A brief sojourn in suburban misery and Harry is back for his third year at Hogwarts, a year that will turn out to be no less of a life-threatening adventure than the previous two. Harry discovers that Sirius Black, a man he believes is in league with his arch-enemy, has escaped from prison and talk at the school is that Sirius is determined to hunt Harry down and finish the job his mentor started. 'Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban' has all the blemishless CGI we have come to expect, alon find out more...

Jackanory goes high-tech in these two CGI children's tales: In �Muddle Earth' life is about to change beyond recognition for schoolboy Joe Jefferson and his dog Henry. Joe has been summoned to Muddle Earth, where ogres roam and budgies never stop yakking, by a wizard, Randalf the Wise, who thinks he is a warrior-hero. find out more...

More Miyazaki magic (the creator of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and The Castle In The Sky) at last available for us Brits to indulge in. Once again, the world he creates is infused with a realism that borders on the photographic in its detail that makes the fantastical elements of the story strangely believable. Kiki is a young witch who has moved from the country to a seaside town as part of her supernatural work experience. She starts the eponymous delivery service and thus begins her edu find out more...

A beautiful elaboration of a Senegalese folk tale; Kirikou summons himself from his mother's womb, only 10 cms tall, but walking, talking, questioning and quickly setting out on a quest to defeat the wicked sorceress who has cursed his people. Kirikou is a beautifully rendered tale with African art as its benchmark and using a flat two-dimensional look. A delight for the children and one that us older, saggier ones can enjoy as well. find out more...

A proto-structuralist text which reveals and deconstructs the deep fissures in the facade of Victorian middle-class society and culturally constructed sexual roles. Dick Van Dyke's terrible British accent and the clever use of non-naturalistic background shows its Brechtian credentials. find out more...

A dreamworks re-interpretation of the Sinbad legend sees our smart mouthed lethario, a drooling hound and a handy princess on an adventure to save his best friend from the Goddess of Chaos. A slick and pacey animated adventure, even if the original plethora of gods and godesses has been reinvented. find out more...

 

From celebrated French animator, Michel Ocelot (Kirikou, Azur and Asmar). Tales of the Night is set in a little cinema where three storytellers meet every night to act out various tales set in forests and c find out more...

Two young children living with their widowed mother on the large estate of a derelict mansion meet two young ghosts killed in a terrible fire at the house over a hundred years ago. Together the young scamps team up to discover the dark mystery that surrounds the ghosts' deaths and right the wrongs that were done. The Amazing Mr Blunden is a great classic children's adventure taken from Antonia Barber's spooky novel. find out more...

Someone is taking the Doctor's past selves out of time and space and placing them in a vast wilderness, a battle arena with a sinister tower at its centre. As 5 incarnations of the Doctor join forces, they learn they are in the Death Zone on their home world of Gallifrey, fighting Daleks, Cybermen and a traitorous Time Lord. Originally made to celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary of Doctor Who, this new version of the story features extended scenes and new special effects, largely tweaks to some find out more...

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