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Kirikou is small, but he can conquer all!

Advantages: A different, colourful and very wise children's tale
Disadvantages: None

...good and not violent. Kirikou seemed perfect, and it was. Let me tell you why. ********************************* The movie and book entitled "Kirikou and the Sorceress" (written and directed by Michel Ocelot) is based on an African folktale (A Senegalese friend of mine tells me it's from Senegal!). It is the story of a tiny little boy who delivers himself alone from his mother's womb and a very quick resume of the story is that the village he ...
...and the women's gold, and Kirikou sets out to fight the sorceress and free his village. I don't really want to give away too much of the story, as this would ruin it for anyone who wishes to see it, but I will recount why I have chosen this as the first movie for my son to watch. The film starts thus: Kirikou's mother is lying down, her back against the wall, heavily pregnant and a voice inside her says: "Mother, bring me into the world" To ...

Librelola 26.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Kirikou And The Sorceress (Animated) (DVD)

villians finally rule the house

Advantages: great mix of mickey and friends
Disadvantages: none

throw in a bit of mickey,goofy,donald and friends and see the goody two shoes taken over by the villans of disney. a great dvd for kids see the baddies winning over the goodies but wait to the end and you will see it is always good over evil as they are thrown out. a good mixture of little cartons all thrown into one house. see jafar, cruella,hook and a load more for lots of laughable entertainment.better than just one movie telling one story this ...

spooney 14.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Mickey's House Of Villains (Animated) (DVD)

Chuffin' cheap!

Advantages: Cheap. Keeps the little one amused.
Disadvantages: I can't stand it!

...even think he'd heard of Thomas the Tank engine, but on a rare trip to Morrisons, the boy wonder suddenly became very excited, bellowing "Thomas tank! Thomas tank!" A quick look to where his chubby little paw was pointing showed a display of these DVD's at only £5, so being an indulgent Mummy, we took one home. Immediately we arrived home, I was informed that I should "Do Thomas tank now peeeeeeesssssss mummy. So, on went the DVD and myself and ...
...time I had ever watched Thomas the tank engine, so I didn't really know what to expect. The fogman is the very first of the stories and there are a further 7 stories to follow. The first thing that struck me was just how basic the animation is! The characters mouths don't move when they speak. The most they do is chug along a track and roll their eyes. The people are completely stationary and again don't move their mouths when speaking! (Wooden ...

zakksmum 28.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - The Fogman And Other Stories (DVD)

Time to chill!

Advantages: A brilliant, funny and action packed family movie.
Disadvantages: Absolutely none!

...age once and for all. Ice Age brings the old times of wooly mammoths, saber toothed tigers and sloths to the modern age and vamps it up to the latest technology. The movie shows the tale of a child who's mother was killed by a tiger. The father attempts to try and find the child but his young offspring continues to slip away all the while being guided by a sloth, a woolly mamoth and a tiger who's actual mission was to kill the child is then later ...
...young child's affectionate looks and gentle nature. As for the actors' voices it is absolutely fantastic and the whole movie is filled with several little quirks and hilarious turns which all just adds up to possibly the greatest digitally formatted movie of the twenty-first century. In the end my personal thoughts about the whole movie was that it is perfectly made perfectly casted and in the end a movie that is perfect for the whole family anytime ...

potatoman 02.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Ice Age (Animated) (Extreme Edition) (DVD)

Good fun!

Advantages: Dialogue, cracking pace, excellent animation
Disadvantages: May not be suitable for children who are old enough to understand innuendo

...for adults as well and Ice Age 3 certainly delivered on that front. I've seen Ice Age2 on TV but not the first film and never in the cinema. On top of that this was a 3D show. The story essentially follows Manny, the mammoth, his heavily pregnant wife, Ellie and Diego, the sabre toothed tiger as they venture under the ice to a land where dinosaurs are not extinct. They do this to try and rescue Sid, who feeling unloved due to the impending arrival ...
...subsequently been carried off with his 'children' by their real mother. In dinosaur world they meet Buck, the weasel with the Sylvester Stallone eyepatch and knife, the British accent (Simon Pegg voices him) and the literary connections to Captain Ahab of Moby Dick (both have been left injured by 'the great white beast', both are unnaturally obsessed and slightly unhinged by it). As a sideline, Scratt is still seeking his acorn but this time there ...

mouche202 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (DVD)