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Toy Story [VHS] Walt Disney Home Video There is greatness in film that can be discussed dissected and talked about late into the night Then there is genius that is right in front of our faces--we smile at the spell it puts us into and are refreshed and nary a word needs to be spoken This kind of entertainment is what they used to call movie magic and there is loads of it in this irresistible computer animation feature Just a picture of these bright toys reawaken the kid in us Filmmaker John Lasseter thinks of himself as a storyteller first and an animator second much like another film innovator Walt Disney r / r / Lasseters story is universal and magical what do toys do when theyre not played with Cowboy Woody voiced by Tom Hanks Andys favorite bedroom toy tries to calm the other toys some original some classic during a wrenching time of year--the birthday party when newer toys may replace them Sure enough Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear Tim Allen is the new toy that takes over the throne Buzz has a crucial flaw though--he believes hes the real Buzz Lightyear not a toy Lasseter further scores with perfect voice casting including Don Rickles as Mr Potato Head and Wallace Shawn as a meek dinosaur The director-animator won a special Oscar for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film In other words the movie is great em --Doug Thomas / em Toy Story 2 [VHS] Disney/Pixar A landmark in filmmaking with cutting-edge animation and the voice talents of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen TOY STORY introduced Woody the Cowboy and Buzz Lightyear a space age action figure Along with a supporting cast of funny friends TOY STORY will entertain the entire family with action adventure and sidesplitting laughs Joining the original voice cast in TOY STORY 2 is a roundup of unforgettable new characters including Jessie the Cowgirl and Stinky Pete the prospector Winner of the Golden Globe R award for Best Picture this box office smash is full of laugh-out-loud humor wonderful music and eye-popping animation John Lasseter and his gang of high-tech creators at Pixar create another entertainment for the ages Like the few great movie sequels Toy Story 2 comments on why the first one was so wonderful while finding a fresh angle worthy of a new film The craze of toy collecting becomes the focus here as we find out Woody voiced by Tom Hanks is not only a beloved toy to Andy but also a rare doll from a popular 60s childrens show When a greedy collector takes Woody Buzz Lightyear Tim Allen launches a rescue mission with Andys other toys To say more would be a crime because this is one of the most creative and smile-inducing films since well the first Toy Story Although the toys look the same as in the 1994 feature Pixar shows how much technology has advanced the human characters look more human backgrounds are superior and two action sequences that book-end the film are dazzling And its a hoot for kids and adults The film is packed with spoofs easily accessible in-jokes and inspired voice casting with newcomer Joan Cusack especially a delight as Cowgirl Jessie But as the Pixar canon of films illustrates the filmmakers are storytellers first Woodys heart-tugging predicament can easily be translated into the eternal debate of living a good life versus living forever Toy Story 2 also achieved something in the U S two other outstanding 1999 animated features The Iron Giant Princess Mononoke could not it became a huge box-office hit --Doug Thomas Monsters, Inc. [VHS] Disney Buena Vista Home Entertainment Format Animated Closed-captioned Color NTSC Rating G VHS Release Date September 17 2002 Run Time 93 minutes Language English From the Academy Award R -winning creators of TOY STORY comes the worlds 1 computer-animated film that captured the hearts of fans and critics everywhere MONSTERS INC is visually dazzling action-packed and hilarious Boston Herald featuring groundbreaking animation imaginative storytelling and unforgettable voice talent John Goodman stars as the lovable James P Sullivan Sulley and Billy Crystal as his wisecracking best friend Mike Wazowski Top scarer Sulley and his enthusiastic Scare Assistant Mike work at Monsters Inc the largest scream-processing factory in Monstropolis The main power source of the monster world is the collected screams of human children Monsters believe children are dangerous and toxic however and they are scared silly when a little girl wanders into their world Sulley and Mike do their best to return the girl home but they face monstrous intrigue and some hilarious misadventures along the way MONSTERS INC is supremely clever -- fun for kids and adults alike CBS-TV Treat yourself to the most entertaining movie of the year with all-new exclusive bonus features and animation for monster laughs and monster fun The folks at Pixar can do no wrong with Monsters Inc the studios fourth feature film which stretches the computer animation format in terms of both technical complexity and emotional impact The giant blue-furred James P Sulley Sullivan wonderfully voiced by John Goodman is a scare-monster extraordinaire in the hidden world of Monstropolis where the scaring of kids is an imperative in order to keep the entire city running Beyond the competition to be the best at the business Sullivan and his assistant the one-eyed Mike Wazowski Billy Crystal discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed Boo who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night Director Pete Doctor and codirectors David Silverman and Lee Unkrich follow the Pixar Toy Story blueprint with an imaginative scenario fun characters and ace comic timing By the last heart-tugging shot kids may never look at monsters the same nor artists at what computer animation can do in the hands of magicians --Doug Thomas Finding Nemo [VHS] Walt Disney Video A delightful undersea world unfolds in Pixars animated adventure Finding Nemo When his son Nemo is captured by a scuba-diver a nervous-nellie clownfish named Marlin voiced by Albert Brooks sets off into the vast--and astonishingly detailed--ocean to find him Along the way he hooks up with a scatterbrained blue tang fish named Dory Ellen DeGeneres whos both helpful and a hindrance sometimes at the same time Faced with sharks deep-sea anglers fields of poisonous jellyfish sea turtles pelicans and much more Marlin rises above his neuroses in this wonderfully funny and nonstop thrill ride--rarely does more than 10 minutes pass without a sequence destined to become a theme park attraction Pixar continues its run of impeccable artistic and economic success their movies include Toy Story A Bugs Life Toy Story 2 and Monsters Inc Also featuring the voices of Willem Dafoe Geoffrey Rush and Allison Janney --Bret Fetzer Shirley Valentine [VHS] Paramount British actress Pauline Collins repeats her stage success as the character Shirley Valentine a married woman who decides in her middle years that she wants more out of life Leaving her spouse behind she heads to Greece where she grows close to a low-key local bloke Tom Conti Collins and director Lewis Gilbert Educating Rita choose to let the character as she did in the play speak directly to the audience at times and the gamble works in terms of creating a gentle intimate atmosphere Conti is a bonus a warm presence and funny to boot --Tom Keogh Drop Dead Fred [VHS] Live / Artisan This not-quite-black comedy was probably a laugh riot on paper The translation almost works but the execution is flawed Phoebe Cates is a recently separated young woman who suddenly begins to see her supposedly imagined childhood friend Drop Dead Fred after moving back into her mothers home Is he a manifestation of her secret desires to ditch the boorish spouse Or was he real all along Rik Mayall is a limber carrot-topped Brit with the lamentable assignment of trying to make us laugh with vulgar sophomoric trickery He is supposedly the repository of Catess fastidious repression but is more annoying than cathartic --Rochelle OGorman Jamon Jamon [VHS] Fox Lorber Salted pork shanks as leitmotiv in a dark comedy about an absurd love triangle this is what post-Franco cine is all about food and sex Spanish tortillas i e potato omelets are also big in this one Director Jos Juan Bigas Lunas Jam n Jam n is intelligent wry and--despite the formulaic narrative that melodrama must essentially contain--unpredictable At times his film exudes a certain Almod var flavor but there is an edge perhaps a heavy-handedness to the dark humor that is either Lunas success or his downfall The film garnered the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival after all Try to follow sexy Penelope Cruz Belle Epoque is growing up with her mother outside town on the highway on the wrong side of the highway Together they run a truck stop where cars and life literally race past Cruz is in love with Jord Molla by whom she is pregnant Mollas bourgeois mother played by Anna Galiena Being Human thinks he can and should do better Of course neither Cruz nor his mother knows of the erotic hmm avian interludes Molla enjoys on the side To save her son from the lower classes Galiena hires Javier Bardem a muscular pretty man whose regular consumption of the pork he distributes for a living has enhanced his sexual appeal to pursue Cruz The dark comedy finds a proper ending to the triangle in a grotesque but comedic landscape of death This is not a cookie-cutter movie but rather one that will resonate with both your light and dark sides After each surprise youll chuckle feel guilty and chuckle again --Erik Macki Hercules (A Walt Disney Masterpiece) [VHS] Walt Disney Home Video Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in theaters Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an animated feature The continual peppering of in-jokes and cultural references becomes less irksome on video That theres no majesty or awe invested in the beloved Greek legends also seems less of an error Also on the plus side is the bounciest Alan Menken music since Little Shop of Horrors With Zeuss blood in his veins young Herculess amazing strength makes him an outcast sorry that still doesnt fly so he trains with a satyr named Phil to become a hero Along the way Herc meets Meg a common mortal who falls hard for him Theyre both against the jocular Hades who has to destroy Hercules to take over Olympus The hydra is the computer-animated set piece for this little number a no-chance attempt to beat that wildebeest herd from The Lion King --Keith Simanton It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Ws) [VHS] MGM (Video & DVD) Stanley Kramers sprawling 1963 comedy about a search for buried treasure by at least a dozen people--all played by well-known entertainers of their day--is the kind of mass comedy that Hollywood hasnt made in many years Another example from around the same time is Blake Edwardss The Great Race After a number of strangers including Milton Berle Jonathan Winters Sid Caesar Phil Silvers and others witness a dying stranger Jimmy Durante identify the location of hidden money a conflict-ridden hunt begins watched over carefully by a suspicious cop Spencer Tracy The ensuing two and a half hours of mayhem has its ups and downs--some bits and performers are certainly funnier than others But Kramer who is better known for socially conscious serious cinema Guess Whos Coming to Dinner is in a mood for broad comic characterization and some of his jokes are so intentionally obvious Durante literally kicks a bucket when he dies theyd have a place in Airplane Watch for lots of cameo appearances including Jerry Lewis who had called Kramer and asked him why he hadnt been invited to participate --Tom Keogh The Emperor's New Groove (Walt Disney Pictures Presents) [VHS] Walt Disney Home Video If you liked ALADDIN youll love Disneys THE EMPERORS NEW GROOVE where outrageous comedy rules Audiences and critics alike raved about this hilarious animated adventure Ebert Roeper And The Movies gave it Two Thumbs Up Faster than you can say Boom baby arrogant Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his devious advisor Yzma and her hunky henchman Kronk who want to rid the kingdom of this beast of burden Now the ruler who once had it all must form an unlikely alliance with a pleasant peasant named Pacha Together Kuzco and Pacha must overcome their differences as they embark on a hilarious groovy adventure that will have you howling with laughter Originally developed as an epic called Kingdom of the Sun The Emperors New Groove lost scale and most of Stings song score some of which can be heard on the soundtrack on its way to the screen The end result is the lightest Disney film in many a moon a joyous romp akin to Aladdin in its quotient of laughs for kids and adults The original story centers on the spoiled teenage emperor Kuzco David Spade who enjoys getting the best of his Aztecan subjects When he fires Yzma Eartha Kitt his evil sorceress she seeks revenge and turns Kuzco into a llama with the help of her hunk of the month a lunk named Kronk Patrick Warburton Alone in the jungle the talking llama is befriended by Pacha John Goodman who has just been told to vacate his pastoral home by the human Kuzco Whats an ego to do Thats pretty much the story and the characters--simple direct fun--a Disney film on a diet For any fan of the acidic humor of Spade this is essential viewing As narrator of his tale Kuzco uses a sarcastic tone to keep the story jumping with plenty of fun asides he even stops the film at one point to make sure you know the story is about him Even better is character actor Warburton Elaines stuck-up boyfriend on Seinfeld who steals every scene as the dim-witted but oh-so-likable Kronk Theres even a delicious Tom Jones number that starts the film off with a bang --Doug Thomas