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WALL-E (2 Disc Special Edition with Slinky, Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk)

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Jeff Garlin
directed by: Andrew Stanton

November 24, 2008
I took my 5 and 3 year olds to see this at the cinema, and although I really enjoyed it they found it really tough going. The first section is completely without dialogue, and if you aren't able to read then you completely miss the concept of an Earth taken over by one corporation that then results in destruction.

That said, they enjoyed the arrival of Eva, and my little boy cried when she 'died', but it then lost them again once aboard the space station.

Overall, a fantastic concept brilliantly executed, but not as entertaining for small people as Finding Nemo or Monsters Inc.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008]

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
starring: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell
directed by: Andrew Adamson

November 17, 2008
this is so boring i hate this movie and everyone who made it just so awful

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Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [1958]

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
starring: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
directed by: Clyde Geronimi

October 27, 2008
I have been trying to remember the first time I saw Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty," and I cannot remember if I ever saw it in a theater, caught it on television some time, or never sat down to watch it until it came out on videotape. What I did remember is not being particularly impressed by the movie. Certainly I did not consider it to be a classic Disney animated film like "Bambi" or "Cinderella," which is a way of saying that it was not on my "must have" list of Disney movies. Then I watched this 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition of "Sleeping Beauty" and all I can say is that however I saw this film for the first time it was NOT in this expanded version that has restored the original Super Technirama 70 dimensions of the film. I would have remembered ... Read More:

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Enchanted [2007]

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
starring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Susan Sarandon
directed by: Kevin Lima

April 07, 2008
Disney films have pretty much gone downhill since the "Hunchback of Notre Dame" animated movie. In that film, the heroine kicks men in the groin to make her escape and the comedy relief is provided by a stone gargoyle that relieves itself by passing gas.

In this film, we have a live dog urinating on the leg of a prince and a chipmunk that defecates when frightened.

Is this what passes for family entertainment these days?

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Snow Buddies [2008]

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
starring: James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Bennett, Lothaire Bluteau, Josh Flitter

September 22, 2008
I was going to buy the Snow buddies dvd but after reading the first review I checked the story. I read the pups were only 6 weeks old before being taken from their mother 2 died and some other pups contracted parvo. So this film certainly will not be in my grandson's christmas stocking.Snow Buddies [2008]

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Aladdin (Musical Masterpiece Edition) [1992]

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
starring: Robin Williams, Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman
directed by: John Musker

July 07, 2008
This film has to be one of if not THE best Disney film there is. The story is great, the voices perfect, the songs brilliant! My favourite song from Aladdin is probably Friend Like Me but that's because I love Genie. However, all the songs are great in this film, there's none that you roll your eyes to because Disney have that great way of including a lovely slowie into a film but still having the humour there (like with A Whole New World).

Loved this film when I was little and chuffed now that my littl'un loves it too. Great fun for family viewing and still funny for adults!

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101 Dalmatians Platinum Edition [1961]

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, Cate Bauer, Lisa Daniels, Ben Wright
directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman

March 03, 2008
Great animation, characterization, sound, and imagery rule in "101 Dalmations." It's action, excitement and love, but with a dark theme that's a bit scary.

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WALL-E [Blu-ray] [2008]

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Jeff Garlin
directed by: Andrew Stanton

November 24, 2008
Each time I have seen a film from Pixar Studio, I have been impressed not only with its animation, but excellent plot too. This time, however, Pixar Studio has rendered a true cinematic animation masterpiece, one which should be recognized as memorable as the great Walt Disney films of the 1930s and 1940s. A masterpiece which ought to appeal to kids of all ages. In "Wall - E" Pixar has a spellbinding example - maybe the first - of a romantic science fiction thriller that lacks a dull moment, even though much of the film lacks substantial dialogue. So who cares whether the robot Wall - E can speak fluent English; audiences will recognize him as an admirable and lovable creature, whose very actions remind me at least of Charlie Chaplin's dull-witted tramp (Indeed, I wouldn't ... Read More:

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Ratatouille [2007]

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
directed by: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava

February 11, 2008
this kept the kids amused for a while, but ultimately was a cookie cutter family movie and once was more than enough for all of us.

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Tinker Bell [2008]

Childrens Toy Shop > DVD > Ages 5-8
starring: Mae Whitman, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symoné, Anjelica Huston, Jane Horrocks
directed by: Bradley Raymond

November 10, 2008
this kept the kids amused for a while, but ultimately was a cookie cutter family movie and once was more than enough for all of us.