Creator: Joseph Barbera
Price: £4.95
Review The Jensons / Universal:
Release date: 1994-02-23
Run time: 56 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Tom & Jerry V1-Cartoon Festival / MGM Entertainment:
Release date: 2001-03-05
Run time: 28 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99
Review Saints For Kids - Vol. 3 / Saints for Kids:
Actors & Directors
- Corinne Orr
- Bob Kaliban
- Robert Mandell
- Kerry Butler
- Laura Dean
- John Beach
Run time: 65 min.
Creator: Winnie Chaffee
Price: £9.99
Review Starla And The Jewel Riders - Prince Of The Forests / ITV DVD:
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Release date: 2001-04-02
Run time: 975 min.
Price: £59.99
Review Stingray - Complete Series [1961] / ITV DVD:Drums pound, building excitement; the music bursts into life with a cry of "Stingray! Stingray!" Who can resist? Especially when a dramatic voice announces, "Anything can happen in the next half hour!". Stingray (1964) was the show Gerry Anderson made just before he really hit the big time with Thunderbirds (1965), producing 39 episodes of the 21st-century adventures of Troy Tempest-tall, dark and handsome (his voice was based on James Garner) captain of the titular submarine. His mission: to protect the seas on behalf of WASP (World Aquanaut Security Patrol). With complex underwater model and puppet effects, this was ground-breaking television, especially as it was the first UK series to be made in colour, though for years it was only seen in black and white. Special effects director Derek Meddings later graduated to the James Bond movies, while Moneypenny herself (actress Lois Maxwell) voiced Atlanta Shore. Here, just as in the Bond movies, she played second fiddle in our hero's affections, the mute Marina becoming Stingray's sex-goddess. The end-credits even featured a song in her honour, "Aqua Maria", which became an international hit. As for the bad guys: half-man, half-fish Titan and his Terror Fish wage dastardly war against humanity and the peaceful underwater citizens of Pacifica. Four decades on the model and underwater sequences still impress, and surely much of the inspiration for the underwater city in The Phantom Menace came from locations in Stingray. Whether as bizarre 60s nostalgia, or winning a new generation of fans, Stingray remains eccentric cult family entertainment. [+]-Gary S Dalkin.
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Release date: 2001-03-05
Run time: 28 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99
Review Saints For Kids - Vol. 1 [2000] / Saints for Kids:
Release date: 2001-03-12
Run time: 40 min.
Price: £9.99
Review X-Men - Vol. 4 - Sentinel / Universal Pictures UK:It took a while for Marvel Comics' X-Men to make it onto the big screen, but in retrospect they were always an obvious target for kids TV. Theirs is the classic tale of teenage alienation, given a comic book twist: when puberty hits, as their peers grow hair in funny places and discover the joys of the opposite sex, certain young people begin to manifest strange super powers. Dubbed "mutants", they find themselves with any number of abilities that set them apart from their human peers. Some can fly, some can fire force-beams from their eyes, some can read minds, some are super-strong, some sprout wings; there are as many different powers as there are mutants. However, normal humans are jealous of mutants, and mutants find themselves hunted and/or ostracised by society. In order to fight this prejudice, the heroic X-Men were brought together as teenagers by the telepathic Professor X and trained to use their powers for the good of all humanity. The animated X-Men series, which first debuted in the early 1990s, remained fairly faithful to the classic comic book series, inheriting several of the more popular characters (Wolverine, Cyclops, Rogue, Gambit, Storm, The Beast, etc) and, for the most part, leaving their personalities intact. Wolverine is still a surly little thug with a heart of gold, although his razor-sharp claws are now mainly used to slice up robots and other machines (less blood that way); Cyclops is their relatively square leader; The Beast is a bookworm, prone to literary quotations at random points in his conversation; and Gambit is the charming Cajun rogue. Unfortunately, the animation of X-Men is, quite frankly, just not up to scratch, especially when judged against the much more stylish Batman: The Animated Series, which was on televisions at the same time. Moreover, the pacing of X-Men is, at times, painfully slow, so the action sequences plod along at a speed that would probably bore most Pokémon addicts. [+]-Robert Burrow.
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Actors & Directors
- Brian Trueman
- Edward Kelsey
- Terry Scott
- David Jason
Run time: 110 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.95
Review Danger Mouse - Saves The World Again [1981] / Fremantle Home Entertainment:
Release date: 2001-03-12
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.50
Review X-Men - Vol. 5 - Magneto / Universal Pictures UK:It took a while for Marvel Comics' X-Men to make it onto the big screen, but in retrospect they were always an obvious target for kids TV. Theirs is the classic tale of teenage alienation, given a comic book twist: when puberty hits, as their peers grow hair in funny places and discover the joys of the opposite sex, certain young people begin to manifest strange super powers. Dubbed "mutants", they find themselves with any number of abilities that set them apart from their human peers. Some can fly, some can fire force-beams from their eyes, some can read minds, some are super-strong, some sprout wings; there are as many different powers as there are mutants. However, normal humans are jealous of mutants, and mutants find themselves hunted and/or ostracised by society. In order to fight this prejudice, the heroic X-Men were brought together as teenagers by the telepathic Professor X and trained to use their powers for the good of all humanity. The animated X-Men series, which first debuted in the early 1990s, remained fairly faithful to the classic comic book series, inheriting several of the more popular characters (Wolverine, Cyclops, Rogue, Gambit, Storm, The Beast, etc) and, for the most part, leaving their personalities intact. Wolverine is still a surly little thug with a heart of gold, although his razor-sharp claws are now mainly used to slice up robots and other machines (less blood that way); Cyclops is their relatively square leader; The Beast is a bookworm, prone to literary quotations at random points in his conversation; and Gambit is the charming Cajun rogue. Unfortunately, the animation of X-Men is, quite frankly, just not up to scratch, especially when judged against the much more stylish Batman: The Animated Series, which was on televisions at the same time. Moreover, the pacing of X-Men is, at times, painfully slow, so the action sequences plod along at a speed that would probably bore most Pokémon addicts. [+]-Robert Burrow.
Actors & Directors
- Celia Kendrick
- Elizabeth Daily
- Craig Bartlett
- Michael Bell
- Broni Likomanov
- Nancy Cartwright
- Christine Cavanaugh
- Chris Hermans
- Barry Vodos
- Melanie Chartoff
Run time: 58 min.
Price: £7.99
Review Rugrats - Grandpa's Favourite Stories / Paramount Home Entertainment:
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Actors & Directors
- Karen Disher
- John Lynn
- Julián Rebolledo
- Tracy Grandstaff
- Wendy Hoopes
- Marc Thompson
- Ray Kosarin
Run time: 62 min.
Creator: Susie Lewis
Price: £5.99
Review Daria - Travels [2000] / Paramount Home Entertainment:The eponymous heroine of Daria began life as a character in the cult MTV cartoon Beavis & Butthead. Daria, of the enormous spectacles, held a resolutely unsmiling demeanour and an immensely amusing name (with the judicious addition of one syllable, it becomes a common gastric complaint). With these qualities she became an obvious candidate for a series of her own, offering the perfect study of a certain kind of adolescent familiar to anyone who is, or has been a 15-year-old who is utterly unimpressed with everything-regarding all human activity as no more than the sum of its absurd fundamentals. With a sister who sounds like she has just stepped out of a Barbie catalogue and a gaggle of classmates, some with less than one brain cell between them, the basis for "disaster and woe" to befall poor Daria is instantly set up. The joy of each episode of Daria is watching her start out the day determined to see the worst in any given situation as the world in general once again lives down to her expectations. -Andrew Mueller.
Release date: 2001-03-12
Run time: 40 min.
Price: £9.99
Review X-Men - Vol. 6 - Mr Sinister / Universal Pictures UK:
Release date: 1996-04-29
Run time: 51 min.
Price: £5.99
Review Daffy Duck And Company / MGM Entertainment:
Release date: 2001-02-19
Run time: 52 min.
Price: £8.99
Review Easter Specials - The First Easter Egg / Peter And The Magic Egg / Maverick Entertainment:
Release date: 2001-03-05
Run time: 28 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99
Review Saints For Kids - Vol. 2 / Saints for Kids:
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Actors & Directors
- Andy Houts
- Jeff McGrath
- Christine Cavanaugh
- Charles Adler
- Gregg Berger
- David Eccles
Run time: 57 min.
Creator: Mary Villano-Williams
Price: £5.99
Review Aaahh!!! Real Monsters - Ode To Oblina [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review ITV DVD / Stingray - Vol. 3 - Countdown Ghost Of The Sea / Emergency Marineville / Subterranean Sea [1961]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511G590KP8L._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2001-04-02
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.50
Review Stingray - Vol. 3 - Countdown Ghost Of The Sea / Emergency Marineville / Subterranean Sea [1961] / ITV DVD:
![Review ITV DVD / Stingray - Vol. 2 - Treasure Down Below / The Big Gun / The Golden Sea / The Ghost Ship [1961]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JDCMWK3WL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2001-04-02
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.77
Review Stingray - Vol. 2 - Treasure Down Below / The Big Gun / The Golden Sea / The Ghost Ship [1961] / ITV DVD:
Actors & Directors
- Tôru Furuya
- Masami Kikuchi
- Naoyuki Yoshinaga
- Hiromi Tsuru
- Tomomi Mochizuki
- Takeshi Mori
- Naoko Matsui
- Eriko Hara
- Kôichirô Nakumura
Run time: 50 min.
Price: £5.99
Review Kimagure Orange Road - Vol. 1 / Mvm:
Actors & Directors
- Mona Marshall
- Julian Holloway
- Tony Love
- Corey Burton
- Jeff Bennett
- Brian Stokes Mitchell
- Bill Hutten
Creator: John Bates
Price: £8.99
Review James Bond Jr - Versus Jaws The Metallic Munch / Abbey Home Media:
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