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Tim Burton is A Class

Advantages: Interesting characters, expertly created
Disadvantages: Songs can get stuck in your head

...Nightmare Before Christmas is about the Pumpkin King Jack Skellington who doesn't get fulfilled in doing Halloween every year anymore and stumbles across Christmas where he decides to take over the job of 'Sandy Claws' where havoc is created. This film has it all - the humor, the love story and the Boogie man! I thoroughly enjoyed this film especially the songs 'This is Halloween' and 'What's This?' It has kept me entertained many years after getting ...
...including the little ones. It was even really good entertainment when it came out in 3D in the cinemas. In my opinion, Tim Burton has a great mind and this comes across in his films (Edward Scissorhands, Sleepyhollow) and I look forward to his Alice in Wonderland film. I would recommend this film and others by Tim Burton to other people. ...

cattyd 20.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Nightmare Before Christmas (DVD)

Penelope, the girl with the pigs face

Advantages: a nice warming storyline, great cast, good filming.
Disadvantages: Not the best film in the world, and not enough promotion!

PENELOPE Film Only Review Details: Directed by: Mark Palansky Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Comedy Release Date: 1 February 2008 Runtime: 104 minutes Classification: U Starring: Richard E Grant Catherine o Hara Christina Ricci James McAvoy Plot: The Wilhern family have been cursed. 5 generations ago, a scandal in the family caused a witch to curse the family saying that the first born female would have the face of a pig. ...
...until, Penelope. The curse made Penelope have the face of a pig, and would only wear off once "one of her own" loved her for who she was. Everyone wanted to see the girl with the pigs nose and ears, but her mother was ashamed, she didn't want her daughter to be seen, and so, the family decided to fake her death, for her own good of course... 18 years later, and it was time to find a suitable husband for her, anyone with blue blood who would marry ...

stephbond89 18.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Penelope (DVD)

Kris Kringle Is Not Crackers

Advantages: original version is cleaned up and presented in original black and white
Disadvantages: remake suffers greatly when presented with the original for comparison

...as Kris is released. The miracle has not happened yet though, for that is a miracle of the heart. No, that happens on the way home, as a young Susan sees the house of her dreams on the route Kris has told them to take to avoid traffic. A house, with a cane like Kris' leaned against the chimney and a wedding proposal from Fred to one now thawed hearted Doris. Aww... Starring Maureen O' Hara as Doris, John Payne (Fred Gailey), Edmund Gwenn (Kris Kringle), ...
...is indeed a star studded affair. Natalie Wood's childhood portrayal is precociously good, with no playing for the camera or simpering and makes this a fun film to watch. Maureen O'Hara does quite well with what could have been a difficult role to play. Doris Walker is a complicated character; she is caring, yet cynical and a bit hard, yet with a centre still a bit marshmallowy if you can get past the slightly crunchy exterior. She manages to pull ...

Shroud 31.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Miracle On 34th Street (1947)/Miracle Of 34th Street (1994) (DVD)

MULAN - *you dont meet a girl like that every dynasty*-by emperor

Advantages: funny, great for whole family to watch
Disadvantages: i really cannot think of any

MULAN This movie is one of my all time favourites i love it. In my opinion it is funny and what makes it funny is the characters in the film you have mulan, the little dragon, the slightly crazy grandma, the soldiers and the 'lucky' cricket all of whom make this film a joy to watch. I believe that this is a great film with a great story line to it. The basic story line is that Mulan who is basically a tomboy who is deemed unmarriable. There ...
...man from every family must go to help fight which means Mulans father who can hardly walk after the last war has to go as there is no son .Mulan takes his place disguising herself as a man. A little dragon is sent by Mulans ancestors to bring her home but he decides to help her instead and make her a war hero. Along with her horse, cricket and dragon she risks everything to save china. I think this film is great for the whole family to watch together ...

charmelly 30.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Mulan (Animated) (DVD)

Good fun!

Advantages: Dialogue, cracking pace, excellent animation
Disadvantages: May not be suitable for children who are old enough to understand innuendo

...for adults as well and Ice Age 3 certainly delivered on that front. I've seen Ice Age2 on TV but not the first film and never in the cinema. On top of that this was a 3D show. The story essentially follows Manny, the mammoth, his heavily pregnant wife, Ellie and Diego, the sabre toothed tiger as they venture under the ice to a land where dinosaurs are not extinct. They do this to try and rescue Sid, who feeling unloved due to the impending arrival ...
...subsequently been carried off with his 'children' by their real mother. In dinosaur world they meet Buck, the weasel with the Sylvester Stallone eyepatch and knife, the British accent (Simon Pegg voices him) and the literary connections to Captain Ahab of Moby Dick (both have been left injured by 'the great white beast', both are unnaturally obsessed and slightly unhinged by it). As a sideline, Scratt is still seeking his acorn but this time there ...

mouche202 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (DVD)