The mysterious but kindly solicitor Mr Blunden visits Mrs Allen and her young children, offering her the position of caretaker at a derelict country mansion. More surprises are in store when the children encounter the ghosts of two former young residents and find themselves transported back in time to help their new friends right a 100-year-old wrong. The Amazing Mr Blunden is another nostalgic family classic from The Railway Children Director, Lionel Jeffries. SPECIAL FEATURES Brand new scan and restoration A new audio commentary with Actors Madeline Smith, Rosalyn Landor, Stuart Lock and Marc Granger A new interview with Madeline Smith A new interview with Rosalyn Landor Mark Gatiss on The Amazing Mr Blunden a new interview 2014 archive BFI Q&A with Madeline Smith, Rosalyn Landor and Stuart Lock Reversible sleeve with new artwork by Rich Davies and original artwork Optional English Subtitles for the Hard of Hearing LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS The Ghosts' the original out -of-print source novel by Antonia Barber specially reproduced for this release Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Rich Davies Soft cover book with new essays by Kevin Lyons and Kim Newman Reversible poster with new and original artwork
ShrekYou've never met a hero quite like Shrek winner of the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The endearing ogre sparked a motion picture phenomenon and captured the world's imagination with... the Greatest Fairy Tale Never Told! Critics are calling Shrek 'not just a brilliant animated feature but a superb film on any level' (USA Today). Relive every moment of Shrek's (Mike Myers) daring quest to rescue the feisty Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) with the help of his loveable loudmouthed Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and win back the deed to his beloved swamp from scheming Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). Enchantingly irreverent SHREK is an ogre-sized adventure you'll want to see again and again! Shrek 2Everyone's favourite larger-than-life hero returns in Shrek 2 the #1 comedy of all time hailed by critics and audiences alike as even better than its Oscar -winning predecessor! 'There are so many jokes and jests not even a jelly-bellied ogre could consume them all in one sitting' proclaims USA Today. Happily ever after never seemed so far far away when a trip to meet the in-laws turns into another hilariously twisted adventure for Shrek and Fiona. With the help of his faithful steed Donkey Shrek takes on a potion-brewing Fairy Godmother the pompous Prince Charming and the famed ogre-killer Puss In Boots a ferocious feline foe who's really just a pussycat at heart! Shrek The ThirdGet ready for Thirds in this hilarious comedy of royal proportions. When his frog-in-law suddenly croaks Shrek embarks on another whirlwind adventure with Donkey and Puss In Boots to find the rightful heir to the throne. Everyone's favourite cast of characters is back along with a magical misguided Merlin an awkward Arthur a powerful posse of princesses and a bundle of unexpected arrivals. Only Shrek can tell a tale where everyone lives happily ever laughter! Shrek Forever AfterIt started with a loveable ogre... who befriended a talking donkey' and rescued a beautiful princess in the original 'un-fairytale' that broke the mould for all animated films to come. Now a decade of Shrek comes to a hilarious halt with Shrek Forever After the fitting final chapter to this record-breaking Oscar-winning movie phenomenon. Longing for the days when he was a 'real ogre' Shrek signs Rumpelstiltskin's magical contract and poof! - in an instant everything and everyone he knows has changed. Donkey suddenly can't remember his best friend; Fiona is now a tough warrior princess; and Puss In Boots is one fat cat! Together they have just 24 hours to reverse the contract to save Far Far Away and restore happily Forever after to close the final chapter in this 'fine family film!' (Mark Adams Sunday Mirror).
The complete second season of Gerry Anderson's classic sci-fi serial. The operatives of the secret Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation (S.H.A.D.O.) defend the earth from extra-terrestrials who are abducting humans to obtain their organs which can be transplanted into their own bodies... Episodes include: Confetti Check A-O-K E.S.P. Kill Straker Sub-smash The Sound Of Silence The Cat With Ten Lives Destruction The Man Who Came Back The Psychobombs Reflections In The Water
Ben 10: Deluxe Omnitrix Boxset (12 Disc)
The lowest point in Disney's opportunistic revisionism of source stories for its animated features in the 1990s, Pocahontas presents the title character (voiced by Irene Bedard) as a voluptuous Indian babe who falls for the British plunderer Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson). Half-baked if trendy paganism abounds in the film's depiction of nature as possessing consciousness (though talking trees certainly aren't new to cartoons). But the dubious legitimacy of the film's premise and characterisations calls everything into question. The songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz--while Oscar-winning--fall short of the standard Menken achieved in superior Disney predecessors including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. --Tom Keogh
Based on the Best-Selling Children’s Classic Books. Eloise comes to animated life in these delightful and hilarious adventures of The Plaza’s most famous six-year old. Imagination runs wild and being bored is never allowed in this long-awaited adventure featuring the talented voices of Lynn Redgrave as Nanny and Tim Curry as Mr. Salamone! Me Eloise: Eloise’s excitement surrounding her impending 6th birthday celebration is derailed by the arrival at the Plaza of a Japanese family and their world-famous 8-year-old daughter. Will Eloise’s mischievous ways jeopardize her new friend Yuko’s performance at Carnegie Hall and create chaos around her own birthday celebration? Little Miss Christmas: Eloise plans a multicultural holiday extravaganza at the Plaza but her surprise - an appearance by Santa Claus - may not occur according to plan. Eloise Goes To School: Eloise is ready to begin attending regular school. While she believes she is ready is the school ready for her? Eloise In Hollywood: Eloise makes a trip to Hollywood with visions of becoming a movie star. She will quickly discover stardom is not all it’s cracked up to be and Tinseltown is not as bright as she has dreamed. Eloise’s Rawther Unusual Halloween: When a developer is interested in buying the Plaza strange happenings begin to occur. A ghostly presence begins to make itself known - or does it? Eloise In Springtime: Springtime has arrived in New York City and love is in the air. But so is jealousy as Eloise learns a lesson about the true meaning of love and friendship.
In a peaceful little valley, the remains of a picnic hastily abandoned spark warfare between two tribes of ants. At stake - a box of sugar. A bold young ladybug finds himself caught in the middle of the battle. He befriends one of the black ants, Mandible, and helps him to save the anthill from the assault of the red ant warriors, led by the fearful Butor. An epic journey at ground level...
Boom Boom! Enjoy a festive Basil this year with this superb collection of everybody's favourite comedy fox!
Filmed in VIDECOLOR--[explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax]--and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a)the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here. As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place in the audience's affections to their cool machines--the real stars of the show--while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes, milady" catchphrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey, stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company.) The puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood. On this DVD: The four episodes are: "Vault of Death", "The Mighty Atom", "City of Fire" and "The Imposters". Amazon.com
The Wiggles are children's entertainers that have rewritten the book about how children can be entertained with song and dance. Sam (Yellow) Murray (Red) Jeff (Purple) and Anthony (Blue) and the characters they have created are now a part of the lives of so many children. The names Dorothy the Dinosaur Wags the Dog Henry the Octopus and Captain Feathersword the friendly Pirate are as recognised by children as The Wiggles themselves.
Sure, Marvin the Martian wants to vaporize the Earth. But look at it from HIS perspective -- it blocks the view of Venus! Now, launch into light-speed laughs with everyone's favorite broom-topped extraterrestrial in 12 of the most cosmically comic cartoon adventures ever to beam on to video! Featuring a glittering galaxy of Warner Bros. co-stars including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird and others, Space Tunes boldly goes where no spaced-out assortment of animated antics has ever gone before. So buckle up and start the countdown to more intergalactic fun than you can wave a fully-charged Uranium Pew-36 Space Modulator at! Includes: Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century, Hareway to the Stars, The Hasty Hare, Duck Dodgers and the Return of teh 24 1/2th Century, Mad as a Mars Hare, Spaced Out Bunny and Haredevil Hare.
A major Columbia Pictures release in glorious Technicolor, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad was one of Hollywood's first modern fantasy action blockbusters. On a mission to rescue his fiancée, the Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant), Kerwin Mathews acquits himself well as Sinbad, while Torin Thatcher is a suitably malevolent magician who has shrunken the princess in a bid to get Sinbad to undertake a perilous quest. Truth be told, no one remembers Ray Harryhausen films for the script or the acting; the real stars are the still impressive action set-pieces, a battle with a cyclops, a giant Roc, a dragon, and a duelling skeleton; this last anticipating a much more lavish battle with skeleton warriors in Jason and the Argonauts. The cast may be all-American rather than Arab but even so, everything about this film works, from the fabulous set design of the Sultan's palace which evokes a real fairytale atmosphere, to Bernard Herrmann's truly classic score. On the DVD: The film exhibits a strong anamorphically enhanced 1.85-1 ratio image, with powerful mono sound. At about 80 minutes, the extras last almost as long as the movie. The most important and extensive addition is "The Harryhausen Chronicles", a documentary, while "This is Dynamation" gives an introduction to the stop-motion animation process itself. Ray Harryhausen is an affable host, a modest man who talks engagingly about his work in a way that really makes one appreciate the sheer ingenuity and skill which went into making not just The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, but also Jason and the Argonauts, the subject of a further featurette on the disc. On top of this there are trailers for the aforementioned films, plus one for the disappointing but still fun Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Overall, a first-class film on an equally good DVD. --Gary S. Dalkin
Transformers Prime is Hasbros first ever CGI animated Transformers TV series, its written by Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman the duo who wrote the first two Transformers movies.
Get ready to experience the world famous Scooby-Doo! and Crew like never before in this all-new original puppet movie! What begins as a routine night for the Gang -- which includes the slobbering sleuth and Shaggy eating a triple extra-large Scooby snack pizza -- becomes a mad dash to find the frightening Phantom Parrot with a map to pirate Gnarlybeard's hidden treasure. Scooby sniffs out the map's clues, which lead him right to a spooky pirate ship. Ruh-roh! What will Gnarlybeard be willing ...
Atti is a Roman teenager with brains but very little brawn. When one of his schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero, Atti is forced to join the army and is sent to miserable, cold, wet Britannia where the natives are revolting - quite literally. Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt and he uses his Roman smarts to help save her grandmother. Meanwhile a furious Nero has ordered more troops to crush the rebellion, led by Boudicca, warrior Queen of the Iceni tribe. Atti rejoins his fellow Romans and as the armies prepare for an historic showdown at the Battle of Watling Street, the two new friends find themselves on opposite sides of the battlefield.
A festive double pack featuring timeless classics The Snow Queen and The Snow Queen's Revenge.
In Peter Rabbit, the mischievous and adventurous hero who has captivated generations of readers now takes on the starring role of his own contemporary comedy. In the film, Peter's feud with Mr. McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson) escalates to greater heights than ever before as their fight to gain control of McGregor's coveted vegetable garden and the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door (Rose Byrne) extends to the Lake District and London. James Corden voices the character of Peter with playful spirit and wild charm, with Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, and Daisy Ridley performing the voice roles of the triplets, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail.
Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.
The feel-good family film of the year: Spreading a truly special Christmas message This Christmas, prepare to believe in miracles as Belfast-based children's charity Cinemagic and Signature Entertainment present A Christmas Star, released in UK cinemas nationwide from 13th November 2015. A host of film and television professionals join forces to tell the truly magical and heartwarming story of a spirited young girl who charms her entire village, The highly anticipated Christmas family film stars newcomer Erin Galway-Kendrick along with an ensemble supporting cast that includes Pierce Brosnan (Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day, The World Is Not Enough), Suranne Jones (Coronation Street, Scott & Bailey, Lawless), Robert James Collier (Downton Abbey, Coronation Street, Mercenaries), Bronagh Waugh (Hollyoaks, The Fall), Richard Clements (A Belfast Story). The film is narrated by Liam Neeson (Taken) and it features a cameo from Kylie Minogue (Moulin Rouge!) and guest appearance from Dermot O'Leary (The X Factor). Set in the picturesque village of Pottersglen in Northern Ireland, A Christmas Star follows a young and spirited Noelle who, born in dramatic circumstances under the Christmas Star, believes she has the gift to perform strange miracles. When conniving developer McKerrod threatens her peaceful life she teams up with a misfit gang of local kids to save the village from demolition. But one by one her friends lose faith in Noelle's abilities and she is left to fight McKerrod on her own. The town's future hinges on a final showdown in Belfast's historic Stormont building as Noelle implores politicians, her friends and the watching world to believe in the true meaning of Christmas love.
Ever since his debut 80 years ago in the Daily Express the adventures of Rupert Bear have delighted generations of loyal readers around the world young and old alike. Due to his huge success Rupert finally made his leap to television in 1991 and has not been off air since. These are timeless well-crafted classic tales loaded with imagination action and adventure. Whether racing against time with a little mermaid to help save a whistle fish travelling back to medieval England i
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