![Review Walt Disney Home Video / 101 Dalmatians - Live Action (Disney) [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5100WZDSXJL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Joely Richardson
- Stephen Herek
- Jeff Daniels
- Hugh Laurie
- Joan Plowright
- Glenn Close
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £0.84
Review 101 Dalmatians - Live Action (Disney) [1996] / Walt Disney Home Video:It's hard to know who thought it would be a good idea to make a live-action version of Disney's animated classic. The one bright notion anyone had was casting Glenn Close as Disney Übervillainess Cruella de Vil; her flashing eyes and angular features are a perfect match and do credit to what is one of the most indelible animated characters Disney has ever created. The story remains essentially the same, focusing on Cruella's plot to kidnap the puppies of a young married couple (Jeff Daniels and Jolie Richardson) and make them into a coat. But the dreaded John Hughes, who wrote this script, fills it with sadistic slapstick and far too few genuine laughs. The human actors work hard, but to little avail; thankfully, there's a posse of puppies to regularly steal scenes when the going gets dreary-although there are only so many laughs to be had from inappropriate dog puddles. -Marshall Fine, Amazon. com.
Actors & Directors
- Heide Karp
- Blair Treu
- Paul Schrier
- Ryuta Tazaki
- Wendee Lee
- Worth Keeter
- Julie Maddalena
- Judd Lynn
- Koichi Sakamoto
- Jack Banning
Run time: 91 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Power Rangers Lost Galaxy - The Return Of The Magna Defender / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
Release date: 1998-03-02
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.50
Review Percy The Park Keeper - The Secret Path / Hit Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Terry-Thomas
- Wolfgang Reitherman
- Phil Harris
- Brian Bedford
- Peter Ustinov
- Monica Evans
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.50
Review The Story of Robin Hood:A minor classic from Disney, this 1973 all-animal, all-animated musical version of the familiar story of Robin Hood is more charming than one might expect. Perhaps it's the warm, chummy take on key relationships within the legend-the way Robin Hood (Brian Bedford) gets twitterpated whenever the subject of Maid Marian (Monica Evans) comes up or the way best pal Little John (Phil Harris voicing a variation on his own Baloo from The Jungle Book) admonishes the Sherwood Forest hero, "Aw, Rob, why dontcha just marry the girl?" (Then, of course, there's the canny "casting" of the romantic leads as foxes: Robin the sly one and Marian the, well, foxy one. ) The rest of the vocal cast is lively and eclectic: Peter Ustinov, Andy Devine, Terry Thomas, George Lindsey. Roger Miller provides the songs and voice for the minstrel character Allan-A-Dale. The film is ably directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, whose decades of work in Disney's animation division helped create the studio's rich legacy. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.
![Review Walt Disney Home Video / Annie [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AC1VJBZBL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Alan Cumming
- Rob Marshall
- Alicia Morton
- Kristin Chenoweth
- Audra McDonald
- Kathy Bates
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.49
Review Annie [1999] / Walt Disney Home Video:
Release date: 1997-06-23
Run time: 64 min.
Price: £5.99
Review Ren And Stimpy - Ren's Brain / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- John Tobias (II)
- Leah Green
- Gary Rutter
- Tamsin Heatley
- Wayne Forester (II)
- Helen Sheppard
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.95
Review Fimbles - Let's Find the Fimbles / 2 Entertain Video:When The Fimbles arrived on kids TV in 2002, it unfairly drew comparison with The Teletubbies. Beyond the furry man-sized suits, there's actually a lot more going for the show. It's the perfect successor in many ways, featuring just a few more characters and situations to appeal to children beginning to form and follow words. Within each episode, something is found by one of the three Fimbles (Fimbo, Florrie or baby Pom) who populate the Purple Meadow. Near the Tinkling Tree, they experience the excitement (Fimbling Feeling) of discovering something new and eagerly share it with their friends. This allows for the soothing tones of Roly Mo to relax everyone with a story tailored to the found object. More often than not, the group is joined by the fluffy Mummy and egg family of Bessie and Ribble, whose wise observations always lead to a safety warning or two. The show's real star is left to last: the irrepressible Rockit the frog bounces all over the place causing chaos and hilarity simultaneously. As a format, Fimbles is familiar enough for the kids to know what favourite bit to look forward to. It's also significantly different enough to distance itself from any previous show. [+]-Paul Tonks.
Actors & Directors
- Roddy McDowall
- Jules Bass
- Jose Ferrer
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Eddie Bracken
- Charles Nelson Reilly
Review The Wind in the Willows aka Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows [1983] / Telepictures Corporation:A beautifully animated feature film featuring famous voices together with a title song performed by Judy Collins
![Review Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd / Jane Hissey's Old Bear And Friends - The Perfect Presents [1993]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HQ6QZKA2L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Kevin Griffiths
- Anton Rodgers
Run time: 30 min.
RRP: £6.99
Price: £12.99
Review Jane Hissey's Old Bear And Friends - The Perfect Presents [1993] / Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd:
![Review 2 Entertain Video / Sooty And Co - Scrap Idea / Buddy Jolly [1993]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ERDG13N7L._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 1994-03-07
Run time: 38 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Sooty And Co - Scrap Idea / Buddy Jolly [1993] / 2 Entertain Video:
![Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Princess Mononoke [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41C04NP696L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Yuriko Ishida
- Kaoru Kobayashi
- Yûko Tanaka
- Masahiko Nishimura
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Yôji Matsuda
Run time: 130 min.
Price: £14.99
Review Princess Mononoke [2001] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:Princess Mononoke has already made history as the top-grossing domestic feature ever released in Japan, where its combination of mythic themes, mystical forces, and ravishing visuals tapped deeply into cultural identity and contemporary, ecological anxieties. For international animation and anime fans, this epic, animated 1997 fantasy, represents an auspicious next step for its revered creator, Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service), an acknowledged anime pioneer, whose painterly style, vivid character design, and stylised approach to storytelling take ambitious, evolutionary steps here. Set in medieval Japan, Miyazaki's original story envisions a struggle between nature and man. The march of technology, embodied in the dark iron forges of the ambitious Tatara clan, threatens the natural forces explicit in the benevolent Great God of the Forest and the wide-eyed, spectral spirits he protects. When Ashitaka, a young warrior from a remote, and endangered, village clan, kills a ravenous, boar-like monster, he discovers the beast is in fact an infectious "demon god", transformed by human anger. Ashitaka's quest to solve the beast's fatal curse brings him into the midst of human political intrigues as well as the more crucial battle between man and nature. Miyazaki's convoluted fable is clearly not the stuff of kiddie matinees, nor is the often graphic violence depicted during the battles that ensue. If some younger viewers (or less attentive older ones) will wish for a diagram to sort out the players, Miyazaki's atmospheric world and its lush visual design are reasons enough to watch. For the English-language version, Miramax assembled an impressive vocal cast including Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup (as Ashitaka), Claire Danes (as San), Minnie Driver (as Lady Eboshi), Billy Bob Thornton, and Jada Pinkett Smith. They bring added nuance to a very different kind of magic kingdom. [+]- Sam Sutherland, Amazon. com On the DVD: with an impressive widescreen aspect of 2. 35:1 and a pleasant 5. 1 Dolby digital sound, you cannot fault the transfer of this animation in any way. However, the special features leave a lot to be desired on what is a classic piece of modern anime. The "Behind the Scenes" feature holds no information on the making of Princess Mononoke in its original form-with no input from animator Hayao Miyazaki-and the trailer is taken from the American release of the movie (even though it calls itself an "original" theatrical trailer), complete with the annoyingly hyped-up voiceover that comes with US film trailers. The redeeming feature of this DVD is the ability to watch the anime in its original language with subtitles, a much more passionate and beautiful form-so much of the feeling and lyricism of the movie is lost with the transfer to English language and misplaced casting. After watching the original Japanese version of Princess Mononoke and reading the book you begin to wonder why the West has become such a solitary child of Disney. -Nikki Disney.
Run time: 57 min.
Review spider man - the spider slayer / new world:57 minutes. 3 episodes;dr octopus armed and dangerous/the spider slayer/return of the spider slayers.
Release date: 1992-02-10
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.79
Review Rosie And Jim - Washing / Cte Video:
Actors & Directors
- Michael Brandon
- George Carlin
- Alec Baldwin
Run time: 66 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £14.95
Review Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Your Favourite Story Collection / 2 Entertain Video:
![Review Tots TV / Tots TV - Tilly, Tom And Tiny's 1,2,3 [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JVKDF5MXL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2000-07-10
Run time: 49 min.
RRP: £6.99
Price: £6.99
Review Tots TV - Tilly, Tom And Tiny's 1,2,3 [1996] / Tots TV:
![Review ITV DVD / Thunderbirds - Episodes 27 And 28 [1965]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4199XBHN51L._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2001-07-16
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.99
Review Thunderbirds - Episodes 27 And 28 [1965] / ITV DVD:
Actors & Directors
- Isabel Richer
- Julien Poulin
- Yvan Ponton
- JiCi Lauzon
- Jean-Claude Lord
- Linda Malo
Run time: 43 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.09
Review Jasmine - The Greatest Treasure (Disney) / Walt Disney Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Mel Blanc
- Roy Firestone
- Paul Kuhn (IV)
- Randi Rosenholtz
- Greg Ford
- Terry Lennon
Run time: 23 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £9.95
Review Bugs Bunny's Wild World Of Sports / Warner Home Video:
![Review Warner Home Video / Pokemon - The First Movie [2000]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M30WN1Y2L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Eric Stuart
- Rachael Lillis
- Kunihiko Yuyama
- Kunohiko Yuyama
- Michael Haigney
- Veronica Taylor
Run time: 74 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £0.28
Review Pokemon - The First Movie [2000] / Warner Home Video:The world domination of Pokémon begets their first theatrical movie. This adventure is a little more complex and dark than the popular TV series, but kids who live for the show will gobble up this film and ask for seconds. Those baffled by the show's popularity, however, will see nothing better here. Mewtwo, a new type of Pokémon designed by scientists to be the ultimate fighter, decides he wants to rule the world and challenges all the great Pokémasters to battle. Of course, our intrepid heroes Ash, Misty and Brock are there to tangle with Mewtwo and spoil his devilish schemes. The film is a tad more emotional than the show (that is, there is some emotion), with Ash sacrificing himself to defend his beloved Pikachu (but don't you worry, Ash will be just fine). Would you really expect the makers of this worldwide phenomenon to radically change its winning formula? The feature is only 55 minutes long, but there's also a 20-minute short, "Pikachu's Vacation". For the Pokémon novice, this escapade will truly baffle: the narrated tale has virtually no dialogue except Pokémon speaking their names (Bulbasaur, for instance, will only express emotion by using variations of his name: "Bulba, Bulba-SAUR!"). It's a real curio. -Doug Thomas.
![Review Walt Disney Home Video / Snow White Video Gift Set-Video, Book & Theatre Set [1937]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5141PVMRFBL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- David Hand
- Lucille La Verne
- Otis Harlan
- Adriana Caselotti
- Harry Stockwell
- Billy Gilbert
Run time: 80 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £35.00
Review Snow White Video Gift Set-Video, Book & Theatre Set [1937] / Walt Disney Home Video:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was nicknamed "Disney's Folly" by contemporary observers; they doubted that the short cartoons shown before the main film could ever successfully make the transition from filler to feature presentation. Surely, no one would sit still for over an hour to watch an animated film, their eyes smarting from the bright colours on screen? Fortunately, Walt Disney and his army of artists persisted and the world's first full-length animated feature was finally released in 1937 to widespread acclaim. Adapted from the Grimm fairytale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is chillingly dark in places, reflecting its roots in European folklore, but the deft Disney touch ensures that the overall tone remains light and the story develops apace, swept along on the perfect musical score. Any lingering gloom is quickly dispelled by the superbly characterised dwarfs and by the humorous antics of the various irresistible fauna that threaten to steal the show in several scenes. The pioneering animation is breathtaking and songs such as "Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho" and "Whistle While You Work", now firmly embedded in popular culture, are seamlessly interwoven with the action. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs happens to be an interesting technological milestone in cinema history-it is also an enduring masterpiece of family entertainment. To the millions who have fallen under its spell over the years, this magical fairy tale remains one of Disney's most enchanting and best-loved films. Only Grumpy could resist. -Helen Baker.
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