Actors & Directors
- Tony Bill
- David O'Hara
- Elijah Wood
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Alex Trench
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.69
Review Oliver Twist / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:
Release date: 2007-03-05
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.99
Review Thomas And Friends - Together On The Tracks / Thomas and Friends:
Release date: 2008-06-02
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.38
Review The Wiggles - Here Comes The Big Red Car / The Wiggles:
![Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Annie [1982]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QYH9TKYSL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- John Huston
- Tim Curry
- Aileen Quinn
- Albert Finney
- Ann Reinking
- Carol Burnett
Run time: 122 min.
Creator: Thomas Meehan
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.52
Review Annie [1982] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:Though it's not in the same league as the classic screen musicals, Annie's heartwarming rags-to-riches storyline, social comment (shallow as it may be) and catchy songs make for an entertaining and unpretentious 90 minutes' viewing. Aileen Quinn is the irrepressible titular orphan, by no means as irritating as she looks in the cover picture; Albert Finney is Oliver Warbucks, the tyrannical tycoon (with a hidden heart of gold, of course) who adopts her for a week in the interests of good PR. The real show-stopper, though, is Carol Burnett as the gin-soaked harpy Miss Hannigan, ruling with an iron fist over an orphanage full of unruly girls, flirting with every man in sight and eventually scheming with her unscrupulous brother (Tim Curry) to kidnap Annie and reap a fat Warbucks reward cheque. While the songs-including "Tomorrow", "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" and "It's a Hard Knock Life"-are excellent, the kids' voices are shrill and the production pretty low-rent: Annie is very obviously a stage show brought to screen on a low budget. But while it lacks the polish that make the Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe musicals so special, it's funny and sweet and has a rough charm all its own. On the DVD: The film is presented in widescreen, preserving its original 2. 35:1 aspect, and is enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs; the soundtrack is Dolby surround, though as noted above the music score is relatively rough and ready so top-notch sound isn't actually as important as it would be in other musicals. The extras are pretty disappointing-an uninspired interactive menu features only the obligatory multi-language subtitles, (very) short biographies of the key cast members, a few publicity cards and posters, the theatrical trailer and-most interestingly-an isolated musical score. No commentary from director John Huston, no documentaries, nothing about the 1930s cartoon strip that was, apparently, one of the most popular of its day. There's actually more information in the accompanying booklet than there is on the disc. [+]-Rikki Price.
Release date: 2009-09-01
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.74
Review Meg and Mog (Volume 2) / Meg and Mog:
![Review Walt Disney Home Video / Atlantis: Milo's Return [2003]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BH2Q2P40L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Victor Cook
- Don Novello
- Jacqueline Obradors
- Toby Shelton
- John Mahoney
- Cree Summer
- James Arnold Taylor
- Tad Stones
Run time: 77 min.
Creator: Thomas Hart
RRP: £17.99
Price: £3.28
Review Atlantis: Milo's Return [2003] / Walt Disney Home Video:
Release date: 2006-03-20
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £2.99
Price: £2.98
Review The Betty Boop Collection / Elstree Hill Entertainment:
Release date: 2009-03-09
Run time: 140 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.98
Review Thomas The Tank Engine - Engines To The Rescue/Peep Peep Party/Chocolate Crunch / Thomas and Friends:
![Review Walt Disney Video / Newsies [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JN182SCXL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Ann-Margret
- Christian Bale
- Bill Pullman
- Kenny Ortega
- David Moscow
- Robert Duvall
Run time: 121 min.
Creator: Marianne Sweeny
Price: £6.92
Review Newsies [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:
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Actors & Directors
- Richard E. Grant
- Jim Carter
- Rollo Weeks
- Alice Krige
- Uli Edel
- Jonathan Lipnicki
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Larry Wilson
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.75
Review The Little Vampire [2000] / Icon Home Entertainment:Fresh from Stuart Little, young Jonathan Lipnicki carries on his pint-sized shoulders his every scene in The Little Vampire as eight-year-old Tony, befriender of vampires. The Scottish setting lends itself nicely to spookiness, too. A continent away from his native California, Tony's having a tough time making new friends when a band of vagabond vampires enters his life through his bedroom window. The encounter seems pure coincidence at first, but then the scary truth surfaces: Tony, though he's not a vampire himself, has "sympathy for our kind", as the dad of the bat-linked brood puts it. Visions of vampire happenings from generations past invade the kid's consciousness, and they hold the key to the clan's current gypsy-like predicament. Through his clairvoyance and, by extension, the discovery of a long-lost amulet, the mostly benevolent bloodsuckers are able to reclaim their rightful status as proper cave-dwellers in their homeland. Clueless-parent predicaments abound-Tony's mum and dad smirk at their son's vampire-obsessed imagination until the cape-draped heads of the clan drop by for a visit-and viewers of around Tony's age will find the gang's adventures eluding a bumbling vampire hunter genuinely chuckle worthy. -Tammy La Gorce.
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Actors & Directors
- Joss Ackland
- Bob Fosse
- Stanley Donen
- Richard Kiley
- Gene Wilder
- Steven Warner
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.82
Review Little Prince, The [1974] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
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Actors & Directors
- Bill Shirley
- Eleanor Audley
- Barbara Luddy
- Verna Felton
- Mary Costa
- Clyde Geronimi
Run time: 72 min.
Creator: Ted Sears
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.00
Review Sleeping Beauty [Disney 1959] / Walt Disney Home Video: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 Malificent'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.
Actors & Directors
- Alan Bates
- Aidan Quinn
- Robert Timmins
- Jonathan Timmins
- Giles Foster
- Jonathan Hyde
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Mark Twain
RRP: £5.99
Price: £7.00
Review Prince And The Pauper / Prism Leisure:
Release date: 2004-09-06
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.99
Review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Three Complete Volumes / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
Release date: 2008-01-14
Run time: 725 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £10.40
Review Thundercats: Series 1 Volume 1 (6 Disc Box Set) / Thundercats:
Release date: 2006-11-27
Run time: 666 min.
RRP: £59.99
Price: £47.38
Review Disney Pixar Complete Collection : Toy Story 1 & 2 (2 Disc Sets) / A Bug's Life (2 Disc) / Monsters Inc / Finding Nemo (2 Disc) / The Incredibles (2 Disc) / Cars / Disney:
Release date: 2007-03-19
Run time: 44 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £3.49
Review Power Rangers - Mystic Force - Vol.1 / Power Rangers Mystic Force:
![Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Cocoon [1985]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517VJT3V6FL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Don Ameche
- Ron Howard
- Tahnee Welch
- Tyrone Power Jr.
- Gwen Verdon
- Wilford Brimley
Run time: 112 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.93
Review Cocoon [1985] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:In 1985 Cocoon was a significant trend-bucker amongst summer blockbusters. Whereas other genre efforts were devised to lure a teenage audience into FX extravaganzas, this looked like one for their grandparents. Except that it turned out to be a gentle, affecting tale for all ages. Adapted from David Saperstein's novel, director Ron Howard took great delight in focusing on family relationships and the encroachment of old age (themes that reappeared in nearly all his work from here on). The plot is rather surreal in summary: a group of Florida OAPs befriend aliens in next-door's swimming pool and are rejuvenated to youthful well-being. It's in the FX and characterisations that the story comes alive. Both were acknowledged with Academy Awards; with Don Ameche's supporting role deserving praise for more than just the moment when he does some bodypopping on the dance floor. Wilford Brimley is the real star, a bluff old codger wanting to do right by everyone. Steve Guttenberg provides comic support and allows for a little non-wrinkly nudity with foxy space gal Kitty (Tahnee Welch). ILM's visuals remain polished and inspired, but never allowing us to lose sight of the characters basking in their dazzle. [+]-Paul Tonks.
![Review Jungle Book / Jungle Book/Jungle Book 2 [1967]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51f18og%2BKVL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2007-11-05
Run time: 145 min.
RRP: £26.99
Price: £24.99
Review Jungle Book/Jungle Book 2 [1967] / Jungle Book: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.
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Release date: 2007-02-19
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.04
Review Avatar - The Legend Of Aang - Book 1 - Water Vol.1 [2005] / Avatar:
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