A Complete Guide To Caring For Your Dog - From A Puppy To Old Age DVD

Advantages: Unusual comedy with fantastic visual effects
Disadvantages: Won't appeal to people who dislike originality and surreal humour

..., and the audience is introduced to some colourful (dead) characters whenever Adam and Barbara visit for advice or counsel, such as an American Football team (who died in a plane crash), a suicide victim who is still hanging from the noose that killed him and an old woman who breathes through her (slit) throat (who died from smoking; she acts as their guide and help). Although it sounds morbid and unpleasant, they are portrayed in the funniest and most light-hearted way possible. The imagery is fantastic and every time I watch this film I notice something new which had escaped my attention previously. It isn't frightening or disturbing; the emphasis is definitley on edgey humour and wonderful visual effects. The contrasts used in the film add to the visual delight. The Victorian house is nice, but very bland and unoriginal. When compared to the images... Read review

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Advantages: Only £2 per film, Care Bears are great!
Disadvantages: Not good version of Tom's Midnight Garden, No English on ADGTH

..., German it is….there's lots of "du bists" and "ich bins" From reading the blurb on the back of the DVD and my two years of German back at school I am getting the gist of things. Actually I lie, my school German is almost useless! Charlie and Itchy are sent down to earth to retrieve Gabriel's horn which has been stolen. Since they are dead, they can't be seen by living dogs. They encounter the nasty Bulldog Carface and an evil cat called Red who supply them with collars which means that they can be seen, but for a price. There's a bitch called Sasha. Then there's a little boy called David who has run away from home who is friends with Sasha. Basically they have to get the horn back from the nasty characters. There's lots of songs (it's quite Disney-ish), most of which are still in English despite it being the German version... Read review

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Advantages: Karloff, Johann, Freund, the make up and chilling atmosphere
Disadvantages: The new Mummy movies have kind of made people forgot

...several video games made since the 1999 update, and I just came back from Universal Studios in Hollywood, where one of the best rides in the theme park was "The Revenge of the Mummy." When I came back the tour guide asked what I thought of it. My reply was, "I liked it, though just one still of Boris Karloff would be nice. Wishful thinking, I know!" The tour guide agreed and echoed what I wanted to say that all this modern Mummy stuff would not exist would it not be for the 1932 original. Still, Universal Studios has given THE MUMMY a deluxe treatment on DVD, with an audio commentary, an original documentary called "Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unleashed," original previews and dozens of stills. On these bonus features, you will find much more history and stories about the original that this review couldn't suffice, along... Read review

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