![Review Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd / Rosie & Jim-Puppet Show [1991]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E9656Q07L._SL160_.jpg)
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.97
Review Rosie & Jim-Puppet Show [1991] / Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd:
Actors & Directors
- David Silverman
- The Simpsons
- Gregg Vanzo
- Nancy Cartwright
- Julie Kavner
- Dan Castellanata
Review The Simpsons Collection - Bart The General / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Margaret Leighton
- Ray Austin
- Paul Jones
- Barbara Bain
- Martin Landau
- Barry Morse
- Lee H. Katzin
Price: £10.99
Review Space: 1999 - Journey Through The Black Sun [1982] / Universal Pictures UK:
![Review Mvm / Pokemon - Players Guide [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KQJJAZMNL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2000-08-07
Run time: 35 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Pokemon - Players Guide [1999] / Mvm:
Release date: 2000-05-01
Run time: 61 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.70
Review Maisy - Colours And Counting / 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 Colours & Counting Maisy picks up all her friends in her bus (although Eddie is a tight squeeze!), plays hide and seek with Charly, and organizes an egg hunt for everyone. In "Clouds" she goes ballooning, while at the circus Cyril spin plates, Tallulah walks the tightrope, Eddie trampolines and Maisy does a turn on the trapeze. The emphasis on numbers and colours is imaginatively applied throughout, particularly when Eddie helps Maisy paint her shed in technicolour! -Steve Napleton.
![Review 4 Front Video / The Muppet Movie [1979]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JXX9MD80L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Edgar Bergen
- Elliott Gould
- Mel Brooks
- James Coburn
- Milton Berle
- James Frawle
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.49
Review The Muppet Movie [1979] / 4 Front Video:
Price: £0.89
Review MUPPETS FROM SPACE:
Actors & Directors
- Christine Cavanaugh
- Dionne Quan
- Tara Strong
- Cathy Malkasian
- Nancy Cartwright
- Pete Michels
- Steve Moore (VI)
- Cree Summer
- Igor Kovalyov
- Steve Socki
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.49
Review Rugrats - Angelica Knows Best / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Emilio Estevez
- Sam Weisman
- Carsten Norgaard
- Kathryn Erbe
- Michael Tucker
- Jan Rubes
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.95
Review D2 - The Mighty Ducks (1994) (Disney) / Walt Disney Home Video:This follow-up to the surprise Disney hit about a hockey team of misfits brings Emilio Estevez back to the role of the kids' yuppie coach. This time, Estevez assimilates his Ducks into the higher-stakes Team USA in the Junior Goodwill Games, an opportunity that could bring fame and money. Entirely perfunctory, this sequel is basically an excuse to revisit the eccentricities of some of the younger characters, extend some of their conflicts into adolescence and showcase their allegedly entertaining but ethically dubious abilities on the ice. Estevez is okay but even he had enough after this movie. -Tom Keogh.
Actors & Directors
- Oliver Postgate
- Peter Firmin
Run time: 180 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £1.79
Review Bagpuss - The Complete Bagpuss / Universal Pictures UK:
Actors & Directors
- Daffy Duck
- Tweety Pie
- Wile E. Coyote
- Sylvester
Run time: 158 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £12.95
Review Looney Tunes - Special Bumper Collection / Warner Home Video:
![Review Walt Disney Home Video / Homeward Bound 2 - Lost In San Francisco [1995]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q644XE9AL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- David R. Ellis
- Kim Greist
- Michael J. Fox
- Sally Field
- Ralph Waite
- Robert Hays
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.89
Review Homeward Bound 2 - Lost In San Francisco [1995] / Walt Disney Home Video:
![Review Walt Disney Home Video / Sesame Street - Elmo Says Boo! / Kid's Favourite Songs [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DZRFYPJDL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 57 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £12.99
Review Sesame Street - Elmo Says Boo! / Kid's Favourite Songs [1999] / Walt Disney Home Video:In this Halloween treat, Elmo visits fellow Sesame Street Muppet the Count in the latter's castle-and gets scared for a moment. But only a moment, as more friends from the television program show up, and jokes, songs and surprises abound. Among the clever tunes: "Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5", "We Are All Monsters" and "Frazzle". -Tom Keogh.
![Review Walt Disney Home Video / Hercules [1997]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M7WFG6PJL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Tate Donovan
- James Woods
- John Musker
- Roger Bart
- Ron Clements
- Josh Keaton
- Danny DeVito
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.00
Review Hercules [1997] / Walt Disney Home Video:Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in cinemas, Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an animated feature. The continual peppering of in-jokes and cultural references becomes less irksome on video. That there's no majesty or awe invested in the beloved Greek legends also seems less of an error. Also on the plus side is the bounciest Alan Menken music since Little Shop of Horrors. With Zeus's blood in his veins, young Hercules's amazing strength makes him an outcast (sorry, that still doesn't scan), so he trains with a satyr named Phil to become a hero. Along the way Herc meets Meg, a common mortal who falls hard for him. They're both against the jocular Hades, who has to destroy Hercules to take over Olympus. The hydra is the computer-animated set piece for this little number, a no-chance attempt to beat that wildebeest herd from The Lion King. -Keith Simanton.
Actors & Directors
- George Carlin
- Alec Baldwin
- Michael Brandon
Run time: 140 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £12.25
Review Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Classic Collection Complete Third Series / 2 Entertain Video:
Release date: 1999-10-11
Run time: 51 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Fun Song Factory - Music / Fun Song Factory:
Release date: 1992-02-10
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £10.95
Review Sesame Street - Dance Along! / 2 Entertain Video:
Actors & Directors
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Charles Nelson Reilly
- Jose Ferrer
- Jules Bass
- Roddy McDowall
- Eddie Bracken
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 Fremantle Home Entertainment / Chorlton And The Wheelies - The Day The Lights Went Out [1976]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512R7RYXXDL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Chris Taylor (VI)
- Joe Lynch
Run time: 121 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Chorlton And The Wheelies - The Day The Lights Went Out [1976] / Fremantle Home Entertainment:
![Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Princess Mononoke [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41C04NP696L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Masahiko Nishimura
- Yuriko Ishida
- Yûko Tanaka
- Yôji Matsuda
- Kaoru Kobayashi
- Hayao Miyazaki
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.
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