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List Price: £12.99
Our Price: £4.81
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Audrey Hepburn, Isobel Elsom, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde White, Gladys Cooper
Director:
George Cukor
Hollywood's legendary "woman's director," George Cukor (The Women, The Philadelphia Story), transformed Audrey Hepburn into street-urchin-turned-proper-lady Eliza Doolittle in this film version of the Lerner and Loewe musical. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady stars Rex Harrison as linguist Henry Higgins (Harrison also played the role, opposite Julie Andrews, on stage), who draws Eliza into a social experiment that works almost too well. The letterbox edition of this film on video certainly pays tribute to the pageantry of Cukor's set, but it also underscores a certain visual stiffness that can slow viewer enthusiasm just a tad. But it's really star wattage that keeps this film exciting, that and such great songs as "On the Street Where You Live" and "I Could Have Danced All Night." Actor Jeremy Brett, who gained a huge following later in life portraying Sherlock Holmes, is quite electric as Eliza's determined suitor. --Tom Keogh
 MY FAIR LADY, 2010-08-16
My fair lady dvd was just what I wanted. Entertaining, great songs, great actors. Very good value.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £12.99
Rated: Exempt
The Concert of the Year, 2010-08-21
This was, as so many others have said, without doubt a musical treat like no other.
Fantastic orchestrations by John Wilson to accompany a hugely talented group of soloists, all leading performers in their own right, and splendid chorus to thrill you for two hours of the most glorious music and singing featuring so many of the songs that have filled theatres, concert halls and cinemas all down the years, with the music of our lifetime. Thank you the BBC for producing this - although they consistantly said for nearly a year that it would not be issued!
Am thrilled to have got tickets to see The Rodgers and Hammerstein, John Wilson Prom on 22nd August.
This dvd is one of the best purchases you will ever make!
Must concur, the commentary in between was obtrusive, vacuous and unnecessary, but does not spoil this fabulous evenings entertainment.
Encore, John Wilson, take a bow, cant imagine what a reception you will receive this year.
List Price: £21.99
Our Price: £3.44
Rated: Parental Guidance
Staring:
Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Julie Walters
Director:
Phyllida Lloyd
The delirious sight of Meryl Streep leading a river of multigenerational women singing "Dancing Queen" is one of the high points of Mamma Mia!, the musical built around the songs of the hugely popular pop group ABBA. The plot sets in motion when Sophie (Amanda Seyfried, Mean Girls), daughter of Donna (Streep), sends a letter to three men, inviting them to her wedding--because after reading her mother's diary, she suspects that one of them is her father. When all three arrive at the Greek island where Donna runs a hotel, Donna flips out and finds that passions she thought she'd laid aside are coming back to life. But let's face it, the plot is not the point--it's a ridiculous contrivance that provides an excuse for the characters to sing the massive hits of ABBA. Regrettably, first-time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who directed the original stage production) has drawn over-the-top performances from everyone involved, even Streep; every production number hammers its exuberance into your eyeballs. Which is too bad, because Mamma Mia! is a rarity: A middle-aged love story. The kids start things off, but the story is really about Streep and the three guys (former J...
Spread a little happiness with lighthearted fun!, 2010-08-26
Saw this film at the cinema but had to get my own DVD copy as the whole story, acting and singing make you smile. Lots of criticism about it I know, especially Pierce Brosnan's singing, but I just think he was a good sport to give it a go and it worked. He could afford to risk it! The wording of the songs on the screen give you a chance to sing your heart out along with them. A lovely escape from the serious things of life.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £3.25
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston
Director:
Emile Ardolino
Dirty Dancing was a cultural phenomenon that now plays more like camp. That very campness, though, is part of its biggest charm. And if the dancing in the movie doesn't seem particularly "dirty" by today's standards--or 1987's--it does take place in an era (the early 60s) when it would have. Dirty Dancing spawned two successful soundtracks, a short-lived TV series and a stage musical. It may be predictable, but Grey and Swayze have chemistry, charisma and all the right moves. --Kathy Fennessy, Amazon.comFirst and foremost Cocktail is a star vehicle for Tom Cruise, then a paper-thin Horatio Alger story of a young bartender with dreams of get-rich-quick. Success is notable only for Cruise's immense likeability in contrast to a creaky plot and thinly drawn characters. Despite its shortcomings, this is worthwhile viewing for Tom Cruise fans. --Robert Lane, Amazon.com
Timeless, 2010-08-16
Absolute classic! I loved watching this film again, it took me right back to the late eighties, what a nostalgic era. This film will always be in my top 5 fave films list. The second disc is also great with lots of cuts and extras that you will have probably never seen before. This purchase was well worth it.
List Price: £17.99
Our Price: £7.49
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley
Director:
Robert Stevens
There is only one word that comes close to accurately describing the enchanting Mary Poppins, and that term was coined by the movie itself: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even at 2 hours and 20 minutes, Disney's pioneering mixture of live action and animation (based on the books by P.L. Travers) still holds kids spellbound. Julie Andrews won an Oscar as the world's most magically idealized nanny ("practically perfect in every way," and complete with lighter-than-air umbrella), and Dick Van Dyke is her clownishly charming beau, Bert the chimney sweep. The songs are also terrific, ranging from bright and cheery ("A Spoonful of Sugar") to dark and cheery (the Oscar-winning "Chim-Chim Cheree") to touchingly melancholy ("Feed the Birds"). Many consider Mary Poppins to be the crowning achievement of Walt Disney's career--and it was the only one of his features to be nominated for a best picture Academy Award until Beauty and the Beast in 1991. --Jim Emerson
Timeless Classic, 2010-06-17
What a bargain from Amazon! I never really tire of watching such outstanding musicals, especially in their re-engineered formats. This is a steal. Buy all of these precious items while they are available - Amazon has a whole catalogue of them. Things like this are just not made today.
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach
Director:
Gary Trousdale
The film that officially signalled Disney's animation renaissance (following The Little Mermaid) and the only animated feature to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination, Beauty and the Beast remains the yardstick by which all other animated films should be measured. It relates the story of Belle, a bookworm with a dotty inventor for a father; when he inadvertently offends the Beast (a prince whose heart is too hard to love anyone besides himself), Belle boldly takes her father's place, imprisoned in the Beast's gloomy mansion. Naturally, Belle teaches the Beast to love. What makes this such a dazzler, besides the amazingly accomplished animation and the winning coterie of supporting characters (the Beast's mansion is overrun by quipping, dancing household items) is the array of beautiful and hilarious songs by composer Alan Menken and the late, lamented lyricist Howard Ashman. (The title song won the 1991 Best Song Oscar, and Menken's score scored a trophy as well.) The downright funniest song is "Gaston," a lout's paean to himself (including the immortal line, "I use antlers in all of my de-co-ra-ting"). "Be Our Guest" is transformed into an inspired Busby Berke...
Blu ray playable UK Player?, 2010-08-15
The product details above referring to Region 2, obviously is for the DVD.
What about the "Coding" for the Blu ray.
Disney Blu ray codes are usually very strictly enforced for the country concerned and as this looks like an import from USA and being sold by Amazon's merchant, will it play in a UK player?
The movie is worth 5 stars regardless!
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £2.00
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe
Director:
Carol Reed
Film buffs and critics can argue until their faces turn blue about whether this lavish Dickensian musical deserved the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1968, but the movie speaks for itself on grandly entertaining terms. Adapted from Dickens's classic novel, it's one of the most dramatically involving and artistically impressive musicals of the 1960s, directed by Carol Reed with a delightful enthusiasm that would surely have impressed Dickens himself. Mark Lester plays the waifish orphan Oliver Twist, who is befriended by the pickpocketing Artful Dodger (Jack Wild) and recruited into the gang of boy thieves led by Fagin (played to perfection by Ron Moody). The villainous Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) casts his long shadow over Oliver and his friends, but the young orphan is still able to find loving care in the most desperate of circumstances. Full of memorable melodies and splendid lyrics, Oliver! is a timeless film, prompting even hard-to-please critic Pauline Kael to call it "a superb demonstration of intelligent craftsmanship", and to further observe that "it's as if the movie set out to be a tribute to Dickens and his melodramatic art as well as to tell the story of Oliver ...
dickens, 2010-08-19
i bought this because i like oliver and also it had all the best actors and actresses in this one, ( Oliver Reed ), ( Jack Wild ), etc.
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach
Director:
Gary Trousdale
The film that officially signalled Disney's animation renaissance (following The Little Mermaid) and the only animated feature to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination, Beauty and the Beast remains the yardstick by which all other animated films should be measured. It relates the story of Belle, a bookworm with a dotty inventor for a father; when he inadvertently offends the Beast (a prince whose heart is too hard to love anyone besides himself), Belle boldly takes her father's place, imprisoned in the Beast's gloomy mansion. Naturally, Belle teaches the Beast to love. What makes this such a dazzler, besides the amazingly accomplished animation and the winning coterie of supporting characters (the Beast's mansion is overrun by quipping, dancing household items) is the array of beautiful and hilarious songs by composer Alan Menken and the late, lamented lyricist Howard Ashman. (The title song won the 1991 Best Song Oscar, and Menken's score scored a trophy as well.) The downright funniest song is "Gaston," a lout's paean to himself (including the immortal line, "I use antlers in all of my de-co-ra-ting"). "Be Our Guest" is transformed into an inspired Busby Ber...
Blu ray playable UK Player?, 2010-08-15
The product details above referring to Region 2, obviously is for the DVD.
What about the "Coding" for the Blu ray.
Disney Blu ray codes are usually very strictly enforced for the country concerned and as this looks like an import from USA and being sold by Amazon's merchant, will it play in a UK player?
The movie is worth 5 stars regardless!
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: £4.93
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Judy Garland, Clara Blandick, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley Jr., Bert Lahr
Director:
Victor Fleming
Young Dorothy Gale (played by Judy Garland), her dog, Toto, and her three companions on the yellow brick road to Oz -- the Tin Man (Jack Haley), the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), and the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) -- have become pop-culture icons and central figures in the legacy of fantasy for children. Actress Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch who covets Dorothy's enchanted ruby slippers, has had the singular honour of scaring the wits out of children for more than six decades. The film's still as fresh, frightening and funny as it was when first released in 1939. It may take some liberal detours from the original story by L. Frank Baum, but it's loyal to the Baum legacy while charting its own course as a spectacular film. Partly shot in glorious Technicolor, befitting its dynamic production design (Munchkinland alone is a psychedelic explosion of colour and decor), The Wizard of Oz may not appeal to every taste as the years go by, but it's nonetheless required viewing for kids of all ages. --Jeff Shannon
Over The Rainbow, 2010-08-26
After all the hype on television,my grandaughter had to see the original movie. She was over the moon,or should I say over the rainbow !!!After all these years this movie still holds a certain kind of magic,very very well acted by Judy and the supporting cast.The kids of 1939 must have loved it as I am sure the kids of today will.A must for all ages,and we all need a 'little magic' in our lives - Don't We ?? - Brian
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