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Reilly Ace of Spies

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
starring: Jeananne Crowley, Peter Egan, Celia Gregory, Leo McKern, Sam Neill
directed by: Jim Goddard

June 13, 1995
Sam Neill is in his element as Sidney Reilly (Sigmund Rosenblum) during the Russian revolution. You are never sure whom he is spying for. He is a British spy that was responsible for gaining secrets that assured the Japanese success in their maritime war efforts with the Russians. He later became involved in the Bolshevik revolution. All the time he is making money and we are never sure whether he is just a British spy or a double agent or just out for himself.

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George of the Jungle II

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
from: Buena Vista

September 07, 2004
George of the Jungle returns in this sequel to the hit 1997 movie. Only this came to video and dvd, and it is misses at least 2 people from the first film, but for some Thomas Halden Church returns in this movie, along with John Cleese and Keith Scott who provides the narrator's voice. But this time, Disney decided to take a live action movie, and make a sequel out of it, usually they do this with animated movies. As the movie opens, George of the Jungle (Christopher Showerman replacing Brendan Fraser). And now he is king of the jungle, and has to divide time for both the animals and his wife Ursula (Julie Benz) and son Junior (Angus T. Jones), and usually he ends up late for things for his family including lunch! But one day, George's mother-in-law Beatrice ... Read More:

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Hercules/the Lost Kingdom

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
starring: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst
directed by: James A. Contner, Gary Jones

June 17, 1997
The entire hercules movie series is an intriguing thrillfest perfectly designed to bring fun back to television. I really hope its success lures writers and producers to kill off these stupid reality shows and bring entertainment back to televison. I am forced to rent movies now that there is normally never anything compelling to watch other than cop and law shows.

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Hercules in/Underworld

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
starring: Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Tawny Kitaen, Marley Shelton, Cliff Curtis
directed by: Bill L. Norton

June 17, 1997
DVD is so popular now. Universal Studios should release the remaining of the two Action Pack movies on DVD. They neglected ever releasing "Circle of Fire" and "Hercules in the Under World". As an added bonus for the DVD feature, I say they should put "Mazo of the Menatour" I have VHS version but would love to have it on DVD.

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Untouchables:Scarface Mob

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
from: Paramount

November 03, 2000
Oh how we remember the great old TV show, The Untouchables. This was the TV movie that started it all starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness and Neville Brand as Scarface. In black and white with Walter Winchell narrating it, this video has a documentary feel and for it's day, was surprisingly violent and realistic. Of course in this day and age it hardly seems violent, almost naive in fact, which adds to it's charm. It has a wonderful ambience of it's time and place and takes one back to those good old bad days of Chicago gangsters and back to one of the finest TV shows there was. This is a very entertaining show. Wish they'd also make a video out of the two-parter Untouchable special where Scarface (again, Neville Brand) was taken to Alcatraz and tried ... Read More:

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Best of Friends

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
from: Warner

March 01, 2002
...Dear God, please strike me blind! I'd rather see a test pattern than this piece of crap

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Dog City

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
starring: Lisa Buckley, Fran Brill, Kevin Clash, Ron White, Howard Jerome
directed by: John van Bruggen

November 10, 1995
...Dear God, please strike me blind! I'd rather see a test pattern than this piece of crap

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Scarlet and the Black,

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
starring: Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone, Kenneth Colley
directed by: Jerry London

February 17, 1998
erik reitz review is incredibly bigoted and hostile toward catholics - however i wrote a review pointing this out and incredibly you don't post my review but retain his - another thing i've noticed that amazon allows bigoted views against western civ, christianity, catholicism, anglos, men, heterosexuals etc to be posted & while some people will reply exposing this bigotry amazon runs the double standard of allowing unrestrained bigotry on one side while censoring the other side - you claim to moderate fairly yet what you do is allow left wing bigotry unchecked and the rest censored - amazon has presented a hostile evironment to the above mentioned censored majority of which i am a part - i cringe everytime i shop amazon's reviews that my sensibilities will not only be ... Read More:

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Family Reunion

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
starring: Bette Davis, J. Ashley Hyman, David Huddleston, John Shea, Roy Dotrice
directed by: Fielder Cook

June 22, 1994
I remeber seeing this on TV when I was growning up, and I liked it. Davis is magnificient as the matriarch of a family with problems (which family doesn't!). She is at home in this New England setting, baking bread and stirring up trouble. She is desperately trying to keep her family together, despite their resistance. It is a good movie to watch as the weather gets colder, as I remeber the interior sets being cozy, and the exterior shots are gorgeous of the New England Fall. It is also a good film to watch before the holidays, to possibly examine your own family's issues, and how you would (or wouldn't) want to deal with them.

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Duchess of Duke Street

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Television
starring: Gemma Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Mary Healey, Leigh Lawson, Mel Churcher
directed by: Bill Bain, Raymond Menmuir

September 11, 2001
Produced and co-written by John Hawkesworth (best known for his role as producer and co-writer of Upstairs Downstairs), The Duchess of Duke Street tells the story of Louisa Leyton Trotter, a young Cockney woman from a working-class background with aspirations of becoming the finest cook in London. The series open in 1900, with Louisa landing a job as a cooking assistant to one of London's finest chefs. It's the chance of a lifetime for her, but her outspokenness threatens to be her downfall.

Nevertheless, she indeed rises to become a first-rate and much-sought-after cook and the proprietor of London's exclusive and very expensive Bentinck Hotel on Duke Street. Louisa owes much to Bertie, the Prince of Wales, with whom she has a brief affair. But she owes the bulk ... Read More: