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Review The Wiggles / The Wiggles - Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins [2007]
Release date: 2008-04-21
Run time: 117 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £8.64

Review The Wiggles - Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins [2007] / The Wiggles:


Review Lyons Group / Kipper: Friendship Tails (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Martin Clunes
  • Chris Lang
  • Mike Stuart
Release date: 2004-01-27
Run time: 30 min.
Creator: Mick Inkpen
Price: £4.20

Review Kipper: Friendship Tails (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lyons Group:


Review Maisy / Maisy - Fun In The Sun/Maisy - Splash
Release date: 2008-07-21
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.88

Review Maisy - Fun In The Sun/Maisy - Splash / Maisy:


Release date: 2008-07-28
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £4.88

Review Bob The Builder - Mucky Muck [1998] / Bob the Builder:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Noddy 1 - Noddy And The Naughty Tail [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Noddy
Release date: 1997-04-02
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £6.99

Review Noddy 1 - Noddy And The Naughty Tail [1992] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Uca Catalogue SLL 4003 / The Famous Five - Five Go To Smuggler's Top - Parts 1 and 2
Release date: 2003-07-21
Run time: 64 min.
Price: £5.99

Review The Famous Five - Five Go To Smuggler's Top - Parts 1 and 2 / Uca Catalogue SLL 4003:


Review Family Home Ent / Barbie in the Nutcracker [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kelly Sheridan
  • Owen Hurley
  • Christopher Gaze
  • Kirby Morrow
  • Tim Curry
  • Peter Kelamis
Release date: 2001-10-23
Run time: 76 min.
Creator: Ruth Handler
Price: £3.92

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 ITV DVD / Thunderbirds: Volume 8 [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • Christine Finn
  • Peter Dyneley
  • Ray Barrett
  • David Graham
  • Shane Rimmer
Release date: 2004-07-19
Run time: 197 min.
Creator: Gerry Anderson
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.70

Review Thunderbirds: Volume 8 [1965] / ITV DVD:

"Filmed in VIDECOLOR-[explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax]-and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a)the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here. As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place in the audience's affections to their cool machines-the real stars of the show-while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes, milady" catchphrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey, stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company. ) The puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood. On this DVD: The four episodes are: "Alias Mr. Hackenbacker", "Lord Parker's 'Oliday", "Ricochet" and "Give or Take a Million". Amazon. com.

Review Hit Entertainment / Wiggles - Space Dancing
Release date: 2008-02-18
Run time: 46 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £8.73

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Review Walt Disney Home Video / Winnie The Pooh - Spookable Fun & Boo to You, Too!
Actors & Directors
  • Winnie The Pooh
Release date: 2003-10-06
Run time: 81 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.89

Review Winnie The Pooh - Spookable Fun & Boo to You, Too! / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Hit Entertainment / Bob The Builder - The Great Race / Scoop The Disco Digger
Actors & Directors
  • Greg Proops
  • Rupert Degas
  • Kate Harbour
  • Rob Rackstraw
  • Liz Whitaker
  • Sarah Ball
  • Brian Little
Release date: 2004-07-05
Run time: 126 min.
Creator: Keith Chapman
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.85

Review Bob The Builder - The Great Race / Scoop The Disco Digger / Hit Entertainment:


Review All Grown Up / Rugrats - All Grown Up - Lucky 13
Release date: 2005-09-05
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.65

Review Rugrats - All Grown Up - Lucky 13 / All Grown Up:


Review Sony Wonder (Video) / Sesame Street: TV Episode Fun Pack, Vol. 1 [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jon Stone
  • Caroll Spinney
  • Jim Henson
  • Eva Saks
  • Bob McGrath
  • Bob Schwarz
  • Jim Henson
  • Frank Oz
  • Jim Martin
  • Loretta Long
Release date: 2007-03-06
Run time: 60 min.
Price: £9.33

Review Sesame Street: TV Episode Fun Pack, Vol. 1 [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Wonder (Video):


Review Universal Pictures UK / Noddy - Hold On To Your Hat Noddy! [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Gina Sorell
  • Daniel Magder
  • Michelle Melanson
  • Lauren Collins
  • Shadia Simmons
Release date: 2003-02-24
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Rick Siggelkow
RRP: £16.99
Price: £4.62

Review Noddy - Hold On To Your Hat Noddy! [2003] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Abbey Home Media / The Sooty Show: Izzy Whizzy, Let's Get Bizzy! [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Cadell
  • Vicki Lee Taylor
  • Francis Wright
  • David Coyle
  • Richard Coombs
  • Debby Cumming
Release date: 2004-02-02
Run time: 29 min.
Creator: Paul Rose
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.63

Review The Sooty Show: Izzy Whizzy, Let's Get Bizzy! [2001] / Abbey Home Media:


Review Bob the Builder / Bob the Builder - Trailer Travis
Release date: 2006-02-21
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £6.99
Price: £0.88

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Spider-Man - The Ultimate Villain Showdown [2002]
Release date: 2002-05-27
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.45

Review Spider-Man - The Ultimate Villain Showdown [2002] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

The action comes thick and fast in Spider-Man-The Ultimate Villain Showdown as the web-slinging hero faces a host of fearsome foes, not least of which is his own torturous self-doubt. Kingpin, Dr Octopus and the Green Goblin all put in spirited performances in these animated tales from the 1990s, while a flashback to Spider-Man's origins ties the action together neatly. The writing is somewhat heavy-handed in places and the animation cranky, but the four featured episodes are pacy, the villains suitably evil and a hint of darkness lends a pleasing frisson to the drama. On the DVD: there's limited bonus material on the DVD but what's there is generally worthwhile and entertaining. In addition to an extra episode, "Return of the Green Goblin", a "Rogues Dossier" gives an interactive guide to Spider-Man's foes with statistics, trivia and video interviews with our hero's creator Stan Lee. Lee crops up again in the highlight of the bonus material, "Stan Lee's Soapbox", an engaging 20-minute insight into all things Spidey from a man who obviously loves his job. -Helen Baker.

Review Warner Home Video / Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Curt Geda
  • Angie Harmon
  • Kevin Conroy
  • Will Friedle
  • Mark Hamill
  • Dean Stockwell
Release date: 2002-04-23
Run time: 77 min.
Creator: Paul Dini
Price: £3.51

Review Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:

Some diehard Batfans have been slow to warm to the animated series Batman Beyond even though it was created by the same team responsible for the excellent Batman cartoon of the early 1990s. The Dark Knight should be a brooding avenger in a noir-nightmare Gotham City, the purists argue, not some smart-aleck teen four decades in the future, with jet packs, invisibility shields, and other sci-fi gizmos loaned him by an elderly Bruce Wayne (voiced, excellently as always, by Kevin Conroy, his stony bass given a raspy hint of old age), now confined to hobbling about on a cane and monitoring his protégé's activities from the Batcave. Between its respectful re-examination of the "tortured hero" mythos and its sleek, animé-inspired look, this feature-length movie should go a long way toward quieting their complaints. Of course, it doesn't hurt that they've brought back the most legendary figure in the Rogues Gallery (voiced by Mark Hamill, deliciously deranged), but exactly how and why the Joker has managed to turn up 40 years after his last meeting with Batman still as youthful and diabolical as ever is explained not only logically but terrifyingly as well. The secret behind his arrival is perhaps the saddest, grimmest twist any purported "kids' show" has dared to attempt. (Parents may well want to preview this tape before screening it for the very young. ) Once again, Warner Brothers' cartoon Batman has outshone all the live-action films, never allowing the thrilling action set pieces or flashes of wry humour to drown out the drama, even tragedy, of the all-too-human superheroes. -Bruce Reid, Amazon. com.

Review Noddy / Noddy - Noddy Builds A Rocket Ship
Release date: 2005-03-14
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.66

Review Noddy - Noddy Builds A Rocket Ship / Noddy:


Release date: 2008-08-18
Run time: 192 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.49

Review Bob The Builder - Triple Pack / Bob the Builder:


Models & Brands:
The Wiggles - Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins [2007], Kipper: Friendship Tails (REGION 1) (NTSC), Maisy - Fun In The Sun/Maisy - Splash, Bob The Builder - Mucky Muck [1998], Noddy 1 - Noddy And The Naughty Tail [1992], The Famous Five - Five Go To Smuggler's Top - Parts 1 and 2, Barbie in the Nutcracker [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Thunderbirds: Volume 8 [1965], Wiggles - Space Dancing, Winnie The Pooh - Spookable Fun & Boo to You, Too!, Bob The Builder - The Great Race / Scoop The Disco Digger, Rugrats - All Grown Up - Lucky 13, Sesame Street: TV Episode Fun Pack, Vol. 1 [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Noddy - Hold On To Your Hat Noddy! [2003], The Sooty Show: Izzy Whizzy, Let's Get Bizzy! [2001], Bob the Builder - Trailer Travis, Spider-Man - The Ultimate Villain Showdown [2002], Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Noddy - Noddy Builds A Rocket Ship, Bob The Builder - Triple Pack

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