Release date: 2007-04-16
Run time: 78 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.35
Review The Complete Ballet Dancer Collection / Contender Entertainment Group:
Release date: 2008-07-21
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.56
Review Rupert The Bear Vol.1 - Rupert And The Giant Egg Race / Rupert the Bear:
Release date: 2008-11-17
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.50
Review Elmo's Christmas Countdown / A Christmas Eve On Sesame Street Double Pack / Sesame Street:
Actors & Directors
- Christopher Hibler
- David Hemmings
- Bob Hulme
- Melora Hardin
- Scott Bakula
- Wendy Robie
- Anita W. Addison
- Dean Stockwell
- Mary Gordon Murray
- Chris Ruppenthal
Run time: 987 min.
RRP: £28.99
Price: £14.61
Review Quantum Leap - Series 5 - Complete / Universal Pictures UK:
![Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Matilda [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JM0V1E5PL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Rhea Perlman
- Embeth Davidtz
- Pam Ferris
- Danny DeVito
- Mara Wilson
- Danny DeVito
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: Robin Swicord
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.25
Review Matilda [1996] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:Danny DeVito's adaptation of the Roald Dahl book for children is mostly just fine, helped along quite a bit by the charming performance of Mara Wilson (Mrs Doubtfire) as the eponymous young Matilda, a brilliant girl neglected by her stupid, self-involved parents (DeVito and Rhea Perlman). Ignored at home, Matilda escapes into a world of reading, exercising her mind so much she develops telekinetic powers. Good thing, too: sent off to a school headed by a cruel principal, Matilda needs all the help she can get. DeVito takes a highly stylized approach that is sometimes reminiscent of Barry Sonnenfeld (director of Get Shorty, a DeVito production), and his judgement is not the best in some matters, such as letting the comic-scary sequences involving the principal go on too long. But much of the film is delightful and funny. -Tom Keogh.
![Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Freaky Friday/The Parent Trap [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nhkknHIqL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Dennis Quaid
- Mark Waters
- Lindsay Lohan
- Nancy Meyers
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Natasha Richardson
Run time: 216 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £4.70
Review Freaky Friday/The Parent Trap [1998] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:
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Release date: 2001-11-05
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.75
Review Karaoke Duets [2001] / Karaoke:
![Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Mysterious Island [1961]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T01Y3PSAL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Michael Craig
- Michael Callan
- Cy Endfield
- Herbert Lom
- Joan Greenwood
- Gary Merrill
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Jules Verne
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.82
Review Mysterious Island [1961] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:Notable neither for its director nor its stars, Mysterious Island has been given the widescreen DVD treatment rather because of its special-effects man, the legendary Ray Harryhausen. And though his input here is minimal compared with other movies, his stop-motion contributions add zest to a cracking good yarn. A gang of American Civil War soldiers hijack a hot-air balloon and escape from the frying-pan of a military prison to the fire of a deserted tropical island. When a couple of English girls are washed ashore and a legendary nautical figure resurfaces, the scene is set for a ripping survival adventure, taking in weighty theories of political democracy, equality and cowardice, and still managing to add a healthy dollop of stirring music, dodgy accents, old-fashioned sexism, pirates, giant bees, a giant crab and a fearsome, err, giant chicken. Harryhausen's eighth feature contains all the elements that make his movies great, and the pacey script, based on the Jules Verne novel, has you gripped from the off. One of his more modern-feeling early films, the colour film stock, the exotic settings and wider stable of stars (black and English actors feature alongside a pre-Clouseau Herbert Lom) move it forward an era from his dated black-and-white schlock-fests. Gripping, erudite and easily on a par with the more well-known Sinbad and Argonauts movies, this is one to be marooned with. On the DVD: Mysterious Island's colour picture is bright, clean and crisp in this anamorphic 1. 85:1 widescreen transfer, and the Dolby digital mono soundtrack is clear enough. The theatrical trailer will please the kitsch fans, as will the featurette "This Is Dynamation" produced at the same time as the first Sinbad movie. [+]The real corker here though is the generously lengthy documentary "The Harryhausen Chronicles". Narrated by Leonard Nimoy, it features a stellar cast of devotees (George Lucas among them) waxing lyrical about the influence of Harryhausen's films, and allows the man himself to ramble fascinatingly over clips of his filmic canon. If you're a fan, it's Harryhausen heaven. -Paul Eisinger.
![Review Network / The Belstone Fox [1973]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611RRl08NfL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Heather Wright
- Jeremy Kemp
- Bill Travers
- Rachel Roberts
- James Hill
- Eric Porter
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: David Rook
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.72
Review The Belstone Fox [1973] / Network:
Actors & Directors
- Ian Holm
- John Henderson
- Rebecca Callard
- Penelope Wilton
Run time: 343 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £14.99
Review The Borrowers / 2 Entertain Video:
![Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 [1991]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HC75P49VL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Ernie Reyes Jr.
- Michael Pressman
- David Warner
- Paige Turco
- Francois Chau
- Stuart Gillard
- Elias Koteas
Run time: 176 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.79
Review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 [1991] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
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Actors & Directors
- James Gaylyn
- Jason David Frank
- James Napier
Run time: 753 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £14.98
Review Power Rangers: Dino Thunder (Complete Series) [2004] / Disney:
RRP: £39.99
Price: £5.99
Review Looney Tunes Golden Collection - Vol. 3 / Warner Home Video:
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Release date: 2007-12-03
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.74
Review Transformers - The Movie [UMD Mini for PSP] [1986] / Metrodome:
![Review Warner Home Video / Scooby Doo And The Witch's Ghost [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F2ZB5FC8L._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2004-03-29
Run time: 67 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.55
Review Scooby Doo And The Witch's Ghost [1999] / Warner Home Video:
Release date: 2005-09-29
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.50
Review Barney - Adventure Bus / Barney:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Bee Movie [Blu-ray] [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tpR8X4EeL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Patrick Warburton
- Matthew Broderick
- Renée Zellweger
- Simon J. Smith
- John Goodman
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Steve Hickner
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.98
Review Bee Movie [Blu-ray] [2007] / Paramount Home Entertainment:There aren't a lot of choices in a bee's life: a bee attends a few days of school, graduates from college, and chooses a job in the hive that he'll labour at for the rest of his life. Barry (Jerry Seinfeld) is different from his best friend Adam (Matthew Broderick) and all the other bees: he wants to see the world outside the hive and can't begin to contemplate doing the same job for his entire life. Naturally, the life of the "pollen jock" bees appeals to Barry because it's the only job that takes a bee outside the hive and into the larger human world. Once outside the hive, Barry breaks the most sacred bee law and speaks to a human named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger) in order to thank her for saving his life. A relationship quickly blossoms and leads Barry to the discovery that humans are stealing honey from the bees and selling it for their own profit. Vowing to hurt the humans the one place they'll feel it, Barry brings a legal suit against the honey industry and the courtroom drama begins. There are some hysterical moments in the film, as one would expect from a Seinfeld production, and an abundance of one-liners, double-meanings, slapstick humour, and innuendo-laden dialogue that will keep adults guffawing throughout the show. Still, the whole concept of seeing the life of a common pest through non-human eyes is getting repetitive thanks to films like Ratatouille, Flushed Away, Open Season, and Over the Hedge. It should be noted, though, that this first foray into animation by Jerry Seinfeld was four years in production due to its collaborative nature, so its theme may actually have well predated all of the aforementioned films. Children ages 5 and older will love the bees' silly antics, though many of the jokes will go right over their heads and parents should be cautioned about some mildly suggestive humour. [+]More than just a comical film about the life of one very different honeybee, Bee Movie is a social commentary that pokes fun at human behavior while stressing the importance of doing even the most menial job well and championing the power of working together toward a common goal. There's even a lesson to be learned from the bees about controlling one's temper. -Tami Horiuchi.
Release date: 2006-04-10
Run time: 53 min.
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.12
Review Pingu - Boogaloo Pingu / Hit Entertainment:
Release date: 2005-03-07
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £2.39
Review Postman Pat - Postman Pat And The Pirate Treasure / Universal Pictures UK:
Release date: 2007-07-16
Run time: 162 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.98
Review Cbeebies - The Ultimate Summer Collection / Cbeebies:
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