Release date: 2005-06-06
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.72
Review Big Machines 2 - Trucks And Planes / Big Machines:
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Actors & Directors
- Justine Glenton
- Paul Weiland
- John Madden
- Tony Smith (III)
- Michael Gambon
- Brian Henson
- David Garfath
- Trevor Peacock
- Mark Ashman
Run time: 310 min.
Price: £8.23
Review Jim Henson's The Storyteller: The Definitive Collection [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Pictures:
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Release date: 2007-12-03
Run time: 143 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £16.86
Review Transformers [HD DVD] [2007] / Paramount Home Entertainment:How do you like your blockbuster movies? If the answer's loud, fast and full of big robots fighting, then you're well and truly in luck. For director Michael Bay's take on Transformers, based on the toys of the same name, delivers just that. And with some style. The film stars the fast-rising Shia LaBeouf (Disturbia) as Sam, who discovers that his first car has a little more to it when it transforms into an Autobot robot called Bumblebee. Fortunately, the Autobots are the good guys, and following not far behind are a good number more, headed up by Optimus Prime. Against them are the less friendly Decepticons, with Megatron at the helm, and the two sides are set for a frenetic battle right in the middle of Planet Earth. There's a plot sitting underneath all of this, but it's pretty much given with the Transformers movie that it's just a vehicle to get the film from one set piece to another. And there's little denying that the action sequences are spectacular. Boasting quite staggering special effects, the on-screen action moves with a pace and ferocity that sometimes makes it hard just to keep up with it all, as mighty robots engage is some quite staggering fights. It's quite an achievement. [+]Paving the way for an already-in-production sequel, Transformers has little pretensions about what it's going to do, and is all the better for it. This is a film about big robots, big fights, big effects and, ultimately, big, dumb grin-inducing fun. What, really, is there not to like? -Jon Foster.
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Release date: 2004-07-12
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.00
Review Balamory - What's The Story Miss Hoolie? [2002] / 2 Entertain Video:
Release date: 2006-07-10
Run time: 53 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.98
Review Maisy - Fun In The Sun / 4 Front Video:
Release date: 2008-09-01
Run time: 260 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £11.98
Review The Raccoons - Series 2 - Complete / Fabulous Films Ltd.:
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Release date: 2006-10-23
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £2.41
Review Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2 Disc) [2006] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:The love life of a woolly mammoth - handled with U-rated delicacy - drives this sequel to the first computer-animated romp in the age of prehistoric mammals. While the first Ice Age took a delightful premise and suffocated it with a formulaic plot - in which a mammoth named Manfred (voiced by Ray Romano, Everyone Loves Raymond), a sloth named Sid (John Leguizamo, Moulin Rouge!), and a sabre-tooth tiger named Diego (Denis Leary, Rescue Me) helped an abandoned human infant return to its tribe (basically, Three Mammals and a Baby) - the sequel takes the now-familiar setting, gives it a shapeless, episodic storyline, and yet somehow becomes pretty darn entertaining. Faced with the threat of a flood from melting ice, our heroic trio are on the run to escape from their blossoming valley. On the way, they meet a female mammoth (Queen Latifah, Bringing Down the House) who thinks she's an opossum and get menaced by some freshly defrosted carnivorous fish. Add into the mix a herd of lava-worshipping mini-sloths, some Busby Berkeley-style vultures, and more ingenious slapstick featuring the acorn-crazed Scrat, and Ice Age: The Meltdown will amuse even jaded adults. -Bret Fetzer.
Release date: 2003-11-03
RRP: £11.99
Price: £11.97
Review Baby Bach / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:Designed for infants and toddlers (1 to 36 months), Baby Bach is a nicely produced video that features recognisable, familiar toys and colorful objects, moving to the beautiful music of Johann Sebastian Bach. According to the video producers, "Bach's music has shown to enhance creativity, improve academic achievement, reduce anxiety and heighten mental awareness. " Any parent will embrace this theory. Not only did this video completely captivate a 22-month-old for its entire 30-minute run-time, but it's easy on the parents, too. The images are lively, clean, and sharp, and producers The Baby Einstein Company have a firm handle on what interests babies and toddlers. The extraneous segment with two pretty little blonde girls is silly, but forgivable. Given that most children elect to watch a video repeatedly, this is one that parents won't mind in the slightest. The music, available on CD, is simply lovely. -N. F. [+]Mendoza.
Release date: 2008-07-07
Run time: 66 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.97
Review Sooty - Happy Birthday Sooty / Fremantle Home Entertainment:
Release date: 2005-08-29
Run time: 350 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £6.00
Review Catweazle - Series 2 / Network:
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 61 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £8.98
Review Thomas The Tank Engine - The Great Discovery [2008] / Thomas and Friends:
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Actors & Directors
- Mark Rosman
- Jere Burns
- Lindsay Lohan
- Tyra Banks
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.30
Review Life Size [2000] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:Unhappy and lonely after her mother's death, Casey (Lindsay Lohan) attempts to resurrect her mother, but a minor mishap changes the results of her spell and brings an unwanted doll named Eve (Tyra Banks) to life instead. Eve is elated when she first encounters the smells and flavours of real life, but is shocked to realize that she's not the perfect role model she's always considered herself to be. Casey initially despises Eve-she never wanted this doll in the first place and now she's ruined her chances of bringing her mother back to life. But as Eve grows, she brings out the best in Casey, encouraging her to renew old friendships and spurring personal growth and healing. Even Casey's father (Jere Burns) rises above his grief and builds a better relationship with his daughter as a result of his interaction with Eve. This is an entertaining, 89-minute video that juxtaposes the stresses and disappointments of the real world, with their accompanying potential for personal growth, against what initially appears to be a stereotypically idyllic world. What makes the movie powerful is its suggestion that that ideal world is inherently flawed. Performances by Lindsay Lohan (The Parent Trap), supermodel Tyra Banks (Higher Learning), and Jere Burns (US television's Something So Right) are very good. The story, while based on a fairly unreal premise, successfully explores some very real issues facing kids today. -Tami Horiuchi.
Release date: 2006-10-23
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £2.41
Review Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2 Disc) [2006] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:The love life of a woolly mammoth - handled with U-rated delicacy - drives this sequel to the first computer-animated romp in the age of prehistoric mammals. While the first Ice Age took a delightful premise and suffocated it with a formulaic plot - in which a mammoth named Manfred (voiced by Ray Romano, Everyone Loves Raymond), a sloth named Sid (John Leguizamo, Moulin Rouge!), and a sabre-tooth tiger named Diego (Denis Leary, Rescue Me) helped an abandoned human infant return to its tribe (basically, Three Mammals and a Baby) - the sequel takes the now-familiar setting, gives it a shapeless, episodic storyline, and yet somehow becomes pretty darn entertaining. Faced with the threat of a flood from melting ice, our heroic trio are on the run to escape from their blossoming valley. On the way, they meet a female mammoth (Queen Latifah, Bringing Down the House) who thinks she's an opossum and get menaced by some freshly defrosted carnivorous fish. Add into the mix a herd of lava-worshipping mini-sloths, some Busby Berkeley-style vultures, and more ingenious slapstick featuring the acorn-crazed Scrat, and Ice Age: The Meltdown will amuse even jaded adults. -Bret Fetzer.
Release date: 2008-07-07
Run time: 66 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.97
Review Sooty - Happy Birthday Sooty / Fremantle Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Jimmy Wheeler
- Liza Tarbuck
- James Nesbitt
Run time: 112 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.80
Review Tractor Tom - Buzz To The Rescue / Contender Entertainment Group:
Actors & Directors
- James Nesbitt
- Jimmy Wheeler
- Liza Tarbuck
Run time: 112 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.80
Review Tractor Tom - Buzz To The Rescue / Contender Entertainment Group:
Release date: 2008-09-22
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.98
Review Chuckle Brothers: Indiana Chuckles And The Kingdom Of The Mythical Sulk / Liberation Entertainment:
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Release date: 2005-10-17
Run time: 227 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.62
Review Mr Men - The Complete Series 1 & 2 + Christmas Special [2005] / Mr. Men:
Release date: 2005-06-06
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.72
Review Big Machines 2 - Trucks And Planes / Big Machines:
Release date: 2007-10-29
Run time: 270 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.24
Review The Singing Kettle - 4 DVD Box set / The Singing Kettle:
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Big Machines 2 - Trucks And Planes, Jim Henson's The Storyteller: The Definitive Collection [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Transformers [HD DVD] [2007], Balamory - What's The Story Miss Hoolie? [2002], Maisy - Fun In The Sun, The Raccoons - Series 2 - Complete, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2 Disc) [2006], Baby Bach, Sooty - Happy Birthday Sooty, Catweazle - Series 2, Thomas The Tank Engine - The Great Discovery [2008], Life Size [2000], Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2 Disc) [2006], Sooty - Happy Birthday Sooty, Tractor Tom - Buzz To The Rescue, Tractor Tom - Buzz To The Rescue, Chuckle Brothers: Indiana Chuckles And The Kingdom Of The Mythical Sulk, Mr Men - The Complete Series 1 & 2 + Christmas Special [2005], Big Machines 2 - Trucks And Planes, The Singing Kettle - 4 DVD Box set |
