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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Ella Enchanted [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Hugh Dancy
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Minnie Driver
  • Jimi Mistry
  • Tommy O'Haver
  • Cary Elwes
Release date: 2005-04-18
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £2.92

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Review Baby Einstein / Baby Mozart - Music Festival
Release date: 2003-04-28
RRP: £11.99
Price: £11.97

Review Baby Mozart - Music Festival / Baby Einstein:

Baby Mozart is from the award-winning infant-developmental media company Baby Einstein, whose goal and philosophy is the satisfaction of a child's curiosity through sight and sound. In the main Theatre section of this disc you'll find lots of simple shapes, primary colours and favourite toys passing across the screen. Unlike the simpler earlier releases, this is focused on the works of Mozart, and so just like the Bach and Beethoven releases all the images are choreographed around the chosen pieces of music. This release was named Video of the Year by Child and Parent magazine and is a wonderful expansion of the company's original ideas. It's a slight advancement in expectation of your child from the more basic initial releases but has a Video Tutorial to help the parent understand how it all works. On the DVD: Baby Mozart is the name of the feature itself, but from the Main Menu you can enter a Concert Hall to replay the musical cues from the main show. Split into three sections (Little Ears, Playtime or Bedtime) you can mix and match from the main feature playlist (for example: Magic Flute, Concerto for Flute and Harp in C and movements from Piano Sonatas in C and D). There's also a Resources section with the aforementioned Video Tutorial and a Toy Chest crediting all the toys used, just in case a certain someone wants one of their own. -Paul Tonks.

Review Little Einsteins / Little Einsteins - Race For Space
Release date: 2008-05-26
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £4.98

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Pixar Short Films Collection
Release date: 2008-06-23
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £9.00

Review The Pixar Short Films Collection / 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 humour 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 Home Video / Brother Bear [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Jason Raize
  • Dave Thomas
  • Robert Walker (VII)
  • Rick Moranis
  • Jeremy Suarez
  • Joaquin Phoenix
  • Aaron Blaise
Release date: 2004-05-10
Run time: 82 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.53

Review Brother Bear [2003] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Disney's Brother Bear boasts a dramatic story-after he kills a bear, a young hunter named Kenai (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix) in prehistoric North America is turned into a bear himself and hunted by his own brother-but the animated movie's tone is more earnest and warm than tragic, focusing on the unfolding relationship between Kenai and an orphaned bear cub named Koda (voiced by Jeremy Suarez). However, it's often the comic supporting characters that prove the most popular, and a pair of moose voiced by Rick Moranis and Doug Thomas will win many fans. The songs by Phil Collins are typically negligible, but the hand-drawn animation is lush (occasional flashes of computer-generated animation clash with the movie's overall look). Kids will also enjoy the mammoths; but no sabre-toothed tigers, unfortunately. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Hit Entertainment / Percy The Park Keeper - The Classic Collection
Actors & Directors
  • Percy
  • Jim Broadbent
Release date: 2004-01-12
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.91

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Review Hit Entertainment / Barney - Sing That Song
Actors & Directors
  • Barney The Dinosaur
Release date: 2006-02-20
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.50

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Cars [Blu-ray] [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • John Lasseter
Release date: 2008-02-11
Run time: 112 min.
RRP: £26.99
Price: £14.99

Review Cars [Blu-ray] [2006] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

There's an extra coat of hot wax on Pixar's vibrant, NASCAR-influenced comedy about a world populated entirely by cars. Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) is the slick rookie taking the Piston Cup series by storm when the last race of the season (the film's high-octane opening) ends in a three-way tie. On the way to the tie-breaker race in California, Lightning loses his way off Route 66 in the Southwest desert and is taught to stop and smell the roses by the forgotten citizens of Radiator Springs. It's odd to have such a slim story from the whizzes of Pixar, and the film pales a bit from their other films (though can that be a fair comparison?). Nonetheless, Cars is another gleaming ride with Pixar founder John Lasseter, who is directing for the first time since Toy Story 2. There's the usual spectrum of excellent characters teamed with appropriate voice talent, loads of smooth humor for kids and parents alike, knockout visuals, and a colorful array of sidekicks, including a scene-stealing baby blue forklift named Guido. Lightning's plight is changed with the help of former big-city lawyer Sally Carrera (Pixar veteran Bonnie Hunt), the town's patriarch Doc Hudson (Paul Newman) and kooky tow truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy). The Incredibles was the first Pixar film to break the 100-minute barrier, but had enough story not to suffer; Cars, at 116 minutes (including some must-see end credit footage), is not as fortunate, plus it never pierces the heart. -Doug Thomas.

Review Touchstone Home Video / The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Catherine O'Hara
  • Danny Elfman
  • William Hickey
  • Glenn Shadix
  • Chris Sarandon
  • Tim Burton
Release date: 2006-10-02
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.27

Review The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) [1994] / Touchstone Home Video:

For those who never thought Disney would release a film in which Santa Claus is kidnapped and tortured, well, here it is. The full title is Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which should give you an idea of the tone of this stop-action animated musical/fantasy/horror/comedy. It is based on characters created by Burton, the former Disney animator best known as the director of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and the first two Batman movies. His benignly scary-funny sensibility dominates the story of Halloweentown resident Jack Skellington (voice by Danny Elfman, who also wrote the songs), who stumbles on a bizarre and fascinating alternative universe called. Christmastown! Directed by Henry Selick (who later made the delightful James and the Giant Peach), this PG-rated picture has a reassuringly light touch. As Roger Ebert noted in his review, "some of the Halloween creatures might be a tad scary for smaller children, but this is the kind of movie older kids will eat up; it has the kind of offbeat, subversive energy that tells them wonderful things are likely to happen. " -Jim EmersonOn the DVD:This Special edition is a must for all Burton fans with the biggest gem to be found on a DVD release-"Tim Burtons Early Films" which holds his first two works. Vincent is clear predecessor of Nightmare before Christmas using the same stop-animation style and voiced superbly by Vincent Price himself; and Frankenweenie-a B&W live-action flick-takes you back to early B-movie territory seen through the eyes of a boy. [+]
Added to these films is a great special-features menu including a short documentary offering an interview with Burton, which exposes the inspiration for this magical animation and presents the three-year task of making the "Nightmare". On top of this is an in-depth commentary by director Henry Selick and Art director Pete Kozachik and layer upon layer of "character development" offering an insight into the intensity of thought that went into making these animated figures real. You also get a great selection of storyboards along with the sequences they manifest into, deleted storyboards and an animated sequence with a surprise alternative ending. The menu is beautifully animated in keeping with the style of artwork in the film. With a 1. 66:1 widescreen format and Dolby digital transfer this charming DVD is perfect for Halloween, Christmas and beyond! -Nikki Disney.

Review Pingu / Pingu (Triple Pack) [2003]
Release date: 2008-01-14
Run time: 258 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.80

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Review 2 Entertain Video / The Very Best of Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Thomas The Tank Engine
  • David Mitton
Release date: 2003-08-18
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.48

Review The Very Best of Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends [2003] / 2 Entertain Video:

Just over 150 episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine were produced in all. It must have been a difficult job picking 16 of the best to feature on this collection. Sensibly it begins with the very first appearance of "Thomas & Gordon", in which we are introduced to all the principal engines and familiar locations. The rest come randomly from the six seasons. This means there's some jumping about from the British shows narrated by Ringo Starr and Michael Angelis, and the American ones featuring Alec Baldwin and George Carlin. Early US shows such as "Cranky Bugs", expanded the Thomas universe with the first of several new Bob the Builder-like characters. It was also the point where the stories no longer come directly from Rev Awdry's Railway Series books. Some are more fantastical than others, a visit from the Queen, for example, ("Paint Pots & Queens"), an encounter with a dragon ("Thomas, Percy & the Dragon"), or even a "Ghost Train". Mostly of course, tales follow the format of obstructions on the line, derailments and delays. All of which provide adults with another level of entertainment as art imitates life. [+]
On the DVD: The Very Best of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, like the previous DVD releases in this series, is a bit of a missed opportunity with sadly no extra features. Picture and sound are per TV broadcast. -Paul Tonks.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Lilo And Stitch (Special Edition) [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Daveigh Chase
  • Christopher Sanders
  • Dean DeBlois
  • Christopher Sanders
  • Tia Carrere
  • Ving Rhames
  • David Ogden Stiers
Release date: 2005-08-22
Run time: 82 min.
RRP: £21.99
Price: £4.58

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Aladdin Trilogy [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Alan Zaslove
  • Tad Stones
  • Ron Clements
  • John Musker
  • Robin Williams
  • Toby Shelton
Release date: 2008-07-07
Run time: 231 min.
RRP: £35.99
Price: £25.98

Review The Aladdin Trilogy [1992] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

Aladdin Disney's 1992 animated feature is a triumph of wit and skill. The high-tech artwork and graphics look great, the characters are strong, the familiar story is nicely augmented with an interesting villain (Jafar, voiced by Jonathan Freeman), and there's an incredible hook atop the whole thing: Robin Williams's frantically hilarious vocal performance as Aladdin's genie. Even if one isn't particularly moved by the love story between the title character (Scott Weinger) and his girlfriend Jasmine (Linda Larkin), you can easily get lost in Williams' improvisational energy and the equally entertaining performances of Freeman and Gilbert Gottfried (as Jafar's parrot). -Tom Keogh The Return of Jafar The Return of Jafar, the 1994, direct-to-video follow-up to Aladdin (it's actually four episodes of the Aladdin television program, back-to-back) is a wash-out compared to the Robin Williams-driven animation feature that kicked off the franchise. The story partially involves the villainous Jafar's parrot-Iago-trying to leave his master and befriend Aladdin and Jasmine. Williams is nowhere to be found, unfortunately; the genie's voice is provided by Dan Castellaneta, and the difference shows. -Tom Keogh Aladdin and the King of Thieves Robin Williams returns as the voice of the hyperactive genie in Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the second direct-to-video sequel to Disney's hit animated feature. Aladdin, the street beggar turned Prince, risks all to find his father among the cutthroat 40 thieves and joins his quest to find a Midas-like stone that turns everything it touches into gold. A significant cut above most made-for-video animation, this energetic adventure largely leaves Princess Jasmine and the genie behind for a father-and-son quest. Guest voice Jerry Orbach suggests Sean Connery with his thick-as-molasses delivery as the master thief Sa'luk and, despite his limited screen time, Williams once again delights with his wild flights of fantasy as the big blue Genie. [+]
A rousing tale full of last-minute escapes and spectacular, kid-sized thrills that even parents will find entertaining. -Sean Axmaker.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Hannah Montana Triple Pack
Actors & Directors
  • Miley Cyrus
Release date: 2008-05-05
Run time: 269 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £14.98

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Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Princess Diaries 1 and 2 (Box Set)
Actors & Directors
  • Heather Matarazzo
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Julie Andrews
  • John Rhys-Davies
  • Garry Marshall
Release date: 2005-10-03
Run time: 220 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £6.80

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Review Walt Disney Home Video / 101 Dalmatians - Live Action [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Hugh Laurie
  • Glenn Close
  • Joan Plowright
  • Stephen Herek
  • Joely Richardson
  • Jeff Daniels
Release date: 2001-09-10
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.90

Review 101 Dalmatians - Live Action [1996] / Walt Disney Home Video:

It's hard to know who thought it would be a good idea to make a live-action version of Disney's animated classic. The one bright notion anyone had was casting Glenn Close as Disney Übervillainess Cruella de Vil; her flashing eyes and angular features are a perfect match and do credit to what is one of the most indelible animated characters Disney has ever created. The story remains essentially the same, focusing on Cruella's plot to kidnap the puppies of a young married couple (Jeff Daniels and Jolie Richardson) and make them into a coat. But the dreaded John Hughes, who wrote this script, fills it with sadistic slapstick and far too few genuine laughs. The human actors work hard, but to little avail; thankfully, there's a posse of puppies to regularly steal scenes when the going gets dreary-although there are only so many laughs to be had from inappropriate dog puddles. -Marshall Fine, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Toy Story 2 (2 Disc Collector's Edition) [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Joan Cusack
  • Tom Hanks
  • Kelsey Grammer
  • Lee Unkrich
  • Tim Allen
  • John Morris
  • John Lasseter
Release date: 2005-11-28
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £21.99
Price: £7.50

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Review Enchanted Tales / Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands - The Magic Of The Faraway Tree
Release date: 2004-04-12
Run time: 72 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.97

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Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Black Cauldron [1985]
Actors & Directors
  • Arthur Malet
  • Freddie Jones
  • Susan Sheridan
  • Ted Berman
  • Grant Bardsley
  • Richard Rich
  • Nigel Hawthorne
Release date: 2002-11-18
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.76

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Review Little Einsteins / Little Einsteins Vol.2 - Team Up for Adventure [2006]
Release date: 2007-09-03
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.72

Review Little Einsteins Vol.2 - Team Up for Adventure [2006] / Little Einsteins:

Classical music and famous artwork might not sound like the most promising recipe for a children's show, but this trio of Little Einsteins episodes makes music and art exciting and accessible to children ages two to seven. Little Einsteins' Leo, Annie, Quincy and June are known for their world-traversing missions, but "How We Became the Little Einsteins" tells the story of how a small rocket ship hanging from Leo's cot mobile initially inspired the group's first mission. Naturally, that mission takes the group around the world, exposing them to the music of Antonin Dvorak and the art of John Singer Sargent, and acquainting them with important musical concepts like high and low and accelerando. "I Love to Conduct" follows a bald eagle with Leo's baton in its clutches to Washington, exploring the art of Edward Hicks and the music of Edvard Grieg along the way as well as encountering musical terms like crescendo and diminuendo. "Rocket Safari" takes the group to Africa where Rocket gets stuck between the rocks of a waterfall. The gang follows a real "Flight of the Bumblebee" (music by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov), learning about fortissimo and pianissimo, and enlists the help of a host of animals including a rhinoceros by Albrecht Durer to free their friend Rocket. Little Einstein productions effectively blend computer animation and live action photography and always encourage audience participation by inviting young viewers to clap, conduct and sing along. -Tami Horiuchi.

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Ella Enchanted [2004], Baby Mozart - Music Festival, Little Einsteins - Race For Space, The Pixar Short Films Collection, Brother Bear [2003], Percy The Park Keeper - The Classic Collection, Barney - Sing That Song, Cars [Blu-ray] [2006], The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) [1994], Pingu (Triple Pack) [2003], The Very Best of Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends [2003], Lilo And Stitch (Special Edition) [2002], The Aladdin Trilogy [1992], Hannah Montana Triple Pack, The Princess Diaries 1 and 2 (Box Set), 101 Dalmatians - Live Action [1996], Toy Story 2 (2 Disc Collector's Edition) [1999], Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands - The Magic Of The Faraway Tree, The Black Cauldron [1985], Little Einsteins Vol.2 - Team Up for Adventure [2006]

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