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Review Walt Disney Home Video / Recess - School's Out [DVD] [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Courtland Mead
  • Rickey D'Shon Collins
  • Jason Davis
  • Ashley Johnson
  • Chuck Sheetz
  • Andrew Lawrence
Release date: 2006-06-19
Run time: 83 min.
Creator: Jonathan Greenberg
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.26

Review Recess - School's Out [DVD] [2001] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Disney's Recess: School's Out dipped in and out of cinemas faster than fans of the cable TV show could snap their lunch boxes shut-kind of nice for parents whose idea of grown-up detention is sitting through such fly-by-night features for children. Now that home screenings are an option, though, plan for the ages 5-and-older set to settle in for reruns. Also plan to get sucked in yourself-if the screwball plot doesn't do it, the soundtrack will. While TJ and Principal Prickly (the latter the unfortunate bearer of the "saggy butt" that becomes this movie's clunkiest running gag) bust in on a crew of fiendish would-be teachers during summer break, slices of vintage grooviness-Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild,"Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and Peppermints," and Robert Goulet's "Green Tambourine" among them-get you cheering along, whether you're 3 or 43. The reason for all the retro funkiness revolves around the chief bad guy, Phil Benedict, a one-time educational visionary and former Prickly schoolmate. Benedict was a radical school revolutionary, but his manifesto for better test scores misfired when it called for a ban on recess, a concept so barbaric it got him canned from a cushy government job. Now, undeterred in his mission to make life miserable for children, he's hatching a "switcheroo" scheme that will forever pull the shade on summer and thus summer vacation. Predictably, right at trigger time, TJ, Prickly, and the gang roar in to the rescue. It's an ending that's as pat as any on the TV show, but so what-this is a movie that aims for summer-linen lightness. Just as the Fifth Dimension promise on the soundtrack, it lets the sunshine, as well as a few well-timed chuckles, in. [+]
-Tammy La Gorce, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Mickey's House Of Villains [DVD] [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Jeff Bennett
  • Tony Anselmo
  • Roberts Gannaway
  • Corey Burton
  • Mike Moon
  • Tony Craig
  • Rick Schneider
  • Wayne Allwine
  • Jamie Mitchell
  • Susanne Blakeslee
Release date: 2002-10-07
Run time: 65 min.
Creator: Jymn Magon
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.98

Review Mickey's House Of Villains [DVD] [2002] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Mickey's House of Mouse Villains seeks to do for Halloween what Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse (2001) did for Yuletide. It's an anthology set on Halloween in the titular house, a nightclub where characters-including Donald Duck, Goofy, Jafar, Cruella de Vil, and Captain Hook-gather to watch Disney cartoons. There's a perfunctory framing plot with the villains taking over the House, but the 65 minutes is almost entirely filled by eight short cartoons. Five are very recent, with clinically clean computer animation, and three are vintage gems glowing with the warm detailed look of Golden Age Disney. These are Trick or Treat (1952), Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944), and Lonesome Ghosts (1937), in which Mickey, Donald and Goofy star in what was surely the inspiration for Ghostbusters. The best of the new adventures is Mickey's Mechanical House, in which the mouse moves into a futuristic house which goes disastrously wrong. It's made all the more entertaining by a poetic rhyming narration delivered by John Cleese. Young children will love it all, while older fans may prefer a compilation of vintage Disney shorts. On the DVD: Mickey's House of Mouse Villains DVD contains a well-designed animated quiz game, "Wheel of Misfortune", that should entertain young fans for a while. Otherwise, the extras consist of three trailers and a "Fright Reel": a three-minute compilation of Disney clips with two Dolby Digital 5. [+]
1 soundtracks. The choice amounts to the same sound effects with or without music. The sound is good, except for the three vintage animations, which are in mono. The picture is 4:3 and is generally very sharp, though varies a little with the source material. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Black Cauldron (1985) (Disney) [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Susan Sheridan
  • Arthur Malet
  • Nigel Hawthorne
  • Richard Rich
  • Freddie Jones
  • Grant Bardsley
  • Ted Berman
Release date: 1997-09-29
Run time: 77 min.
Creator: Joe Hale
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.99

Review Black Cauldron (1985) (Disney) [VHS] / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Tarzan (1999) Disney [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Chris Buck
  • Minnie Driver
  • Tony Goldwyn
  • Nigel Hawthorne
  • Brian Blessed
  • Kevin Lima
  • Glenn Close
Release date: 2000-09-04
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: David Reynolds
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.37

Review Tarzan (1999) Disney [VHS] / Walt Disney Home Video:

After watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote to Walt Disney about adapting his novel of an ape-man into a feature animated cartoon. Some 60 years later, the tale is finally told with brilliant design work that looks unlike any previous animated film. The story is a natural for Disney since the themes of misunderstood central figures have been at the heart of its recent hits. Disney's Tarzan doesn't wander far from the familiar story of a shipwrecked baby who is brought up by apes in Africa. What gives the film its zing is its clever use of music (the songs are sung by Phil Collins himself rather than onscreen characters) and the remarkable animation. Deep Canvas, a 3-D technology, was developed for the film, creating a jungle that comes alive as Tarzan swings through the trees, often looking like a modern skateboarder racing down giant tree limbs. The usual foray of sidekicks, including a rambunctious ape voiced by Rosie O'Donnell, should keep the little ones aptly entertained. The two lead voices, Tony Goldwyn as Tarzan and Minnie Driver as Jane, are inspired choices. Their chemistry helps the story through the weakest points (the last third) and makes Tarzan's initial connection with all things human (including Jane) delicious entertainment. Disney still is not taking risks in its animated films, but as cookie-cutter entertainment, Tarzan makes a pretty good treat. [+]
-Doug Thomas.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Rescuers Down Under (Disney) [VHS] [1991]
Actors & Directors
  • Bob Newhart
  • John Candy
  • Adam Ryen
  • Eva Gabor
  • Tristan Rogers
  • Hendel Butoy
  • Mike Gabriel
Release date: 1997-05-12
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Margery Sharp
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.98

Review The Rescuers Down Under (Disney) [VHS] [1991] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The Rescuers Down Under isn't a quickie, direct-to-video sequel, cashing in on the success of the original 1977 animated hit about adventurous mice, but a full-blown theatrical effort. This time around, Bernard (voice of Bob Newhart) is trying to pop the question to Bianca (Eva Gabor) when they're summoned to Australia, where a young boy has been kidnapped by a pallid, grey-faced poacher (who looks like and is voiced by George C. Scott). Wilbur, a chatterbox of an albatross (John Candy, replacing the late Jim Jordan's character Orville), and Jake (Tristan Rogers), a kangaroo mouse-Bernard is jealous of the dashing rodent-assist the Rescuers in saving the day and imparting a mild environmental message. The film opens with an absolutely breathtaking aerial sequence-this was made near the beginning of Disney's animation renaissance-so impressive it would seem the story, literally, has nowhere else to go but down. However, some smart gags, excellent animation and rollicking adventures ensue. So why isn't it better known? It had the bad luck to open, in 1990, opposite another kids' film-Home Alone. -David Kronke.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Pocahontas [DVD] [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Irene Bedard
  • Eric Goldberg
  • Judy Kuhn
  • Christian Bale
  • Linda Hunt
  • Mel Gibson
  • Mike Gabriel
Release date: 2001-10-29
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Chris Buck
RRP: £19.99
Price: £19.74

Review Pocahontas [DVD] [1995] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The lowest point in Disney's opportunistic revisionism of source stories for its animated features in the 1990s, Pocahontas presents the title character (voiced by Irene Bedard) as a voluptuous Indian babe who falls for the British plunderer Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson). Half-baked if trendy paganism abounds in the film's depiction of nature as possessing consciousness (though talking trees certainly aren't new to cartoons). But the dubious legitimacy of the film's premise and characterisations calls everything into question. The songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz-while Oscar-winning-fall short of the standard Menken achieved in superior Disney predecessors including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. -Tom Keogh.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Pocahontas (1995) (Disney) [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Eric Goldberg
  • Mike Gabriel
  • Christian Bale
  • Judy Kuhn
  • Linda Hunt
  • Irene Bedard
  • Mel Gibson
Release date: 2000-03-13
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Chris Buck
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.30

Review Pocahontas (1995) (Disney) [VHS] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The lowest point in Disney's opportunistic revisionism of source stories for its animated features in the 1990s, Pocahontas presents the title character (voiced by Irene Bedard) as a voluptuous Indian babe who falls for the British plunderer Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson). Half-baked if trendy paganism abounds in the film's depiction of nature as possessing consciousness (though talking trees certainly aren't new to cartoons). But the dubious legitimacy of the film's premise and characterisations calls everything into question. The songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz-while Oscar-winning-fall short of the standard Menken achieved in superior Disney predecessors including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. -Tom Keogh.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Tarzan (1999) Disney [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Glenn Close
  • Tony Goldwyn
  • Brian Blessed
  • Chris Buck
  • Minnie Driver
  • Kevin Lima
  • Nigel Hawthorne
Release date: 2000-09-04
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: David Reynolds
RRP: £19.99
Price: £24.96

Review Tarzan (1999) Disney [DVD] / Walt Disney Home Video:

After watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote to Walt Disney about adapting his novel of an ape-man into a feature animated cartoon. Some 60 years later, the tale is finally told with brilliant design work that looks unlike any previous animated film. The story is a natural for Disney since the themes of misunderstood central figures have been at the heart of its recent hits. Disney's Tarzan doesn't wander far from the familiar story of a shipwrecked baby who is brought up by apes in Africa. What gives the film its zing is its clever use of music (the songs are sung by Phil Collins himself rather than onscreen characters) and the remarkable animation. Deep Canvas, a 3-D technology, was developed for the film, creating a jungle that comes alive as Tarzan swings through the trees, often looking like a modern skateboarder racing down giant tree limbs. The usual foray of sidekicks, including a rambunctious ape voiced by Rosie O'Donnell, should keep the little ones aptly entertained. The two lead voices, Tony Goldwyn as Tarzan and Minnie Driver as Jane, are inspired choices. Their chemistry helps the story through the weakest points (the last third) and makes Tarzan's initial connection with all things human (including Jane) delicious entertainment. Disney still is not taking risks in its animated films, but as cookie-cutter entertainment, Tarzan makes a pretty good treat. [+]
-Doug Thomas.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Fun And Fancy Free [DVD] [1948]
Actors & Directors
  • Luana Patten
  • Dinah Shore
  • William Morgan
  • Hamilton Luske
  • Mortimer Snerd
  • Bill Roberts
  • Edgar Bergen
  • Jack Kinney
  • Charlie McCarthy
Release date: 2002-08-12
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Lance Nolley
RRP: £17.99
Price: £3.39

Review Fun And Fancy Free [DVD] [1948] / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Alice In Wonderland (1951) (Disney) [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Sterling Holloway
  • Hamilton Luske
  • Kathryn Beaumont
  • Jerry Colonna
  • Wilfred Jackson
  • Ed Wynn
  • Richard Haydn
  • Clyde Geronimi
Release date: 2005-04-11
Run time: 72 min.
Creator: Dick Kelsey
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.58

Review Alice In Wonderland (1951) (Disney) [VHS] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Imaginatively rendered but slightly chilly, this 1951 Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic is also appropriately surreal. Alice (voiced by Kathryn Beaumont) has all the anticipated experiences: shrinking and growing, meeting the White Rabbit, having tea with the Mad Hatter, and so on. The characterisation is very strong, illustrating how hard the Disney team worked to bring screen personality to Carroll's eccentric creations. For a Disney film, however, it seems more the self-satisfied sum of its inventiveness than a truly engaging experience. -Tom Keogh.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Lady And The Tramp 2 - Scamp's Adventure [DVD] [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Darrell Rooney
  • Jodi Benson
  • Jeff Bennett
  • Alyssa Milano
  • Jeannine Roussel
  • Scott Wolf
  • Chazz Palminteri
Release date: 2001-03-12
Run time: 66 min.
Creator: Tom Rogers
RRP: £19.99
Price: £14.40

Review Lady And The Tramp 2 - Scamp's Adventure [DVD] [2000] / Walt Disney Home Video:

One of the remarkable things about making an animated sequel is that actors don't age. It took Disney 46 years to make a sequel to its 1955 hit Lady and the Tramp, yet the events of this made-for-video sequel take place only six months later. Lady and Tramp are getting along fine with their human family, the Darlings, and they have four new puppies. The three girl puppies take after mum, the boy, Scamp, has a lot of dad in him. Scamp dreams of "being a real dog", and that means living on the street as a member of the Junkyard Dogs. Despite his dad's warnings, Scamp (voiced by Scott Wolf) runs off and goes through the trials of a mutt, including run-ins with Junkyard leader Buster (Chazz Palminteri); the dogcatcher (Don Knotts); and a fellow stray, Angel (Alyssa Milano). The formula here is the same as other Disney direct-to-video sequels for The Lion King and The Little Mermaid, and the justification to return to a classic movie is flimsy at best. To its credit, Disney has made a quality effort in the animation department, adapting sets and characters from the original with great success. But the story is never engaging, the songs are forgettable, and the impact unsustainable (and at 62 minutes, quite trite). Nevertheless, a Disney kid should dig Scamp's rough-and-tumble adventures and the cute tale of puppy love (Scamp and Angel even revisit the Italian diner). [+]
-Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Cinderella 2 - Dreams Come True [DVD] [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Christopher Daniel Barnes
  • John Kafka
  • Darrell Rooney
  • Corey Burton
  • Jennifer Hale
  • Rob Paulsen
Release date: 2002-02-11
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Jennifer Hale
RRP: £19.99
Price: £17.99

Review Cinderella 2 - Dreams Come True [DVD] [2001] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Disney has once again "sequelised" a classic feature with Cinderella II: Dreams Come True. With smart foresight, the filmmakers choose to go with three snappy short films to comprise this 73-minute feature with the Fairy Godmother granting wishes to various characters. In the opening short, Cinderella must pursue life as queen. Several feathers are ruffled as she brings her down-home ways to the castle (bring the commoners in and open those darn curtains). In the other tales, one of Cinderella's animal pals receives a chance to see the world quite differently and finally, Anastasia, Cinderella's formerly evil stepsister, finds love with a little help. As with the other sequels, the look of the film helps bring the distance between the original and the sequel (here over 50 years) come together seamlessly. Little ones from age four to nine should be entertained while purists may be a bit aghast. -Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Mulan (Disney) [VHS] [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Miguel Ferrer
  • Ming-Na
  • Tony Bancroft
  • Eddie Murphy
  • Harvey Fierstein
  • Barry Cook
  • B.D. Wong
Release date: 1999-11-08
Run time: 84 min.
Creator: Chris Williams
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.39

Review Mulan (Disney) [VHS] [1998] / Walt Disney Home Video:

1998's Mulan is solid entertainment from a new group of Disney animators. The story source is a Chinese fab\ le about a young girl who disguises herself as a man to help her family and her country. When the Huns attack China, a cal\ l to arms goes out to every village, and Mulan's father, being the only man in the family, accepts the call. Mulan (voiced\ by Ming-Na Wen, sung by Lea Salonga) has just made a disastrous appearance at the Matchmaker and decides to challenge soc\ iety's expectations (that she should be a bride). She steals her father's conscription notice, cuts her hair and impersona\ tes a man to join the army. She goes to boot camp, learning to fit in with the other soldiers with some help from her side\ kick, Mushu, a wise-cracking dragon (voiced by Eddie Murphy). She trains, and soon faces the Huns eye to eye to protect he\ r Emperor. The film is gorgeous to look at, with a superior blend of classic and computer-generated animation. Directors\ Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook make the best of it: a battle in the snowy mountains is as thrilling as the best Hollywood a\ ction films. The menacing Huns are not cute but simple and bad. [+]
The wickedness is subtle, not disturbing. The film is not \ a fully fledged musical, as it has only five songs (the best, "Be a Man", is sung during boot camp). Eddie Murphy is an in\ spired choice for the comic-relief dragon, but his lines are not as clever as Robin Williams's in Aladdin (1992). T\ hese are minor quibbles, though. The story is strong, and Mulan goes right to the top of Disney animated heroines; she has\ the right stuff. -Doug Thomas Solid entertainment from a new group of Disney animators. The story source is a Chinese fable about a young girl who disguises herself as a man to help her family and her country. When the Huns attack China, a call to arms goes out to every village, and Mulan's father, being the only man in the family, accepts the call. Mulan (voiced by Ming-Na Wen, sung by Lea Salonga) has just made a disastrous appearance at the Matchmaker and decides to challenge society's expectations (being a bride). She steals her father's conscription notice, cuts her hair and impersonates a man to join the army. She goes to boot camp, learning to fit in with the other soldiers with some help from her sidekick, Mushu, a wise-cracking dragon (voiced by Eddie Murphy). She trains, and soon faces the Huns eye to eye to protect her Emperor. The film is gorgeous to look at, with a superior blend of classic and computer-generated animation. Directors Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook make the best of it: a battle in the snowy mountains is as thrilling as the best Hollywood action films. The menacing Huns are not cute but simple and bad. The wickedness is subtle, not disturbing. The film is not a fully fledged musical, as it has only five songs (the best, "Be a Man", is sung during boot camp). Eddie Murphy is an inspired choice for the comic-relief dragon, but his lines are not as clever as Robin Williams' in Aladdin. These are minor quibbles, though. The story is strong, and Mulan goes right to the top of Disney animated heroines; she has the right stuff. -Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Video / The Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 2 - 1942-1946 [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Pinto Colvig
  • Dick Lundy
  • Jeff Kurtti
  • Billy Bletcher
  • Clarence Nash
  • Doodles Weaver
  • John McLeish
  • Jack King
  • Jack Kinney
  • Jack Hannah
Release date: 2005-12-06
Run time: 230 min.
Creator: Dick Huemer
Price: £15.95

Review The Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 2 - 1942-1946 [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / Walt Disney Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas [DVD] [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Robby Benson
  • Jerry Orbach
  • Bernadette Peters
  • Paige O'Hara
  • Andrew Knight
  • David Ogden Stiers
Release date: 2003-11-17
Run time: 68 min.
Creator: Flip Kobler
RRP: £12.99
Price: £35.40

Review Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas [DVD] [1997] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Obviously the Disney suits gave more than two figs about the legacy from the first Beast film, as they reassembled the former cast and spent some cash on production and tune-smithing for this straight-to-video effort. The events unfold between the time in the first film where Belle bartered herself to the Beast and her later return to the village to save her father. So the Beast's heart still hasn't been melted yet and he's susceptible to the inky persuasions of Forte (Tim Curry), a malevolent pipe organ (and former music teacher to the prince). Belle is still trying to win over the Beast and decides that bringing Christmas to the castle will be the way to do it. Please control that gag reflex for this does work remarkably well and though entirely unnecessary and certainly not a complement to the original, it doesn't tarnish its good name. -Keith Simanton.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Rescuers (Disney) [VHS] [1977]
Actors & Directors
  • Geraldine Page
  • John Lounsbery
  • Jeanette Nolan
  • Wolfgang Reitherman
  • Bob Newhart
  • Joe Flynn
  • Eva Gabor
  • Art Stevens
Release date: 1997-05-13
Run time: 76 min.
Creator: Fred Lucky
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.35

Review The Rescuers (Disney) [VHS] [1977] / Walt Disney Home Video:

What can two little mice possibly do to save an orphan girl who's fallen into evil hands? With The Rescuers anything is possible! As members of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society, Bernard and Miss Bianca respond to orphan Penny's call for help. The two mice search for clues and with the help of an old cat named Rufus they track Penny to the clutches of the evil Madame Medusa in a dilapidated ship in Devil's Bayou. It turns out that Medusa is using Penny to locate and retrieve the Devil's Eye Diamond-a stone she'll stop at nothing to possess. With a cunning plan, courageous acts, cooperation from local animal life and lots of faith, Bernard and Miss Bianca try to help Penny find the diamond and escape from Medusa. This somewhat dark, classic 1977 animated Disney film is based on Margery Sharp's book, The Rescuers and Miss Bianca, and features the Academy Award-nominated song "Someone's Waiting for You". Voice talents include Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca, Bob Newhart as Bernard, Geraldine Page as Madame Medusa and Jim Jordan as Orville Albatross. The sequel is The Rescuers Down Under. (Ages 5 to 11) -Tami Horiuchi, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Basil The Great Mouse Detective (Disney) [VHS] [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Vincent Price
  • John Musker
  • Barrie Ingham
  • Ron Clements
  • Candy Candido
  • Susanne Pollatschek
  • Val Bettin
  • David Michener
  • Burny Mattinson
Release date: 1995-05-23
Run time: 71 min.
Creator: Eve Titus
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.49

Review Basil The Great Mouse Detective (Disney) [VHS] [1986] / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Lion King II: Simba's Pride [DVD] [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Moira Kelly
  • Neve Campbell
  • Michelle Horn
  • Rob LaDuca
  • Liz Callaway
  • Darrell Rooney
  • Matthew Broderick
Release date: 2001-02-05
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Jenny Wingfield
RRP: £19.99
Price: £35.99

Review The Lion King II: Simba's Pride [DVD] [1998] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride is another made-for-video sequel to a Disney masterpiece. As with the Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas sequels, most of the recognisable vocal talents return, creating a worthwhile successor to the highest-grossing animated film ever. We pick up the story as the lion king, Simba (voiced by Matthew Broderick) and Nala (Moira Kelly) have a new baby cub, a girl named Kiara (Neve Campbell). Like her father before, she seeks adventure and ends up outside the Pridelands, where lions loyal to the evil Scar (who died in the original) have lived with revenge in their hearts. The leader, Zira (a spunky turn from Suzanne Pleshette), schemes to use her son Kovu (Jason Marsden) to destroy Simba. As luck with have it, Kiara has bumped into Kovu and fallen in love. This all sounds familiar since all of Disney's straight-to-video sequels have played it very safe, nearly repeating the originals' story, tone, and pace. Perhaps there were too many cooks for this production. Besides the two screenplay credits, there are eight other writers credited for additional written material. The look of the film has none of the surprise of the original but is far superior to other animated videos. [+]
In fact, the film played in European cinemas. For children, the sequel will be a favourite. The comic antics of Timon (Nathan Lane) and Pumba (Ernie Sabella) are enjoyable, as is Andy Dick as Nuka, the mixed-up older son of Zira. And there's plenty of action. The best element is the music. Relying on more African-influenced music, the five songs featured are far superior to those in Disney's other sequels. Zira's song of revenge, "My Lullaby," was cowritten by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon. The oustanding opening number, "He Lives in You", was created for the Lion King Broadway smash and now finds a whole new audience. -Doug Thomas.

Review Walt Disney Video / Sing Along Songs: Disneyland Fun - It's a Small World [DVD] [1990] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Wayne Allwine
  • David Bantly
  • Jim Cummings
  • Corey Burton
  • Tony Anselmo
Release date: 2005-09-27
Run time: 29 min.
Creator: Wayne Allwine
Price: £5.26

Review Sing Along Songs: Disneyland Fun - It's a Small World [DVD] [1990] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / Walt Disney Video:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Pocahontas 2 - Journey To A New World (Disney) [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Bradley Raymond
  • Linda Hunt
  • Tom Ellery
  • Finola Hughes
  • Irene Bedard
  • Donal Gibson
  • Jim Cummings
Release date: 2000-03-13
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Flip Kobler
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.98

Review Pocahontas 2 - Journey To A New World (Disney) [VHS] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Disney's direct-to-video sequel to their 1995 hit places the Native American princess Pocahontas in harm's way in London, where she is almost tossed into jail and has some other mishaps. She's not alone, however: a cute racoon named Meeko does a nice job as the obligatory funny animal. The songs are about as memorable as those in the first film, but the art and animation maintain far higher standards than most animated sequels dumped onto tape. If you don't drive yourself nuts thinking about the appalling historical revisionism at work here, this is passable family entertainment. -Tom Keogh Disney's direct-to-video sequel to their 1995 hit places Pocahontas in harm's way in London, where she is almost tossed into jail and has some other mishaps. She's not alone, however: a cute racoon named Meeko does a nice job as the obligatory funny animal. The songs are about as memorable as those in the first film, but the art and animation in Pocahontas 2 maintain far higher standards than most animated sequels dumped onto tape. If you don't drive yourself to distraction thinking about the appalling historical revisionism at work here, this is passable family entertainment. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.

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Recess - School's Out [DVD] [2001], Mickey's House Of Villains [DVD] [2002], Black Cauldron (1985) (Disney) [VHS], Tarzan (1999) Disney [VHS], The Rescuers Down Under (Disney) [VHS] [1991], Pocahontas [DVD] [1995], Pocahontas (1995) (Disney) [VHS], Tarzan (1999) Disney [DVD], Fun And Fancy Free [DVD] [1948], Alice In Wonderland (1951) (Disney) [VHS], Lady And The Tramp 2 - Scamp's Adventure [DVD] [2000], Cinderella 2 - Dreams Come True [DVD] [2001], Mulan (Disney) [VHS] [1998], The Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 2 - 1942-1946 [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas [DVD] [1997], The Rescuers (Disney) [VHS] [1977], Basil The Great Mouse Detective (Disney) [VHS] [1986], The Lion King II: Simba's Pride [DVD] [1998], Sing Along Songs: Disneyland Fun - It's a Small World [DVD] [1990] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Pocahontas 2 - Journey To A New World (Disney) [VHS]

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