch is Experiment 626, where are the first 625 invented by Dr Jumba Jookiba? Odds are the island paradise will soon be spaceport central for many more aliens. As with other made-for-video Disney titles, the animation is not as complex or rich. This hurts this sequel even more since the original film had such a unique, pastel beauty. Unfortunately, the other elements of the film are just as flat. Even though most of the original voice cast returns, the entire production lacks the same spirit and charm, and the story's theme is recycled (get ready for more "Ohana means family"). On the plus side, the film starts with an Elvis Presley song ("Slicin' Sand") and is only 64 minutes long. The movie sets up the Disney TV series The Adventures of Lilo & Stitch. -Doug Thomas.

Release date: 2008-08-18
Run time: 242 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.28

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Review Walt Disney Home Video / Winnie The Pooh - The Book Of Pooh - Stories From The Heart [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Mitchell Kriegman
  • Winnie The Pooh
Release date: 2002-08-12
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.99

Review Winnie The Pooh - The Book Of Pooh - Stories From The Heart [2001] / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Jerry Stiller
  • Julie Kavner
  • Matthew Broderick
  • Ernie Sabella
  • Bradley Raymond
  • Nathan Lane
Release date: 2004-02-16
RRP: £19.99
Price: £24.17

Review Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata [2004] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata is an ingenious sequel that retells the original film's story from the perspective of best pals Timon the meerkat (voiced by Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa the warthog (Ernie Sabella). Anyone who has wondered how this odd couple met will find out here, beginning with Timon's flight from home following disgrace and his chance encounter with the sweet but lonely Pumbaa. With the arrival of young Simba (Shaun Flemming), The Lion King's familiar tale is reborn via a fresh angle, fleshed out by returning characters Rafiki the wise monkey (Robert Guillaume), Shenzi (Whoopi Goldberg), and Simba's love interest, Nala (Moira Kelly). While the retooled narrative proves a novel experience, The Lion King 3 is really a vehicle for voice actors Lane and Sabella, whose comic performances are shamelessly, broadly funny. Matthew Broderick, Julie Kavner, and Jerry Stiller are also in the vocal cast. The film was released in the US with the title The Lion King 1½-Tom Keogh.

Review Hit Entertainment / Jim Henson's The Hoobs - Hooble Dooble Doo!
Actors & Directors
  • Vivienne Cozens
  • Richard Bradley
  • The Hoobs
Release date: 2005-09-19
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.97

Review Jim Henson's The Hoobs - Hooble Dooble Doo! / Hit Entertainment:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / A Goofy Movie [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Goofy
Release date: 2001-02-05
Run time: 74 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £4.38

Review A Goofy Movie [1996] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Even as Disney has revelled in the success of its high-end animated features, it occasionally sneaks a lesser effort into cinemas, based on one of the many TV shows with which it dominates daytime TV. This one is based on perennial Disney favourite Goofy's adventures in domesticated bliss. Goofy is now a single dad; when son Max gets blamed for a prank gone wrong at school, Goofy blames himself and decides that, for his vacation, he's going to get away with Max alone. Of course, this is no treat for Max, who has just met the girl of his dreams and harbours no wish to spend the summer touring America with his square dad. The vacation is one disaster after another, though they aren't particularly funny disasters; the culmination involves Goofy's efforts to get Max backstage at a big rock concert. -Marshall Fine.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Tuck Everlasting [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Sissy Spacek
  • William Hurt
  • Alexis Bledel
  • Jay Russell
  • Scott Bairstow
  • Jonathan Jackson
Release date: 2005-08-01
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.56

Review Tuck Everlasting [2002] / Walt Disney Home Video:

With the makings of a classic, Disney's Tuck Everlasting is loosely but respectfully adapted from Natalie Babbitt's beloved children's book. This appealing fable focuses on the timeless Tuck family, blessed-and cursed-with immortality after drinking from a magical spring. Hiding their secret over passing decades, they are discovered in 1914 by Winnie (Alexis Bledel)-the only daughter of stern, upper-crust socialites-who encounters the life-affirming Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson) and grows enchanted with his family (Sissy Spacek, William Hurt, Scott Bairstow) while her parents fear she's been kidnapped. The film's teenage romance is invented (Winnie is younger in Babbitt's book), but it's charmingly appropriate, and Ben Kingsley is perfect as a menacing man of mystery. Scoring a solid follow-up to his equally enjoyable My Dog Skip, director Jay Russell turns Tuck Everlasting into a magical plea for living life to its fullest. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Prism Leisure / The Wind In The Willows [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Mark Hall (III)
  • Chris Taylor (VI)
  • Peter Sallis
  • Michael Hordern
  • Ian Carmichael
  • Richard Pearson (II)
  • David Jason
Release date: 2000-09-11
Run time: 78 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £14.99

Review The Wind In The Willows [1983] / Prism Leisure:


Review Noddy / Noddy - Noddy Builds A Rocket Ship
Release date: 2005-03-14
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £5.09

Review Noddy - Noddy Builds A Rocket Ship / Noddy:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Barbie Castle Collection - Barbie And The Diamond Castle/The Magic Of Pegasus
Actors & Directors
  • Greg Richardson
Release date: 2008-09-08
Run time: 160 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.98

Review Barbie Castle Collection - Barbie And The Diamond Castle/The Magic Of Pegasus / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Disney / Hannah Montana: One In A Million
Actors & Directors
  • Miley Cyrus
  • The Jonas Brothers
  • Heather Locklear
  • Billy Ray Cyrus
  • Emily Osment
Release date: 2008-09-15
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.98

Review Hannah Montana: One In A Million / Disney:

Human relationships are complicated regardless of whether you're young or old, or looking for love or friendship. When Miley's dad (Billy Ray Cyrus) and Lilly's mum (Heather Locklear) are attracted to one another in "Lilly's Mom Has Got It Goin' On," Miley (Miley Cyrus) and Lilly (Emily Osment) can barely contain their excitement, but an argument over who pays the bill raises the issue of sexism and puts an end to the romance. Jealousy threatens to tear apart the working relationship between Miley and Robbie Ray when The Jonas Brothers ask Robbie to write a song for them and Miley gets worried that her dad will like working with the guys better than working with her. A longstanding family feud between Miley's Mamaw Ruthie (Vicki Lawrence) and her Aunt Dolly (Dolly Parton) ruins the biggest night of Hannah Montana's life when she receives the International Music Award for "Best Female Artist" and the two most important women in her life can't seem to put aside their differences long enough to celebrate Hannah's accomplishment. Finally, professional and personal rivalry causes some serious ugliness between Mikayla (Selena Gomez) and Hannah Montana that affects both girls' reputations and their relationships with Jake. Funny thing is, Miley and Mikayla actually turn out to be pretty good friends. Throughout all four episodes, Jackson (Jason Earles) and Rico (Moises Arias) clash over everything from management style to business amenities, personal hygiene, and how each can best achieve his own notoriety. Bonus features include music videos "One in a Million" and "True Friend," a "Come Feud With Me" segment with Jackson narrating the ten top television feuds, and the Raven episode "Run Raven Run" in which Raven and Alana compete for the attentions of the newly transformed Devon Carter (Lil'J). -Tami Horiuchi.

Review Warner Vision International / The Wind In The Willows
Actors & Directors
  • Lee Ingleby
  • Bob Hoskins
  • Mark Gatiss
  • Matt Lucas
Release date: 2007-03-26
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £6.45

Review The Wind In The Willows / Warner Vision International:


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Spy Kids [2001], The Jungle Book 2 (Special Edition) [2003], Tarzan And Jane [2002], The Pixar Short Films Collection [Blu-ray], In Search Of The Castaways [1961], The Three Caballeros [1944], Captain Ron, The Fox And The Hound 2, Stitch - The Movie [2003], Fireman Sam - Triple Pack, Winnie The Pooh - The Book Of Pooh - Stories From The Heart [2001], Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata [2004], Jim Henson's The Hoobs - Hooble Dooble Doo!, A Goofy Movie [1996], Tuck Everlasting [2002], The Wind In The Willows [1983], Noddy - Noddy Builds A Rocket Ship, Barbie Castle Collection - Barbie And The Diamond Castle/The Magic Of Pegasus, Hannah Montana: One In A Million, The Wind In The Willows

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