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Review Prism Leisure / Count Duckula - Vampire Vacation [1988]
Release date: 2002-10-14
Run time: 130 min.
Creator: Hilary Wyatt
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.99

Review Count Duckula - Vampire Vacation [1988] / Prism Leisure:


Review Warner Home Video / Batman and Mr. Freeze: SubZero [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Ansara
  • Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
  • Kevin Conroy
  • Boyd Kirkland
  • George Dzundza
  • Loren Lester
Release date: 2002-04-23
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Randy Rogel
Price: £3.43

Review Batman and Mr. Freeze: SubZero [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Actors & Directors
  • Rider Strong
  • AnnaSophia Robb
  • Forrest Landis
  • Lea Thomson
  • Roger Bart
  • Mark Blutman
Release date: 2008-07-21
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £10.52

Review Lies And Spies [2008] / Lighthouse DVD Distribution:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Sing Along Songs - Under The Sea (Disney)
Run time: 26 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £29.85

Review Sing Along Songs - Under The Sea (Disney) / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Family Home Ent / Barbie in the Nutcracker [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Kelamis
  • Tim Curry
  • Kelly Sheridan
  • Christopher Gaze
  • Owen Hurley
  • Kirby Morrow
Release date: 2001-10-23
Run time: 76 min.
Creator: Ruth Handler
Price: £3.36

Review Barbie in the Nutcracker [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Family Home Ent:

Look who became a star. Barbie comes to life in the computer-animated Barbie in the Nutcracker, taking the longtime-favorite doll into a new realm. The 76-minute tale is a slight variation on the traditional story based on Tchaikovsky's music. Instead of an open-ended dream, Barbie and her escort, the Nutcracker (soon to be Ken, natch), are on an adventurous quest. Along the way there are more creatures and derring-do than the original. The sole known voice talent, Tim Curry, has a good old time as the Mouse King, and the animated dancing is gracefully adapted from New York City Ballet members. A few clever characters, bright animation and wonderful music should entrance any Barbie fan from age three to nine. -Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.

Review 4 Front Video / Stuart Little [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Hugh Laurie
  • Michael J. Fox
  • Jonathan Lipnicki
  • Nathan Lane
  • Rob Minkoff
  • Geena Davis
Release date: 2003-04-07
Run time: 81 min.
Creator: M. Night Shyamalan
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.84

Review Stuart Little [2000] / 4 Front Video:

This live-action version of EB White's novel doesn't have quite the magic of, say, Toy Story. Instead of entertainment the whole family can be enthralled with, Stuart Little is squarely aimed, and successfully so, at the four to 10-year-old viewer. Does this make it a bad family film? Not in the slightest. The gee-whiz visual effects (created by original Star Wars wizard John Dykstra) and the film's ebullient wholesomeness make this a welcome addition to the home library. In EB White's world, it's hardly surprising that human parents would adopt "outside their species". The smooth-talking mouse Stuart (voiced by Michael J Fox) seems the perfect new child for parents Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie, especially with an adorable wardrobe of very small sweaters and pants. Stuart has more difficulty fitting in with the Little's family cat, Snowbell (voiced by Nathan Lane, who also deftly voiced Timon in director Rob Minkoff's last feature, The Lion King). The simple story deals with Stuart trying to fit in with his new life, including big brother George (Jerry Maguire's scene-stealing Jonathan Lipnicki). And of course there's an adventure when Snowbell's schemes put Stuart into real danger from the devious plans of an alley cat named Smokey (voiced by Chazz Palminteri). Brisk-85 minutes-amusing and tolerably cute, Stuart Little stands tall. [+]
Two curios: The effects are so cleanly done that we could call Stuart the first successfully computer-animated actor, and the screenplay was co-written by M Night Shyamalan, who made bigger waves in 1999 writing and directing The Sixth Sense. -Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.

Review Paramount / Touched By an Angel: The Second Season [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Burt Brinckerhoff
  • Della Reese
  • Bruce Bilson
  • Roma Downey
  • Alexis Cruz
  • John Dye
  • Chuck Bowman
  • Valerie Bertinelli
  • Bethany Rooney
  • Frank E. Johnson
Release date: 2005-05-03
Run time: 1028 min.
Price: £14.33

Review Touched By an Angel: The Second Season [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:


Review Warner Home Video / The Polar Express [HD DVD] [2004] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Chris Coppola
  • Tom Hanks
  • Michael Jeter
  • Robert Zemeckis
  • Eddie Deezen
  • Leslie Zemeckis
Release date: 2006-10-10
Run time: 99 min.
Creator: William Broyles Jr.
Price: £25.97

Review The Polar Express [HD DVD] [2004] [US Import] / Warner Home Video:


Review GT Media / A Carol Christmas [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Gary Coleman
  • Michael Landes
  • Dinah Manoff
  • Matthew Irmas
  • William Shatner
  • Tori Spelling
Release date: 2005-11-08
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Tom Amundsen
Price: £6.60

Review A Carol Christmas [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / GT Media:


Review Tip Top Video / Umrao Jaan
Actors & Directors
  • Naseeruddin Shah
  • Rekha
  • Farooq Shaikh
  • Shaukat Azmi
  • Muzaffar Ali
  • Raj Babbar
Release date: 2002-01-01
Run time: 145 min.
Creator: Shama Zaidi
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.05

Review Umrao Jaan / Tip Top Video:


Review Funimation Prod / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 2 - Part 2 (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Cam Clarke
  • Rob Paulsen
  • James Avery
  • Barry Gordon
  • Jennifer Darling
Release date: 2008-10-21
Run time: 308 min.
Creator: Larry Parr
Price: £7.13

Review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 2 - Part 2 (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Funimation Prod:


Review Turner Home Entertainment / Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Complete Season 2 [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Sean Marquette
  • Grey DeLisle
  • Phil LaMarr
  • Tom Kane
  • Craig McCracken
  • Keith Ferguson
Release date: 2007-09-11
Run time: 297 min.
Creator: Mike Moon
Price: £9.91

Review Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Complete Season 2 [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Turner Home Entertainment:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Belles On Their Toes [1952]
Actors & Directors
  • Jeanne Crain
  • Myrna Loy
  • Jeffrey Hunter
  • Henry Levin
Release date: 2007-03-26
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.01

Review Belles On Their Toes [1952] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Sky High [Blu-ray] [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Kurt Russell
  • Mike Mitchell
  • Kelly Preston
  • Dave Foley
  • Michael Angarano
  • Bruce Campbell
Release date: 2007-04-02
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £26.99
Price: £17.93

Review Sky High [Blu-ray] [2005] / Buena Vista Home Entertainment:

The idea of a high school for superheroes will undoubtedly appeal to teens and preteens, who struggle powerlessly with petty authoritarians, bullying peers and their own rampant hormones. Sky High spotlights young Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano, Lords of Dogtown), the son of top-of-the-heap superhero couple the Commander (Kurt Russell, Tango & Cash) and Josie Jetstream (Kelly Preston, View from the Top). Unfortunately, though he's about to be dropped into the midst of kids who can stretch, turn to living stone, or shoot fire, Will has yet to develop any powers whatsoever-and may never develop them at all. His development anxieties (and some entertaining metaphors for high school social hierarchies) contrast with a bubbling plot by an old foe of the Commander's to destroy Sky High and all of superhero-dom. Sky High has a great supporting cast (including Bruce Campbell, Army of Darkness; Dave Foley, NewsRadio; Lynda Carter, Wonder Woman; and Cloris Leachman, Young Frankenstein) and a handful of funny, offhand bits, but the bulk of the movie is bland and obvious. Younger kids may not mind the clumsy action scenes, generic dialogue, and tacky production design, but even comic-book-loving teenagers will label Sky High bargain-basement. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd / Jane Hissey's Old Bear And Friends - Little Bear Lost And Other Stories [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Griffiths
  • Anton Rodgers
Release date: 1995-09-18
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £6.99
Price: £9.99

Review Jane Hissey's Old Bear And Friends - Little Bear Lost And Other Stories [1993] / Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Home Alone 3 [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Rya Kihlstedt
  • David Thornton
  • Lenny von Dohlen
  • Alex D. Linz
  • Olek Krupa
  • Raja Gosnell
Release date: 2003-10-20
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Ricardo Mestres
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.91

Review Home Alone 3 [1997] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review RCV / Rent-A-Kid
Actors & Directors
  • Sherry Miller
  • Matt McCoy
  • Leslie Nielsen
  • Amos Crawley
  • Christopher Lloyd
  • Fred Gerber
Release date: 2005-02-23
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Paul Bernbaum
RRP: £11.87
Price: £10.84

Review Rent-A-Kid / RCV:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Emperor's New Groove [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Wendie Malick
  • David Spade
  • Patrick Warburton
  • Mark Dindal
  • John Goodman
  • Eartha Kitt
Release date: 2001-11-05
Run time: 74 min.
Creator: Roger Allers
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.98

Review The Emperor's New Groove [2001] / Walt Disney Home Video:

The Emperor's New Groove was originally developed as an epic called Kingdom of the Sun and lost scale and most of Sting's song score (some of which can be heard on the soundtrack) on its way to the screen. The end result is the lightest Disney film in many a moon, a joyous romp akin to Aladdin in its quotient of laughs for children and adults. The original story centres on the spoiled teenage emperor Kuzco (David Spade), who enjoys getting the best of his Aztecan subjects. When he fires Yzma (Eartha Kitt), his evil sorceress, she seeks revenge and turns Kuzco into a llama with the help of Kronk, her hunk of the month (Patrick Warburton). Alone in the jungle, the talking llama is befriended by Pacha (John Goodman), who has just been told to vacate his pastoral home by the human Kuzco. What's an ego to do? That's pretty much the story and the characters-simple, direct, fun-a Disney film on a diet. For any fan of the acidic humour of Spade, this is essential viewing. As narrator of his tale, Kuzco uses a sarcastic tone to keep the story jumping with plenty of fun asides (he even "stops" the film at one point to make sure you know the story is about him). Even better is character actor Warburton (Elaine's stuck-up boyfriend on Seinfeld), who steals every scene as the dim-witted, but oh-so-likable Kronk. There's even a delicious Tom Jones number that starts the film off with a bang. [+]
-Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.

Review 4 Front Video / We're Back! - A Dinosaur's Story [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Blaze Berdahl
  • Simon Wells
  • Rhea Perlman
  • Dick Zondag
  • Phil Nibbelink
  • Ralph Zondag
  • John Goodman
  • Charles Fleischer
  • Jay Leno
Release date: 2002-03-04
Run time: 67 min.
Creator: John Patrick Shanley
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.99

Review We're Back! - A Dinosaur's Story [1993] / 4 Front Video:


Review Warner Home Video / The Goonies [UMD Mini for PSP] [1985]
Actors & Directors
  • Sean Astin
  • Steve Antin
  • Josh Brolin
  • Richard Donner
  • Corey Feldman
  • Martha Plimpton
Release date: 2006-03-13
Run time: 109 min.
RRP: £18.99
Price: £6.73

Review The Goonies [UMD Mini for PSP] [1985] / Warner Home Video:


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Count Duckula - Vampire Vacation [1988], Batman and Mr. Freeze: SubZero [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Lies And Spies [2008], Sing Along Songs - Under The Sea (Disney), Barbie in the Nutcracker [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Stuart Little [2000], Touched By an Angel: The Second Season [1994] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Polar Express [HD DVD] [2004] [US Import], A Carol Christmas [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Umrao Jaan, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 2 - Part 2 (REGION 1) (NTSC), Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Complete Season 2 [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Belles On Their Toes [1952], Sky High [Blu-ray] [2005], Jane Hissey's Old Bear And Friends - Little Bear Lost And Other Stories [1993], Home Alone 3 [1997], Rent-A-Kid, The Emperor's New Groove [2001], We're Back! - A Dinosaur's Story [1993], The Goonies [UMD Mini for PSP] [1985]

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