Release date: 2001-04-09 Run time: 68 min. Price: £9.99
Review Pokemon TV Series - Vol. 4 - Poke-Friends [1997] / Warner Home Video:
Run time: 31 min. Price: £7.99
Review Donald Duck - The Unsinkable Donald Duck With Huey, Dewey And Louie [1986] / Walt Disney Home Video:
Release date: 2002-05-06 Run time: 58 min. RRP: £9.99 Price: £1.40
Review Silver Surfer - The Origin Of The Silver Surfer / Walt Disney Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Claude Chantal
- Russi Taylor
- Fred Wolf
- Roger Carel
- Terence McGovern
- Alan Young
Release date: 2005-11-08 Run time: 618 min. Creator: John Semper Price: £16.13
Review Disney's Ducktales, Vol. 1 [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:
Release date: 2003-09-08 Run time: 45 min. RRP: £11.99 Price: £2.63
Review Stanley - Spring Fever / Walt Disney Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Gérard Depardieu
- Robert Prosky
- Gregg Edelman
- Andie MacDowell
- Peter Weir
Release date: 2003-03-04 Run time: 103 min. Creator: Ira Halberstadt Price: £3.80
Review Green Card [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:In the delightful romantic comedy Green Card, Georges (Gérard Depardieu), a composer and one-time petty thief who grew up in poverty, attempts to escape his life in Paris and begin anew in America by illegally marrying Bronte (Andie MacDowell), a prim and repressed young lady from a privileged life in Connecticut. Bronte, who has agreed to the scheme for her own self-serving reasons, is exasperated when the Immigration & Naturalisation Service investigates their case, and she and Georges, whom she detests, must spend time together studying each other's lives to avoid disaster. The fallout is infinitely better handled than any run-of-the-mill Hollywood romantic comedy, and the very ending itself stops deliciously short of where Hollywood would feel compelled to drag the story. Fine performances are given by MacDowell, Depardieu-who is fiercely charming pounding the keyboard of a Steinway at an upper class Manhattan dinner party-and Bebe Neuwirth, who is perfect as an upper-class child turned artist who revels in her irresponsibility. -James McGrath, Amazon. com.
Actors & Directors
- Robert Stevenson
- Jo Anne Worley
- Keenan Wynn
- Tim Conway
- Dean Jones
- Suzanne Pleshette
Release date: 2006-03-07 Run time: 91 min. Creator: Felix Salten Price: £4.97
Review The Walt Disney Pictures Presents: The Shaggy D.A. [1976] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:
Actors & Directors
- Rob Schneider
- Armand Assante
- Sylvester Stallone
- Jürgen Prochnow
- Max von Sydow
- Danny Cannon
Release date: 1998-08-19 Run time: 96 min. Creator: John Wagner Price: £4.72
Review Judge Dredd [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:Judge Dredd is one of those movies that doesn't have a brain of its own, so it can only rip off a lot of ingredients from other, better movies. It's a mishmash of Blade Runner, Total Recall, and The Road Warrior, with a dash of Star Wars tossed in for good measure. As if that weren't enough, it's got Sylvester Stallone, who seems to be the only one in the movie who's in on the game and knows it's all a sci-fi scam. Like The Fifth Element a few years later, Judge Dredd depicts a futuristic megalopolis packed with crowded vertical overgrowth and rampant commerce, where anarchy reigns supreme. Violent "block wars" are fought by lawless citizens with machine guns, and Judge Dredd (Stallone) is one of the city's heavily armed policemen, given free rein to judge and execute the perpetrators of violence. But Dredd himself is subjected to judgement and swift justice when his own gun is identified in the murder of a prominent TV reporter, forcing him to do whatever he can to clear his name. Diane Lane plays his partner in crime-fighting and romance, and Rob Schneider provides juvenile comic relief as Dredd's streetwise sidekick. Impressive special effects are on vivid display, and the movie's fun for what it's worth. Lower your expectations and you just might enjoy it. -Jeff Shannon Judge Dredd is one of those movies that doesn't have a brain of its own, so it can only rip off a lot of ingredients from other, better movies. [+]
It's a mishmash of Blade Runner, Total Recall, and The Road Warrior, with a dash of Star Wars tossed in for good measure. As if that weren't enough, it's got Sylvester Stallone, who seems to be the only one in the movie who's in on the game and knows it's all a sci-fi scam. Like The Fifth Element a few years later, Judge Dredd depicts a futuristic megalopolis packed with crowded vertical overgrowth and rampant commerce, where anarchy reigns supreme. Violent "block wars" are fought by lawless citizens with machine guns, and Judge Dredd (Stallone) is one of the city's heavily armed policemen, given free rein to judge and execute the perpetrators of violence. But Dredd himself is subjected to judgement and swift justice when his own gun is identified in the murder of a prominent TV reporter, forcing him to do whatever he can to clear his name. Diane Lane plays his partner in crime-fighting and romance, and Rob Schneider provides juvenile comic relief as Dredd's streetwise sidekick. Impressive special effects are on vivid display, and the movie's fun for what it's worth. Lower your expectations and you just might enjoy it. -Jeff Shannon.
Actors & Directors
- Deborah Hobart
- Mark Lewis
- Tom Lester
- Kristy Young
- James Donadio
- Doug Stone
Release date: 1996-05-13 Run time: 87 min. Creator: Jay Sommers RRP: £10.99 Price: £1.74
Review Gordy (Disney) [1995] / Walt Disney Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Michael Haigney
- Madeleine Blaustein
- Philip Bartlett
- Rachael Lillis
- Veronica Taylor
- Kunihiko Yuyama
- Eric Stuart
Release date: 2000-10-23 Run time: 74 min. Creator: Takeshi Shudo RRP: £15.99 Price: £0.50
Review Pokemon - The First Movie [2000] / Warner Home Video:The world domination of Pokémon begets their first theatrical movie. This adventure is a little more complex and dark than the popular TV series, but kids who live for the show will gobble up this film and ask for seconds. Those baffled by the show's popularity, however, will see nothing better here. Mewtwo, a new type of Pokémon designed by scientists to be the ultimate fighter, decides he wants to rule the world and challenges all the great Pokémasters to battle. Of course, our intrepid heroes Ash, Misty and Brock are there to tangle with Mewtwo and spoil his devilish schemes. The film is a tad more emotional than the show (that is, there is some emotion), with Ash sacrificing himself to defend his beloved Pikachu (but don't you worry, Ash will be just fine). Would you really expect the makers of this worldwide phenomenon to radically change its winning formula? The feature is only 55 minutes long, but there's also a 20-minute short, "Pikachu's Vacation". For the Pokémon novice, this escapade will truly baffle: the narrated tale has virtually no dialogue except Pokémon speaking their names (Bulbasaur, for instance, will only express emotion by using variations of his name: "Bulba, Bulba-SAUR!"). It's a real curio. -Doug Thomas.
Actors & Directors
- Nadia Tass
- Kate Greenhouse
- Alison Elliott
- David Strathairn
- Hallie Kate Eisenberg
- Lucas Black
Release date: 2001-05-08 Run time: 95 min. Creator: William Gibson Price: £4.72
Review The Miracle Worker [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:
Actors & Directors
- Rob Paulsen
- Bill Farmer
- Kellie Martin
- Jason Marsden
- Jim Cummings
- Kevin Lima
Release date: 1997-06-09 Run time: 74 min. Creator: Jymn Magon RRP: £12.99 Price: £0.69
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.
Actors & Directors
- Jered Barclay
- Marshall Efron
- Steve Bulen
- Philip L. Clarke
- Roger Behr
- Peter Wallach
Release date: 2002-09-23 Run time: 400 min. Creator: Roger Slifer RRP: £29.99 Price: £28.99
Review Transformers: The Complete Original Series (Deluxe Edition) [1984] / Maverick Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Sterling Holloway
- Hamilton Luske
- Ed Wynn
- Jerry Colonna
- Clyde Geronimi
- Wilfred Jackson
- Kathryn Beaumont
- Richard Haydn
Release date: 2000-06-30 Run time: 75 min. Creator: Dick Kelsey Price: £92.95
Review Alice in Wonderland [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:Imaginatively rendered but slightly chilly, this 1951 Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic is also appropriately surreal. Alice (voiced by Kathryn Beaumont) has all the anticipated experiences: shrinking and growing, meeting the White Rabbit, having tea with the Mad Hatter, and so on. The characterisation is very strong, illustrating how hard the Disney team worked to bring screen personality to Carroll's eccentric creations. For a Disney film, however, it seems more the self-satisfied sum of its inventiveness than a truly engaging experience. -Tom Keogh.
Release date: 2005-09-06 Run time: 34 min. Creator: Disney Princesses Price: £8.79
Review Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2: Enchanted Tea Party [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:
Release date: 2000-11-06 Run time: 40 min. RRP: £9.99 Price: £1.95
Review Karaoke Girl Power vs Boy Power [2000] / Karaoke:
Release date: 2004-09-06 Run time: 70 min. RRP: £5.99 Price: £14.87
Review The Millennium Collection - Karaoke 90s Hits [2002] / Karaoke:
Release date: 1996-02-09 Run time: 32 min. RRP: £9.99 Price: £9.98
Review Sing Along Songs - Camping At Walt Disney World / Walt Disney Home Video:
Release date: 2001-03-12 RRP: £5.99 Price: £8.76
Review Uptown Girl [DVD AUDIO] / Westlife:
Actors & Directors
- Steve Martin
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley
- Martin Short
- Charles Shyer
- George Newbern
- Diane Keaton
Release date: 2003-02-03 Run time: 102 min. Creator: Nancy Meyers RRP: £9.99 Price: £5.75
Review Father Of The Bride 2 [1996] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:Everybody important from the first film, including the writing-directing team of Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers, regroups for this sequel involving a pair of pregnancies. Steve Martin's patriarch has a crisis when his married daughter (Kimberly Williams) is with child, and an even bigger one when his middle-aged wife (Diane Keaton) announces that another bambino is on the way. Martin Short is more effectively used this time around (he played the wedding co-ordinator in the first film), and while this movie's inevitable climax has both women giving birth on the same chaotic night, the overall effect of the film is less contrived than its predecessor. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.
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