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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)

Winnie the Pooh and Me Too!

Advantages: classic stories, well crafted songs, excellent remastering of picture and sound
Disadvantages: some disapprove as Shepard's drawings were not recreated for animation

...week. The many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was one of the films that would appear every now and again, and I would sit down to watch it with great delight. I was such a huge fan, that my parents bought me Winnie The Pooh print dresses from the local Sears department stores, and I would have that identical dress again and again as I grew to the next size until at last, alas, I was too old to fit in the smaller children's sizes. This film was responsible ...
...three original shorts were: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974) Based upon the works of A.A. Milne, they were nonetheless Disneyfied versions of the stories and characters, so not completely faithful to the books. The film opens with a book being read by a narrator, and the pictures come alive as he reads. Winnie the Pooh and the Hunny Tree focuses on Pooh Bear ...

Shroud 29.04.2007 · Read full review
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Tarzan and Jane

Advantages: None that I can think of.
Disadvantages: Many - read the review.

...- just the film) Tarzan is one of those stories most people know (or at least know a version of it) or are at least familiar with. The story I know is the Disney version - Tarzan is raised by gorillas then meets Jane and falls in love with her. You know, it's one of those lovey dovey stories (although there is a lot of action in it - remember it's animated though, don't get your hopes up). Anyway, I spotted the sequal in Oxfam and it's a film I ...
...is little to do with Tarzan being raised by gorillas, which was a part I liked (I mean, who honestly wouldn't want to be raised by gorillas - it would be a welcome relief for me from our dangerous, violent, corrupt society). There was also far too much romance in it. It was all to do with Tarzan and Jane being in love and the central theme was Jane thinking about what to do for their aniversary. Another thing was that it wasn't just one story - ...

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Review of Tarzan And Jane (Animated) (DVD)

NOOOOOOOOOOOO Stitch has tons of glitches

Advantages: fun family film!
Disadvantages: I'm going to have to say the special features

...minor voices) Dakota Fanning as Lilo Tia Carrere as Nani Chris Sanders as Stitch Kevin McDonald as Agent Pleakley David Ogden Stiers as Jumba Jason Scott Lee as David the Lifeguard This is the only film Dakota Fanning filled in as Lilo, because the original actress, who plays Lilo, was busy doing the series and therefore asked her friend to fill in. I don't want to write up any actors/actresses profiles as they are not needed for this film considering ...
...more around the friendship of Lilo & Stitch, only stitch is suffering from some sort of disorder and Lilo just thinks he's being naughty and mean to everyone because he is bored or he just wants to. Lilo ends up hating him and I feel soooooooo sorry for Stitch, he could come to my house any day! Anyway it's up to Jumba to save the day, as he realises that Stitch was not complete when he was made and therefore Stitch is going out of control, is it ...

Jonni_boi 05.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Lilo And Stitch II: Stitch Has A Glitch (Animated) (DVD)

Will someone rescue my memories

Advantages: Nice story
Disadvantages: Not the film I remember

After watching The Rescuers last night I decided that some things are best left in the past, because the memories are far better than the reality. Synopsis The film starts with a young girl throwing a bottle off the back of a Mississippi style steam boat, the bottle has a message on it, and through the glass we can see the word 'help'. The bottle drifts downstream and through the waters until it comes to rest close to the home of a few mice. ...
...of mouse delegates from around the world. Bernard the janitor is instructed to retrieve the message, and when he does they can see that it is from an orphaned girl called Penny, who asks for help. Hungarian delegate Miss Bianca offers to undertake the mission, but since this is the first time a female mouse has taken on a mission, Bernard is asked to accompany her. So they set off to the orphanage to find out who Penny is, and why she needs help, ...

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