Actors & Directors
- Minnie Mouse
- Mickey Mouse
- Donald Duck
Run time: 30 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.99
Review Sing Along Songs - The Twelve Days Of Christmas / Walt Disney Home Video:
Release date: 1995-08-21
Run time: 43 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Winnie The Pooh - Growing Up 2 - Helping Others (Disney) / Walt Disney Home Video:
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Run time: 45 min.
Price: £9.99
Review ABC 4 [1996] / S4c International:
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Actors & Directors
- Richard A. Fernandes
- James J. Kroupa
- Vicki Eibner
- Jim Martin
- Peter Linz
- Tyler Bunch
- Noel MacNeal
Run time: 48 min.
Creator: Mitchell Kriegman
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.26
Review Bear In The Big Blue House - Summer Of Love [2001] / Uca Catalogue:
Actors & Directors
- Dave Benson Phillips
- Roger Dacier
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £19.77
Review Makaton Nursery Rhymes / Vision Video Ltd.:
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Actors & Directors
- Al Aronowitz
- Hoss Allen
- Liev Schreiber
- Joan Baez
- David Espar
- Jeff Barry
Run time: 62 min.
Creator: Elizabeth Deane
Price: £9.99
Review Sesame Street - Big Bird Gets Lost / Rock And Roll [1999] / Walt Disney Home Video:Unavailable at all for nearly three decades, then issued in a VHS edition in 1996, the Rolling Stones' legendary Rock and Roll Circus finally gets the full treatment with this DVD release documenting the 1968 event. The Stones were reportedly unhappy with their performance (hence the long delay), and it isn't their finest moment; performing "Jumping Jack Flash" and a variety of songs from their then-new Beggars Banquet album, Keith Richards is game, but Jagger's preening (especially on "Sympathy for the Devil") is over the top, and guitarist Brian Jones looks dissolute and well on his way to his death the following year. A certain weirdness permeates some of the other musical acts as well: Jethro Tull lip-syncs unconvincingly, Taj Mahal and band were obliged to perform before the circus set was completed and the audience had arrived, and John Lennon's outing with impromptu supergroup the Dirty Mac (with Richards, Eric Clapton, and drummer Mitch Mitchell) is hampered by Yoko Ono's caterwauling, although their version of the Beatles' "Yer Blues" is cool. Still, the Who are brilliant, Marianne Faithfull is beautiful, the various circus acts are fun, and the crowd clearly loves it. The DVD comes with some fascinating bonus features, including three extra songs by Mahal, some lovely classical piano by Julius Katchen, and a "quad split-screen" version of "Yer Blues". Best of all are a new interview with the Who's Pete Townshend and the various commentary tracks added for the DVD-especially those by Tull's Ian Anderson, director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, and Stones Jagger, Richards, and Bill Wyman (who dryly attributes Jagger's reluctance to issue the show to his dissatisfaction with his own performance, not the band's). Flaws notwithstanding, this is a treat. -Sam Graham.
Actors & Directors
- Nancy Cartwright
- Barry Vodos
- Tara Strong
- Broni Likomanov
- Craig Bartlett
- Chris Hermans
- Christine Cavanaugh
- Cree Summer
- Celia Kendrick
- Elizabeth Daily
Run time: 58 min.
Price: £8.99
Review Rugrats - Bedtime Bash / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Release date: 1992-07-06
Run time: 54 min.
Price: £6.99
Review Lizzie And The Adventures Of Joggy Bear / 2 Entertain Video:
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Release date: 1996-08-26
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £9.99
Review The Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries - What's New Puddy Tat? [1996] / Sylvester & Tweety:
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Release date: 2002-08-26
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Jack Olesker
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.99
Review Power Rangers: Time Force - Dawn Of Destiny [2002] / Walt Disney Home Video:
Release date: 2002-03-18
Run time: 75 min.
Price: £2.99
Review The Famous Five - Five Go To Mystery Moor/Five Go To Smuggler's Top (Part 1+2) / Ilc Entertainment:
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Actors & Directors
- Jeff Bennett
- Joe Alaskey
- Karl Toerge
- Steve Bernstein
- Charles Visser
- James T. Walker
- Jim Cummings
- Julie Bernstein
Run time: 69 min.
Creator: Tom Minton
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.95
Review Tweety's High Flying Adventure [2000] / 2 Entertain Video:
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Actors & Directors
- David Kellogg
- Joely Fisher
- Rupert Everett
- Andy Dick
- Matthew Broderick
- Michelle Trachtenberg
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Zak Penn
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.58
Review Inspector Gadget [1999] / Walt Disney Home Video:Strictly for kids, this 1999 live-action feature version of the popular cartoon series seems long even at 80 minutes. As a video, it's easier to take and appreciate for what works best in the story: the special effects. Matthew Broderick plays the security guard who is physically transformed into a multi-use cyborg with a zillion attachments, from stilts to helicopter blades to skis. A crimefighter in raincoat and fedora, and equipped with a nifty Gadgetmobile, the hero investigates the death of a man linked to the villainous Sanford Scolex (Rupert Everett). Scolex, who blames Gadget for having to wear a prosthetic hand, develops an evil robot twin of the good inspector, causing much mischief and giving Broderick an opportunity to poke fun at his own performance of the virtuous Inspector. The action is shaky, the script plods along, and the effects soon take over; Everett has to go to the extremes of hamminess just to be seen above it. But children of a certain age will almost certainly engage with the more clever stuff and forgive the rest. -Tom Keogh.
Run time: 30 min.
Price: £19.99
Review Ask Oscar - Water / Video School:
Release date: 2003-08-11
RRP: £12.99
Price: £25.98
Review Baby Beethoven - Symphony of Fun / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:Classical music has been scientifically proven to encourage cognitive development in young children. Baby Beethoven, a 29-minute Baby Einstein production, presents excerpts from five of the composer's most famous symphonies-as well as incidental music-in a child-friendly, sensory-rich format. Familiar Beethoven themes like the "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony are playfully rendered on electric piano and accompanied by colorful images of toys in action, puppetry, and babies at play. The musical excerpts are relatively short and the imagery is quick-paced and varied enough to grab the limited attention span of viewers age 1 to 36 months. Unlike previous Baby Einstein presentations, each symphonic excerpt (though not the incidental music) is labelled-a feature that encourages further exploration of favorite pieces. Baby Beethoven is an aural and visual feast that promotes creativity, mental awareness and an appreciation for classical music in infants, toddlers, and their parents. -Tami Horiuchi.
Release date: 1997-09-29
Run time: 60 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Fun Song Factory 6 - Fun And Games / Fun Song Factory:
Release date: 2000-02-14
Run time: 59 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.80
Review Maisy - Animal Stories / Universal Pictures UK:Maisy, the epony-mouse from Lucy Cousins' hugely popular books, has been brought to the small screen in a series of beautifully produced animated tales now collected together on video. Each episode focuses on a central theme such as "Bedtime" or "Birthday", and features Maisy's band of friends: Tallulah the effervescent chick, Eddie the elephant, Cyril the Squirrel, and the stomach-obsessed crocodile Charley. The animation reproduces the bright, block colours of the books, but adds a new dimension of playful characterisation and sound effects. The characters' voices are very much in the Teletubbies and Pingu mode, offering few discernible words but perfectly evoking the individual characters and appealing to very young children. Neil Morrissey's voice-over offers a gentle, questioning cue for Maisy and her friends' activities, and further brings out the stories' educational emphasis. The Maisy videos combine simple presentation with charming characterisation to great effect and each tale is constructed with an underlying intelligence and humour that repays repeat viewings. For those in occasional need of a Teletubby-free zone, these are the perfect videos for pre-school children. In Animal Stories Maisy meets all the animals on the farm, rounds up some sheep with Tallulah, helps Eddy wash away his fleas and shares her picnic with some friends from the forest. Ginger cat has kittens in "Meow", while "Nest" sees Maisy help a bird prepare for the arrival of her chicks. In "Boat" Maisy meets a seagull, some fish, a dolphin and an octopus, and a whale gives her a helping hand in reaching the shore when the wind dies down. [+]-Steve Napleton.
Release date: 2003-07-21
Run time: 50 min.
Creator: Peter Moth
Price: £5.99
Review The Famous Five - Five Get Into A Fix / Five Go Off In A Caravan / Uca Catalogue:
Release date: 1996-03-11
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £8.80
Review Ren And Stimpy - The Stupidest Stories / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Release date: 1996-02-26
Run time: 43 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.99
Review Winnie The Pooh - Growing Up 3 - Making Friends (Disney) / Walt Disney Home Video:
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Sing Along Songs - The Twelve Days Of Christmas, Winnie The Pooh - Growing Up 2 - Helping Others (Disney), ABC 4 [1996], Bear In The Big Blue House - Summer Of Love [2001], Makaton Nursery Rhymes, Sesame Street - Big Bird Gets Lost / Rock And Roll [1999], Rugrats - Bedtime Bash, Lizzie And The Adventures Of Joggy Bear, The Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries - What's New Puddy Tat? [1996], Power Rangers: Time Force - Dawn Of Destiny [2002], The Famous Five - Five Go To Mystery Moor/Five Go To Smuggler's Top (Part 1+2), Tweety's High Flying Adventure [2000], Inspector Gadget [1999], Ask Oscar - Water, Baby Beethoven - Symphony of Fun, Fun Song Factory 6 - Fun And Games, Maisy - Animal Stories, The Famous Five - Five Get Into A Fix / Five Go Off In A Caravan, Ren And Stimpy - The Stupidest Stories, Winnie The Pooh - Growing Up 3 - Making Friends (Disney) |
