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Actors & Directors
- Christian Bale
- Katie Holmes
- Christopher Nolan
- Liam Neeson
- Michael Caine
- Ken Watanabe
Run time: 140 min.
Creator: Emma Thomas
Price: £5.42
Review Batman Begins [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:Just when you though that the Batman franchise was dead and buried-certainly after the abomination that was 1997's Batman & Robin-along comes director Christopher Nolan to brilliantly bring it all back to life with the astonishingly strong Batman Begins. Nolan, whose curriculum vitae already features Memento and Insomnia, focuses his attention where films in the franchise haven't gone before-by examining that character of Batman himself. Thus, the story here is the genesis of the character, from the death of Bruce Wayne's parents, harrowing training with the mysterious League of Shadows, right through to the Dark Knight's first appearances on the street of a crime-ridden, moody Gotham City. Nolan plays several trump cards in his take on the Batman legacy, and none pay off quite so handsomely as his casting. Christian Bale is an immense force in the dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman, bringing a brooding anger and genuine unease to the Batsuit. He's backed with strong turns from Tom Wilkinson, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, and Cillian Murphy as the unstable Scarecrow. In spite of a last twenty minutes that can't quite sustain the tone of what's gone before, Batman Begins is a major achievement, and one of the finest superhero movies to date. Easily the best of the Dark Knight's big screen adventures, it manages to be a blockbuster film that's unpredictable, compulsive, superb to look at and well worth many repeated viewings. A staggering achievement, particularly considering the state the Batman franchise had got itself into. -Simon Brew.
![Review Artist Not Provided / Blue's Clues: Blue's Room - Holiday Wishes [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5142RWSQ12L._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2005-10-04
Run time: 98 min.
Price: £6.55
Review Blue's Clues: Blue's Room - Holiday Wishes [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Artist Not Provided:
Actors & Directors
- Martin Clunes
- Mike Stuart
- Chris Lang
Run time: 43 min.
Creator: Mick Inkpen
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.99
Review Kipper - The Robot And Other Stories / Hit Entertainment:
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Actors & Directors
- Michael Daingerfield
- Skye Sweetnam
- Eric Fogel
- Anna Cummer
- Heather Doerksen
- Crystal Anderson
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Tiffany J. Shuttleworth
Price: £3.70
Review The Barbie Diaries [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Family Home Entertainment:
Release date: 2003-07-21
Price: £5.99
Review Famous Five-Go to Smuggler's Top / The Famous Five:
![Review Hit Entertainment / Bob The Builder - Naughty Spud And Other Stories [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511GJMM2MVL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Rupert Degas
- Brian Little
- Sarah Ball
- Rob Rackstraw
- Liz Whitaker
- Kate Harbour
- Greg Proops
Run time: 46 min.
Creator: Keith Chapman
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.89
Review Bob The Builder - Naughty Spud And Other Stories [1999] / Hit Entertainment:
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Actors & Directors
- Christian Bale
- Christopher Nolan
- Liam Neeson
- Katie Holmes
- Ken Watanabe
- Michael Caine
Run time: 140 min.
Creator: Emma Thomas
Price: £5.62
Review Batman Begins [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:Just when you though that the Batman franchise was dead and buried-certainly after the abomination that was 1997's Batman & Robin-along comes director Christopher Nolan to brilliantly bring it all back to life with the astonishingly strong Batman Begins. Nolan, whose curriculum vitae already features Memento and Insomnia, focuses his attention where films in the franchise haven't gone before-by examining that character of Batman himself. Thus, the story here is the genesis of the character, from the death of Bruce Wayne's parents, harrowing training with the mysterious League of Shadows, right through to the Dark Knight's first appearances on the street of a crime-ridden, moody Gotham City. Nolan plays several trump cards in his take on the Batman legacy, and none pay off quite so handsomely as his casting. Christian Bale is an immense force in the dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman, bringing a brooding anger and genuine unease to the Batsuit. He's backed with strong turns from Tom Wilkinson, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, and Cillian Murphy as the unstable Scarecrow. In spite of a last twenty minutes that can't quite sustain the tone of what's gone before, Batman Begins is a major achievement, and one of the finest superhero movies to date. Easily the best of the Dark Knight's big screen adventures, it manages to be a blockbuster film that's unpredictable, compulsive, superb to look at and well worth many repeated viewings. A staggering achievement, particularly considering the state the Batman franchise had got itself into. -Simon Brew.
![Review Warner Home Video / Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AMC16DMFL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Jim Henson
- Caroll Spinney
- Ken Kwapis
- Frank Oz
- Kathryn Mullen
- Richard Hunt
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Patricia Churchill
Price: £3.58
Review Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Greg Proops
- Sarah Ball
- Rupert Degas
- Brian Little
- Liz Whitaker
- Rob Rackstraw
- Kate Harbour
Run time: 10 min.
Creator: Keith Chapman
Price: £4.16
Review Bob the Builder: Tool Power! (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lyons Group:
Actors & Directors
- Seung Kim (II)
- Christopher Berkeley
- Ginny McSwain
- Sam Liu
- Anthony Chun
Run time: 63 min.
Price: £4.43
Review The Batman: Training for Power - Season 1, Vol. 1 (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:
Release date: 1997-10-20
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £12.89
Review Sesame Street - Learning About Numbers / The Best Of Ernie And Bert / Walt Disney Home Video:
![Review Walt Disney Video / The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515YM3SG23L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Donald Austen
- Robbie Barnett
- David Alan Barclay
- Michael Caine
- Dave Goelz
- Brian Henson
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: Charles Dickens
Review The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:Brian Henson directs his late father's creations in the Charles Dickens classic, the best known (and most oft-filmed) Christmas story of all time. Michael Caine plays the old miser Scrooge with Kermit as his long-suffering but ever-hopeful employee Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy as Cratchit's wife, and a host of Muppets (including the Great Gonzo as an unlikely Charles Dickens) taking other primary roles in this bright, playful adaptation of the sombre tale. Or at least it starts brightly enough-the anarchic humour soon settles into mirthful memories and a sense of melancholy as the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future take Scrooge on a journey of his lonely, wasted life. Michael Caine makes a wonderful Scrooge, delightfully rediscovering the meaning of life as fantastic creations from Henson's Creature Shop (developed specially for this film) take the reins as the three ghosts. While the odd mix of offbeat humour and sombre drama undercuts the power of Dickens's drama, this kid-friendly retelling makes an excellent family drama that adults and children alike can enjoy. -Sean Axmaker.
![Review Uca / The Wombles - Orinoco And The Big Black Umbrella And Other Stories [1973]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5199PSKYZ6L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Dieter Hallervorden
- Ivor Wood
- Bernard Cribbins
Run time: 48 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £19.99
Review The Wombles - Orinoco And The Big Black Umbrella And Other Stories [1973] / Uca:
![Review Sony Wonder / Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513VNN6ZG7L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Jim Henson
- Frank Oz
- Bob McGrath
- Jon Stone
- Caroll Spinney
- Jim Henson
- Bob Schwarz
- Eva Saks
- Loretta Long
- Jim Martin
Run time: 60 min.
Price: £5.80
Review Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Wonder:
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Actors & Directors
- Jon Stone
- Loretta Long
- Eva Saks
- Jim Henson
- Jim Henson
- Jim Martin
- Bob McGrath
- Bob Schwarz
- Caroll Spinney
- Frank Oz
Run time: 60 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Sesame Street - Elmo Saves Christmas [1997] / Walt Disney Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Tex Avery
- Daws Butler
- Joseph Barbera
- Billy Bletcher
- William Hanna
- Red Coffee
- Tex Avery
- Michael Lah
- Joseph Barbera
Run time: 30 min.
Creator: Rich Hogan
Price: £9.99
Review Tom And Jerry - Vol. 2 / Warner Home Video:
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Release date: 2002-09-30
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.20
Review Joe 90 - Vol. 2 [1968] / Joe 90:Joe 90 was Gerry Anderson's penultimate puppet show of the 1960s, following Captain Scarlet (1968) and preceding the little-known The Secret Service (1969). In 2112 professor Ian McClaine has invented the BIG RAT (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope, Record and Transfer), a machine for copying knowledge and experiences from person to person. WIN (World Intelligence Organisation) uses this to prime their top undercover agent before sending him into the field on missions which range from foiling international terrorists to recovering a nuclear weapon from beneath the polar ice. So far so good, but in perhaps the most mind-boggling concept ever to reach children's TV, that agent is McClaine's nine-year-old adopted son, Joe. Somehow even as it stays true to the Gerry Anderson techno-fantasy formula of secret organisations, gadgetry, and action-packed adventure full of spectacular explosions and violent death, Joe 90 remains blithely unconscious of its own implications. The missions are as globe-trotting as anything in Anderson's classic Thunderbirds series, and sometimes Joe does save lives, performing a risky brain operation or rescuing trapped astronauts. Yet even then his criminally irresponsible father brainwashes the lad each episode before placing him in a highly dangerous adult situation. Though the production values remain way ahead of anything else being done on British TV at the time, the question remains how did this ever seem like a good idea? On the DVD: Joe 90, Volume 2 contains the second set of six 25-minute episodes presented, as usual with Gerry Anderson DVDs, behind a lovingly crafted menu. As expected the 4:3 picture quality is superb and the mono sound is full, detailed and without a trace of distortion. There are also several pages of character biography and background information on the show, a photo gallery and a variety of other extras. [+]-Gary S Dalkin.
Actors & Directors
- Daniel Silverman
- Jansen Panettiere
- Steve Burns
- Cody Ross Pitts
- Cameron Bowen
- Dave Palmer
- Angela Santomero
- Justin Burke
- Bruce Caines
- Elizabeth Holder
Run time: 201 min.
Price: £9.34
Review Blue's Clues: Classic Clues/Bluestock (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:
![Review Artist Not Provided / Blue's Clues: Blue's Room - Knights of the Snack Table [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mefnRNR6L._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2007-01-30
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £8.48
Review Blue's Clues: Blue's Room - Knights of the Snack Table [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Artist Not Provided:
Actors & Directors
- Billy West
- Frank Welker
- Mary Kay Bergman
- Scott Innes
RRP: £17.99
Price: £11.89
Review The Scooby Doo Collection - Vol. 2 / Warner Home Video:
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Batman Begins [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Blue's Clues: Blue's Room - Holiday Wishes [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Kipper - The Robot And Other Stories, The Barbie Diaries [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Famous Five-Go to Smuggler's Top, Bob The Builder - Naughty Spud And Other Stories [1999], Batman Begins [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Bob the Builder: Tool Power! (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Batman: Training for Power - Season 1, Vol. 1 (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sesame Street - Learning About Numbers / The Best Of Ernie And Bert, The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Wombles - Orinoco And The Big Black Umbrella And Other Stories [1973], Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sesame Street - Elmo Saves Christmas [1997], Tom And Jerry - Vol. 2, Joe 90 - Vol. 2 [1968], Blue's Clues: Classic Clues/Bluestock (REGION 1) (NTSC), Blue's Clues: Blue's Room - Knights of the Snack Table [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Scooby Doo Collection - Vol. 2 |
