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Review P3 Music / Deacon Blue Live [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Deacon Blue
Release date: 2008-06-09
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £12.97

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody (Vol 1.) - Taking Over The Tipton [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Brenda Song
  • Cole Sprouse
  • Dylan Sprouse
  • Phil Lewis
  • Richard Correll
  • Ashley Tisdale
Release date: 2008-04-21
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £3.58

Review The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody (Vol 1.) - Taking Over The Tipton [2005] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Winnie the Pooh / My First Winnie the Pooh Boxset [1997]
Release date: 2008-09-01
Run time: 351 min.
RRP: £23.99
Price: £15.98

Review My First Winnie the Pooh Boxset [1997] / Winnie the Pooh:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Barbie As The Princess And The Pauper
Actors & Directors
  • William Lau
  • Barbie
Release date: 2004-10-18
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £18.99
Price: £4.00

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Review Avid Entertainment / Karaoke Duets [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Various Artists
Release date: 2001-11-05
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.75

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Review Sony Bmg / Westlife - The No.1's Tour [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Westlife
Release date: 2005-11-14
RRP: £13.99
Price: £4.95

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / 101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (Live Action) [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Lima
  • Hugh Laurie
  • Joely Richardson
  • Glenn Close
  • Jeff Daniels
  • Ben Crompton
  • Stephen Herek
Release date: 2008-09-22
Run time: 195 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £6.46

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Review Walt Disney Home Video / Monsters, Inc. --Widescreen Two Disc Collector's Edition [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • James Coburn
  • Billy Crystal
  • Pete Docter
  • David Silverman
  • John Goodman
  • Steve Buscemi
  • Mary Gibbs
  • Billy Crystal
  • Lee Unkrich
Release date: 2002-09-07
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Jonathan Roberts
RRP: £24.99
Price: £8.97

Review Monsters, Inc. --Widescreen Two Disc Collector's Edition [2002] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The monsters in Monsters, Inc. are just so incredibly cute-and they know it. Whereas Woody, Buzz and pals in the Toy Story saga were filled with self-doubt about just how much the children in their lives would continue to love them, here our heroic monsters and their impossibly lovable human ward Boo have no such worries, at least when it comes to the cinema audience. And that's why Monsters, Inc. , for all its wondrous computer-animated artistry, its smart humour and its family-friendly appeal, doesn't quite capture the naïve charm of its predecessors. Nevertheless, John Goodman and Billy Crystal, as scare-champions Sulley and Mike, are a great double-act whose comedy never goes over kids' heads but still reaches up to make their parents laugh. The film's central conceit-that monsters in the bedroom closet are just doing a night's work in order to generate power from screams for the city of Monstropolis-is funny and cleverly worked out; and kids will of course love the fact that the monsters are mortally afraid of the very children they are trying to frighten. The animation is extraordinarily detailed (Sulley's fur is a marvel in itself) and the set-piece action sequences top anything that has gone before for sheer audaciousness. But overall Pixar play things very safe, from the hissable villain to the end credit "outtakes". A bolder film might have taken inspiration from The Nightmare Before Christmas; instead, a little of that Disney disease of knowing cuteness seems to have crept into the formula. [+]
-Mark Walker.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Spy Kids Trilogy [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Rodriguez
  • Daryl Sabara
  • Carla Gugino
  • Alexa Vega
  • Antonio Banderas
  • Steve Buscemi
Release date: 2008-10-27
Run time: 264 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £13.49

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


Review Disney / Power Rangers: SPD (Complete Series) [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Chris Violette
  • Alycia Purrott
  • Brandon Jay McLaren
  • Matt Austin
  • Monica May
Release date: 2008-07-07
Run time: 800 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £14.98

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Benji The Hunted [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Joe Camp
  • Benji
  • Red Steagall
  • Mike Francis
  • Joe Camp
  • Frank Inn
Release date: 2004-03-15
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: Erwin Hearne
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.73

Review Benji The Hunted [1987] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Stephen Furst
  • Larry Miller
  • Nicole Sullivan
  • Nicholas Filippi
  • Patrick Warburton
  • Neil Flynn
Release date: 2001-02-12
Run time: 67 min.
Creator: Robert Askin
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.47

Review Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command [2000] / Walt Disney Home Video:

This direct-to-video feature, which serves as a lead-in to the Disney animated TV series, continues the adventures of Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story films-and introduces the new supporting cast. Buzz battles the evil Emperor Zurg, who steals the "Unimind", a device that enables three-eyed aliens to function as a single intellect. The aliens, referred to as "LGMs" (little green men), form the support crew that keep Star Command running, but as individual thinkers, they're inept. During the course of this tongue-in-cheek adventure, Buzz acquires the sidekicks who form Team Lightyear: Booster, an oversized, overeager alien; XR (short for "Experimental Ranger"), one of the aliens' less successful robot inventions; and the inevitable spunky girl, Princess Mira Nova of the planet Tangeah. The two-dimensional, hand-drawn figure of the three-dimensional, computer-generated Buzz recalls the animated versions of live performers who populated Saturday morning TV during the 1980s. This adventure is typical of current kidvid: it has more special effects and sight gags than the cartoons of 20 years ago did, but the violence-free battles feel very tame. Buzz Lightyear may engage kids who play with the toys, but it won't appeal to the adults who flocked to the brilliant Toy Story features. -Charles Solomon, Amazon. com.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Barbie As Rapunzel [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Owen Hurley
  • Anjelica Huston
  • Ian James Corlett
  • Cree Summer
  • Kelly Sheridan
  • Mark Hildreth
Release date: 2002-09-30
Run time: 84 min.
Creator: Elana Lesser
RRP: £17.99
Price: £6.86

Review Barbie As Rapunzel [2002] / Universal Pictures UK:

Barbie as Rapunzel is an 80-minute video that will thrill children aged three to eight, following on from the success of Barbie in the Nutcracker. Barbie may have started life as a doll in the 1950s, but these days she's also making her name as a computer-animated film star. In a modern twist on the classic fairy tale, Barbie stars as Rapunzel-a courageous and imaginative princess who is locked away in a tower by the evil witch Gothel. With help from her friends (Penelope the cute purple dragon and Hobie the rabbit) and through the power of her own creative energies, she paints her way out of the tower to find freedom, truth and love. The video is visually impressive with dark and light colours used effectively to emphasise good and evil, allowing Barbie to be surrounded by her favourite soft pinks and purples. The well-known actress Angelica Huston is memorable as the vocal talent behind the unbalanced and scary Gothel. Excellent sound effects greatly enhance the film and Dvorak's New World Symphony played by the London Symphony Orchestra makes a pleasant change from films' current dependence on pop hits. Hugo the mighty dragon, Otto the nasty ferret and the sword fight between the feuding kings will hold the attention of those brothers of Barbie fans who are less than enthusiastic about watching this film, but essentially this is a little girl's film and the outrageously pink castle, the magical fashion show before the masked ball and the fairytale wedding will make it a firm favourite for its intended audience. -Tracey Hogan.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Ugly Dachshund [1966]
Actors & Directors
  • Parley Baer
  • Suzanne Pleshette
  • Charles Ruggles
  • Norman Tokar
  • Kelly Thordsen
  • Dean Jones
Release date: 2004-03-29
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.42

Review The Ugly Dachshund [1966] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

When a Great Dane puppy is raised with a litter of Dachshunds, it naturally thinks it's a Dachshund too-even when it grows to 10 times the size. Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette star as the hapless couple who took in the galumphing dog, which wreaks havoc on their house and home. The Ugly Dachshund is mostly a series of spectacular disasters (the doggy demolition of Jones's art studio will delight kids and reduce adults to nervous wrecks), but it's held together by the convincing domestic banter of Jones and Pleshette (who was quite a dish in 1965); the pair went on to star in a couple of other Disney live-action flicks, Bluebeard's Ghost and The Shaggy D. A. Despite some racial and gender stereotypes, it's a good-natured and amusing movie in the Disney mold. Also featuring classic character actor Charlie Ruggles (Bringing Up Baby, The Parent Trap). -Bret Fetzer.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Life Size [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Mark Rosman
  • Jere Burns
  • Lindsay Lohan
  • Tyra Banks
Release date: 2004-04-19
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.12

Review Life Size [2000] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

Unhappy and lonely after her mother's death, Casey (Lindsay Lohan) attempts to resurrect her mother, but a minor mishap changes the results of her spell and brings an unwanted doll named Eve (Tyra Banks) to life instead. Eve is elated when she first encounters the smells and flavours of real life, but is shocked to realize that she's not the perfect role model she's always considered herself to be. Casey initially despises Eve-she never wanted this doll in the first place and now she's ruined her chances of bringing her mother back to life. But as Eve grows, she brings out the best in Casey, encouraging her to renew old friendships and spurring personal growth and healing. Even Casey's father (Jere Burns) rises above his grief and builds a better relationship with his daughter as a result of his interaction with Eve. This is an entertaining, 89-minute video that juxtaposes the stresses and disappointments of the real world, with their accompanying potential for personal growth, against what initially appears to be a stereotypically idyllic world. What makes the movie powerful is its suggestion that that ideal world is inherently flawed. Performances by Lindsay Lohan (The Parent Trap), supermodel Tyra Banks (Higher Learning), and Jere Burns (US television's Something So Right) are very good. The story, while based on a fairly unreal premise, successfully explores some very real issues facing kids today. -Tami Horiuchi.

Review Ren and Stimpy / Ren & Stimpy - Seasons Three and a Halfish
Release date: 2007-07-16
Run time: 379 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £9.98

Review Ren & Stimpy - Seasons Three and a Halfish / Ren and Stimpy:

Though the third season of John Kricfalusi's much-loved Ren and Stimpy animated series has been the subject of much controversy among devotees of the show and its creator, there is still enough cat/dog insanity to warrant viewing. Some fans' problems with the season revolve around the fact that Nickelodeon, which was airing the program, removed Kricfalusi and his Spumco team from the show's production and replaced them with Games Animation, which reproduced Ren and Stimpy's signature artwork, but without the absurd spark of the first and second seasons (at least by those fans' estimation). However, a perusal of the 29 episodes compiled on this three-disc set (which offers the entire third season and a smattering of the fourth, which concludes on the Season Five and Some More of Four set) does turn up some worthwhile episodes, most notably "Ren's Pecs" (Ren develops a rippling physique after injecting fat from Stimpy's posteior), "Jimminy Lummox" (Stimpy's conscience takes the form of a monstrous singing lout), "Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman" (no explanation needed there. ), and the surreal "House of Next Tuesday" (R & S visit the title domicile to escape giant ants). All this, plus several visits to "Untamed World," appearances by the irascible Wilbur Cobb, Jerry the Bellybutton Elf (who resides inside Stimpy's navel)-and scads of commentary tracks, including eleven from Kricfalusi and his Spumco team, and two from Ren and Stimpy themselves. Though the loyal may be divided on these seasons, completists will want to add this round of lunacy to their DVD animation collections. -Paul Gaita.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / In Search Of The Castaways [1961]
Actors & Directors
  • Maurice Chevalier
  • George Sanders
  • Robert Stevenson
  • Wilfrid Hyde-White
  • Hayley Mills
  • Michael Anderson Jr.
Release date: 2004-04-19
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.13

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


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Bionicle 2
Actors & Directors
  • David Molina
  • Terry Shakespeare
  • Paul Dobson
  • Christopher Gaze
  • Michael Dobson
Release date: 2004-10-11
Run time: 72 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.87

Review Bionicle 2 / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

Following the exciting, 2003 animated spectacle Bionicle: Mask of Light, Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui extends Lego's movie franchise based on its Bionicle line of robotic warriors. Legends is actually a prequel to Mask of Light, which focused on the Toa, six guardians of the Matoran tribe on the island of Mata Nui, and the imminent arrival of a seventh member to their ranks. Legends tells the story of how the Toa came to be, chosen from the pool of Matoran youth in the great city of Metru Nui and, though physically transformed, hardly prepared for increased size and superheroic powers. In short order, the Toa-who babble and bicker like agitated adolescents-have to master their new gifts, impress their leader, and prepare to protect their home. Sprawling adventure, nonstop action, and real emotional complexity make this computer-generated universe a continually viable source for endless story possibilities. -Tom Keogh.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Home On The Range [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Cuba Gooding Jr.
  • Randy Quaid
  • Jennifer Tilly
  • Sarah Jessica Parker
  • John Sanford
  • Judi Dench
  • Will Finn
Release date: 2004-11-29
Run time: 73 min.
Creator: Donnie Long
RRP: £17.99
Price: £3.89

Review Home On The Range [2004] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Lion King II, The: Simba's Pride
Actors & Directors
  • Neve Campbell
  • Matthew Broderick
  • Darrell Rooney
  • Michelle Horn
  • Liz Callaway
  • Rob LaDuca
  • Moira Kelly
Release date: 1999-03-01
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Jenny Wingfield
RRP: £16.99
Price: £9.79

Review Lion King II, The: Simba's Pride / Walt Disney Home Video:

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride is another made-for-video sequel to a Disney masterpiece. As with the Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas sequels, most of the recognisable vocal talents return, creating a worthwhile successor to the highest-grossing animated film ever. We pick up the story as the lion king, Simba (voiced by Matthew Broderick) and Nala (Moira Kelly) have a new baby cub, a girl named Kiara (Neve Campbell). Like her father before, she seeks adventure and ends up outside the Pridelands, where lions loyal to the evil Scar (who died in the original) have lived with revenge in their hearts. The leader, Zira (a spunky turn from Suzanne Pleshette), schemes to use her son Kovu (Jason Marsden) to destroy Simba. As luck with have it, Kiara has bumped into Kovu and fallen in love. This all sounds familiar since all of Disney's straight-to-video sequels have played it very safe, nearly repeating the originals' story, tone, and pace. Perhaps there were too many cooks for this production. Besides the two screenplay credits, there are eight other writers credited for additional written material. The look of the film has none of the surprise of the original but is far superior to other animated videos. [+]
In fact, the film played in European cinemas. For children, the sequel will be a favourite. The comic antics of Timon (Nathan Lane) and Pumba (Ernie Sabella) are enjoyable, as is Andy Dick as Nuka, the mixed-up older son of Zira. And there's plenty of action. The best element is the music. Relying on more African-influenced music, the five songs featured are far superior to those in Disney's other sequels. Zira's song of revenge, "My Lullaby," was cowritten by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon. The oustanding opening number, "He Lives in You", was created for the Lion King Broadway smash and now finds a whole new audience. -Doug Thomas.

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Deacon Blue Live [2007], The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody (Vol 1.) - Taking Over The Tipton [2005], My First Winnie the Pooh Boxset [1997], Barbie As The Princess And The Pauper, Karaoke Duets [2001], Westlife - The No.1's Tour [2005], 101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (Live Action) [1996], Monsters, Inc. --Widescreen Two Disc Collector's Edition [2002], Spy Kids Trilogy [2001], Power Rangers: SPD (Complete Series) [2005], Benji The Hunted [1987], Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command [2000], Barbie As Rapunzel [2002], The Ugly Dachshund [1966], Life Size [2000], Ren & Stimpy - Seasons Three and a Halfish, In Search Of The Castaways [1961], Bionicle 2, Home On The Range [2004], Lion King II, The: Simba's Pride

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