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"Lock up the lions or they will eat you"

Advantages: Watching Dick Van Dyke dancing off the junk in his trunk
Disadvantages: None for me

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM FILM ONLY REVIEW Night of the Museum is a 2006 film that was adapted from the 1993 children's book by Milan Trenc of the same name. When I saw the line up Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, Steve Coogan, Owen Wilson and even old timers Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney, I just knew that this was a film I wanted to watch. Night at the Museum opens with sad sack Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) about to need to relocate. ...
...he will become the new night guard. Cecil, Gus and Reginald (Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney and Bill Cobbs) are the three aging and eccentric guards who are being downsized in favour of young Larry. What Larry doesn't know is that these three men have been holding down a considerably more complicated stronghold than anyone could have imagined after the sun goes down on the museum. Larry is about to find out that being a night guard is less about peace ...

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Aladdin (DVD) by Dapocosta

Advantages: On Dvd has extra features
Disadvantages: quite old fashioned

Rub upon a lamp and get three wishes. As we enter the world of Alladin a street urchin who has a pet monkey (Abu). They come across an escapee princess Jasmine, who was fustrated with her father (the Sultan of Agrabah) for having her life lived for her and the fact that she has to have an arranged, obligated marriage. Alladin shows her around the market place. Meanwhile Jafar the grand advisor of the sultan is attempting to access the cave of wonders, ...
...but they soon learn they can't access the cave and only the diamond in tho rought can enter the cave. Using a machine they learn that Alladin is the Diamond in the rough and has him captured, Jasmine demnads his release but Jafar lies and tells Jasmine that Alladin is dead. Jafar uses his magic and disguises himself as an oldma, and releases him from captivity and leads him to the cave of wonders. The tiger shaped head entrance tells them to touch ...

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Riveting Robots?

Advantages: Fun film with a strong voice cast and good animation
Disadvantages: In the face of stronge competition, it doesn't quite match up

...meets an eclectic bunch of robots who show him how to survive metropolitan life. Rodney's skills are soon necessary as the evil robot, Ratchet, who is now running Bigweld threatens the survival of his new friends and potentially that of his aging parents. SO SHOULD I SEE IT? "Robots" is a great little film. I cannot honestly rate it as highly as some of my animated favourites such as Shrek, Ice Age, Kung Fu Panda or really any of the Pixars. However, ...
...the old, nuts and bolts robots with the shiny futuristic robots keeps your interest. It also goes to show that you can't judge a robot by its upgrades as the line between goodie and baddie cannot be drawn based on the appearance of a robot. The humour in the film is fairly traditional Robin Williams though with some moments of Mel Brooks (yes, that's one of the voices to look for). It is family friendly, but with the odd reference thrown in to delight ...

Mountainlilly 06.07.2009 · Read full review
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"I Y'am What I Y'am!"

Advantages: Nostalgic, lightly entertaining, ahead of it's time!
Disadvantages: "I got millions'o emenies. And you is 10 or 12 of 'em!"

How did Popeye the Sailor become strong to the finish? Where did he come from, and what was his family like? This charming 1980 film musically explores Popeye's origins, and the quirky town of Sweet Haven with it's criminally pinioned populace. From the moment Popeye discreetly rides an ebbing storm into this odd port, we know his life will never be the same again. Street toughs and the local crime-boss, The Commodore, rule the town, and the only ...
...Williams and Shelley Duval as Popeye and Olive Oyl. "Children! They cry at you when they're young, they yell at you when they're older, they borrows from you when they's middle-aged and they leave you alone to die. Without even paying you back!" ~Poopdeck Pappy This joint production between Paramount and Disney displays a lot of talents. Harry Nillson wrote all the original songs. There is plenty to enjoy for those who are fond of musicals. The lullaby ...

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Two magical games for the price of one

Advantages: Imaginative story, special effects, drum rumble
Disadvantages: Duplication

This is a double DVD of two films inspired by the stories of Chris Van Allsburg. They are based on the same concept of kids playing a Board Game for real with magic and mystery, which is presumably why these two DVDs are packaged together. Zathura, according to the author, is a follow up to Jumanji. However, they are two very different films in terms of quality and interest. Jumanji - the film Jumanji is the story of Alan Parish who discovers and ...
...with his friend Sarah without really looking at it closely. The doom ridden saying of "Do not begin unless you intend to finish" is not noticed but then who pays such attention when you are a kid. Even if they had, they still would not have realised about the awesome power of the game. You know something is up when the pieces move on their own. Something is definitely up when he gets sucked into the game with the information "In the jungle, you must ...

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