Editorial Product Review: :Ariel and her husband, Prince Eric, have a little problem with their daughter, Melody, in the sequel to Disney's landmark The Little Mermaid. Melody is threatened by Morgana, the evil sister of the sea witch Ursula (both voiced by Pat Carroll). Before you can say 'Briar Rose,' Melody's parents decide to keep their daughter's roots a secret, forbidding her to learn about the ocean while Morgana is around. Now the budding teenager secretly frolics in the sea with Ariel's old friends, Sebastian and Scuttle. ...
Editorial Product Review: :In the title story, Tommy and his friends fear Santa breaking into their homes after hearing from others about his M.O. That crisis aside, Tommy and the gang try to get to the North Pole with their broken toys in 'The Blizzard.' This inevitable Christmas special deserves to be one of those seasonal classics from the animated world. --Tom Keogh
Editorial Product Review: :With snowball fights, snow angels, and a trek to the North Pole, this is the perfect tape to motivate your youngster to get bundled up and go outdoors into the snow. In 'Snowball Fight,' Father Bear frowns over the family budget until Little Bear lures him outdoors for a snowy match. In the particularly charming tale 'Winter Solstice,' Emily and her grandmother join the extended Bear family in placing food in a tree for snow angels while singing the catchy song 'Loves Winter.' Later, ...
Editorial Product Review: :The babies are back for three timely tales, one full-length episode and two shorter ones. In 'Curse of the Werewuff,' Angelica explains Halloween to the little ones, but--as usual--goes too far. They look forward to trick-or-treating but are concerned that whatever they dress up as, they'll 'turn into for real.' Chuckie doesn't want to be a 'werewuff' the rest of his life! The night before the big day, he has a dream about that very thing. In 'Ghost Story' the gang gathers to tell ...
Editorial Product Review: :It's Chanukah the Rugrats way: Tommy the Macabee, an ancient idol named Cynthia (isn't that the name of Angelica's favorite doll?), and Stu's own turbo-charged menorah, which promises to bring down the house in every sense. This very good holiday special will certainly satisfy Rugrats fans, but also has crossover appeal to anyone looking for a very funny holiday program. --Tom Keogh
Editorial Product Review: :Just as A Bug's Life was a computer-animated comedy inspired by Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, the funny and often enthralling Ice Age is a digital re-imagining of the Western Three Godfathers. The heroes of this unofficial remake (set 20,000 years ago, during the titular Paleolithic era) are a taciturn mastodon named Manfred (voiced by Ray Romano), an annoying sloth named Sid (John Leguizamo), and a duplicitous saber-toothed tiger, Diego (Denis Leary). The unlikely team encounters a dying, human mother who relinquishes her chirpy ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:To Little Bear, nighttime is a mysterious time. Monsters begin to bounce around, bedbugs come out to bite and staying up all night seems simple. Contains four episodes: Under the Covers, The Campfire Tale, Up All Night and Night fo the Full Moon.
Editorial Product Review: :Fans of Madeline in New York (1998) should rejoice at the opportunity to join Madeline for further adventures in the Big Apple. The fun begins when their New York pen pals invite the French schoolgirls to spend Halloween with them. The collection consists of two episodes: 'Madeline's Halloween' and 'Madeline and the Spider Lady.' In the first, Miss Clavel takes all 24 girls out for trick-or-treating in the big city. When they return home, Madeline finds a pair of spider-shaped earrings at the bottom ...
Editorial Product Review: :This frantically energetic show from the hit animation series--certainly best appreciated by little kids who can keep up with it--focuses on Thanksgiving festivities at the Pickles house. Besides the usual holiday traditions of nonstop football on television and bickering, there's a problem when a real live turkey shows up at the door, and the kids conspire to keep it from ending up on the dinner table. If you can wire yourself to this highly charged program, there are good laughs and lessons in it ...
Editorial Product Review: :At the drive-in, the diaper set learns their beloved Reptar has turned to evil in his latest movie. So while Grandpa's distracted by his war film on one screen, the kids leap into the action on the other. When refrigerator magnets stick to the once-friendly Godzilla clone, the kids figure out the reason why a gleeful Angelica has declared that Reptar has 'turned naughty.' The manipulative kindergartner has created a metal replica to carry out her devious plans. But Tommy and Chuckie and their ...
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