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Every girl is a princess :)

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...had a few days without the internet , and I decided to spend that time watching some of my VHS tapes – and one of the ones I watched was The Little Princess, based on the novel "Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The book was later adapted for the stage, and was so successful that Frances' publishers requested that she adapt her original novel to include scenes that were in the stage play but not in the original ...
...Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe," , the title of which has now been shortened to 'A Little Princess ' If you've read the book, you'll already be familiar with the tale – a motherless girl, Sara Crewe, is adored by her father, and thoroughly spoilt by him, because, if he doesn't pull he rout of it, she is all too easily absorbed by books and her vivid imagination . Sadly, her father , a soldier , is called up to fight in the Boer War, ...

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Review of The Little Princess (Digitally Remastered) (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 ...

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Review of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (DVD)

What is the Chamber's Secret?

Advantages: good story, great effects, great acting
Disadvantages: Big chunks of the book missing

Harry Potter finds himself being back at Privet Drive with his Aunt and Uncle as it is the school holidays, he is quite sad that none of his friends have written to him and is feeling very lonely. He receives a surprise visit from a house elf called Dobby and he soon finds out that his friends have been writing to him and Dobby has been stopping the letters from getting to him. Dobby soon tells Harry that he is not to return to Hogwarts School as ...
...Harry not listening to him Dobby leaves the room and causes havoc at Aunt and Uncles House party which results in Harry being locked in his room. Fortunately for Harry, his best friend Ron and his older brothers arrive in their Father flying car and help Harry escape. Once at Ron’s house Harry feels happy and excited about returning to Hogwarts. The day comes when they are to catch the Hogwarts Express but as Harry and Ron try to get to the platform ...

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Review of Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (DVD)

'Bah, Humbug!' you say? Have a Worther's instead!

Advantages: plot, voices, 3D
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...not one to turn away a free cinema ticket, and when I was presented with the chance to go and see 'A Christmas Carol 3D', I didn't hesitate to say yes. It wasn't the fact that it was A Christmas Carol that made me so excited, but the fact that it was in 3D. I'd only ever seen one 3D film before, which I had loved, but that was on a DVD. I imagined the 3D experience in a cinema would be twice as exciting if not more. But the answer I wanted to know ...
...had only ever seen Mickey's A Christmas Carol as a child, but when you are viewing this little Christmas cartoon about a mouse, it's hard to take it seriously. So I was indeed looking forward to seeing how something a bit more serious would turn out. The story itself is quite traditional, telling the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter man with no Christmas spirit. Though one Christmas Eve, seven years after his business partner Jacob Marley died, ...

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Review of A Christmas Carol 3D (DVD)

Rainbow lights up the Sky.

Advantages: Kids will love this
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Rainbow - 30th Anniversary Special Edition. = "Up above the streets and houses, Rainbow climbing high, Everyone can see it smiling over the sky”. “Paint the whole word with a Rainbow” First aired in 1972 and ran for an incredible 20 years and contained an astonishing 1071 episodes. The general format was, what is quite common now, where it would be on twice a week, usually for around 15 – 20 minutes. It ...
...that even today are known to a new generation. Each episode revolved around adventures to go on, usually around the house, or more likely problems to be solved. It would always be resolved by the puppets or by a song. Cast: = Zippy Loud and opinionated and always right about everything, well in his mind. George A shy pink hippo, go figure? He was always getting into trouble. Bungle A huge brown and very clumsy bear. Very unfrightening ...

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Review of Rainbow - 30th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD)