Family > 20 GBP to 30 GBP Family

Advantages: Fun,entertainment, re watch again and again. bous disc
Disadvantages: None

...the genre of the film Aladdin help it appeal to a wide audiences and not just children. Walt Disney, one of the best companies in family entertainment produced Aladdin. It has produced lots animated films , including Bambi (1942), The Jungle Book (1967), and The Lion King (1994). Also produced or co produced a lot of live-action films, ranging from Mary Poppins (1964) to Pulp Fiction (1994) which was made by Miramax (their subsidiary company). I ...
...genre do this in Aladdin? Aladdin is the archetypal battle between good and evil with a twist, the genie and this is one of the reasons I love Aladdin. Aladdin meets the narrative theory of Propp, as it is a fairy tale, that there are 8 character roles and 31 functions that move the story on. You can see some of this in the sequence I have chosen in my sequence there is the 'princess' (Jasmine) the 'hero' (Aladdin) and The 'helper' (Genie and the ... Read review

Advantages: Great childrens film, improved sound and picture quality
Disadvantages: Second not as good as first

...when I saw a new Bambi II advertised on television I just had to go and buy it, yes I'm 25 years old but I still love children's films! It took me absolutely ages to find a copy of this DVD eventually I found it in a Tesco extra as part of the special edition which included both copies of Bambi. The older version that had been improved to meet the standards of modern day DVDs. So obviously I got in and made the other half sit and watch both with ...
...about a young deer called Bambi who is born in the forest and brought up by his mother who is sadly killed when he is very young, the first films story line shows Bambi growing up into a lovely young price of the forest following in his fathers footsteps and making lots of friends and becoming popular throughout the forest where he lives. In the second one it goes back to when he was young and shows him being brought up by his father and how he ... Read review

Advantages: contains every episode ever made, over 20 hours of DangerMouse and Penfold
Disadvantages: lack of decent extras, episodes not in chronological order

...Mouse DANGER MOUSE DangerMouse is 25 years old this year. And what are they going to do about it? Cosgrove-Hall and Fremantle Media are swamping the market with DVDs celebrating the fact. There are 7 DVDs out there with up to 9 episodes on each or you can go for the jugular and invest in the Anniversary Box set that proudly announces all 161 episodes ever made on 12 DVDs plus some extras. I will come back to that claim again a little later. Packaged ...
...DVD has a picture of DangerMouse or one of the characters printed on as well as the episodes contained on that particular DVD. DANGERMOUSE Meet DangerMouse, the greatest super agent in the world. Mouse by nature but not afraid of anything. His trademarks are black eyepatch and while jumpsuit with the letters DM emblazoned on the front. His base is in a post box in London's Mayfair but we find out that it's actually on the corner in Baker Street ... Read review

Advantages: Nothing offensive
Disadvantages: None

Fireball XL5 I had vague memories of this from when I was a child (I was born 1964) and so I guess must have watched repeats but watching the DVDs brought the series back clearly. Fireball XL5 was the fore runner of Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds. This was on tv in 1962, and Contained 39 episode. Synopsis: Set one hundred years into the future, it is the year 2063, and the 300ft spaceship, fireball XL5 is out in space protecting ...
...of the lazoon race. Fireball XL5 had living quarters for the crew with an ultra-modernistic lounge, observation window, a laboratory for research and an astroscope, which the crew would use to see in any conditions. The XL5 had a nose cone called fireball junior, which detached itself from the main part of the rocket and was able to make planetary landings whilst fireball itself remained in orbit. Other equipment included, air cushioned jetmobiles ... Read review

Advantages: Very Nostalgic
Disadvantages: Dated

...son of the genius Prof. Joe had lost both parent in a car accident when he was 12 months old. At the start of each episode Joe would enter the chair and the spinning arms would transfer the info direct into his brain, Once the transfer was complete, Joe would don a pair of 'electrode glasses' to trigger the new knowledge housed within him. Equipped with his armoury of gadgets, Joe undertakes a series of daring special missions. Various missions ...
...why was the series called Joe 90? When Joe joined W.I.N. there were 89 London based agents in operation. Joe became the 90th - hence JOE 90 Cast Joe 90 Professor Ian McClaine Sam Loover, head of the World Intelligence Network (W.I.N.), Shane Weston W.I.N. Deputy Controller Supreme Commander of W.I.N. London Office Mrs Harris, the oblivious-to-it-all house cleaner Made from 1968 -1969 and consists of 30, 25 minute episodes. Each disc contains ... Read review