Release date: 2008-03-10
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £8.27
Review Shaun The Sheep - Saturday Night Shaun / Shaun the Sheep:
![Review Warner Home Video / Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban [2004]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PVN5DBGTL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Daniel Radcliffe
- David Bradley
- Alfonso Cuaron
- Julie Christie
- Tom Felton
- Warwick Davis
Run time: 136 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.90
Review Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban [2004] / Warner Home Video:Adapted from JK Rowling's third novel, this installment of the family fantasy adventure story finds trainee wizard Harry Potter (played by Daniel Radcliffe) and his best friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint), facing the dangerous convict Sirius Black (played by Gary Oldman). Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is on his way to Hogwarts, so the school calls in supernatural assistance in the form of Dementors - but will they turn out to be a great help or a further threat? The first of the Harry Potter films to be directed by acclaimed Mexican film director Alfonso Cuarón, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban is generally regarded as the most stylised and darkest entry in the series thus far. It stars the actors from the preceding films in the series, except for the role of Albus Dumbledore, which sees Michael Gambon take over from the late Richard Harris. Much of the original crew also returned, including screenwriter Steve Kloves. The film broke several opening records around the world upon its release, including the top opening film in UK film history, and made approximately £20m in its first three days, totaling £90. 3m in ten days.
Release date: 2008-07-07
Run time: 111 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.58
Review Carry Me - Best Of Brum / Brum:
Release date: 2008-04-07
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.55
Review Teletubbies - Musical Rhyme Time / Teletubbies:
Actors & Directors
- Paul Brizzi
- Lee Payant
- Gaetan Brizzi
- Pierre Watrin
- Ray Goossens
Run time: 461 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £9.95
Review Asterix - Box Set (6 Discs) (Animated) / Optimum Home Entertainment:
![Review Pathe Distribution / James And The Giant Peach [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GF8V76DWL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Simon Callow
- Henry Selick
- Miriam Margolyes
- Jane Leeves
- Joanna Lumley
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.50
Review James And The Giant Peach [1996] / Pathe Distribution:Roald Dahl's modern classic for children becomes a delightful combination of live action and stop-motion animation by the team that made The Nightmare Before Christmas: director Henry Selick and producers Tim Burton (Batman) and Denise Di Novi. The story concerns young James (played for real and through voice-overs by Paul Terry), who is orphaned and left in the charge of two cruel aunts (Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley). Rescued by a mysterious fellow (Pete Postlethwaite), James ends up inside a giant peach, drifting over the Atlantic Ocean in the company of a gentleman grasshopper (voiced by Simon Callow), a fast-talking centipede (Richard Dreyfuss), an anxious earthworm (David Thewlis), a matronly ladybug (Jane Leeves), and a sexy spider (Susan Sarandon). The collection of actors and their creepy-crawly alter egos are a delight, especially when some of the song-and-dance numbers (tunes are written by Randy Newman) get everyone going. -Tom Keogh.
Actors & Directors
- Martin Clunes
- Chris Lang
- Mike Stuart (II)
Run time: 96 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.91
Review Kipper - The Classic Collection / Hit Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Roy Kinnear
- Gene Wilder
- Jack Albertson
- Peter Ostrum
- Mel Stuart
- Julie Dawn Cole
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £2.63
Review Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971) / Warner Home Video:Having proven itself as a favourite film of children around the world, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is every bit as entertaining now as it was when originally released in 1971. There's a timeless appeal to Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, which was playfully preserved in this charming musical, from the colourful carnival-like splendour of its production design to the infectious melody of the "Oompah-Loompah" songs that punctuate the story. Who can forget those diminutive Oompah-loompah workers who recite rhyming parental warnings ("Oompah-loompah, doopity do. ") whenever some mischievous child has disobeyed Willy Wonka's orders to remain orderly? Oh, but we're getting ahead of ourselves. it's really the story of the impoverished Charlie Bucket, who, along with four other kids and their parental guests, wins a coveted golden ticket to enter the fantastic realm of Wonka's mysterious confectionery. After the other kids have proven themselves to be irresponsible brats, it's Charlie who impresses Wonka and wins a reward beyond his wildest dreams. [+]But before that, the tour of Wonka's factory provides a dazzling parade of delights, and with Gene Wilder giving a brilliant performance as the eccentric candyman, Wonka gains an edge of menace and madness that nicely counterbalances the movie's sentimental sweetness. It's that willingness to risk a darker tone-to show that even a wonderland like Wonka's can be a weird and dangerous place if you're a bad kid-that makes this an enduring family classic. -Jeff Shannon.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) / Flushed Away [2006]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61EHKbOpCjL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- David Bowers
- Andy Serkis
- Sam Fell
- Bill Nighy
- Hugh Jackman
- Ian McKellen
- Kate Winslet
Run time: 81 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.25
Review Flushed Away [2006] / Paramount Home Entertainment (UK):Flushed Away is a rip-roaring nautical adventure with a twist: The heroes are a pair of rodents braving the sewers underneath London. Roddy (voiced by Hugh Jackman) is an upper-crust house-mouse who finds himself flushed into the subterranean sewers. Eager to return to his posh home, he enlists the help of a boat-captain rat named Rita (Kate Winslet), who has troubles of her own; namely the kingpin of the underworld, the Toad (Ian McKellen), and his henchmen including the French mercenary Le Frog (Jean Reno). While technically Flushed Away could be considered part of the wave of celebrity-voiced, anthropomorphic-animal movies that hit in 2005-2006 (Madagascar, Over the Hedge, The Wild, etc. ), it doesn't inspire the same sense of déjà vu. For one thing, its voice actors are less recognizable than the likes of Bruce Willis and Chris Rock. For another, its look is very distinctive. Like Nick Park's Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, it's a joint production of DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features, and although Park isn't involved, it retains his trademark blocky look of clay animation. But animating the movie by computer rather than by hand allows for some eye-popping tableaux, such as floodwaters rushing through the sewers and an entire town of little animated characters. It's a crazy thrill ride loaded with inside jokes and enough crude humour to earn a PG rating, and the band of singing slugs is also a hoot. [+]-David Horiuchi.
Release date: 2005-04-04
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.79
Review Winnie The Pooh - ABC's and 123's / Winnie the Pooh:
![Review Lace / Roman Mysteries - The Complete Series One [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514-FgrnZeL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2008-07-07
Run time: 280 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.97
Review Roman Mysteries - The Complete Series One [2007] / Lace:
Release date: 2004-04-05
Run time: 177 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.98
Review Tom And Jerry - Classic Collection - Vol. 1 / Warner Home Video:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Kung Fu Panda [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51a4aI%2BlzHL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Angelina Jolie
- Dustin Hoffman
- Seth Rogen
- Jack Black
- Jackie Chan
- Mark Osborne
- John Stevenson
Creator: Cyrus Voris
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.98
Review Kung Fu Panda [2008] / Paramount Home Entertainment:What's a panda to do when his dreams of kung-fu awesomeness awake to the cold reality of noodle-making? Clumsy, overweight Po (Jack Black) dreams of becoming a kung fu master like China's revered "furious five," but instead seems destined to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather in the restaurant business. When great leader Oogway has a vision that the imprisoned kung fu warrior Tai Lung (Ian McShane) will soon escape, he declares it time to choose China's dragon warrior-one kung fu master deemed worthy of possessing the dragon's scroll and its secret to limitless power. Po and all the townspeople rush to the Jade Palace atop the highest mountain to witness the contest between Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Crane (David Cross) and Viper (Lucy Liu), but Po is locked outside the palace. After a miracle of sorts, Po lands inside the palace gates, where he is chosen as the dragon warrior and placed under the tutelage of the decidedly non-plussed master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman). An unconventional student to say the least, hilarity reigns as Shifu tries desperately to make Po into some semblance of a kung fu warrior. Can Po possibly fulfill his destiny as dragon warrior, or was Oogway's final decision a critical mistake? A film rich with hilarious moments, superior animation, and an important message about believing in oneself and the power that comes from within, Kung Fu Panda is great entertainment that will have the whole family laughing and begging for more. (Ages 3 and older) -Tami Horiuchi.
![Review Dreamworks Home Entertainment / Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2 Disc Special Edition) [2005]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P55215W8L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Steve Box
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Peter Kay
- Ralph Fiennes
- Nicholas Smith
- Nick Park
- Peter Sallis
Run time: 81 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £3.49
Review Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2 Disc Special Edition) [2005] / Dreamworks Home Entertainment:A decade after their last hilarious short, the Oscar-winning A Close Shave, Claymation wonders Wallace and Gromit return for a full-length adventure. Daffy scientist Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his heroic dog Gromit are doing well with their business, Anti-Pesto, a varmint-hunting outfit designed to keep their English town safe from rabbits chomping on prized vegetables. Wallace meets Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter), who appreciates Wallace's humane way of dealing with rabbits (courtesy of the Bun-Vac 6000), and sets up a rivalry with the gun-toting Victor Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes, enjoying himself more than ever). Creator Nick Park, with co-director/writer Steve Box, delivers a story worthy of the 85-minute running time, although it stretches the act a bit; the formula plays better shorter, but the literally hand-crafted film is a joy to watch. Taking a chapter from classic horror films, a giant were-rabbit is soon on the prowl, and the town is up in arms, what with the annual vegetable contest close at hand. (Anyone who's seen the previous three shorts knows who saves the day. ) Never content to do something simply when the extravagant will do, W&G's lives are filled with whimsical Rude Goldberg-style devices, and the opening number showcasing their alarm system is pure Aardman Animation at its finest. Even though there's a new twist here-a few mild sight gags aimed at adults-this G-rated film will delight young and old alike as Park, like team Pixar, seems incapable of making anything but an outstanding film. -Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.
![Review X-Men / X-Men - Season One Part One (Marvel Originals Series - 90s) [1992]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61o4HWY2vtL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2008-08-25
Run time: 154 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.98
Review X-Men - Season One Part One (Marvel Originals Series - 90s) [1992] / X-Men:
Actors & Directors
- Ringo Starr
- Thomas The Tank Engine
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.05
Review Thomas & Friends: Classic Collection - Series 2 / 2 Entertain Video:
![Review Warner Home Video / The Secret Garden [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517FJZG93WL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Agnieszka Holland
- Heydon Prowse
- Kate Maberly
- Laura Crossley
- Andrew Knott
- Maggie Smith
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £2.62
Review The Secret Garden [1994] / Warner Home Video:Filmed before (and quite nicely) in 1949, Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story was remade for this admirable 1993 release, executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola and directed by acclaimed Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland. Splendidly adapted by Edward Scissorhands screenwriter Caroline Thompson, the film opens in India during the early 1900s, when young Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is orphaned and sent to England to live in Misselthwaite Manor, the gloomy estate of her brooding and melancholy uncle, Lord Craven (John Lynch). Because the uncle is almost always away on travels, struggling to forget the death of his beloved wife, Mary is left mostly alone to explore the estate. Eventually she befriends the young brother of a staff maid and Lord Craven's apparently crippled son, who has been needlessly bedridden for years. Together the three children restore a neglected garden on the estate grounds, and in doing so they set the stage for a moving reaffirmation of life and love. Filmed with graceful style and careful attention to the intelligence and cleverness of young children, The Secret Garden is that rarest breed of family film that transcends its own generic category, encouraging a sense of wonder and optimism to become a rewarding experience for viewers of any age. -Jeff Shannon.
![Review Warner Home Video / Harry Potter Years 1-5 Box Set [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X7dW13J4L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Emma Watson
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Rupert Grint
- Ralph Fiennes
Run time: 719 min.
RRP: £40.99
Price: £28.94
Review Harry Potter Years 1-5 Box Set [2001] / Warner Home Video:
Release date: 2007-04-02
Run time: 68 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.26
Review Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt / Disney's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse:
Actors & Directors
- Wilfred Jackson
- Ed Wynn
- Verna Felton
- Richard Haydn
- Clyde Geronimi
- Kathryn Beaumont
- Hamilton Luske
- Jerry Colonna
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.99
Review Alice In Wonderland (Special Edition) / Walt Disney Home Video:
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