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"In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." In 1939, Ludwig Bemelmans began writing stories about a group of girls in a school in Paris, foremost among whom was the irrepressible Madeline. In the 1990s these wonderful stories were animated (and narrated by Christopher Plummer), producing a series of cartoons that are certain to be considered classics for many years to come.

This DVD contains two 25-minute features. In Madeline's Christmas, disaster strikes when everyone in the school except Madeline is struck down with a bad cold, and a heavy snowstorm strikes Paris, keeping the parents from coming for a party. However, when a special friend comes to the school, she shows Madeline that she must keep her wishes alive, for anything can happen at Christmas. In Madeline and the Toy Factory, a visit to a toy factory turns into a real adventure when the ever-energetic Madeline falls onto a conveyor belt, and is boxed up and sent out as a doll. Arriving in the home of Gizelle, a sickly girl with no friends, Madeline discovers that it can be fun being a doll, and even more fun being a friend.

My family and I love this DVD; the stories are wonderful, and funny. We consider this a great purchase. If I have one complaint against this DVD, it is that it has no "extras"; there are the two episodes and a short commercial for the other DVDs, and that is all. However, as this DVD is so reasonably priced, I would not let that stand in your way. This is a great DVD to share with the children in your life; buy it!

I loved these movies for several reasons. First of all, these movies have the same quality as all the Madeline cartoons, and secondly, I loved the lessons that they taught. This is an excellent DVD.

In 1971, Mel Stuart directed a hilarious musical fantasy entitled "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", based upon the 1964 children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" written by Roald Dahl (1916-1990), who also wrote "James and the Giant Peach" in 1961. The story is about a little boy named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) who works as a paperboy to help his impoverished & widowed mother (Diana Sowle) pay their expenses by working as a paperboy. Living with Charlie and his mother are all four of his grandparents: Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson, 1907-1981), Grandma Georgina (Dora Altmann, 1881-1971), Grandpa George (Ernst Ziegler, 1895-1980) and Grandma Josephine (Franziska Liebing, 1900-2000); none of which have gotten out of bed for twenty years. In the same town where Charlie lives is the famous chocolate factory owned by Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder). One day while Charlie is in school with his strange schoolteacher, Mr. Turkentine (David Battley, 1935-2003), a momentous announcement is made: Willy Wonka has started a contest to win a lifetime supply of chocolate. The entire world becomes crazed with finding the five hidden golden tickets that are hidden in five Wonka chocolate bars. Only the bearer of a golden ticket will have the opportunity to enter the mysterious chocolate factory and obtain the lifetime supply of chocolate. Various children from around the globe find the golden tickets, including Charlie to the amazement of his family. The winning children, and their accompanying adults, enter the most fantastic place that any of them have ever seen; but none of them could have imagined what their actions could merit. The other four children and their accompanying adults include the selfishly whiney Veruca Salt (Julie Dawn Cole), Mr. Henry Salt (Roy Kinnear), the conceited Violet Beauregarde (Denise Nickerson), Mr. Sam Beauregarde (Leonard Stone), the television-addicted Mike Teevee (Paris Themmen), Mrs. Teevee (Nora 'Dodo' Denney), the gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Michael Bollner) and Mrs. Gloop (Ursula Reit).

Memorable scenes in the film include children enjoying the delights of Bill the Candyman's (Aubrey Woods) candy store, Henry Salt's employees searching for a golden ticket, Willy Wonka's first appearance, the edible fantasy room, the invention room, the soda pop room, the golden geese room, the events in Willy Wonka's office and the amazing Wonka-vator. Other memorable characters include Arthur Slugworth (Günter Meisner, 1926-1994), The Tinker (Peter Capell, 1912-1986, newspaper-stand owner Mr. Jopeck (Werner Heyking) and the many Oompa Loompas played by several actors including George Claydon and Marcus Powell, who respectively played "Strutter" and "Horseflesh" in the 1981 film "Time Bandits". The film's very memorable songs were nominated for Best Original Music by the Academy Awards. Each of the songs, along with with my ranking for each, are listed below:

* "The Candyman" (5, performed by Aubrey Woods).
* "Cheer-up, Charlie (5, performed by Diane Sowle).
* "(I've Got a) Golden Ticket" (5+, performed by Peter Ostrum & Jack Albertson).
* "Pure Imagination" (5++, performed by Gene Wilder).
* "Oompa Loompa" (5, performed by the Oompa Loompas).
* "Wonderous Boat Ride" (5+, performed by Gene Wilder)
* "Everlasting Gobstoppers/Oompa Loompa", (5, performed by the Oompa Loompas).
* "I Want It Now/Oompa Loompa", (5, performed by Julie Dawn Cole and the Oompa Loompas).
* "Wonkamobile, Wonkavision/Oompa Loompa", (4.5, performed by Gene Wilder and the Oompa Loompas).

Overall, I rate the classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" with a resounding 5 out of 5 stars. It's a wonderful film that both children and adults alike can watch many times without becoming tiresome, and the film itself is by no means dated. Both the dialog and plot were brilliantly executed and each of the many actors in the film did superb jobs in their roles, especially Gene Wilder. If any producer attempted to film a remake of this film, I couldn't imagine anyone other than Gene Wilder in the role of Willy Wonka.

This DVD is the only one I have seen where the "bonus" stuff is actually worthwhile, and not just a rip off ploy to get more of your money. The documentary is great, the running commentary is fascinating--both are even better than the actual movie!

Ive noticed that the boat ride scene in Willy Wonka is catching alot of negative flak from reviewers, many calling for it to be removed. Im tired of folks always wanting to censor and remove anything that can be remotely construed as offensive or damaging to children. Although its a scary scene, I saw this as a child and was not traumatized by it, maybe your kids are just wussies! I believe the scene was shot to add a dimension of danger to Wonka's world and truth be told, a dose of fear in children is healthy, not the kind of violent axe murderer stuff but the old fashioned fear of death or the unknown. Fear keeps kids in line and lets them know there are boundaries and repercussions, not everything in life is peachy keen and chocolate covered. I dont think the boat ride scene was made to scare the crap out of kids but just as a psychedilic freak out, it gets their minds working. Its a magical, mysterious, bizarre scene that is true Hollywood magic and Im glad to find that its still included despite the controlling, revisionist, sissyphied parents of today who want to shelter their kids from everyting and end up creating their own monsters who fear nothing, worry about nothing, and care about nothing. On another note, Gene Wilder is just fantastic in this movie, one of the all time best characters ever!

In 1971, Mel Stuart directed a hilarious musical fantasy entitled "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", based upon the 1964 children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" written by Roald Dahl (1916-1990), who also wrote "James and the Giant Peach" in 1961. The story is about a little boy named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) who works as a paperboy to help his impoverished & widowed mother (Diana Sowle) pay their expenses by working as a paperboy. Living with Charlie and his mother are all four of his grandparents: Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson, 1907-1981), Grandma Georgina (Dora Altmann, 1881-1971), Grandpa George (Ernst Ziegler, 1895-1980) and Grandma Josephine (Franziska Liebing, 1900-2000); none of which have gotten out of bed for twenty years. In the same town where Charlie lives is the famous chocolate factory owned by Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder). One day while Charlie is in school with his strange schoolteacher, Mr. Turkentine (David Battley, 1935-2003), a momentous announcement is made: Willy Wonka has started a contest to win a lifetime supply of chocolate. The entire world becomes crazed with finding the five hidden golden tickets that are hidden in five Wonka chocolate bars. Only the bearer of a golden ticket will have the opportunity to enter the mysterious chocolate factory and obtain the lifetime supply of chocolate. Various children from around the globe find the golden tickets, including Charlie to the amazement of his family. The winning children, and their accompanying adults, enter the most fantastic place that any of them have ever seen; but none of them could have imagined what their actions could merit. The other four children and their accompanying adults include the selfishly whiney Veruca Salt (Julie Dawn Cole), Mr. Henry Salt (Roy Kinnear), the conceited Violet Beauregarde (Denise Nickerson), Mr. Sam Beauregarde (Leonard Stone), the television-addicted Mike Teevee (Paris Themmen), Mrs. Teevee (Nora 'Dodo' Denney), the gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Michael Bollner) and Mrs. Gloop (Ursula Reit).

Memorable scenes in the film include children enjoying the delights of Bill the Candyman's (Aubrey Woods) candy store, Henry Salt's employees searching for a golden ticket, Willy Wonka's first appearance, the edible fantasy room, the invention room, the soda pop room, the golden geese room, the events in Willy Wonka's office and the amazing Wonka-vator. Other memorable characters include Arthur Slugworth (Günter Meisner, 1926-1994), The Tinker (Peter Capell, 1912-1986, newspaper-stand owner Mr. Jopeck (Werner Heyking) and the many Oompa Loompas played by several actors including George Claydon and Marcus Powell, who respectively played "Strutter" and "Horseflesh" in the 1981 film "Time Bandits". The film's very memorable songs were nominated for Best Original Music by the Academy Awards. Each of the songs, along with with my ranking for each, are listed below:

* "The Candyman" (5, performed by Aubrey Woods).
* "Cheer-up, Charlie (5, performed by Diane Sowle).
* "(I've Got a) Golden Ticket" (5+, performed by Peter Ostrum & Jack Albertson).
* "Pure Imagination" (5++, performed by Gene Wilder).
* "Oompa Loompa" (5, performed by the Oompa Loompas).
* "Wonderous Boat Ride" (5+, performed by Gene Wilder)
* "Everlasting Gobstoppers/Oompa Loompa", (5, performed by the Oompa Loompas).
* "I Want It Now/Oompa Loompa", (5, performed by Julie Dawn Cole and the Oompa Loompas).
* "Wonkamobile, Wonkavision/Oompa Loompa", (4.5, performed by Gene Wilder and the Oompa Loompas).

Overall, I rate the classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" with a resounding 5 out of 5 stars. It's a wonderful film that both children and adults alike can watch many times without becoming tiresome, and the film itself is by no means dated. Both the dialog and plot were brilliantly executed and each of the many actors in the film did superb jobs in their roles, especially Gene Wilder. If any producer attempted to film a remake of this film, I couldn't imagine anyone other than Gene Wilder in the role of Willy Wonka.

This DVD is the only one I have seen where the "bonus" stuff is actually worthwhile, and not just a rip off ploy to get more of your money. The documentary is great, the running commentary is fascinating--both are even better than the actual movie!

Ive noticed that the boat ride scene in Willy Wonka is catching alot of negative flak from reviewers, many calling for it to be removed. Im tired of folks always wanting to censor and remove anything that can be remotely construed as offensive or damaging to children. Although its a scary scene, I saw this as a child and was not traumatized by it, maybe your kids are just wussies! I believe the scene was shot to add a dimension of danger to Wonka's world and truth be told, a dose of fear in children is healthy, not the kind of violent axe murderer stuff but the old fashioned fear of death or the unknown. Fear keeps kids in line and lets them know there are boundaries and repercussions, not everything in life is peachy keen and chocolate covered. I dont think the boat ride scene was made to scare the crap out of kids but just as a psychedilic freak out, it gets their minds working. Its a magical, mysterious, bizarre scene that is true Hollywood magic and Im glad to find that its still included despite the controlling, revisionist, sissyphied parents of today who want to shelter their kids from everyting and end up creating their own monsters who fear nothing, worry about nothing, and care about nothing. On another note, Gene Wilder is just fantastic in this movie, one of the all time best characters ever!

In 1971, Mel Stuart directed a hilarious musical fantasy entitled "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", based upon the 1964 children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" written by Roald Dahl (1916-1990), who also wrote "James and the Giant Peach" in 1961. The story is about a little boy named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) who works as a paperboy to help his impoverished & widowed mother (Diana Sowle) pay their expenses by working as a paperboy. Living with Charlie and his mother are all four of his grandparents: Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson, 1907-1981), Grandma Georgina (Dora Altmann, 1881-1971), Grandpa George (Ernst Ziegler, 1895-1980) and Grandma Josephine (Franziska Liebing, 1900-2000); none of which have gotten out of bed for twenty years. In the same town where Charlie lives is the famous chocolate factory owned by Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder). One day while Charlie is in school with his strange schoolteacher, Mr. Turkentine (David Battley, 1935-2003), a momentous announcement is made: Willy Wonka has started a contest to win a lifetime supply of chocolate. The entire world becomes crazed with finding the five hidden golden tickets that are hidden in five Wonka chocolate bars. Only the bearer of a golden ticket will have the opportunity to enter the mysterious chocolate factory and obtain the lifetime supply of chocolate. Various children from around the globe find the golden tickets, including Charlie to the amazement of his family. The winning children, and their accompanying adults, enter the most fantastic place that any of them have ever seen; but none of them could have imagined what their actions could merit. The other four children and their accompanying adults include the selfishly whiney Veruca Salt (Julie Dawn Cole), Mr. Henry Salt (Roy Kinnear), the conceited Violet Beauregarde (Denise Nickerson), Mr. Sam Beauregarde (Leonard Stone), the television-addicted Mike Teevee (Paris Themmen), Mrs. Teevee (Nora 'Dodo' Denney), the gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Michael Bollner) and Mrs. Gloop (Ursula Reit).

Memorable scenes in the film include children enjoying the delights of Bill the Candyman's (Aubrey Woods) candy store, Henry Salt's employees searching for a golden ticket, Willy Wonka's first appearance, the edible fantasy room, the invention room, the soda pop room, the golden geese room, the events in Willy Wonka's office and the amazing Wonka-vator. Other memorable characters include Arthur Slugworth (Günter Meisner, 1926-1994), The Tinker (Peter Capell, 1912-1986, newspaper-stand owner Mr. Jopeck (Werner Heyking) and the many Oompa Loompas played by several actors including George Claydon and Marcus Powell, who respectively played "Strutter" and "Horseflesh" in the 1981 film "Time Bandits". The film's very memorable songs were nominated for Best Original Music by the Academy Awards. Each of the songs, along with with my ranking for each, are listed below:

* "The Candyman" (5, performed by Aubrey Woods).
* "Cheer-up, Charlie (5, performed by Diane Sowle).
* "(I've Got a) Golden Ticket" (5+, performed by Peter Ostrum & Jack Albertson).
* "Pure Imagination" (5++, performed by Gene Wilder).
* "Oompa Loompa" (5, performed by the Oompa Loompas).
* "Wonderous Boat Ride" (5+, performed by Gene Wilder)
* "Everlasting Gobstoppers/Oompa Loompa", (5, performed by the Oompa Loompas).
* "I Want It Now/Oompa Loompa", (5, performed by Julie Dawn Cole and the Oompa Loompas).
* "Wonkamobile, Wonkavision/Oompa Loompa", (4.5, performed by Gene Wilder and the Oompa Loompas).

Overall, I rate the classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" with a resounding 5 out of 5 stars. It's a wonderful film that both children and adults alike can watch many times without becoming tiresome, and the film itself is by no means dated. Both the dialog and plot were brilliantly executed and each of the many actors in the film did superb jobs in their roles, especially Gene Wilder. If any producer attempted to film a remake of this film, I couldn't imagine anyone other than Gene Wilder in the role of Willy Wonka.

This DVD is the only one I have seen where the "bonus" stuff is actually worthwhile, and not just a rip off ploy to get more of your money. The documentary is great, the running commentary is fascinating--both are even better than the actual movie!

Ive noticed that the boat ride scene in Willy Wonka is catching alot of negative flak from reviewers, many calling for it to be removed. Im tired of folks always wanting to censor and remove anything that can be remotely construed as offensive or damaging to children. Although its a scary scene, I saw this as a child and was not traumatized by it, maybe your kids are just wussies! I believe the scene was shot to add a dimension of danger to Wonka's world and truth be told, a dose of fear in children is healthy, not the kind of violent axe murderer stuff but the old fashioned fear of death or the unknown. Fear keeps kids in line and lets them know there are boundaries and repercussions, not everything in life is peachy keen and chocolate covered. I dont think the boat ride scene was made to scare the crap out of kids but just as a psychedilic freak out, it gets their minds working. Its a magical, mysterious, bizarre scene that is true Hollywood magic and Im glad to find that its still included despite the controlling, revisionist, sissyphied parents of today who want to shelter their kids from everyting and end up creating their own monsters who fear nothing, worry about nothing, and care about nothing. On another note, Gene Wilder is just fantastic in this movie, one of the all time best characters ever!

This movie was o.k I guess after all, I have definitely seen worse. However, I really didn't feel like this was a real enough depiction of a prison drama. I thought it was too watered down. Come on, everybody knows that prison is no playground like they tried to make it seem. And, there certainly is no veteran inmate waiting there to take you up under his wing like Willem Dafoe did Edward Furlong. Prison is a lot more brutal than they showed me in this movie. Willem Dafoe is the only reason I took the time out to entertain the thought of watching this movie (nothing against Edward Furlong). I couldn't even recognize Mickey Rourke, and Tom Arnold was pathetic. At some points in this movie I actually wondered were they intentionally making a mockery out of prison films in general because it just seemed so false. To top it off, towards the middle to the end I kinda got bored with it to be honest.

This movie was o.k I guess after all, I have definitely seen worse. However, I really didn't feel like this was a real enough depiction of a prison drama. I thought it was too watered down. Come on, everybody knows that prison is no playground like they tried to make it seem. And, there certainly is no veteran inmate waiting there to take you up under his wing like Willem Dafoe did Edward Furlong. Prison is a lot more brutal than they showed me in this movie. Willem Dafoe is the only reason I took the time out to entertain the thought of watching this movie (nothing against Edward Furlong). I couldn't even recognize Mickey Rourke, and Tom Arnold was weak. At some points in this movie I actually wondered were they intentionally making a mockery out of prison films in general because it just seemed so false. To top it off, towards the middle to the end I kinda got bored with it to be honest.

Yet another prison movie with a very basic "plot": Eddie Furlong is jailed on marijuana charges and is taken under the wing of fellow inmate Willem Dafoe (in another excellent performance) as his protege. The movie is directed by actor Steve Buscemi; who also has a cameo. ANIMAL FACTORY is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Buscemi's RESERVOIR DOGS costar Eddie Bunker. As with almost all prison movies the objective is to escape from the place. One famous sequence from Peckinpah's THE GETAWAY is even ripped off at the movie's climax- and undermines what is otherwise a first class prison flick. Yet another seemingly tacked-on ending.
There were a couple of inspired scenes which appealed to my warped sensibilities: Dafoe and Furlong having a conversation via toilet during their placement in solitary confinement; and the tasteful scene where Dafoe slits his wrists, sprays blood all over himself and eats his own doodoo. Nice.
Tom Arnold also stands out as a hillbilly who wants to get chummy with Eddie, and scariest of all, Mickey Rourke "as you've never seen him before" as Jan The Transexual. It would be better for most film fans if we never see him again, and yup, Mickster gets to say his favourite compound word. His mother must be very proud of him.

If your a fear factory fan than this DVD is your best bet, but I was a little dissapointed that the footage was taken from other live shows. It would have been nice to see them jam on one live performece but none the less its a good buy. From a serious metal head's perspective,pick up the sepultura chaos DVD or live cannibalism DVD you will get hours of metal meyhem

Over ten years ago Fear Factory dropped a bomb on the metal world, and it's never been the same since. This is a MUST HAVE for any FF fan, hardcore or not. Over 80 min. of the band, from a bunch of live performances, to videos, to the guys talking about their history, and just jokin' around. The live stuff isn't the best ever, but I don't know why everyone always complains about the audio on bands live performances? The live songs on this are fine, I didn't even really notice if some of them were a little scratchy. When you're a fan, you put up with the little imperfections. This is an excellent DVD, no matter what anyone may say. WELL worth the money, you won't be disappointed. Truly, one of the greatest metal bands of all time, from their beginning to their untimely demise, these guys where in a class of their own! This is the real breed baby, you just don't hear stuff like this anymore:( There will never be another...FF forever!

I've read that a lot people didn't like this dvd because of bad audio quality. This only made me want it even more, and let me tell you, it's worth it! A couple of highlights are the onstage performances, music videos, and footage of the band on the road(very humorous!!!) No one can deny how good this is, this dvd is for any Fear Factory fan. Don't forget to check out their albums-Soul Of A New Machine, Demanufacture, Obsolete, and Digimortal, and the album that got them signed, Concrete, coming July 30th, 2002.

From the front and back of the DVD I was expecting to see a movie that was going to scare the living hell out of me..but alas I was very disappointed.
A bunch of stupid horny kids are tossed into this old factory for a little secret party freaky deaky action and all of a sudden this wild woman crazed out of her mind from this government chemical virus turns the kids night of orgy fun into an all you can eat buffet.
I do however, offer a golf clap to Tiffany Shepis playing Alexa, the blood thirsty beast of a woman. The last indie film I was in, had me sucking down tons of the corn syrup blood capsules and as Tiff can probably attest to, they don't taste like cherries like the box advertises.

Also, an interesting choice of clothing for our man-eating beast..kneepads and a thong.. she looked to me more like an extra from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome than a modern horror flick.

There was more blood in this flick than most horror films. Blood pouring out of every human orifice..you have to love it when the beast goes right for the man's groin when he calls her a b!tch.. But I think they spent a little too much time on each kill, taking the shock factor out of the attack. Sure when the beast comes out of nowhere and starts tearing out your throat we gasp, but let the guy fall and die already!

It's quite obvious that this film had absolutely no budget, save for dollars needed to buy the buckets and buckets of cherry flavored goodness they used for blood.

This film is like a low budget porn meets slasher flick. It was a good idea for a film, but you need so much more than an idea to make a good film. I gave this film 2 stars in honor of the cast. As a struggling actress myself, I know that you are happy to take ANY role offered you! I would have signed on to do this film in a second, but here's some advice to the cast. When and if you ever really make it...please drop this film from your resume!

You know, there are certain bad things you must expect from a film like this. I don't get why people rent these type of movies and then totally trash on things like the bad acting, horrible story line, the bad camera work, and the all horror movie cliches. That is to be expected from films like these. Low budget horror movies have formed into a sub-genre of traditional horror movies and if these films didn't include all the bad acting, horrible story line, the bad camera work, and all the horror movie cliches, they would betray their own sub-genre and go against the real intent of why films like these are made. Films like "Death Factory" aren't meant to touch your heart and soul. Films like "Death Factory" are supposed to be low budget, politically incorrect, immoral, and full of more blood and violence than films produced for the big screen. This is a straight-to-video blood and guts film targeted to fans of the low-budget horror film sub-genre who raise no expectations and enjoy the film for what it is worth, and not for what should be expected of it. Moving on, what I liked about "Death Factory" was how good the killer Alexa looked. They did a great job on making her brutal but sexy at the same time. And the 2 minute killing sequences were pretty brutal and worked nicely. The story twist at the end provided some emotional character attachment to Alexa with the viewer, making the ending much more interesting. This is why I give this movie 3 stars. To the people who expect all films to have the best of everything, my 3 star rating probably seems like an insanely high rating for a film like this, but you have to realize that these films aren't made for the people that expect every movie ever made to be Academy Award winning material, and nothing short of that or it's a disappointing film, but are made for the people that appreciate films like these who aren't distracted by the supposed standards of high-budget films.