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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Shuki Levy
  • Kai Doi
  • Greg Collins (II)
  • Steve Cardenas
  • David Winning
  • Jon Simanton
  • Jason David Frank
Release date: 2004-04-26
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.97

Review Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie [1997] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Honey, I Blew Up The Kid [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Joshua Shalikar
  • Robert Oliveri
  • Rick Moranis
  • Randal Kleiser
  • Marcia Strassman
  • Daniel Shalikar
Release date: 2002-09-23
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.45

Review Honey, I Blew Up The Kid [1993] / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Bear in the Big Blue House / Bear In The Big Blue House - Sleepytime With Bear
Release date: 2005-06-13
Run time: 72 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.58

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Review Walt Disney Home Video / Peter Pan - Return To Neverland [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Robin Budd
  • Harriet Owen|Kath Soucie|Corey Burton|Jeff Bennett
Release date: 2002-08-19
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.88

Review Peter Pan - Return To Neverland [2002] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Peter Pan soars back onto the screen in Disney's all-new animated feature, Return to Never Land. This sequel to the 1953 classic Peter Pan has a reassuringly old-fashioned feel, with computer-generated images and more-traditional artwork cleverly blended to recall the original. Wendy, now married with children, is living in a London ravaged by the blitz. Every night she enchants her small son with tales of pirates and Pan to distract him from the bombings but her serious young daughter Jane finds the stories of magic and fairies unconvincing in the face of a war-torn reality. After a fairly slow beginning establishing the bleak backdrop and the various characters-Jane's smug conscientiousness grates at times-the scene is set for the adventure to begin; and once the nefarious Hook and crew loom into sight, things really take off-literally. In Never Land nothing much has changed: the dastardly Captain Hook, now tormented by a clicking octopus rather than a ticking crocodile, just wants to be hated; his crew remain bloodthirsty but bumbling; and feisty fairy Tinker Bell shimmers around in a jealous strop when another female appears on the scene. Unfortunately, the story line hasn't changed much either, being a thin re-working of the original, although there is an interesting mirroring between mother and daughter-one who was afraid to grow-up and the other distrustful of childhood, with its emphasis on fun and lack of responsibility. It was never going to be easy to follow the original Peter Pan but Return to Never Land is an engaging sequel and the uplifting "So To Be One of Us" is Disney music at its best. (Ages 3 to 9)-Helen Baker.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Santa Clause [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Judge Reinhold
  • Wendy Crewson
  • Paige Tamada
  • Peter Boyle
  • Tim Allen
  • John Pasquin
Release date: 2002-11-18
Run time: 105 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £3.28

Review The Santa Clause [1995] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Tim Allen makes an impressive screen debut in Disney's well-written seasonal film The Santa Clause. Divorced toy company executive Scott Calvin is pleased to have his son Charlie for Christmas, though the boy himself isn't happy about it. But when Santa Claus accidentally topples off the roof of the house and falls with a thud in the snow, Scott finds himself taking the merry old elf's place and earning new respect in his son's eyes. When the night ends, the reindeer take them to the North Pole, and Scott discovers that by donning the fabled red suit, he's inadvertently agreed to become the next Santa Claus. The next morning he wakes up in his own bed and thinks it's all a dream-but Charlie remembers it with crystal clarity. Scott now has to deal with his suspicious ex-wife (Wendy Crewson) and her psychiatrist boyfriend (Judge Reinhold), who both think he's playing tricks with Charlie's mind, and also with his own out-of-control body, which is putting on weight and growing a prodigious beard. The Santa Clause probably won't supplant It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street as anyone's favourite Christmas viewing, but it's an enjoyable, straightforward family film, anchored by the affable charisma of Allen. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Fun Song Factory - Farm / Favourite Songs
Release date: 2005-08-29
Run time: 121 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.71

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Review Wind in the Willows / Wind In The Willows - Series Two - Complete
Release date: 2007-06-25
Run time: 290 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.95

Review Wind In The Willows - Series Two - Complete / Wind in the Willows:


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Freaky Friday/The Parent Trap [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Natasha Richardson
  • Dennis Quaid
  • Nancy Meyers
  • Lindsay Lohan
  • Mark Waters
Release date: 2007-08-20
Run time: 216 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.70

Review Freaky Friday/The Parent Trap [1998] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Beauty And The Beast (Special Edition) [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Gary Trousdale
  • Paige O'Hara
  • Richard White
  • Jerry Orbach
  • Kirk Wise
  • Robby Benson
  • David Ogden Stiers
Release date: 2002-11-02
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £54.00

Review Beauty And The Beast (Special Edition) [1992] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The film that officially signalled Disney's animation renaissance and the only animated feature to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination, Beauty and the Beast remains the yardstick by which all other animated films should be measured. It relates the story of Belle, a bookworm with a dotty inventor for a father; when he inadvertently offends the Beast (a prince whose heart is too hard to love anyone besides himself), Belle boldly takes her father's place, imprisoned in the Beast's gloomy mansion. Naturally, Belle teaches the Beast to love. What makes this such a dazzler, besides the amazingly accomplished animation and the winning coterie of supporting characters (the Beast's mansion is overrun by quipping, dancing household items) is the array of beautiful and hilarious songs by composer Alan Menken and the late, lamented lyricist Howard Ashman, (winning the 1991 Oscar for Best Song and Menken's score won a trophy as well). The downright funniest song is "Gaston", a lout's paean to himself (including the immortal line, "I use antlers in all of my de-co-ra-ting"). "Be Our Guest" is transformed into an inspired Busby Berkeley homage. Since Ashman's passing, animated musicals haven't quite reached the same exhilarating level of wit, sophistication and pure joy. -David Kronke, Amazon. comOn the DVD: Beauty and the Beast's regular DVD release still offers some special features, but doesn't hold a candle to the Collector's Edition. The "making-of" featurette is informative charting the production from Walt Disney's original idea to the final musical version. [+]
"The Story Behind the Story" shows the origins of many of Disney's adapted fairy tales. The two games are fun, if a little slow to load. Celine Dion's original video is slightly on the dull side, but Jump 5's remixed version of "Tale as Old as Time" is just ridiculous. As always the sing-along track is great fun for all budding Belles or Beasts in the house. The transfer is as pristine as could be expected from a 1991 release. On the DVD: Beauty and the Beast's two-disc Collector's Edition really is the stuff of fairy tales. Disc 1 has three versions of the movie, the best being the "Work in Progress" edition which offers the unfinished film, sketch lines and all. The theatrical cut has a pristine transfer and the sound is immaculate. The director's commentary relies on a lot on name-dropping and you'll find more interesting insight in the "making-of" feature on the second disc. The sing-a-long track (as with all Disney releases) is fantastic, particularly for such a well-loved score. Disc 2 is packed full of information, fun and games. The best of the informative features is "Animation Magic", an intelligent look into the production of Disney cartoons. In the games section you'll need to head straight for the West Wing to continue an adventure with Chip (Tip: finish the game "Maurice's Workshop" first), but get your fingers warmed up as it needs a little remote control action. This disc only really falls down on the slowness of some of its games and the appalling remix video of "Tale as Old as Time". -Nikki Disney.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Ugly Dachshund [1966]
Actors & Directors
  • Suzanne Pleshette
  • Dean Jones
  • Norman Tokar
  • Kelly Thordsen
  • Charles Ruggles
  • Parley Baer
Release date: 2004-03-29
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.64

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 Sony Wonder / Sesame Street: 123 Count With Me [1997] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jochen Brauer
Release date: 1999-12-14
Run time: 30 min.
Price: £3.34

Review Sesame Street: 123 Count With Me [1997] (NTSC) / Sony Wonder:

Join Ernie at The Furry Arms Hotel for a musical lesson in just how useful counting can be. When Ernie finds and returns a misplaced key, he uses his knowledge of numbers to return the key to the correct guest. As Ernie begins to learn about the hotel business, he finds many common situations in which counting is essential. Throughout the 30-minute video, Ernie and his friends help children learn to count from one to 20 with such songs as the jazzy "That's How the Numbers Go", an original version of the Chorus Line show tune "One" and "Rap Song #11". Favourite Sesame Street characters Elmo and The Count are joined by new characters including Ding the Dinger, a furry fellow with a bell on his head, and Benny, the bellboy that responds to Ding the Dinger's dings. Children as young as 18 months will bounce happily along with the catchy tunes and two-year-olds will be inspired to count aloud with Ernie. Kids up to age five will hone their counting skills and laugh at the increasingly frustrated Benny as he delivers everything from one bucket of ice to 15 stampeding elephants! If you're looking for a fun video that teaches counting skills, here it is. -Tami Horiuchi.

Release date: 2008-01-07
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.99

Review Harry Potter And The Order of the Phoenix [UMD Mini for PSP] / Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix:


Review ITV DVD / Thunderbirds: Volume 2 [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • John Tate
  • Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
  • Jeremy Wilkin
Release date: 2004-07-19
Run time: 195 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.22

Review Thunderbirds: Volume 2 [1965] / ITV DVD:

"Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here. As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place in the audiences' affections to their cool machines-the real stars of the show-while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes, milady" catch phrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey, stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company. ) The puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood. On this DVD: The four episodes are: "Edge of Impact", "Day of Disaster", Thirty Minutes After Noon" and "Desperate Intruder".

Review Walt Disney / Jungle Book : 40th Anniversary Edition (Limited Edition 2 Disc Collector's Gift Set) [1967] [1968]
Release date: 2007-11-05
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £28.99
Price: £17.97

Review Jungle Book : 40th Anniversary Edition (Limited Edition 2 Disc Collector's Gift Set) [1967] [1968] / Walt Disney:

Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book seems even more entertaining now than it did upon first release, with a hall-of-fame vocal performance by Phil Harris as Baloo, the genial bear friend of feral child Mowgli. Loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's original, the film goes its own way as Disney animation will, but the strong characters and smart casting (George Sanders as the villainous tiger, Shere Khan) make it one of the studio's stronger feature-length cartoons. Songs include "The Bare Necessities" and "Trust in Me". -Tom Keogh One of the very best animated films that the Walt Disney Studio has ever released (and the last to be produced by Walt Disney himself), and as downright brilliant as it was on its debut in 1967, The Jungle Book makes a very welcome return to DVD in this excellent 40th anniversary double-disc set. Based loosely on the Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name, the film tells the story of man-cub Mowgli, and the friends he makes in the jungle. And it's these friends who ignite the film, with some of the most memorable characters and songs that Disney has ever put on the screen. Kings of The Jungle Book are the likes of Baloo the Bear, King Louie the villainous Shere Khan the Tiger, while supporting characters such as Colonel Hathi are just as memorable. It's astonishing that it packs so much and so many into its relatively short running time. It's an amazing achievement too that The Jungle Book bristles with such energy and fun, and that it's just as likely to enthral the current generation of youngsters as well as those of us who saw it first time round. And when those songs start playing-from Bare Necessities through to I Wanna Be Like You-it'll take some effort to not start tapping your feet. [+]
A brilliant, brilliant film, and as vintage as the Disney back catalogue gets. -Simon Brew.

Review Tarzan/Hercules / Tarzan/Hercules
Release date: 2007-10-01
Run time: 174 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £10.93

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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / The Muppets Take Manhattan [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Frank Oz
  • Gregory Hines
  • Joan Rivers
  • Linda Lavin
  • Art Carney
  • Brooke Shields
Release date: 2000-11-06
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.97

Review The Muppets Take Manhattan [1986] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Frank Oz
  • Jerry Nelson
  • Dave Goelz
  • The Muppets
  • Michael Caine
Release date: 2008-09-29
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £8.11

Review The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Tarzan 2
Actors & Directors
  • Brian Smith
Release date: 2005-08-08
Run time: 68 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.40

Review Tarzan 2 / Walt Disney Home Video:

Whereas the original Tarzan tells the story of a man raised by gorillas who learns to bring together the human and animal worlds, Tarzan 2 is a prequel, of sorts, focusing on a chapter from Tarzan's childhood where he realizes he is not an ape and sets out to discover his true identity. The young misfit runs away from his loving mother, Kala (voiced by Glenn Close), and wanders up the Dark Mountain to come face to face with the monstrous Zugor. But all is not serious in this 72-minute boondoggle; there is Disney's usual foray into frivolity by way of a few wisecracking sidekicks-a couple of gorilla brothers named Uto and Kago, and their nettlesome Mama Gunda (voiced by Estelle Harris, a laudable choice). Despite the star-studded voice cast, there is a sense of re-tread ground here, and the story (loosely based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' distinctive tale) shows signs of formulaic Disney. Nonetheless, Phil Collins' trio of original songs livens the pace to make the effort a short-lived smile. (Ages 6 to 14) -Lynn Gibson, Amazon. com.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Carry Me - Brum - Soccer Hero
Release date: 2007-06-11
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.57

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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
  • Phil Lewis
  • Dylan Sprouse
  • Ashley Tisdale
  • Cole Sprouse
  • Brenda Song
  • Richard Correll
Release date: 2008-04-21
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £20.99
Price: £8.98

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


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Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie [1997], Honey, I Blew Up The Kid [1993], Bear In The Big Blue House - Sleepytime With Bear, Peter Pan - Return To Neverland [2002], The Santa Clause [1995], Fun Song Factory - Farm / Favourite Songs, Wind In The Willows - Series Two - Complete, Freaky Friday/The Parent Trap [1998], Beauty And The Beast (Special Edition) [1992], The Ugly Dachshund [1966], Sesame Street: 123 Count With Me [1997] (NTSC), Harry Potter And The Order of the Phoenix [UMD Mini for PSP], Thunderbirds: Volume 2 [1965], Jungle Book : 40th Anniversary Edition (Limited Edition 2 Disc Collector's Gift Set) [1967] [1968], Tarzan/Hercules, The Muppets Take Manhattan [1986], The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992], Tarzan 2, Carry Me - Brum - Soccer Hero, The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody (Vol 1.) - Taking Over The Tipton [2005]

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