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The greatest detective of them all!

Advantages: Fun and nice characters
Disadvantages: None

...is about a mouse called Basil who is a mouse detective from London. He and his sidekick Dr Dawson must find the whereabouts of popular toymaker Flaversham who was kidnapped by his arch enemy Professor Ratigan. Basil must find Flaversham soon as he has a young daughter Olivia who has been left behind all alone. His investigation takes him all over in his search - will he be able to find Flaversham and reunite him and his daughter? The cast: Quite ...
...with the main characters listed below - Basil/Bartholomew - Barrie Ingham Dr Dawson - Val Bettin Professor Ratigan - Vincent Price Olivia - Susanne Pollatschek Flaversham - Alan Young Fidget - Candy Candido Mrs Judson - Diana Chesney After having a look there isn't really anyone who stands out as doing any of the other major Disney films but, Alan Young did do a few voices characters in some of the Mickey Mouse cartoons and although not a ...

frankiecesca 12.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Basil The Great Mouse Detective (Animated) (DVD)

More Than Meets The Eye

Advantages: Retro classic, starring all your favourite Autobots and Decepticons in an epic storyline
Disadvantages: The movie could of been on longer

...90s were fans of the Transformers cartoons, comics and toys. If you didn't have Transformers in your toy collection you were a social outcast doomed with no friends. Yes, this is how much this movie meant to kids growing up in this era. A very brutal marketing strategy - get the kids to pay for things using their parents money to keep them quiet. The joys of the Television marketing age. STORYLINE: The story is based around an epic struggle between ...
...to see all your favourite Transformers in action. The Autobots such as Optimus Prime, Hot Rod, Bumblebee, Clifjumper, Jazz, Ultra Magnus, Springer, Kup, Arcee, Springer, Perceptor, Wheelie, Ironhide, Blaster, Prowl, Brawn, Wheeljack, Ratchet, Windcharger along with sub-faction the Dinobots. Being a big fan of the Decepticons I was pleased to see the likes of Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Laserbeak, Galvatron, Astrotrain, Cyclonus, Scourge, and ...

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Review of Transformers - The Movie (Animated) (DVD)

Labyrinth - David Bowie and Sarah Connelly - Loved it

Advantages: Very watchable with an strong feel good factor. All turns out right in the end
Disadvantages: None

I have owned this product on video for a number of years and love it. It awakens the imagination, has characters you can relate to and an excellent soundtrack. Although not a true David Bowie fan, he is at his best here as the Goblin King. Sarah is a teenager whose mother has died and her father has remarried to a step-mother she resents although the step-mother is not of the usual "wicked" variety, and Sarah now has a young baby brother - Toby. ...
...has inherited from her late mother and her resentment grows when she is left at home to watch the baby when her father and step-mother go for an evening out. It is a dark stormy night and the baby will not stop crying. Sarah wishes the goblins would come and take the child away and guess what.... The rest of the film is taken up with her journey to rescue the child and is an excellent mix of comedy and fantasy with some excellent lines from the ...

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Review of Labyrinth (Superbit) (DVD)

a blast from the past.

Advantages: great story line
Disadvantages: not really any disavantages

...from my childhood. Love the transformers then and still do now the polt of the movie is optimus prime and the autobots have to save their home planet from megatron and the decepacons. With the decepacons trying everything in their power to gain contorl of the atuobots world a hugh battle comes to a cliff hanger. Great movie, Great story line and Great drawing. If you want a one to watch from your past get this and you will be taken back to your childhood ...

whitedragon81 20.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Transformers - The Movie - Reconstructed (Animated) (Wide Screen) (The Ultimate Special Edition) (DVD)

Magical (Labyrinth)

Advantages: Brilliant film
Disadvantages: None

Labyrinth DVD INTRODUCTION Labyrinth was first released in 1986. It is a fantasy film directed by Jim Henson (creator of The Muppets) and produced by George Lucas (creator of Star Wars). The lead characters in this film are played by David Bowie, a well known singer, and Jennifer Connelly who was not well known for her acting. This film turned Jennifer into a star. Most of the other characters are puppets of magical creatures. PLOT Sarah Williams ...
...stop. She recites lines from Labyrinth to tease the child. The story she tells him is of a poor 15 year old girl who is fed up of looking after her baby brother. Fortunately, the Goblin King has fallen in love with the girl and given her special powers. The girl just has to say the right words and the Goblin King will come and take away the baby. After this story Toby carries on crying and Sarah leaves him but suddenly everything goes quiet. The ...

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Review of Labyrinth (DVD)