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Certainly indestructible!

Advantages: All the Captain Scarlet stuff you'll ever need
Disadvantages: None

Captain Scarlet was another Gerry Anderson hit show, and was more sophisticated than the ground-breaking 'Thunderbirds', though without so many fancy rockets! As an eight-year-old child Scarlet's foes the Mysterons were as scary, to me, as the Daleks. Captain Black was like a good-looking Davros - but just as evil! As with all of Gerry Anderson shows, there were good looking female dolls (!) in the shape of the heroic, dynamic Angels - Rhapsody, ...
...Gerry Anderson Commentary Cloudbase And Angel Interceptor TV Adverts Captain Scarlet Vehicles Stills Gallery Photo Story Alternate Opening Titles All the 32 episodes on 5 discs, and 1 disc is a Cpt. Scarlet documentary. ...

paulapollo 28.04.2005 · Read full review
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An Ugly Dachshund But a Wonderful Great Dane!

Advantages: great chemistry on screen, nicely written clean cut grown up comedy, high production values
Disadvantages: none, unless expecting it to appeal to under 8's

...live action efforts. This was the year that saw The Ugly Dachshund hit the screen, and while it certainly has nothing that children can't watch it in it, it is more likely to appeal to an older audiences. Starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette, it's a rather gentle comedy about a Great Dane who thinks its a dachshund. It's a bit of lighthearted fun, making for a nice little date movie, though dog loving children aged 7 and up will also find something ...
...is the topic of the film, it's not so much a story about the Great Dane as it is about the childless Garrisons. Fran Garrison loves her dachshund Danke, who has had puppies. Boy, does she love that dog. Think baby substitute, and you will get an idea of how she dotes on these dogs, though thankfully it is not the sickly sort where they put clothes on the critters and buy a doggie pram so it not a cringe worthy experience to watch. Husband Mark, however, ...

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It's No Trick, This is a Real Holiday Treat

Advantages: classic Peanuts fun for the entire family, multi award winning animation
Disadvantages: R1 only release currently

...lantern of choice! It's the whole idea of treats and carved pumpkins that resonates most when you ask children about Halloween, and I guess that makes it no great surprise that this is what Schultz brings firmly to life, but in a way that can only exist in the world of Charlie Brown. This time, though, Charlie Brown is not entirely the main focus. No, this is a true Peanuts ensemble piece, with Linus actually being the main attraction. It seems Linus ...
...is Snoopy off form. No, it's dark out, and he has a mission...the WWII flying ace must fly his Sopwith Camel on a daring mission over occupied France..and oh no! The Red Baron shoots him down. Will Snoopy make it back home, Charlie Brown get any treats, and Sally forgive Linus for making her sit in a cold, dark pumpkin patch, missing all the fun? You'll have to watch this to find out, and you do it via this DVD, this is not the only Great Pumpkin ...

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The T-rex Trek

Advantages: More of those loveable characters
Disadvantages: A typical film number 3

...I wanted to see was Ice Age 3, mostly because I wanted to complete the series and find out what happens, having seen the other two films on the way out. Please bear in mind that if you have not seen the first two films, I do not recommend you read this review (even if that means I miss out on your rating!) That’s because if the film sounds like your thing, I will have spoilt both those first two films within this review of the third. So staying on ...
...all as eggs! If the Ice Age animals didn’t think their mother was scary enough, when Rudy comes along, they are really in for a surprise. He is a much bigger challenge for Buck, and an even bigger terror for all the others, when he makes mummy dino look a dwarf. Sadly we don’t really get that much communication from the dinosaurs as they don’t seem to talk, just “grr”. Admittedly this helps distinguish them from the others as the real predators or ...

Ayesha- 08.11.2009 · Read full review
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City of Ember Smoulders Without Really Catching Light

Advantages: A fun, well told family adventure
Disadvantages: Underdeveloped characters. Understated ending.

...see “City of Ember” at the cinema, but I had taken one look at the trailer and dismissed it out of hand. However, when it made a recent appearance on the Sky Movies schedule, I relented, thinking that, without the added investment of having to buy cinema tickets, a bucket of popcorn and perhaps more importantly, using up a rare night out, I could always fall asleep on the couch if I wanted to. SYNOPSIS The film starts out with a flashback to ...
...catastrophe is soon to make the earth uninhabitable, so a group of scientists (American obviously – they’re always American) create an underground city, called Ember, to which a select group of lucky souls will be sent – a modern day ark – to safeguard the future of the human race. A silver box, the contents of which are not known at this stage, is entrusted to the first mayor, with instructions to pass down the box from mayor to mayor until the ...

Hishyeness 08.11.2009 · Read full review
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