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Actors & Directors
  • Kristin Scott Thomas
  • Ferdinand Fairfax
  • Patricia Hodge
  • David Warner
  • Joss Ackland
  • Jason Connery
Release date: 1992-05-18
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Robert J. Avrech
Price: £10.99

Review Spymaker - The Secret Life Of Ian Fleming [VHS] [1990] / First Independent Video:


Review ITV DVD / Thunderbirds - Episodes 11 And 12 [VHS] [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • David Graham
  • Christine Finn
  • Peter Dyneley
  • Shane Rimmer
  • Ray Barrett
Release date: 2001-01-22
Creator: Gerry Anderson
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.28

Review Thunderbirds - Episodes 11 And 12 [VHS] [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 audiences' 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 has resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (But 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 nailbitingly 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. -Mark Walker.

Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Dragons Forever [VHS] [1988]
Actors & Directors
  • Jackie Chan
  • Deannie Yip
  • Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
  • Biao Yuen
  • Corey Yuen
  • Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
  • Pauline Yeung
Release date: 1999-01-18
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Yiu Ming Leung
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.49

Review Dragons Forever [VHS] [1988] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:


Actors & Directors
  • Thomas H. Carr
  • Richard Greene
  • Leonora Amar
Run time: 73 min.
Price: £17.95

Review Captain Scarlett (1952):

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Review Warner Home Video / Roots - The Next Generation - Vol. 1 [VHS] [1978]
Actors & Directors
  • Henry Fonda
  • Georg Stanford Brown
  • Georg Stanford Brown
  • John Erman
  • Paul Koslo
  • Charles S. Dubin
  • Lloyd Richards
  • Avon Long
  • Olivia de Havilland
Release date: 1997-03-03
Run time: 375 min.
Creator: John McGreevey
RRP: £20.99
Price: £14.00

Review Roots - The Next Generation - Vol. 1 [VHS] [1978] / Warner Home Video:


Review Clear Vision Ltd / Callan - Series 1 - Part 3 Of 3 - Episodes 7 - 9 [VHS] [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Anthony Valentine
  • Russell Hunter
  • William Squire
  • Tony Robertson
  • Edward Woodward
  • Lisa Langdon
Release date: 2001-09-03
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Russell Hunter
RRP: £12.99
Price: £19.00

Review Callan - Series 1 - Part 3 Of 3 - Episodes 7 - 9 [VHS] [1967] / Clear Vision Ltd:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 2 - Episodes 1 to 11 [VHS] [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Alyson Hannigan
  • Nicholas Brendon
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • James Marsters
  • Anthony Head
Release date: 2000-03-06
Run time: 476 min.
Creator: Joss Whedon
RRP: £34.99
Price: £3.99

Review Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 2 - Episodes 1 to 11 [VHS] [1998] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

After the first season of Buffy The Vampire Slayer became a ratings success the show was renewed with a bigger budget and twice as many episodes. Seeds are sown through the early episodes for many of the stunning plot developments later in the season: there's a slow burn for the relationships building between Buffy and Angel (no surprise), Giles and Jenny (nice surprise), and Xander and Cordelia (huge surprise). Most importantly, we're introduced to important semi-regulars Spike and Drusilla ("School Hard"), Oz ("Inca Mummy Girl") and fellow Slayer Kendra ("What's My Line Part 1"). Their appearances tackle youth issues such as sibling rivalry, sexual maturity and rejection. But nothing that came before it prepared audiences for the latter half of season 2. In the extraordinary double act of "Surprise" and "Innocence" every aspect of the show grows up in a big hurry: the result of Buffy sleeping with Angel is a series of tragedies everyone is powerless to predict or prevent, a piece of powerful storytelling conveyed with pared-down dialogue and remarkable performances from the young cast. All of these threads are tied together then torn apart by the two-part finale "Becoming". With a cliffhanger ending to rival The Empire Strikes Back, the second chapter of Buffy The Vampire Slayer closes in tantalising style leaving everything at stake. -Paul Tonks On the DVD: The computer-animated menu opens this gorgeous box set in style with a tour through a dark and oppressive cemetery, a lavish display of graphics that's all the more impressive when compared to the uneventful DVD for the first season. Most of the extra features are concentrated on the last disc, which includes the obligatory biographies, trailers and TV spots that add little value to hardcore fans but serve as a good introduction to the world of Buffy for non-adepts. [+]
The three featurettes are captivating: "Designing Buffy" offers a wealth of information about the set designs, and even includes a walk through of Buffy's home; "A Buffy Bestiary" features every monster from the second season, and "Beauty and the Beats" explores the make-up artistry and special effects. There are also brief cast interviews, in which James Masters ("Spike") reveals his American accent. All in all the extras make a worthy accompaniment to the spectacular season 2 episodes, though one might regret that Joss Whedon did not offer a commentary on the double bill season finale "Becoming". -Celine Martig.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Rio Lobo [VHS] [1970]
Actors & Directors
  • Jennifer O'Neill
  • Jack Elam
  • Howard Hawks
  • John Wayne
  • Jorge Rivero
  • Christopher Mitchum
Release date: 1998-06-01
Run time: 108 min.
Creator: Leigh Brackett
Price: £9.99

Review Rio Lobo [VHS] [1970] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd / Sharpe's Company [VHS] [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Byrne
  • Tom Clegg
  • Hugh Fraser
  • Daragh O'Malley
  • Sean Bean
  • Pete Postlethwaite
Release date: 2000-01-26
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: Charles Wood
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.87

Review Sharpe's Company [VHS] [1994] / Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd:

Based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (1993-7) ran to 14 full-length television films that follow the adventures of the titular soldier through the later years of the Napoleonic Wars. The programmes are an outstanding achievement for the small screen, dominated by Sean Bean's central performance as the heroic, troubled outsider who turns out to be a resourceful and loyal leader. Bolstered by a strong supporting cast, particularly Daragh O'Malley as Harper and (in later episodes) Abigail Cruttenden as Jane, Sharpe is often visually striking, the action tense and gripping. Consistency is maintained by all 14 episodes being directed by Tom Clegg. -Gary S Dalkin.

Actors & Directors
  • Gary Busey
  • Ray Sharkey
  • Belinda Bauer
  • John 'Bud' Cardos
  • Dennis Casey Park
  • Nancy Mulford
Release date: 2002-03-18
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Leonard Nebons
Price: £2.99

Review Act Of Piracy [VHS] [1988] / 4digital Media:


Review Warner Home Video / Merrill's Marauders [VHS] [1962]
Actors & Directors
  • Ty Hardin
  • Jeff Chandler
  • Will Hutchins
  • Andrew Duggan
  • Peter Brown
  • Samuel Fuller
Release date: 1997-11-24
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: Charlton Ogburn Jr.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £14.92

Review Merrill's Marauders [VHS] [1962] / Warner Home Video:


Actors & Directors
  • Martin Balsam
  • Horst Buchholz
  • Irvin Kershner
  • Peter Finch
  • Charles Bronson
  • Yaphet Kotto
Run time: 120 min.
Creator: Charles Bronson
RRP: £5.99
Price: £11.89

Review Raid On Entebbe [VHS] [1976] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Pokemon 3: The Movie [VHS] [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Ikue Ootani
  • Michael Haigney
  • Eric Stuart
  • Veronica Taylor
  • Madeleine Blaustein
  • Rachael Lillis
  • Kunihiko Yuyama
Release date: 2001-10-08
Run time: 93 min.
Creator: Takeshi Shudo
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.16

Review Pokemon 3: The Movie [VHS] [2001] / Warner Home Video:

The most elaborate of the features to date, Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unown introduces new Pokémon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold and Silver-edition Game Boy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pokémon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly's palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her and grant whatever she wishes-except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash's mum to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. ("We figure if we don't help you, we're outta showbiz," Meowth explains. ) Molly's father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly and the other two-dimensional characters simply don't fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pokémon 3 look like two films unsuccessfully spliced together. [+]
-Charles Solomon, Amazon. com.

Review Pathe Distribution / Le Bossu (1997) [VHS] [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Daniel Auteuil
  • Fabrice Luchini
  • Philippe De Broca
  • Marie Gillain
  • Philippe Noiret
  • Vincent Perez
Release date: 1999-04-12
Run time: 123 min.
Creator: Philippe Noiret
RRP: £15.99
Price: £19.89

Review Le Bossu (1997) [VHS] [1998] / Pathe Distribution:


Actors & Directors
  • Richard Hunt (Voice)
  • Ron Mueck (Voice)
  • Jim Henson
  • David G. Hillier
  • Steve Whitmire (Voice)
  • Camille Bonora (Voice)
Run time: 50 min.
Price: £15.00

Review The tale of the Bunny Picnic / VIRGIN VIDEO:


Review Warner Home Video / Meteor [VHS] [1979]
Actors & Directors
  • Ronald Neame
  • Sean Connery
  • Brian Keith
  • Natalie Wood
  • Karl Malden
  • Martin Landau
Release date: 1998-06-15
Run time: 103 min.
Creator: Stanley Mann
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.01

Review Meteor [VHS] [1979] / Warner Home Video:


Review Beckmann Visual Publishing / White Crane Kung Fu [VHS] [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Bob Stannells
Release date: 2003-07-20
Run time: 45 min.
Creator: Bob Stannells
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.50

Review White Crane Kung Fu [VHS] [1989] / Beckmann Visual Publishing:


Review 4 Front Video / Thunderbirds - Vol. 4 - Pit Of Peril / City Of Fire / Attack Of The Alligators [VHS] [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Dyneley
  • Christine Finn
  • Shane Rimmer
  • Ray Barrett
  • David Graham
Release date: 1996-09-16
Run time: 145 min.
Creator: Gerry Anderson
Price: £5.99

Review Thunderbirds - Vol. 4 - Pit Of Peril / City Of Fire / Attack Of The Alligators [VHS] [1965] / 4 Front Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Destination Tokyo [VHS] [1944]
Actors & Directors
  • John Garfield
  • Cary Grant
  • Dane Clark
  • Alan Hale
  • Delmer Daves
  • John Ridgely
Release date: 1996-05-13
Run time: 129 min.
Creator: Steve Fisher
RRP: £10.99
Price: £1.00

Review Destination Tokyo [VHS] [1944] / Warner Home Video:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Tekwar 1 - Tekwar [VHS] [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Eugene Clark
  • William Shatner
  • Torri Higginson
  • William Shatner
  • Greg Evigan
Release date: 1995-06-01
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Greg Evigan
Price: £9.99

Review Tekwar 1 - Tekwar [VHS] [1993] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


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Spymaker - The Secret Life Of Ian Fleming [VHS] [1990], Thunderbirds - Episodes 11 And 12 [VHS] [1965], Dragons Forever [VHS] [1988], Captain Scarlett (1952), Roots - The Next Generation - Vol. 1 [VHS] [1978], Callan - Series 1 - Part 3 Of 3 - Episodes 7 - 9 [VHS] [1967], Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 2 - Episodes 1 to 11 [VHS] [1998], Rio Lobo [VHS] [1970], Sharpe's Company [VHS] [1994], Act Of Piracy [VHS] [1988], Merrill's Marauders [VHS] [1962], Raid On Entebbe [VHS] [1976], Pokemon 3: The Movie [VHS] [2001], Le Bossu (1997) [VHS] [1998], The tale of the Bunny Picnic, Meteor [VHS] [1979], White Crane Kung Fu [VHS] [1989], Thunderbirds - Vol. 4 - Pit Of Peril / City Of Fire / Attack Of The Alligators [VHS] [1965], Destination Tokyo [VHS] [1944], Tekwar 1 - Tekwar [VHS] [1993]

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