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Review Walt Disney Video / Ernest Goes to Camp [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Lyle Alzado
  • Victoria Racimo
  • Jim Varney
  • John R. Cherry III
  • Iron Eyes Cody
  • John Vernon
Release date: 2002-09-03
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Steve Leasure
Price: £4.43

Review Ernest Goes to Camp [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / So Dear To My Heart (1948) (Disney)
Actors & Directors
  • Beulah Bondi
  • Luana Patten
  • Bobby Driscoll
  • Hamilton Luske
  • Harry Carey
  • Harold D. Schuster
  • Burl Ives
Release date: 2000-07-03
Run time: 79 min.
Creator: Sterling North
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.96

Review So Dear To My Heart (1948) (Disney) / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Baby Einstein / Baby's First Sounds: Discoveries for Little Ears [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Release date: 2008-03-11
Run time: 33 min.
Price: £9.83

Review Baby's First Sounds: Discoveries for Little Ears [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Baby Einstein:


Review Cinderella/Cinderella: a Twist in Time / Cinderella - Special Edition/Cinderella - A Twist In Time
Release date: 2007-02-12
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £34.84

Review Cinderella - Special Edition/Cinderella - A Twist In Time / Cinderella/Cinderella: a Twist in Time:


Review Walt Disney Video / The Incredibles [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Brad Bird
  • Holly Hunter
  • Samuel L. Jackson
  • Craig T. Nelson
  • Jason Lee
  • Bud Luckey
  • Roger Gould
  • Dominique Louis
Release date: 2005-03-15
Run time: 115 min.
Creator: Rob Gibbs
Price: £14.43

Review The Incredibles [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / George Of The Jungle/George Of The Jungle 2 [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • David Grossman
  • Leslie Mann
  • Julie Benz
  • Thomas Haden Church
Release date: 2008-11-03
Run time: 171 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £12.47

Review George Of The Jungle/George Of The Jungle 2 [1997] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Scooby Doo / Scooby Doo - Phantom Of The Knight Interactive DVD Game [Interactive DVD]
Release date: 2006-10-16
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.47

Review Scooby Doo - Phantom Of The Knight Interactive DVD Game [Interactive DVD] / Scooby Doo:


Review Beatrix Potter / The World Of Peter Rabbit & Friends (DVD & Soft Toy Gift Set)
Release date: 2006-11-13
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £39.25

Review The World Of Peter Rabbit & Friends (DVD & Soft Toy Gift Set) / Beatrix Potter:


Review Virgin Records Ltd. / Blue - One Love - Live Tour [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Blue
Release date: 2003-03-31
Run time: 182 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £1.00

Review Blue - One Love - Live Tour [2003] / Virgin Records Ltd.:

Encompassing many of the standard themes of pop concerts Blue's One Love Live Tour is an epic, if somewhat disjointed show. From the Deep Impact-style meteor storm at the beginning and the end, to the interlude video depicting the guys as wayward pop stars disobeying their paternal manager, all the traditional theatrical strands of contemporary teen tours feature here. Recorded at the Sheffield Arena during the autumn of 2002, the show, like their music, attempts to be too many things for too many people. This being their first stadium tour, all eyes are on whether the boys can stand the rigours of performing live. They pass the test remarkably well, but their performance is weakened by the inclusion of some dodgy album material. The concert comes alive when the fillers and the thematic segments are dumped, and the four perform their biggest hits such as "All Rise" and "Too Close", as well as their covers of other people's songs. The 1970s funk medley midway through the show is excellent, though a little unoriginal. Beamed on to a massive screen behind the four, the recorded duet with Sir Elton for "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" works particularly well. On the DVD: One Love Live Tour opens with an innocuous 15-minute overview of preparations for the tour. The audio-visual quality of the concert material is good, and the feature performance of "All Rise" can be viewed from five different camera angles. [+]
Whilst there are generous dollops of bonus material included with this package, most of these extras are pretty insubstantial. Disc 2 does however include the videos for the first three single releases from the One Love album, as well as an Easter egg bonus of the promo for "U Make Me Wanna" (other more conspicuously hidden extras are also included). -John Galilee.

Review ITV DVD / Stingray - Vol. 1 - Stingray / Plant Of Doom / Sea Of Oil / Hostages / Treasure / Big Gun / Golden Sea [1964]
Release date: 2001-04-02
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Sylvia Anderson
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.99

Review Stingray - Vol. 1 - Stingray / Plant Of Doom / Sea Of Oil / Hostages / Treasure / Big Gun / Golden Sea [1964] / ITV DVD:

Drums pound, the music bursts into life with a cry of "Stingray!. Stingray!" Who can resist? Stingray (1964) was the show Gerry Anderson made just before he really hit the big time with Thunderbirds (1965). He produced 39 episodes of the 21st century adventures of Troy Tempest, tall, dark and handsome (his voice based on James Garner's) captain of the titular submarine. Troy's mission: to protect the seas on behalf of WASP (World Aquanaut Security Patrol). With complex underwater model and puppet effects, this was ground-breaking television, especially as it was the first UK series to be made in colour, even though for years it was only seen in black and white. Special effects director Derek Meddings later graduated to the James Bond films, while Moneypenny herself (actress Lois Maxwell) voiced Atlanta Shore. Here, just as in the Bond films, she played second fiddle in our hero's affections, the mute Marina becoming Stingray's sex-goddess. The end credits even featured a song in her honour, "Aqua Maria", which became an international hit. [+]
As for the bad guys, half-man, half-fish Titan and his Terror Fish wage a dastardly war against humanity and the peaceful underwater citizens of Pacifica. Four decades on, the models and underwater sequences still impress and Stingray remains eccentric cult family entertainment. On the DVD: There are seven episodes on the first DVD volume, including the pilot episode, "Stingray", in which a Titan Terror Fish sinks a WASP submarine, leading to Troy and sidekick Phones falling into the hands of the evil Titan. This action-packed beginning introduces all the major characters and gadgets, setting the scene for the adventures to come. "Plant of Doom" sees Titan outraged that Troy has rescued his beautiful slave Marina. After consulting an undersea god he hatches a revenge plot using a deadly air-consuming flower. In "Sea of Oil" Atlanta is kidnapped by an underwater race who plant a bomb on Stingray, while in "Hostages of the Deep" Marina is threatened with death by swordfish blade. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Walt Disney Video / Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents Annette - 1957-1958 Season (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Annette Funicello
  • Jimmie Dodd
  • Eileen Diamond
  • Tommy Cole
  • Don Grady
Release date: 2008-11-11
Run time: 240 min.
Price: £17.31

Review Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents Annette - 1957-1958 Season (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:


Review Walt Disney Video / Camp Nowhere [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Scolari
  • Jonathan Jackson
  • John Putch
  • Romy Windsor
  • Christopher Lloyd
  • Jonathan Prince
Release date: 2003-08-05
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Michael Peyser
Price: £4.37

Review Camp Nowhere [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / A Goofy Movie (Disney) [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Kellie Martin
  • Jim Cummings
  • Rob Paulsen
  • Bill Farmer
  • Jason Marsden
  • Kevin Lima
Release date: 1997-06-09
Run time: 74 min.
Creator: Jymn Magon
Price: £12.99

Review A Goofy Movie (Disney) [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 Studios Home Entertainm / Mickey's Summer Madness
Release date: 2006-07-17
RRP: £11.99
Price: £3.62

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Review Walt Disney Video / Tarzan [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Minnie Driver
  • Brian Blessed
  • Nigel Hawthorne
  • Tony Goldwyn
  • Chris Buck
  • Glenn Close
  • Kevin Lima
Release date: 2000-02-01
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: David Reynolds
Price: £33.95

Review Tarzan [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:

After watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote to Walt Disney about adapting his novel of an ape-man into a feature animated cartoon. Some 60 years later, the tale is finally told with brilliant design work that looks unlike any previous animated film. The story is a natural for Disney since the themes of misunderstood central figures have been at the heart of its recent hits. Disney's Tarzan doesn't wander far from the familiar story of a shipwrecked baby who is brought up by apes in Africa. What gives the film its zing is its clever use of music (the songs are sung by Phil Collins himself rather than onscreen characters) and the remarkable animation. Deep Canvas, a 3-D technology, was developed for the film, creating a jungle that comes alive as Tarzan swings through the trees, often looking like a modern skateboarder racing down giant tree limbs. The usual foray of sidekicks, including a rambunctious ape voiced by Rosie O'Donnell, should keep the little ones aptly entertained. The two lead voices, Tony Goldwyn as Tarzan and Minnie Driver as Jane, are inspired choices. Their chemistry helps the story through the weakest points (the last third) and makes Tarzan's initial connection with all things human (including Jane) delicious entertainment. Disney still is not taking risks in its animated films, but as cookie-cutter entertainment, Tarzan makes a pretty good treat. [+]
-Doug Thomas.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Cheetah [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Lucy Deakins
  • Breon Gorman
  • Keith Coogan
  • Colin Mothupi
  • Jeff Blyth
  • Timothy Landfield
Release date: 2004-04-05
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: John Cotter
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.75

Review Cheetah [1989] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Warner Home Video / Doctor Seuss - The Best Of Dr Seuss
Release date: 2004-08-09
Run time: 54 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.48

Review Doctor Seuss - The Best Of Dr Seuss / Warner Home Video:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Barbie - Fairytopia/Mermaidia/Magic Of The Rainbow
Actors & Directors
  • William Lau
Release date: 2007-03-19
Run time: 219 min.
RRP: £27.99
Price: £13.88

Review Barbie - Fairytopia/Mermaidia/Magic Of The Rainbow / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Walt Disney Video / Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Darrell Rooney
  • Jeff Bennett
  • Chazz Palminteri
  • Alyssa Milano
  • Scott Wolf
  • Jeannine Roussel
  • Jodi Benson
Release date: 2001-02-27
Run time: 69 min.
Creator: Tom Rogers
Price: £21.95

Review Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:

One of the remarkable things about making an animated sequel is that actors don't age. It took Disney 46 years to make a sequel to its 1955 hit Lady and the Tramp, yet the events of this made-for-video sequel take place only six months later. Lady and Tramp are getting along fine with their human family, the Darlings, and they have four new puppies. The three girl puppies take after mum, the boy, Scamp, has a lot of dad in him. Scamp dreams of "being a real dog", and that means living on the street as a member of the Junkyard Dogs. Despite his dad's warnings, Scamp (voiced by Scott Wolf) runs off and goes through the trials of a mutt, including run-ins with Junkyard leader Buster (Chazz Palminteri); the dogcatcher (Don Knotts); and a fellow stray, Angel (Alyssa Milano). The formula here is the same as other Disney direct-to-video sequels for The Lion King and The Little Mermaid, and the justification to return to a classic movie is flimsy at best. To its credit, Disney has made a quality effort in the animation department, adapting sets and characters from the original with great success. But the story is never engaging, the songs are forgettable, and the impact unsustainable (and at 62 minutes, quite trite). Nevertheless, a Disney kid should dig Scamp's rough-and-tumble adventures and the cute tale of puppy love (Scamp and Angel even revisit the Italian diner). [+]
-Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Santa Clause 2 [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Spencer Breslin
  • Tim Allen
  • David Krumholtz
  • Michael Lembeck
  • Elizabeth Mitchell
  • Eric Lloyd
Release date: 2005-10-03
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Steve Rudnick
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.92

Review The Santa Clause 2 [2002] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Considering how lame this sequel could have been, The Santa Clause 2 makes for a pleasant seasonal diversion. It's got the familiar smell of Disney marketeering, and more than a few parents will object to this further embellishment of the St Nick legend, but Tim Allen's amiable presence provides ample compensation. As a divorced dad who inherited the jolly man's job in The Santa Clause, Allen now faces another Yuletide challenge. According to the "Missus Clause" in his North Pole contract, he can't continue to be the real Santa until he gets married. As luck and five credited screenwriters would have it, Allen falls for the Scroogey principal (Elizabeth Mitchell) of his son's school, while a phoney, power-hungry duplicate Santa wreaks havoc on the North Pole's overworked elves. It's all as sweet as spiced eggnog, with that warmed-over feel of a mandated sequel, but the Christmas spirit does prevail with the sound of sleigh bells and Allen's rosy-cheeked "Ho, ho, ho!". -Jeff Shannon.

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Ernest Goes to Camp [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC), So Dear To My Heart (1948) (Disney), Baby's First Sounds: Discoveries for Little Ears [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Cinderella - Special Edition/Cinderella - A Twist In Time, The Incredibles [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), George Of The Jungle/George Of The Jungle 2 [1997], Scooby Doo - Phantom Of The Knight Interactive DVD Game [Interactive DVD], The World Of Peter Rabbit & Friends (DVD & Soft Toy Gift Set), Blue - One Love - Live Tour [2003], Stingray - Vol. 1 - Stingray / Plant Of Doom / Sea Of Oil / Hostages / Treasure / Big Gun / Golden Sea [1964], Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents Annette - 1957-1958 Season (REGION 1) (NTSC), Camp Nowhere [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC), A Goofy Movie (Disney) [1996], Mickey's Summer Madness, Tarzan [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Cheetah [1989], Doctor Seuss - The Best Of Dr Seuss, Barbie - Fairytopia/Mermaidia/Magic Of The Rainbow, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Santa Clause 2 [2002]

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