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List Price: £9.99
Our Price: £2.56
Rated: Parental Guidance
Staring:
Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, John Gavin
Director:
George Roy Hill
Julie Andrews is at her peak of adorability in this enjoyable (and surprisingly sarcastic) spoof of the 1920s. It has every trick: occasional silent-movie intertitles, flapper lingo ("Oh, banana oil"), and a laughable plot about women being sold into white slavery by the scheming manageress (splendid Beatrice Lillie) of a Hotel for Ladies, aided by a cabal of wicked Chinese. (The stereotypes are bearable only if you remember this is a spoof of silent movie melodrama.) Even with able support from Mary Tyler Moore and James Fox, this is Julie's show; she plays to the camera with the collusion of director George Roy Hill, who's clearly smitten with her silly streak. The movie has an annoying tendency to spend time on musical numbers--a Jewish wedding, a vaudeville act--that don't serve the plot. A future Broadway musical would create a new score, except for the delightfully catchy title tune. --Robert Horton
 Thoroughly Modern Millie - po he!, 2009-12-14
This is truly a gem and highly watchable. All fans of Miss Andrews (she was born to be a flapper!) will love this. She has humour, perfect comic timing and is a natural for farce - and she gets to sing of course. Carol Channing is also hilarious as the eccentric jazz baby Muzzie and Beatrice Lillie plays the villain with a sinister finesse. Look out also for Jack Soo (from Barney Miller) and Pat Morita (of Karate Kid fame) as Ms Lillie's bumbling hencemen. Great musical numbers and dance sequences (whoever thought an elevator trip could be such a treat?). Great to revive if you've seen it before, and a real delight if you have not. Watch out for the soy sauce mind!
List Price: £29.99
Our Price: £16.90
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro
Director:
Michael Bay
Shia LaBeouf, Isabel Lucas, John Turturro, Megan Fox, Josh DuhamelDirector: Michael Bay
 Popcorn!, 2010-06-28
After the first Transformers I expected a LOT!
This was a mistake :o(
They have added some nice new Transformers to this one, but the story is flat as hell...
All those childish, pervert jokes... unnecessary!
I don't like Megan Fox neither..
But why the hell do they exchange her for part 3???
Mikaela all of a sudden changed her face or what?!
Shia LaBoeuf is great!
If this was ten years ago, I'm pretty sure, he'd be my idol! ;o)
Transformers 2 is definitely DEMO material on Blu-Ray, when it comes to sound and image!
The CGI and action sequences are amazing so there is only one recommendation:
Invite some friends, drink a lot and make some popcorn. lol
List Price: £29.99
Our Price: £11.42
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Julie Andrews, Rod Steiger, Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Shirley Jones
Director:
Robert Wise, Walter Lang, Joshua Logan, Fred Zinnemann, Henry King
A 6 Disc collection of your favourite Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, containing the following six classic films: Carousel; The King and I; Oklahoma!; The Sound of Music; South Pacific; State Fair; Carousel - Spectacular staging dots this widescreen deluxe Rodgers and Hammerstein musical as Gordon MacRae brings a blustery energy to the lead role of Billy Bigelow, a drifter and ne'er-do-well carnival 'barker'. The troubled soul finally settles down with a good woman (Shirley Jones) but then gets stabbed to death while committing a robbery. Many years later, an angel offers the roustabout the chance to return to earth for just one day to makes things right for his unhappy wife and the daughter he never had the chance to meet. Based on the French play "Lilion" by Ferene Molnar, Carousel ranks among the better Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, making it a classic by any standard. To boot, the film's tale of love between Bigelow and wife Julie rivals that of any other 1950s musical. Songs from the outstanding score include 'If I Loved You', 'June Is Busting Out All Over', and 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. Th...
Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (dvd set), 2009-12-28
I bought this for a gift, but I have seen all the films mentioned, and they are all excellent musicals. If you like musicals, you like this one.
List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £6.28
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro
Director:
Michael Bay
Pure. Popcorn. Entertainment. That's an exact classification of director Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The action is nonstop, with battles and explosions from start to finish. The camera (without any subtlety) exploits Megan Fox's hotness to the max. As if she weren't enough, a new sex kitten (Isabel Lucas) is thrown into the equation. Shia LaBeouf is as charismatic as ever, and fills the starring role with ease. And then there's the humour. Sam's parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White) provided some semi-raunchy laugh-out-loud moments in the first movie, but now they take it to the next level. Sometimes it seems like they are trying a little too hard, but it is still hilarious.
As far as the “plot” goes, the writers didn't waste much time--it's really just a context for the giant-robot death matches and dramatic slow-mo sequences. The movie kicks off two years later where the Autobots have formed an alliance with the U.S. government, creating an elite team led by Major Lennox (Josh Duhamel), in an effort to snuff out any remaining Decepticons that show up. The bad guys keep coming, and it turns out that a much more menacing force than Megatron ...
Popcorn!, 2010-06-28
After the first Transformers I expected a LOT!
This was a mistake :o(
They have added some nice new Transformers to this one, but the story is flat as hell...
All those childish, pervert jokes... unnecessary!
I don't like Megan Fox neither..
But why the hell do they exchange her for part 3???
Mikaela all of a sudden changed her face or what?!
Shia LaBoeuf is great!
If this was ten years ago, I'm pretty sure, he'd be my idol! ;o)
Transformers 2 is definitely DEMO material on Blu-Ray, when it comes to sound and image!
The CGI and action sequences are amazing so there is only one recommendation:
Invite some friends, drink a lot and make some popcorn. lol
List Price: £15.99
Our Price: £4.74
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood
Director:
Robert Wise
The most widely seen movie produced by a Hollywood studio, The Sound of Music grows fresher with each viewing. Though it was planned meticulously in pre-production (save for the scene where Maria and the children take a dipping in an Austrian lake that nearly cost a life), on each viewing one is struck anew by the spontaneous almost improvisatory air of the acting, notably of Julie Andrews under Robert Wise's direction. There are also the little human touches he brings to, for instance, the scene where Maria leads the children to the hills, over bridges and along tow paths where the smallest boy trips up and momentarily gets left behind: it creates a feeling that most of us have encountered. From the opening pre-credit sequence of muted excitement as the camera roves over the Austrian Alps (photographed in magnificent colour), where little phrases from the wind instruments on the soundtrack are flung as if on the breeze, foreshadowing the title song to follow, the production never puts a foot wrong. On the DVD: On the first disc the film itself has never looked or sounded better since its original presentation in Todd AO (prints of which are said to have disappear...
Excellent, 2010-08-12
One of the best musicals ever made. A classic. Fabulous. Wonderful.
Shame it wasn't digitally remastered.
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.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £5.89
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro
Director:
Michael Bay
Pure. Popcorn. Entertainment. That's an exact classification of director Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The action is nonstop, with battles and explosions from start to finish. The camera (without any subtlety) exploits Megan Fox's hotness to the max. As if she weren't enough, a new sex kitten (Isabel Lucas) is thrown into the equation. Shia LaBeouf is as charismatic as ever, and fills the starring role with ease. And then there's the humour. Sam's parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White) provided some semi-raunchy laugh-out-loud moments in the first movie, but now they take it to the next level. Sometimes it seems like they are trying a little too hard, but it is still hilarious.
As far as the “plot” goes, the writers didn't waste much time--it's really just a context for the giant-robot death matches and dramatic slow-mo sequences. The movie kicks off two years later where the Autobots have formed an alliance with the U.S. government, creating an elite team led by Major Lennox (Josh Duhamel), in an effort to snuff out any remaining Decepticons that show up. The bad guys keep coming, and it turns out that a much more menacing force than Megatron ...
Popcorn!, 2010-06-28
After the first Transformers I expected a LOT!
This was a mistake :o(
They have added some nice new Transformers to this one, but the story is flat as hell...
All those childish, pervert jokes... unnecessary!
I don't like Megan Fox neither..
But why the hell do they exchange her for part 3???
Mikaela all of a sudden changed her face or what?!
Shia LaBoeuf is great!
If this was ten years ago, I'm pretty sure, he'd be my idol! ;o)
Transformers 2 is definitely DEMO material on Blu-Ray, when it comes to sound and image!
The CGI and action sequences are amazing so there is only one recommendation:
Invite some friends, drink a lot and make some popcorn. lol
List Price: £22.99
Our Price: £2.10
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas
Director:
Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon, Andrew Adamson
The lovably ugly green ogre returns with his green bride and furry, hooved friend in Shrek 2. The newlywed Shrek and Princess Fiona are invited to Fiona's former kingdom, Far Far Away, to have the marriage blessed by Fiona's parents--which Shrek thinks is a bad, bad idea, and he's proved right: the parents are horrified by their daughter's transformation into an ogress, a fairy godmother wants her son Prince Charming to win Fiona, and a feline assassin is hired to get Shrek out of the way. The computer animation is more detailed than ever, but it's the acting that make the comedy work--in addition to the return of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz, Shrek 2 features the flexible voices of Julie Andrews, John Cleese and Antonio Banderas, plus Jennifer Saunders as the gleefully wicked fairy godmother. --Bret Fetzer
A REALLY FUNNY ANIMATED FILM, 2007-08-19
How could you possibly continue a kiddy animated film that ended on a "happily ever after" note? Show the audience what happens next. The mixture of pop culture references and brothers Grimm mythology will do the rest. And really, how can one stay apathetic when facing the big green ogre - who, despite all his grunts, is adorable as hell? Children aged 0-100 can easily relate to the big guy who just wants to be left alone with his wife in their cuddly swamp home, and for everyone in "Far Far Away" land to just leave him alone.
When legend prepares a different fate for him, Shrek will go through the means to right all the wrongs, and with the help of his loyal friends Donkey and Puss in Boots (one of the most clever interpretations of a fairytale character in my book) he'll get his happy ending - even if it means going against the charming Prince and the evil fairy godmother themselves. While Shrek 2 is a lesser film than the original, which was a comical romp that made me laugh myself silly; the sequel succeeds in reeling you into the imaginative land where giant Gingerbread guys come alive and "I Need a Hero" becomes a mighty hit once again. Here here.
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