Release date: 2006-05-29
Run time: 30 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.45
Review Postman Pat - Postman Pat Goes Football Crazy / Universal Pictures UK:
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 130 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.48
Review Magic Roundabout - The Wishing Tree & Dougal's Darling / The Magic Roundabout:
Actors & Directors
- Rupert Degas
- Liz Whitaker
- Brian Little
- Greg Proops
- Sarah Ball
Run time: 10 min.
Creator: Keith Chapman
RRP: £6.99
Price: £1.10
Review Bob The Builder - Teamwork Challenge / Hit Entertainment:
Release date: 2006-09-18
RRP: £29.99
Price: £16.90
Review Captain Scarlet Series 2 / Captain Scarlet:
Actors & Directors
- Marianne Noser
- Otmar Gutmann
RRP: £6.99
Price: £1.67
Review Pingu - The Snowboarder / Hit Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Greg Proops
- Rupert Degas
- Brian Little
- Liz Whitaker
- Sarah Ball
Run time: 76 min.
Creator: Keith Chapman
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.07
Review Bob The Builder - LIVE! / Hit Entertainment:
Release date: 2007-10-22
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.04
Review Noddy - Jingle Bells / Noddy:
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Actors & Directors
- Jeremy Wilkin
- Shane Rimmer
- Peter Dyneley
- Matt Zimmerman
- Sylvia Anderson
- David Lane
Run time: 89 min.
Creator: John Read
RRP: £15.99
Price: £15.99
Review Thunderbirds Are Go - The Movie [1966] / MGM Entertainment:Thunderbirds Are Go followed the remarkable success of the Thunderbirds television series, bringing the three-dimensional puppet animation adventures of International Rescue to the big screen. Set in the 21st century, there is no attempt to explain the background story: as in the TV show International Rescue is a private family organisation who use hi-tech craft to rescue anyone in peril. Here it is the first manned flight to Mars which is in danger, as International Rescue foils a sabotage attempt at the launch, then race to avert disaster when the spaceship returns to earth. What could have made a 50-minute TV episode is expanded to feature length with Martian "rock monsters" and a surreal dream-sequence involving Alan Tracy, Lady Penelope and "Cliff Richard Jnr" & the Shadows, with a new song performed by the real Cliff and the Shadows. In the cinemas this was competing against another British children's TV SF spin-off, the equally colourful Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD, and would be followed by Thunderbird 6 (1968). Yet apart from more complex model work, a bigger orchestra and even bigger explosions, on TV this plays like a widescreen double-length episode. On the DVD: The mono sound is powerful, with Barry Gray's stirring music suffering intermittent distortion. Presented in anamorphic widescreen the picture is very good, with strong colours and only minimal grain, though the print does show occasional damage. Unfortunately the original extremely wide 2. 74:1 Techniscope image is cropped to more conventional 2. [+]35:1, to the extent that the careful compositions are noticeably damaged, which director David Lane refers to in his joint commentary with producer Sylvia Anderson (who also played Lady Penelope). 35 years after the event their commentary is packed with details of the filming process and full of information about the many problems of and solutions to making an animated feature. Both Anderson fans and budding animators will find this a real education. The original, rather battered, trailer is included, as are galleries of behind the scenes photos, promotional artwork and posters. Altogether it's rather FABulous. -Gary S Dalkin.
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Release date: 2007-10-22
Run time: 168 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.74
Review Barbie Musical Box-Set (Includes Island Princess & The Princess and the Pauper) [2004] / Barbie Island Princess:
Release date: 2005-08-29
Run time: 121 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £13.46
Review Fun Song Factory - Farm / Favourite Songs / Universal Pictures UK:
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Actors & Directors
- Tom Kane
- Scott Innes
- Grey Delisle
- Joe Alaskey
- Bob Bergen
- Jim Stenstrum
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.87
Review Scooby Doo And The Cyber Chase [2001] / Warner Home Video:Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase takes the finest ingredients from the television series-the original Scooby Gang (minus Scrappy-Doo) and their groovy exclamations ("Zoinks, jinkies!")-and updates the proceedings with a modern recipe. In this animated adventure, the gang's past exploits are immortalised in a video game. Due to an evil computer virus, however, they get sucked into that very game. It consists of several levels, including the Roman Colosseum (shades of Gladiator) and a prehistoric jungle (shades of Jurassic Park). To move from one level to the next, the gang has to find the box of Scooby Snack. With the irrepressible, ever-hungry Shaggy and Scooby-and their cyber-counterparts-part of this intrepid crew, how can they fail to find the snacks, return to reality and, most importantly, bring the creator of the virus to justice? (Ages 3 to 12) -Kathleen C Fennessy, Amazon. com.
Release date: 2008-03-17
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.45
Review Postman Pat - Big Boat Adventure / Postman Pat:
Actors & Directors
- Kevin Conroy
- Loren Lester
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Creator: Robert Kanigher
RRP: £10.99
Price: £2.91
Review Batman - The Animated Series - Vol. 2 - Tales Of The Dark Knight / Warner Home Video:
Release date: 2007-03-19
Run time: 74 min.
RRP: £18.99
Price: £4.26
Review Barbie Fairytopia - Magic Of The Rainbow / Universal Pictures UK:Believing in oneself can be difficult, even with the support of friends. The formerly wingless fairy Elina has saved Fairytopia more than once, proving herself against Fungus Maximus and turning the evil Laverna into a frog in Barbie Fairytopia and Barbie Fairytopia-Mermaidia, but she still questions her own abilities when Guardian Azura selects her to become her apprentice and learn the all-important flight of spring-a ritual which ensures another year of vitality in Fairytopia. The taunts and snobby attitudes of her fellow apprentices serve to further undercut Elina's self-esteem, but she vows to do her best to master the flight of spring and soon proves worthy of her appointment. When the trickery of Laverna threatens to stop the flight of spring and destroy Fairytopia forever, it falls to the new apprentices to save Fairytopia. Of course, Elina will play a pivotal role in the group's eventual success or failure. Prepubescent attitudes and shallowness reign among most of the apprentices, but most eventually see the error of their ways and the clear message is the importance of believing in oneself. (Ages 3 to 9) -Tami Horiuchi.
Release date: 2005-04-25
Run time: 105 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.99
Review Rugrats - Run Riot / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Release date: 2008-06-23
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.95
Review Bob The Builder - Onsite - Homes And Playgrounds / Bob the Builder:
Release date: 2006-08-07
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.48
Review Maisy - Panda / Maisy:
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Release date: 2003-05-19
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.75
Review Scooby Doo And The Legend Of The Vampire Rock [2002] / Warner Home Video:
Release date: 2005-06-20
Run time: 325 min.
RRP: £25.99
Price: £11.96
Review The Secret Service - The Complete Series / Network:
Actors & Directors
- Owen Hurley
- Anjelica Huston
- Kelly Sheridan
- Cree Summer
- Kirby Morrow
- Tim Curry
- William Lau
Run time: 368 min.
RRP: £44.99
Price: £20.96
Review Barbie Princess Collection / Universal Pictures UK:
| Models & Brands:
Postman Pat - Postman Pat Goes Football Crazy, Magic Roundabout - The Wishing Tree & Dougal's Darling, Bob The Builder - Teamwork Challenge, Captain Scarlet Series 2, Pingu - The Snowboarder, Bob The Builder - LIVE!, Noddy - Jingle Bells, Thunderbirds Are Go - The Movie [1966], Barbie Musical Box-Set (Includes Island Princess & The Princess and the Pauper) [2004], Fun Song Factory - Farm / Favourite Songs, Scooby Doo And The Cyber Chase [2001], Postman Pat - Big Boat Adventure, Batman - The Animated Series - Vol. 2 - Tales Of The Dark Knight, Barbie Fairytopia - Magic Of The Rainbow, Rugrats - Run Riot, Bob The Builder - Onsite - Homes And Playgrounds, Maisy - Panda, Scooby Doo And The Legend Of The Vampire Rock [2002], The Secret Service - The Complete Series, Barbie Princess Collection |
