Originally made for American TV, Switching Goals stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as super-identical twins who are actually total opposites. OK, it's not the freshest concept in the universe, but the teen divas (who also exec produce--as they did in their Passport to Paris) are an undeniable favourite with little girls. Here, they're Sam, the athletic one, and Emma, the ...
Disney loved to mix live action with animation (Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), but this 1977 effort falls on its face. The turn-of-the-century story concerns an orphaned boy whose only friend is a cartoon monster. While the latter is entertainingly rendered, the rest of the film strains to be enchanting and the cast overreaches in a big way. Not for anybody over the age of ...
The Tweenies are back for some more all-singing, all-dancing fun. This lively nursery is attended by four, multi-coloured children, with oversize shoes and large, happy faces--Bella, Milo, Fizz and Jake--and a large, fluffy red dog. Aimed at pre-teen children, from about age three, The Tweenies is popular BBC TV show that encourages activity and participation in the viewer. After the ...
Filmed at the London Arena, Tweenies Live captures all the energy and fun of the sell-out stage show. Jake, Milo, Bella and Fizz sing catchy songs, dance and play games--to the obvious and noisy delight of their young fans in the audience. The camera cuts from the action on stage to the excited "Tweenieboppers" in the crowd who clap, shout, sing, dance and even "moo" on cue. Doodles, ...