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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 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)

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)

Small but certainly Mighty!

Advantages: Good fun story, wonderful animation
Disadvantages: strange looking humans!

The Kingdom of Dor is famous for its soup and once a year the whole kingdom come together to try the new soup which the chef has carefully prepared for them. Things go wrong though when Roscuro the Rat arrives in town and cannot wait to get hold of and sample the soup. As a result of his eagerness he lands in the Queens soup and as a result she faints and then drowns in her bowl of soup. The King now so upset banishes all mice and rats from the Kingdom ...
...is all taking place in the Mouse words a little strange big eared mouse called Despereaux in being born. He is different from the other mice as he does not cower or get scared of cats. He is brave and adventurous. As a result of this he gets to see the Princess and tell her of a story he had just read in the library and she asks him to go on a quest to discover how it ends. When the Mice Kingdom learn of what Despereaux has done he gets banished ...

sewbizzie 15.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Tale Of Despereaux (DVD)

There is a Prisoner on the Loose

Advantages: great story and acting, excellent special effects
Disadvantages: Big chunks of the book missing again

Poor old Harry once again finds himself back at Privet Drive for the school holidays and getting annoyed with his Aunt and Uncle. Things go wrong for Harry when his Uncles sister arrives and starts calling his parents names and he looses control of his magic and she ends up being blown up like a balloon and floating out of the door. Harry decides he has had enough and leaves the house. He accidentally calls the night bus and finds himself being taken ...
...outside of school. Luckily for Harry he gets excused and soon discovers that he is in danger as Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and he is believed to be after Harry to kill him. Sirius was imprisoned when he was found to be a follower of Voldermort and the one who lead him to the Potters and got them killed. He is believed to be a very dangerous man and the whole wizard community is scared of him. Harry promises the Minister of Magic ...

sewbizzie 11.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (DVD)