![Review Walt Disney Video / Treasure Planet [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510BBBMSB7L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Martin Short
- Emma Thompson
- Corey Burton
- John Musker
- Jeff Kurtti
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Ron Clements
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Jim Fanning
Price: £9.66
Review Treasure Planet [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:Treasure Planet, a pet project of Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Hercules codirectors Ron Clements and John Musker, is an ambitious animation hybrid (traditional animation combined with elaborate CGI backgrounds). It was the subject of numerous in-studio battles, but Disney office politics and a poor public reception shouldn't distract one from its many admirable qualities, not the least being its overall fidelity to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel Treasure Island. Curiously revamped as a sci-fi adventure with space-faring galleons, flintlock ray guns and extreme-sports attitude, it caters to a young audience for whom Stevenson's adventure is an undiscovered treasure, revving up the material with arcade-game excitements. It's entertaining, for what it is, and kids will surely enjoy it. Maybe next time, however, Disney will follow its own legacy and properly adapt Stevenson (as they did with their 1950 live-action classic) for a new, and hopefully receptive, generation. -Jeff Shannon.
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Actors & Directors
- Rick Moranis
- Jason Raize
- Joaquin Phoenix
- Dave Thomas
- Aaron Blaise
- Robert Walker
- Jeremy Suarez
Run time: 82 min.
Creator: Don Dougherty
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.99
Review Brother Bear [2003] / Walt Disney Home Video:Disney's Brother Bear boasts a dramatic story-after he kills a bear, a young hunter named Kenai (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix) in prehistoric North America is turned into a bear himself and hunted by his own brother-but the animated movie's tone is more earnest and warm than tragic, focusing on the unfolding relationship between Kenai and an orphaned bear cub named Koda (voiced by Jeremy Suarez). However, it's often the comic supporting characters that prove the most popular, and a pair of moose voiced by Rick Moranis and Doug Thomas will win many fans. The songs by Phil Collins are typically negligible, but the hand-drawn animation is lush (occasional flashes of computer-generated animation clash with the movie's overall look). Kids will also enjoy the mammoths; but no sabre-toothed tigers, unfortunately. -Bret Fetzer.
![Review Walt Disney Video / The Strongest Man in the World [1975] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518WKVNKEYL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Joe Flynn
- Eve Arden
- Cesar Romero
- Vincent McEveety
- Kurt Russell
- Phil Silvers
Run time: 92 min.
Price: £3.79
Review The Strongest Man in the World [1975] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:
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Release date: 2008-05-26
Run time: 133 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £4.28
Review Power Rangers - Operation Overdrive Vol.4 [2007] / Power Rangers Operation Overdrive:
Release date: 1998-03-02
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.96
Review Percy The Park Keeper - The Secret Path / Hit Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Oliver Postgate
- John Faulkner
- Sandra Kerr
Price: £19.95
Review Bagpuss - Classics (DVD) / 4 Front Video:
![Review Revelation Films / Terrahawks - Vol. 7, 8 And 9 - The Collector's Set [1983]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513DXKANY6L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Tony Lenny
- Tony Bell
- Desmond Saunders
- Alan Pattillo
Creator: Gerry Anderson
RRP: £34.99
Price: £6.57
Review Terrahawks - Vol. 7, 8 And 9 - The Collector's Set [1983] / Revelation Films:
![Review Walt Disney Video / The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618uTYKkadL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Ben Barnes
- Georgie Henley
- William Moseley
- Skandar Keynes
- Andrew Adamson
- Anna Popplewell
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Stephen McFeely
Price: £14.53
Review The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:
![Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Lady And The Tramp [1955]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TKDA40PFL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Hamilton Luske
- Wilfred Jackson
- Barbara Luddy
- Clyde Geronimi
- Bill Thompson
- Peggy Lee
- Bill Baucom
- Larry Roberts
Run time: 73 min.
Creator: Ralph Wright
RRP: £19.99
Price: £39.99
Review Lady And The Tramp [1955] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:Disney's first animated feature in CinemaScope is now available in widescreen presentations on video, and it is definitely good to get the whole picture. One of the studio's most original and charming movies, the 1955 film tells the story of a rakish, street-smart dog named Tramp, who helps an aristocratic pooch named Lady out of some trouble and then commences a romance with her. Sweet, funny scenes abound, and the combination of innocence and sophistication would have done well in a live-action picture. Peggy Lee co-wrote the songs and provides the voice of the Siamese cats in one of the film's best-known musical sequences. This newly restored version spruces up both sonics and visuals, and a letterbox version is available. - Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.
![Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Fantasia Collection [2000]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4183GK4D7XL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Eric Goldberg
- Hendel Butoy
- Don Hahn
- Steve Martin
- Gaëtan Brizzi
- Ralph Grierson
- James Levine
- Leopold Stokowski
- Kathleen Battle
- Francis Glebas
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £48.99
Price: £168.00
Review The Fantasia Collection [2000] / Walt Disney Home Video:More ambitious in scope than any of its other animated films (before or to come), Disney's 1940 Fantasia was a dizzying, magical and highly enjoyable marriage of classical music and animated images. Fantasia 2000, originally made for the IMAX large-screen format, features some breathtaking animation and storytelling, and in a few spots soars to wonderful high points, but it still more often than not has the feel of walking in its predecessor's footsteps as opposed to creating its own path. A family of whales swimming and soaring to Respighi's The Pines of Rome is magical to watch, but ends all too soon; a forest sprite's dance of life, death and rebirth to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring too clearly echoes the original Fantasia's Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria sequence. But when it's on target, Fantasia 2000 is glorious enough to make you giddy. Hans Christian Andersen's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is a perfect narrative set to Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, and Donald Duck's guest appearance as the assistant to Noah (of the Ark fame) set to Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches is a welcome companion piece (though not an equal) to The Sorcerer's Apprentice, the one original Fantasia piece included here. The high point of Fantasia 2000, though, is a fantastic day-in-the-life sequence of 1930s New York City set to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and animated in the style of cartoonist Al Hirschfeld; it's a perfect melding of music, story and animation style. Let's hope future Fantasias (reportedly in the works) take a cue from the best of this compilation. The music is provided by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Levine, interspersed with negligible intros by Steve Martin, Bette Midler, Itzhak Perlman, James Earl Jones and others. -Mark Englehart.
Release date: 2006-08-21
RRP: £11.99
Price: £4.00
Review Power Rangers Space Patrol Delta: Zapped - Vol. 5 / Power Rangers S.P.D.:
Release date: 2005-10-10
RRP: £20.99
Price: £16.29
Review Bionicle - The Mask Of Light / Bionicle 2 / Bionicle 3 / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:
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Actors & Directors
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Tom Hulce
- Charles Kimbrough
- Kevin Kline
- Jason Alexander
Run time: 63 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.46
Review The Hunchback Of Notre Dame 2 - The Secret Of The Bell [2001] / Walt Disney Home Video:Most of the original characters-plus a few new ones-return in Hunchback Of Notre Dame II. Esmeralda (Demi Moore) and Phoebus (Kevin Kline) now have a son named Zephyr (Haley Joel Osment), with whom Quasi (Tom Hulce) has become friends. When the circus comes to town, the hunchback becomes enchanted by magician's assistant, Madellaine (Jennifer Love Hewitt), but the vain Sarousch (Michael McKean) is also a thief with an eye for the cathedral's jewelled bell. He forces Madellaine to woo Quasi while he carries out the theft. Will he get away with it? Will Madellaine learn to see the inner Quasi? And will Quasi be able to trust again when he learns of her deception? Songs and humorous hijinks from the gargoyles, such as Jason Alexander's Hugo, illustrate the lesson that-as in the first feature-you can't judge a book by its cover. This sequel is squarely aimed at a younger audience than the original, ages 5-10 should be very entertained. -Kathleen C. Fennessy, Amazon. com.
Release date: 2004-11-23
Run time: 106 min.
Price: £6.46
Review X-Men Evolution: Season 2, Vol. 4 - Mystique's Revenge (REGION 1) (NTSC) / X-Men:
![Review Warner Home Video / Pokemon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unknown [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5182TSDK16L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Kunihiko Yuyama
- Veronica Taylor
- Madeleine Blaustein
- Ikue Ootani
- Rachael Lillis
- Eric Stuart
- Michael Haigney
Run time: 93 min.
Creator: Takeshi Shudo
Price: £4.01
Review Pokemon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unknown [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:The most elaborate of the features to date, Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unown introduces new Pokémon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold and Silver-edition Game Boy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pokémon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly's palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her and grant whatever she wishes-except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash's mum to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. ("We figure if we don't help you, we're outta showbiz," Meowth explains. ) Molly's father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly and the other two-dimensional characters simply don't fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pokémon 3 look like two films unsuccessfully spliced together. [+]-Charles Solomon, Amazon. com.
Release date: 2006-06-19
RRP: £11.99
Price: £3.98
Review Power Rangers Space Patrol Delta: Wired - Vol. 3 / Power Rangers S.P.D.:
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Release date: 1997-04-02
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £6.99
Review Noddy 2 - Noddy And The Kite [1993] / 2 Entertain Video:
![Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Pinocchio [Blu-ray] [1940]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M3lsH3A1L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Ben Sharpsteen
- Christian Rub
- Dick Jones
- Walter Catlett
- Charles Judels
- Cliff Edwards
- Hamilton Luske
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £25.99
Price: £17.98
Review Pinocchio [Blu-ray] [1940] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:
Release date: 1997-09-15
Run time: 44 min.
Price: £6.99
Review Tots TV - Super Tiny / Tots TV:
Actors & Directors
- Owen Hurley
- Mark Hildreth
- Cree Summer
- Ian James Corlett
- Kelly Sheridan
- Anjelica Huston
Run time: 84 min.
Creator: Elana Lesser
RRP: £15.99
Price: £0.99
Review Barbie As Rapunzel / 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.
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