Spider-Man - The Ultimate Villain Showdown [2002]

Amazon.co.uk Review

The action comes thick and fast in Spider-Man--The Ultimate Villain Showdown as the web-slinging hero faces a host of fearsome foes, not least of which is his own torturous self-doubt. Kingpin, Dr Octopus and the Green Goblin all put in spirited performances in these animated tales from the 1990s, while a flashback to Spider-Man's origins ties the action together neatly.

The writing is somewhat heavy-handed in places and the animation cranky, but the four featured episodes are pacy, the villains suitably evil and a hint of darkness lends a pleasing frisson to the drama.

On the DVD: there's limited bonus material on the DVD but what's there is generally worthwhile and entertaining. In addition to an extra episode, "Return of the Green Goblin", a "Rogues Dossier" gives an interactive guide to Spider-Man's foes with statistics, trivia and video interviews with our hero's creator Stan Lee. Lee crops up again in the highlight of the bonus material, "Stan Lee's Soapbox", an engaging 20-minute insight into all things Spidey from a man who obviously loves his job. --Helen Baker

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Sad

Captures the fullness of Schultz's emotional vision for the world he created...

Snoopy, come home? He never left MY heart...

Charlie Brown - Snoopy Come Home [1972]

Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0002B96PW
Release Date: 2004-07-12

Customer Reviews:

Sad.......2006-06-13

Nice animation - this is a proper movie.

However, it's a typically depressing Peanuts effort: lonely charaters spending their time whinging.

Captures the fullness of Schultz's emotional vision for the world he created..........2006-06-06

Like many people born in the 1960s, Peanuts was a big part of my psychological landscape, and this feature, along with the Peanuts Christmas special, was one of the touch-stones of the era. If "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was the moment when Peanuts finally came alive on the screen (and somehow in the process bringing the 1950s to a close), "Snoopy Come Home" was proof that these characters also inhabited a very real emotional world, every bit as turbulent and bleak as the end of the 1960s would suggest.

And being very much of its time (1972), this is probably the most adult of all of the Peanuts features: the pacing and themes (grief, alienation, loneliness, and loss) are likely to be too intense for younger viewers, and while it has a few light moments, it is very much Peanuts as adult drama. This film must have been very daring in it's day, and probably could not be made today.

It remains a very good film, and the one which, in my opinion, best captures the fullness of Schultz's emotional vision for the world he created. The DVD has no extras, but the print and sound transfer is very clear and bright.

Snoopy, come home? He never left MY heart..........2004-08-03

First released in 1972, this cartoon outing features the Peanuts gang created by the late, great Charles M. Schulz (who also wrote this story).

'Snoopy, Come Home', as you probably guessed, features Snoopy quite heavily. Snoopy's frustration at being banned from the beach and getting a salvo of harsh words from his owner Charlie Brown leads him to rub others up the wrong way, and they resent him for it.

However, things come to a head when one day he receives a letter from a mysterious young girl named Lila, who is in hospital. Distraught, Snoopy feels impelled to go and visit her in the hospital, so, together with his bird friend Woodstock (who makes his first screen appearance in this film), he sets off in haste, leaving Charlie Brown completely puzzled and going out of his mind. But the problems have yet to start...

Over thirty years later, this still has the ability to charm, delight and, in one particular scene, invoke tears (but I won't give it away) -- believe me, when I watched the film again for the first time in ages just now I still cried at that scene, so gut-wrenching it is!

If I had one real complaint with the DVD, it's a little niggle that I feel could have been addressed without being much more expensive. Why have four different languages available (English, German, Italian and Spanish), but only have subtitles in Italian? It doesn't make sense!

Customer Reviews:

Enter another world, just 70 years away . . . ........2001-05-13

Take the plunge and enter another world. Sparse scenery,sparser dialogue, this truly atmospheric film invites you to the Isle of Aran off the coast of Western Ireland and once there, you just don't want to leave. Beautifully paced, you will be absorbed into the islanders' lives and emerge cleansed of all the stresses you thought you had in the twenty first century. If any film will help you get your life in perspective, this is it. Just let it enthrall, charm and captivate you. Awesome.

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Excellent DVD for kids.......2007-03-30

Great DVD of 8 (??) different Boogie Beebies programmes. My 3 yr old girl loves it, knows all the songs, even though we restrict viewing (for our sanity!!)

Good DVD features also, enabling choice of Big Videos only, for when a short burst of the Butterfly song is enough to satisfy the requirement to dance in front of the TV!

Well recommended - wish there were a few more in the range!

Olly loves to boogie!.......2006-12-27

My 2 year old Olly loves watching this, she whirls round like a nutter. She loves "Doing the Kangaroo" and I get up and jump round like mad too.

This is a great DVD for kids, they can watch telly and not be lazy, they are active! Also - I'm sure this helps with co-ordination too.

**WARNING**

Some of the tunes are very contagious and you WILL end up whistling them at work!!!!

Show me your magic..........2006-10-23

Our 3 year old loves Boogie Beebies Pete (a local hero from Potton, although we have never met him) and this DVD is never far from the player.There are 7 routines to boogie to including, Barnyard Boogie (with the stinky donkey), Every Kind Of Weather Song, Kangaroo (bouncing is fun), Pirate Gang (yo ho, Harrys favorite), Butterfly Fly (Mums favorite), Dancin' On Sand and We Want To Be Fit (fit, fit!). If your toddler is a Cbeebiees addict like ours, then this is a must buy!

Dance baby dance.......2006-06-21

Our 19th month old absolutley loves this and although can't speak properly yet, indicates that she wants to watch it by pointing at the DVD player and dancing around. She can watch it for hours on end but prefers watching just the big videos.

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