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Review Tom and Jerry / Tom And Jerry - A Nutcracker Tale
Release date: 2007-11-05
Run time: 47 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.97

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Review Dutch Filmworks 33043DDS00 / Neverending Story - The Original TV Series Boxset DVD
Actors & Directors
  • Darryl Cooksey
  • Drum Garrett
  • Gerald McRaney
  • Nicholas Gilbert
  • Wolfgang Petersen
  • Barret Oliver
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £7.38

Review Neverending Story - The Original TV Series Boxset DVD / Dutch Filmworks 33043DDS00:

Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.

Review Astro Boy / Astro Boy - Greatest Astro Adventures
Release date: 2006-10-30
Run time: 168 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.30

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Review Live/Artisan / Alice Through the Looking Glass [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kate Beckinsale
  • John Henderson
  • Siân Phillips
  • Penelope Wilton
  • Geoffrey Palmer
  • Ian Holm
Release date: 2005-01-11
Run time: 83 min.
Creator: Nick Vivian
Price: £4.22

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Review Warner Home Video / The Wiggles: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Sam Moran
  • Murray Cook
  • Paul Field
  • Anthony Field
Release date: 2008-07-29
Run time: 60 min.
Price: £6.18

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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / The Three Worlds Of Gulliver [1960]
Actors & Directors
  • Jo Morrow
  • June Thorburn
  • Jack Sher
  • Kerwin Mathews
Release date: 2002-04-22
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.97

Review The Three Worlds Of Gulliver [1960] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

The 1960 children's feature The Three Worlds of Gulliver brings to life the first two sections of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels in a version which, while sanitised for youngsters, retains some of the satire and intelligence of the original. It also boasts excellent-for-the-time special effects by Ray Harryhausen, though the effects wizard keeps his trademark stop-motion animation to a minimum, featuring it only when Gulliver (Kerwin Mathews from 1958's The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad), has problems with an outsized crocodile and a foraging squirrel. Instead, Harryhausen concentrates on portraying the miniature Lilliputians and the giant Brobdingnagians, and the results still impress over 40 years on. This is a colourful, witty, charming film, though it is also heavily Americanised, the dialogue anachronistic and some of the accents decidedly trans-Atlantic. Mathews is a little stiff in the role of a British doctor, but English actress June Thorburn makes a spirited and beautiful Elizabeth, Gulliver's fiancée who in this version comes along for the journey. While the 1996 TV mini-series Gulliver's Travels comes much closer to Swift's intentions Harryhausen's version will delight younger viewers and has the advantage of a beguiling score from the great Bernard Herrmann. Some viewers may be startled to learn that in the 17th century there were Spanish mountains just outside London, and that Wapping was just a minute's walk from the beach. On the DVD: The Three Worlds of Gulliver on disc has good mono sound while the picture, which is anamorphically enhanced and presented at 1. 77:1, is of variable quality. There are very distracting fleck marks where the emulsion has been damaged on the print in many shots featuring Gulliver against a bright blue sky. [+]
These really should have been restored before transfer to DVD. Although the packaging refers to "The Ray Harryhausen Chronicles" featurette, this is actually the same superb 57-minute TV documentary which has appeared on other Harryhausen titles. Everyone should have it in their collection once. "This is Dynamation" is a three-minute special effects promo for The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. Also included is a five-minute original "making of" featurette and trailers for The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1. 70:1 letterboxed), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (4:3) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1. 77:1 anamorphic), as well as basic filmographies of Jack Sher, Arthur Ross, Ray Harryhausen and Kerwin Mathews. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Walt Disney Pictures / Lady And The Tramp 2 - Scamp's Adventure [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Kath Soucie
  • Bill Fagerbakke
  • Debi Derryberry
  • Scott Wolf
  • Darrell Rooney
  • Cathy Moriarty
Release date: 2006-03-06
Run time: 66 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £7.28

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Review 4 Front Video / Big Fat Liar [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Giamatti
  • Amanda Bynes
  • Donald Faison
  • Frankie Muniz
  • Amanda Detmer
  • Shawn Levy
Release date: 2003-02-03
Run time: 84 min.
Creator: Dan Schneider
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.20

Review Big Fat Liar [2002] / 4 Front Video:

Pitting kids against grown-ups has always been a reliable source of comedy, and Big Fat Liar indulges the "smart kid vs dumb adult" fantasy with infectious enthusiasm. In this case it's Frankie Muniz from TV's Malcolm in the Middle, playing a Michigan eighth-grader whose penchant for lying results in parental scorn when he claims that a Hollywood movie mogul (ace character actor Paul Giamatti) has stolen the kid's hastily written English essay and turned it into his upcoming summer blockbuster. The kid only wants to prove his honesty and recruits his girlfriend (spunky TV star Amanda Bynes) to beat the honcho on his Hollywood turf. Elaborate practical jokes and slapstick gags turn this kid stuff (scripted and produced by two former child stars) into an enjoyable send-up of Hollywood absurdity. When combined with Giamatti's mastery of slow-burning megalomania, the show-biz in-jokes and Home Alone-style anarchy make this a harmless diversion for the young and young-at-heart. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Warner Home Video / Pee-Wee's Big Adventure [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Susan Barnes
  • Lou Cutell
  • James Brolin
  • Luis Contreras
  • Simmy Bow
Release date: 2008-11-04
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Danny Elfman
Price: £9.67

Review Pee-Wee's Big Adventure [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Moon-Spinners
Actors & Directors
  • Hayley Mills
Release date: 2006-07-10
RRP: £14.99
Price: £10.28

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Review Warner Home Video / Gilmore Girls: The Complete Seventh Season (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kenny Ortega
  • Lauren Graham
  • Alexis Bledel
  • Jamie Babbit
  • David Paymer
  • Melissa McCarthy
  • Bethany Rooney
  • Keiko Agena
  • Scott Patterson
  • Jackson Douglas
Release date: 2007-11-13
Run time: 920 min.
Price: £26.57

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Peter Pan (2003)
Actors & Directors
  • Jason Isaacs
  • P.J. Hogan
  • Richard Briers
  • Jeremy Sumpter
  • Rachel Hurd-Wood
  • Lynn Redgrave
Release date: 2004-04-26
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.75

Review Peter Pan (2003) / Universal Pictures UK:

Fine casting, genuinely special effects and a keen combination of whimsy and danger make this Peter Pan the one to beat among all previous adaptations of JM Barrie's classic children's fantasy. The technical advances of CGI make the magic of Barrie's tale come alive and the spectacular effects combined with luminous live action create an action-packed Neverland that's both believable and breathtakingly artificial, like a Maxfield Parrish landscape springing vividly to life before your eyes. More importantly, however, is the fact that director PJ Hogan (whose films include Muriel's Wedding and My Best Friend's Wedding) has taken care to develop a substantial, pre-adolescent affection between the boyish sprite Peter (Jeremy Sumpter) and resourceful London girl Wendy, played by Rachel Hurd-Wood in a marvellous screen debut. This emotional bond-and the mixed blessing of Peter's eternal childhood-is what gives Hogan's Peter Pan it's rich emotional subtext, added to an already bountiful adventure that's equal parts delightful and menacing, especially when the villainous pirate Captain Hook (Jason Isaacs, doubling as Wendy's father) threatens to spoil the fun. With a mischievously dazzling Tinker Bell (played by Swimming Pool's Ludivine Sagnier) and no expense spared on its lavish Australian production, this Peter Pan gets it entirely right by presenting childhood as fun and frightening, in all its wondrous joys and sorrows. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / The Lost World - Jurassic Park 2 [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Pete Postlethwaite
  • Arliss Howard
  • Richard Attenborough
  • Jeff Goldblum
  • Julianne Moore
Release date: 2001-01-08
Run time: 123 min.
Price: £19.99

Review The Lost World - Jurassic Park 2 [1997] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:


Review Uca Catalogue / Babe/The Borrowers/Matilda
Actors & Directors
  • Jim Broadbent
  • Chris Noonan
  • Pam Ferris
  • Rhea Perlman
  • Peter Hewitt
  • Danny DeVito
  • Hugh Laurie
  • Jon Lovitz
Release date: 2007-10-01
Run time: 265 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.14

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Review Momentum Pictures / Flash Gordon (Silver Aniversary Edition) [1980]
Actors & Directors
  • Max Von Sydow
  • Melody Anderson
  • Ornella Muti
  • Sam J. Jones
  • Topol
  • Mike Hodges
Release date: 2005-10-10
Run time: 111 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £24.99

Review Flash Gordon (Silver Aniversary Edition) [1980] / Momentum Pictures:

When the totalitarian planet of Mongo decides on a whim to obliterate Earth, it's up to the quarterback Flash Gordon and his oddball companions to make the universe safe for democracy. Based on the classic (and infinitely more reputable) comic strip and its 1930s screen serialisation, this candy-coloured trash classic deserves immortality for Queen's unforgettably pulsating soundtrack alone. The legendary Max von Sydow appears to be having a blast as the evil Ming the Merciless, while Ornella Muti, as his daughter, is the living embodiment of what attracts adolescent boys to comics in the first place. (She makes Barbarella look mundane. ) One of the most shamelessly entertaining movies ever made, this is a knowingly absurd sensory freak-out that'll have the viewer blissfully checking the sky afterward for signs of Hawkmen. -Andrew Wright When the totalitarian planet of Mongo decides on a whim to obliterate Earth, it's up to the lunk-headed quarterback Flash Gordon and his oddball companions to make the universe safe for democracy. Flash Gordon is based on the classic (and infinitely more reputable) comic strip and its 30s screen serialisation, this cotton-candy-coloured trash classic deserves immortality for Queen's unforgettably pulsating soundtrack alone. The legendary Max von Sydow appears to be having a blast as the evil Ming the Merciless, while Ornella Muti, as his daughter, is the living embodiment of what attracts adolescent boys to comics in the first place. (She makes Barbarella look mundane. ) One of the most shamelessly entertaining movies ever made, this is a knowingly absurd sensory freak-out that'll have the viewer blissfully checking the sky afterward for signs of Hawkmen. [+]
-Andrew Wright, Amazon. com.

Review Warner Home Video / When In Rome [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Ashley Olsen
  • Steve Purcell
  • Mary-Kate Olsen
  • Leslie Danon
Release date: 2003-10-20
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.66

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Review Britannica's Fairy Tales / Hansel And Gretel / Rapunzel
Release date: 2006-09-11
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.99

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Power Rangers - Dino Thunder: White Thunder
Actors & Directors
  • Jeffrey Parazzo
  • Kevin Duhaney
  • Emma Lahana
  • Jason David Frank
  • James Napier
Release date: 2005-06-20
Run time: 110 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £4.48

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Review Get Fit Kids / Get Fit Kids Vol.1 - Hustle Bustle, Move Your Muscles
Release date: 2008-09-22
Run time: 30 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.37

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Review Warner Home Video / Scooby Doo: Live Action Movie [Blu-ray]
Actors & Directors
  • Matthew Lillard
  • Raja Gosnell
  • Freddie Prinze Jr
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Linda Cardellini
Release date: 2007-11-05
Run time: 96 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £13.99

Review Scooby Doo: Live Action Movie [Blu-ray] / Warner Home Video:

Ghosts haunting spooky old factories? Hip kids being brainwashed? The Darkopalypse about to engulf the world? Scooby-Doo, where are you? Well, the gang have all fallen out and dissolved the Mystery Inc partnership for good. Jinkeys! But luckily a strange invitation to solve a mystery on Spooky Island has unwittingly reunited the now-flopped members of the team. Can ghoul-getting gang get along again? The latest in a long line of live-actioned-up retro cartoon faves, Scooby-Doo: The Movie features superb action set-pieces and seamlessly blended live actor/CGI interaction-our eponymous hero is rendered with particular panache. What's more, the special effects are backed by a scarily well-written script and some frighteningly good performances. The Buffy-tastic Sarah Michelle Gellar was born to be Daphne, and Matthew Lillard is show-stealing as the dream-to-play Shaggy. The characters themselves are darkly developed-Fred is now a vain egotist, Velma a last-picked-at-sport geek and Daphne a Clueless-style airhead. Happily, Shaggy and Scooby are still a pair of snack-happy gormless goofs for whom friendship outweighs all else. Scooby-Doo manages to be great fun for the kids without neglecting the fans of the original (1969!) series. Alongside the fun, frights and frantic action are clever in-jokes and even a few hints at some rather adult goings on-Shaggy getting "toasted" in a smokey hippy-style camper van may explain why he's always so peckish. Throw in a surprise appearance from a love-to-hate familiar face, some Charlie's Angels-style wire work and a storming rap-rock soundtrack and it's a hit for all the family. [+]
If you're thinking of missing it, Scooby-Don't! -Paul Eisinger.

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Tom And Jerry - A Nutcracker Tale, Neverending Story - The Original TV Series Boxset DVD, Astro Boy - Greatest Astro Adventures, Alice Through the Looking Glass [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Wiggles: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Three Worlds Of Gulliver [1960], Lady And The Tramp 2 - Scamp's Adventure [2000], Big Fat Liar [2002], Pee-Wee's Big Adventure [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Moon-Spinners, Gilmore Girls: The Complete Seventh Season (REGION 1) (NTSC), Peter Pan (2003), The Lost World - Jurassic Park 2 [1997], Babe/The Borrowers/Matilda, Flash Gordon (Silver Aniversary Edition) [1980], When In Rome [2002], Hansel And Gretel / Rapunzel, Power Rangers - Dino Thunder: White Thunder, Get Fit Kids Vol.1 - Hustle Bustle, Move Your Muscles, Scooby Doo: Live Action Movie [Blu-ray]

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