Beauty and the Beast: I am not going to make excuses for my pick of film Disney Animated Musicals are some of the best films around, and ?Beauty and the Beast? is one of my favourites especially on those cold windy raining days when going out does not seem favourable curl up on the couch with a loved one and put this on. I know what you are thinking how did a teenage boy come to have such a soft spot for Disney Animated Musical films and to be honest it was not my fault. My sister?s boyfriend?s little brother wanted to see ?Lion King? and her being older then me she wouldn?t go so they gave me all ...  Read the complete review

As we are just four weeks away from visiting Disneyland Paris I decided it would be a good time to introduce my children to some Disney classics. My children are already familiar with the characters with them being referenced in so many of the new cartoons, and so I thought it would be nice for them to watch the films I enjoyed as a young child. One of the first my daughter wanted to see was Beauty and the beast. Plot Belle is an ordinary girl that is getting on with her day to day life. She is constantly being pursued by the towns heart throb but shows no interest for him and wishes she could be somewhere else. One day Belle's father stumbles ...  Read the complete review

A young prince living alone in the castle has a spell cast upon him by a beautiful enchantress when he sends away an old beggar woman because of her appearance - he's transformed into a Beast and a spell is cast upon the castle and all those who live in it, until he can learn to love and be loved in returned. Belle lives with her inventor father Maurice in a small French town, but she doesn't feel like she fits in. She loves reading and spending time with her family, but has no friends. She's also forever batting away the flirting of arrogant hunk Gaston, who wants to make Belle his wife. When her father ends up trapped as a prisoner at the Beast's castle, Belle ...  Read the complete review

As I seem to be on a role with reviewing films I figured I would carry on, plus as I am skint before payday all I seem to be doing at the moment is going through my film collection and Beauty and The Beast was one of my picks last weekend. I love the Disney films and was brought up on them as a child. As the classics are being released on DVD/Blu-ray I am buying them as I would love to be able to show them all to my kids some day. Beauty and the Beast was released in 1991 and was the 30th film in Disney's Classic Series and written by Linda Woolverton. The film is based on the fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont - "La Belle et la Bete". ...  Read the complete review

In the run up to Christmas this year, all my boyfriend heard about was how much I NEEDED Beauty and the Beast on DVD. He had been warned that I would not speak to him if it was not in my pile of presents on Christmas day! So when I unwrapped the 'Collector's Diamond Edition' on Christmas day I was over the moon! My review is mainly on the special features of this edition. == Beauty and the Beast == As far as I am concerned, everyone must know this story! But just incase you don't.... The story starts with a prince who has refused an old woman shelter in his castle so she curses an enchanted rose and turns the prince into ...  Read the complete review