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A film so sweet, it'll rot your teeth

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...pleasantly to himself . Heidi also makes friends with Peter, the goatherd, and his grandmother, blind Anna. Just as she gets settled in to her new life, Heidis aunt comes to steal her away to Frankfurt without her grandfathers knowledge, where she is placed as a companion to an invalid, Clara, who is wheelchair bound after a spinal injury. Clara's governess, who is trying to make herself indispensible to Claras widowed father, is not happy to have ...
...to be there either, and although she soon works her own particular brand of magic on Clara, she misses her grandfather. How can she go home when the happiness of Clara depends on her company, and how will her grandfather manage without his cheerful granddaughter to keep him from his demons . The film is old, and as a result is very dated in places - for instance, one toboggan scene is clearly shot against a large TV screen showing mountainside scenes, ...

Thehonesttruth 07.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Heidi (DVD)

Snow White - 70 years and still as good as ever

Advantages: The dwarves, the animals, the imagery and the sense of fun
Disadvantages: A few old fashioned features - particularly some of the songs/singing voices!

...More than seventy years later, Snow White is still available as a testament to how wrong general opinion can be. The Story Like many of the brilliant films that followed it, Snow White was based on a fairy tale – in this case the German fairy tale Schneewittchen, as collected by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. It follows the fortunes of beautiful young princess Snow White, who is driven from her home by the murderous intentions of her jealous step mother ...
...I should first say that Snow White is not entirely what you might expect of a Disney heroine. As someone who grew up with the films of the so-called ‘Disney Renaissance’, and with characters such as Jasmine, Esmeralda and Belle, I found her to be a lot less self reliant and realistic than my favourite ‘princesses’ and so found a lot more interest in the rest of the cast. It may well be a generational difference, but I always thought that Snow White, ...

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Review of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (DVD)

Snow white and the seven dwarfs

Advantages: A timeless classic that yo will want to watch time after time!
Disadvantages: None that i can think of!

...when he came up with snow white and the seven dwarfs! It contains all of the disney magic that was contained in the original film on VHS but with the advantage of better quality graphics and better sound! The film has an amazing soundtrack which will leave you humming the songs over in your head for hours! Children and adults alike will love this film along with the memorable characters which will take them on a magical journey through fantasy and ...
...and allows her to escape. Snow white escapes ito the forest where she makes friends with the animals who lead her to the home of the seven dwarfs! the seven dwarfs take snow white under their wing and allow her to stay with them however the stepmothers magical mirror informs her that snow white is in fact still alive and well and she disguises herself as a peddler to try and gives snow white a poisoned apple which makes her fall asleep for eternity, ...

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Review of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (Animated) (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

A Cussing Travesty

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...I decided to go to the cinema and watch Fantastic Mr Fox . Having been a fan of Roald Dahl as a child, I was very keen to see how the film turned out - although to be very honest I think I'd forgotten a lot of the book . The story is about Mr Fox (George Clooney), a dab hand at stealing chickens . However, when his wife (Meryl Streep) announces that she is pregnant, just after the two of them are caught in a fox trap, he vows that if they survive ...
...family from their home in the ground to a large spacious treehouse . Even this life of luxury is not enough for him, and he longs to return to his wild animal days of chicken stealing - and with his friend Kylie , he launches a plan to steal food from the three farms nearbby, owned by Boggis, Bunce and Bean . Although he manages to successfully steal food, the farmers become aware of this and decide there is only one course of action, to team up ...

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Review of The Fantastic Mr Fox

Everything Is Not As It Seems

Advantages: Fun for all the family (yes that includes us adults!)
Disadvantages: None really

Wizards of Waverly Place – The Movie Please note: This review is on the film only - not the DVD! When you leave your childhood behind, you are expected to grow up, perhaps watch serious documentaries and news channels – yeah right! With my own daughter as well as my younger brother and sister there is always some sort of childrens programme on the television and I have to admit that secretly I actually enjoy some of them, especially some of the films ...
...characters backgrounds etc. Wizards of Waverly Place is a relatively new series that originally aired in 2007. was created by Todd J. Greenwald, and stars Selena Gomez, David Henrie and Jake T. Austin, as three siblings with magical abilities. As I write this review, it has just began showing its third series. The series is about the Russo family, mainly the three sibling wizards; Alex, Justin and Max (Alex being the middle sister – not a boy!). ...

elfbwillow 05.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Wizards Of Waverly Place: The Movie (DVD)