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Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (Disney)

starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Bernadette Peters
directed by: Andrew Knight

Release Date November 17, 2003
Although the events of this film sit within the time-scale of the original, it is an interesting exploration of some of the untouched themes from its predecessor.

The Beast's dislike of Christmas is assumed by the audience to be simple 'Scrooge'-ism. As the story unfolds, we discover a deeper, more personal rationale for his aversion.

The addition of new characters - Forte (voiced by Tim Curry) and Fife (Paul Reubens - aka Pee-Wee Herman) - gives the story room to expand.

Ultimately, though, this one is strictly for the real fans - or at least, completists! :)

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Barbie In The Nutcracker [2001]

starring: Kelly Sheridan, Kirby Morrow, Tim Curry, Peter Kelamis, Christopher Gaze
directed by: Owen Hurley

Release Date October 29, 2001
This time lsat year i was on my socail daethbed. i was unatached from life. this movie made me think about rejoining bingo night. being an obese 83 yaerold wamon who lived in a tralior it was hard for me to find luv. then i found $8 on the ground and decieded to see this briallent movy.
the storie follows a beuatiful young wamon who finds love in littel doll. the doll was captured and barbie had to save him. it was a sweet littel flic that ended sweetly.
this movy changed my life and i am now on the verge of complet hapynes. i recomned this to anyone who wants to find luv. i only saw this film once and fell aslep durin it but nonetheles i reomned it.

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Home Alone 2 - Lost In New York [1992]

starring: John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Brenda Fricker, Tim Curry, Macaulay Culkin
directed by: Chris Columbus

Release Date October 20, 2003
Despite Home Alone 1 being an absolute classic, I've always liked this better than the first. There's more of a story, more lovely scenes and more traps. I recommend both Home Alone 1 and 2, and possibly number 3. Enjoy! These are real Christmas treats!

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The Wild Thornberrys - The Movie [1998]

starring: Lacey Chabert, Jodi Carlisle, Tim Curry, Danielle Harris, Tom Kane

Release Date July 14, 2003
The family (mum, dad, daughter 10, son 8) saw this at the cinema and really enjoyed it. Its works well on the small screen as well and has quite a serious storyline, although to be honest the kids have only watched it a few times, so perhaps try renting as well - they prefered to watch their many hours of TV Wild Thornberry episodes on video instead, as there is far more variety (and even I enjoy watching them). However this is a very successful movie translation with a strong conservationist story. It's not unlike Tarzan really with it's England public school sequences. Your children would probably appreciate the film more if they are familiar with the TV series (but then they will have probably seen it already). Unfortunately the TV series isn't ... Read More:

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Annie [1982]

starring: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry
directed by: John Huston

Release Date October 20, 2003
Whilst watching this film a giant frog put his eye up to the window and tried to look at me, I can only assume this has something to do with the film and I will not be watching it again.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show [1975]

starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn
directed by: Jim Sharman

Release Date February 12, 2001
I'll leave it to Tim from the superb TV comedy 'Spaced' to explain, quite rationally, why this film is awful: "It's boil-in-the-bag perversion for sexually repressed accountants and first-year drama students with too many posters of Betty Blue, The Blues Brothers, Big Blue and Blue Velvet on their blue bloody walls!" Thank you and goodnight.

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Stephen King's IT [1990]

starring: Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, Annette O'Toole, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher
directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace

Release Date July 17, 1995
I watched this film twice, and the first time I forward wound through the horror parts because I was on my own! This meant that it wasn't very effectively scary the second time I watched IT, but I still enjoyed the film... up to a point! The first half was great (people have said the acting was wooden but how old were all the actors? About 14! I thought it was pretty decent) but the second half...

The thing that bugged me was how the first half seemed to be the children, and the second half the adults. If the film knitted together the years much like the book does, then I would have liked it a lot more. I started to get fed up when the adults merely told stories about the past, rather than allowing us to view them.

Despite this, ... Read More:

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The Pebble And The Penguin [1996]

starring: Shani Wallis, S. Scott Bullock, Martin Short, Annie Golden, Louise Vallance
directed by: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman

Release Date August 12, 1996
I began to watch this film without expecting much. Admittedly, it does not feature the best animation, but that is not the most important feature in an animated film. It's not the 'Lion King' or 'Dinasaur', but I don't think that it was meant to be. The story is about a love triangle between a good-guy penguin named Hubie, his sweetheart Marina and the egotistical and pompous Drake - this penguin is willing to stoop or bully his way to any level to marry Marina, who is not very interested in him. Hubie must beat the clock to find the most precious pebble and make it back in time, braving all kinds of weather and challenging situations in order to wed Marina. This love-triangle theme of the film was not too 'grown-up', was handled well, and is suitable for ... Read More:

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The Three Musketeers [1994]

starring: Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry
directed by: Stephen Herek

Release Date April 11, 1995
Although this movie is short enough to have been in it's entirety on ONE side; it has been SPLIT in half and you have to flip the disc over to view the whole movie.

The ONLY advantage this DVD has over the US/Canada version (which is in it's entirety on ONE side) is that this DVD is Anamorphic Widescreen (whereas the US/Canada version is NON-Anamorphic Widescreen).


Buyer be aware!!!

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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Bernadette Peters
directed by: Andrew Knight

Release Date
Although the events of this film sit within the time-scale of the original, it is an interesting exploration of some of the untouched themes from its predecessor.

The Beast's dislike of Christmas is assumed by the audience to be simple 'Scrooge'-ism. As the story unfolds, we discover a deeper, more personal rationale for his aversion.

The addition of new characters - Forte (voiced by Tim Curry) and Fife (Paul Reubens - aka Pee-Wee Herman) - gives the story room to expand.

Ultimately, though, this one is strictly for the real fans - or at least, completists! :)