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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Star Wars Episode VI:Return Of The Jedi (Limited Edition, Includes Theatrical Version) [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Kenny Baker
  • David Prowse
  • Harrison Ford
  • Carrie Fisher
  • Mark Hamill
  • Richard Marquand
Release date: 2006-09-11
Run time: 255 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £4.99

Review Star Wars Episode VI:Return Of The Jedi (Limited Edition, Includes Theatrical Version) [1983] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Greatest Game Ever Played [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Shia LaBeouf
  • Len Cariou
  • Bill Paxton
  • George Asprey
  • Jackie Burroughs
  • Justin Ashforth
Release date: 2006-07-24
Run time: 115 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £11.93

Review The Greatest Game Ever Played [2005] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Holes [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Khleo Thomas
  • Jon Voight
  • Shia LaBeouf
  • Sigourney Weaver
  • Tim Blake Nelson
  • Andrew Davis
Release date: 2004-03-22
Run time: 113 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £2.80

Review Holes [2003] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Holes is a scrupulously faithful adaptation of Louis Sachar's book Holes and should delight the book's fans. After being wrongly found guilty of stealing a pair of sneakers, Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf) gets sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile correctional facility in the bed of a long-gone dry Texas lake. There-under the watchful eye of overseer Mr Sir (a zesty Jon Voight), sneakily mean therapist Dr Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson), and the cool and cruel Warden (Sigourney Weaver)-Stanley and dozens of other delinquents are forced to dig an endless series of holes that the warden hopes will lead her to a precious secret left behind by a long-dead female outlaw (Patricia Arquette). Sachar's book is beloved for its vivid characters and suspenseful plot; by sticking close to its source, Holes has become a dynamic, exciting and surprisingly touching movie. -Bret Fetzer.

Review High School Musical / High School Musical Encore/ High School Musical 2 (Duo Pack) [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Ashley Tisdale
  • Zach Effron
  • Monique Coleman
  • Corbin Bleu
  • Drew Seeley
Release date: 2008-07-21
Run time: 203 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £13.47

Review High School Musical Encore/ High School Musical 2 (Duo Pack) [2006] / High School Musical:

High School Musical (Encore Edition) The Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical is a combination of backstage action and Grease without the unwholesome habits. It's a smash hit with tween audiences (ages 6 to 10), but appealing for all ages. At a New Year's Eve party, Troy (Zac Efron) has a chance meeting with Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) when they share a karaoke song. Lo and behold, when school resumes, they discover that Gabriella has just transferred to Troy's East High School, a campus divided into tight cliques of jocks, cheerleaders, brainiacs, and skater dudes. Eager to recapture the magic they'd discovered during karaoke, Troy and Gabriella consider auditioning for the school's upcoming musical, much to the dismay of the school's frost queen/theatre goddess, Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale). Problem is, Troy is also the star of the basketball team and Gabrielle is being recruited to compete in the Scholastic Decathlon. Will they give up their cliques to start something new, or will they do as the show's first big anthem urges and "Stick to the Status Quo"? Well, this is a Disney movie, so maybe the sacrifices won't be that hard, and even the hints of romance are mild. The bestselling soundtrack is catchy in that Disney-pop kind of way, mixing in a dash of hip-hop ("Getcha Head in the Game," punctuated by squeaky basketball shoes and other sound effects), salsa ("Bop to the Top"), and the endearingly hammy ("What I've Been Looking For" performed by Sharpay and her brother, Ryan, played by Lucas Grabeel). It's not hard to imagine High School Musical becoming a semi-staple for high school groups to perform themselves. -David Horiuchi High School Musical 2 What time is it? Time for High School Musical 2, the sequel to the Disney Channel smash. [+]
School is out, and Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) are looking forward to a summer to remember, but Troy also needs to earn money so he can go to college. As it turns out, Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale), the self-proclaimed primo girl of East High, has her eye set on primo-boy Troy, and gets him a job at the country club her parents own. It looks great for Troy when Gabriella and the rest of the Wildcats are hired also, but when he gets preferential treatment from the club manager (Mark Taylor) and others, it puts all of his relationships in hot water. Everyone's back from the original movie, including Zac's buddy Chad (Corbin Bleu), Sharpay's brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel), and Gabriella's friend Taylor (Monique Coleman). And the songs on the hit soundtrack often parallel the originals and are just as catchy: the Troy-Gabriella duet ("You Are the Music in Me," which is later Sharpay-ized into a rock version), the sports-flavored hip-hop number ("I Don't Dance," but this time on the baseball diamond instead of the basketball court), the Gabriella lament ("Gotta Go My Own Way"), the climactic stage duet ("Everyday"), and the mass-ensemble closer ("All for One"). But the sequel doesn't just stick to the status quo. Other songs include a flashy opener ("What Time Is It"), Sharpay's poolside feature ("Fabulous"), a percussive ensemble number ("Work This Out"), and Zac's solo ("Bet On It"), and the dances are even bigger this time around, relentlessly high-energy and often spectacular. In addition, the "let's put on a show" angle is only a subplot and the romance is now front and center-which means High School Musical has lost a bit of its innocence. But it's still wholesome viewing for tweens of all ages. -David Horiuchi.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / My Friends Tigger And Pooh - Friendly Tails [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • David Hartman
Release date: 2008-05-26
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £6.61

Review My Friends Tigger And Pooh - Friendly Tails [2007] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Winnie the Pooh / Winnie The Pooh - ABC's and 123's
Release date: 2005-04-04
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.79

Review Winnie The Pooh - ABC's and 123's / Winnie the Pooh:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Tigger Movie [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Ken Sansom
  • Peter Cullen
  • John Fiedler
  • Nikita Hopkins
  • Nick Bates
  • Jim Cummings
  • Jun Falkenstein
Release date: 2000-09-25
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.44

Review The Tigger Movie [2000] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The irrepressible Tigger bounces into the Disney spotlight in The Tigger Movie. While everyone else is busy preparing for winter, Tigger just seems to get in the way until Rabbit suggests that he go and find other Tiggers to play with-but surely "the most wonderful thing about tiggers" is that he's the only one? Tigger sets off to find out. The Tigger Movie may not be a Disney classic, but the interwoven songs add to the fun, and the appeal of AA Milne's original characters remains strong enough to carry the film through a fairly predictable plot. Very young children may find a couple of scenes a little frightening, particularly the exciting avalanche sequence, but by the end of the film Tigger has, in true Disney fashion, been reunited with his friends and learnt the deeper meaning of family-ensuring smiles and a warm feeling all round for the audience. -Helen Baker.

Review X-Men / X-Men - Season One Part One (Marvel Originals Series - 90s) [1992]
Release date: 2008-08-25
Run time: 154 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.98

Review X-Men - Season One Part One (Marvel Originals Series - 90s) [1992] / X-Men:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Toy Story - 10th Anniversary Edition [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Tim Allen
  • Annie Potts
  • John Ratzenberger
  • Jim Varney
  • John Lasseter
  • Tom Hanks
Release date: 2005-11-28
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £21.99
Price: £7.54

Review Toy Story - 10th Anniversary Edition [1995] / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / A Bug's Life [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Bonnie Hunt
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • Roddy McDowall
  • Madeline Kahn
  • Kevin Spacey
  • John Lasseter
Release date: 2001-01-08
Run time: 96 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.49

Review A Bug's Life [1999] / Walt Disney Home Video:

There was a rare magic on the big screen in 1995, when the people at Pixar came up with the first fully computer-animated film, Toy Story, and their second feature film, A Bug's Life, may miss the bull's-eye but Pixar's target is so lofty that it's hard to find the film anything less than irresistible. Brighter and more colourful than the other animated insect movie of 1998 (Antz), A Bug's Life is the sweetly told story of Flik (voiced by David Foley), an ant searching for better ways to be a bug. His colony unfortunately revolves around feeding and fearing the local grasshoppers (lead by Hopper, voiced with gleeful menace by Kevin Spacey). When Flik accidentally destroys the seasonal food supply for the grasshoppers he decides to look for help ("We need bigger bugs!"). The ants, led by Princess Atta (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), are eager to dispose of the troublesome Flik. Yet he finds help-a hearty bunch of bug warriors-and brings them back to the colony. Unfortunately they are just travelling performers, afraid of conflict. As with Toy Story, the ensemble of creatures and voices is remarkable and often inspired. Highlights include wiseacre comedian Denis Leary as an un-ladylike ladybird, Joe Ranft as the German-accented caterpillar, David Hyde Pierce as a stick insect and Michael McShane as a pair of unintelligible woodlice. The scene-stealer is Atta's squeaky-voiced sister, baby Dot (Hayden Panettiere), who has a big soft spot for Flik. [+]
More gentle and kid-friendly than Antz, A Bug Life's still has some good suspense and a wonderful demise in store for the villain. However, the film-a worldwide hit-will be remembered for its most creative touch: "outtakes" over the end credits à la many live-action comedy films. These dozen or so scenes (both "editions" of outtakes are contained here) are brilliant and deserve a special place in film history right along with 1998's other most talked-about sequence: the opening Normandy invasion in Saving Private Ryan. -Doug Thomas.

Review Little Einsteins / Little Einsteins Vol.1 - Mission Celebration [2006]
Release date: 2007-08-06
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.96

Review Little Einsteins Vol.1 - Mission Celebration [2006] / Little Einsteins:


Review The Little Mermaid / The Little Mermaid 3: Ariels Beginning [2008]
Release date: 2008-09-22
Run time: 67 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £13.49

Review The Little Mermaid 3: Ariels Beginning [2008] / The Little Mermaid:


Review The Muppet Show / The Muppet Show - Series 2
Release date: 2007-11-05
Run time: 588 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £12.97

Review The Muppet Show - Series 2 / The Muppet Show:

Was this really first broadcast over 30 years ago? It's staggering to believe, especially when you once again unlock the fun contained in The Muppet Show: Series 2 on DVD. It's fair to say that all The Muppet Show favourites get an airing across the 24 episodes that make up the series. There's Piggy and Kermit, of course, but it always tends to be the supporting characters that consistently generate the big laughs. Fozzie the aspiring comedian Bear, for instance, along with the unrivalled Animal, the great Gonzo, Rowlf bashing away on the keys and the high-pitched Beaker. And that's before we've even got to the majesty of The Swedish Chef, and consistent hecklers Waldorf and Statler. Series 2 of The Muppet Show also brought together a congregation of impressive guest stars, with Julie Andrews, Elton John, Peter Sellers and Steve Martin among the names joining in the maniacal fun. And with a healthy combination of sketches and big musical numbers, it's easy to understand why The Muppet Show remains one of the finest childrens' television programmes of all time. What's also pleasing is how well it's held up. While not all of the The Muppet Show is timeless, there's nonetheless a real evergreen feel to much of the material here. And with hours of entertainment that, genuinely, the entire family can enjoy, this is a box set with immense rewatch potential. [+]
Brilliant. -Simon Brew.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Underdog [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Frederik Du Chau
  • Jason Lee
  • Amy Adams
  • Jim Belushi
  • John Slattery
Release date: 2008-06-16
Run time: 78 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.97

Review Underdog [2007] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

What happens when mad scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage) and a former police beagle Shoeshine (voiced by Jason Lee) are involved in a fiery lab accident? A dog with superpowers (soon to be dubbed "Underdog") is born, and Dr. Barsinister becomes a man obsessed with revenge and bent on genetically modifying the entire population of Capital City. An unwitting former policeman, Dan (James Belushi), and his son Jack (Alex Neuberger) adopt Shoeshine in the hope of improving their strained relationship. What follows is a typical scene of home destruction by a young dog, multiplied exponentially by the incredible strength, speed, and newly developed language skills of one super dog. While Jack and Shoeshine struggle with the conflict between Shoeshine's desire to be a regular dog and Jack's insistence that he use his newfound powers to help people, mayhem reigns in Capital City as Barsinister and his henchman Cad (Patrick Warburton-Emperor's New Groove) wreak havoc on the entire city and Jack's dad, schoolmate Molly (Taylor Momsen) and her dog Polly (voiced by Amy Adams-Enchanted) are all unwittingly dragged into the conflict. Underdog dedicates himself to good, quickly becoming revered as a superhero, but ultimately it will take the combined efforts and understanding of Underdog, Jack, Dan, Molly, and Polly to defeat Barsinister and save Capital City from destruction. Based on the original animated Underdog television series, this live action film is entertaining, if not great. Bonus features include deleted scenes with director introductions, bloopers, a 5-minute glimpse of the logistics of shooting animals and blending live action with animation, and the first Underdog cartoon "Safe Waif. " (Ages 3 to 12) -Tami Horiuchi.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Pete's Dragon [1977]
Actors & Directors
  • Mickey Rooney
  • Helen Reddy
  • Don Chaffey
  • Jim Dale
  • Red Buttons
  • Shelley Winters
Release date: 2001-11-12
Run time: 123 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.81

Review Pete's Dragon [1977] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Disney loved to mix live action with animation (Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), but this 1977 effort falls on its face. The turn-of-the-century story concerns an orphaned boy whose only friend is a cartoon monster. While the latter is entertainingly rendered, the rest of the film strains to be enchanting and the cast overreaches in a big way. Not for anybody over the age of ten. -Tom Keogh.

Review Disney / Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - 2 Disc DVD and Book Set [1958]
Actors & Directors
  • Clyde Geronimi
Release date: 2008-10-27
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £17.99

Review Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - 2 Disc DVD and Book Set [1958] / Disney:

Disney's 1959 Sleeping Beauty was the studio's most ambitious effort to date, a lavish spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapted from the music of Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her sixteenth birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Fortunately, some bubbly, bumbling fairies named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather are on hand to assist. It's not really all that much about the title character-how interesting can someone in the middle of a long nap be, anyway? Instead, those fairies carry the day, as well as, of course, good Prince Phillip, whose battle with the malevolent Maleficent in the guise of a dragon has been co-opted by any number of animated films since. See it in its original glory here, alongside Maleficent's castle, which, filled with warthogs and demonic imps in a macabre dance celebrating their evil ways, manages a certain creepy grandeur. -David Kronke, Amazon. com.

Review Disney's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse / Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt
Release date: 2007-04-02
Run time: 68 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.26

Review Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt / Disney's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Alice In Wonderland (Special Edition)
Actors & Directors
  • Jerry Colonna
  • Kathryn Beaumont
  • Hamilton Luske
  • Richard Haydn
  • Clyde Geronimi
  • Wilfred Jackson
  • Verna Felton
  • Ed Wynn
Release date: 2005-04-11
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.99

Review Alice In Wonderland (Special Edition) / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Robin Hood [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • Wolfgang Reitherman
Release date: 2007-05-07
Run time: 80 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.34

Review Robin Hood [1973] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Emperor's New Groove [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Patrick Warburton
  • David Spade
  • John Goodman
  • Mark Dindal
  • Eartha Kitt
  • Wendie Malick
Release date: 2001-11-05
Run time: 74 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.78

Review The Emperor's New Groove [2001] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The Emperor's New Groove was originally developed as an epic called Kingdom of the Sun and lost scale and most of Sting's song score (some of which can be heard on the soundtrack) on its way to the screen. The end result is the lightest Disney film in many a moon, a joyous romp akin to Aladdin in its quotient of laughs for children and adults. The original story centres on the spoiled teenage emperor Kuzco (David Spade), who enjoys getting the best of his Aztecan subjects. When he fires Yzma (Eartha Kitt), his evil sorceress, she seeks revenge and turns Kuzco into a llama with the help of Kronk, her hunk of the month (Patrick Warburton). Alone in the jungle, the talking llama is befriended by Pacha (John Goodman), who has just been told to vacate his pastoral home by the human Kuzco. What's an ego to do? That's pretty much the story and the characters-simple, direct, fun-a Disney film on a diet. For any fan of the acidic humour of Spade, this is essential viewing. As narrator of his tale, Kuzco uses a sarcastic tone to keep the story jumping with plenty of fun asides (he even "stops" the film at one point to make sure you know the story is about him). Even better is character actor Warburton (Elaine's stuck-up boyfriend on Seinfeld), who steals every scene as the dim-witted, but oh-so-likable Kronk. There's even a delicious Tom Jones number that starts the film off with a bang. [+]
-Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.

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Star Wars Episode VI:Return Of The Jedi (Limited Edition, Includes Theatrical Version) [1983], The Greatest Game Ever Played [2005], Holes [2003], High School Musical Encore/ High School Musical 2 (Duo Pack) [2006], My Friends Tigger And Pooh - Friendly Tails [2007], Winnie The Pooh - ABC's and 123's, The Tigger Movie [2000], X-Men - Season One Part One (Marvel Originals Series - 90s) [1992], Toy Story - 10th Anniversary Edition [1995], A Bug's Life [1999], Little Einsteins Vol.1 - Mission Celebration [2006], The Little Mermaid 3: Ariels Beginning [2008], The Muppet Show - Series 2, Underdog [2007], Pete's Dragon [1977], Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - 2 Disc DVD and Book Set [1958], Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt, Alice In Wonderland (Special Edition), Robin Hood [1973], The Emperor's New Groove [2001]

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