a racing zebra??

Advantages: great film
Disadvantages: n/a

...I watched this film one Sunday afternoon and I could not believe that I had not seen it before this was a great children's film and was very entertaining. Just when you think your eyes are deceiving you yes it really is, it's a Zebra and he is really cute. This film like all animal films has animals that can talk. The film begins when a travelling circus accidently leaves a zebra in Kentucky on a miserable stormy night. The zebra is later found by Nolan Walsh played by Bruce Greenwood, a horse trainer who's given up his job after a riding accident killed his wife, his daughter Channing played by Hayden Panettiere who wants to be a jockey like her mum when she grows up, although her dad has other ideas for her, she decides to name the zebra Stripes who is voiced by Frankie Muniz. Stripes then grows up and as he lives near race...

jo_field26 14.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Racing Stripes (DVD)

The Sadness of Wearing Stripes

Advantages: Thought provoking
Disadvantages: Target age group unclear

...THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS This review is very difficult to write without giving away the story line, thus it is brief but hopefully contains enough detail without giving away the plot. *Storyline* Bruno, a twelve year old boy, lives with his twelve year old sister, whom he names "hopeless case", his mother and father. He lives in a large home in Berlin and is very content. He is an ordinary boy who enjoys spending time with his friends, winding up his sister and playing childhood games. However one day everything changes when he has to move to a smaller house in the country. Here, he is unhappy at first as there are no other children to play with until he meets a boy the same age and with the same birthday as him. However the contrast between the lives of these two boys could not be greater. The story explains how...

tiger645 18.09.2008 (20.09.2008) · Read review
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Review of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne

Go Faster Stripes

Advantages: Feelgood family fun
Disadvantages: It's very predictable

...Stripes is a young zebra accidentally left behind by a circus during a storm. He is adopted by kindly farmer Nolan Walsh and his daughter Channing and makes his home with the other farmyard animals. But what Stripes really wants is to be racehorse and with the help of his human and animal friends he strives to make his wish come true at the Kentucky Open. Belgian director Frederik Du Chau formerly made his living as an animator for Disney. Obviously their child-friendly ethics have rubbed off on him; choosing to direct this sentimental family film that takes Hans Christian Andersen?s ?Ugly Duckling? as inspiration. He eschews animation in favour of live action shenanigans with humanising voice-overs. Its closest film relatives are the ?Babe? movies, though there is less evidence of animatronics and technical jiggery-pokery here...

afy9mab 03.04.2005 · Read review
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Advantages: A wonderful book, an emotional story about the Holocaust
Disadvantages: classed as being fine for children to read,but im none too sure

...go with it. But Bruno`s Fathers promotion means that the family have to move to a new home in a place strangely named `Out With`. Bruno soon finds himself longing for the comfort of the friends and family that he has been forced to leave behind in Berlin. His sister is getting on with her life, but his parents always seem to be at odds with each other. Bruno in his naivety has no realisation of what is going on around him. The town of `Out With` is packed with soldiers and from his bedroom window he can see many people dressed in striped pyjamas standing beside a barbed wire fence. Bruno feels compelled to ask his Father who all of these people are, his Father responds, stating simply that they are not really people. Bruno is not allowed to explore, but he becomes restless and eventually e feels so cut off from life that he hedges...

Sarahjh1 22.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne

The Boy In Striped Pyjamas - A Child's Perspective.

Advantages: Superb acting and very well written.
Disadvantages: Sad, very sad...

...The Boy In Striped Pyjamas (2008) I first saw a trailer for this film in the cinema and wanted to watch it, but missed it and had to wait until it came out on dvd. I ordered it to rent from Lovefilm, but because of the nature of the film, somehow kept putting off watching it. Anyway, I sat down (prepared to cry) to watch it last night. What's it all about? The film is about the Holocaust and centres around the experience the war through the eyes of a German child, Bruno, living with his family. His father is a German Officer, who is directly involved in running a prison camp for Jews. He also lives with his mother and sister. His mother we discover is oblivious to what really goes on in the camp, that is directly at the back of their house. Bruno is lonely and bored, however he is full of adventurous spirit and sneaks...

LAURALILIA 11.06.2009 · Read review
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Advantages: Simple, wonderfully written
Disadvantages: Sad

...This is one of the best books that I have read in quite a while. I first seen it in Asda but as it was still in hardback and the sleeve didn't give much away I didn't buy it. Then just a few days later it appeared in my mam's copy of The Book People magazine. As it was cheaper than Asda (by a couple of pound) and the magazine hinted slightly towards what the story was about I decided to give it a go and so I bought it. And I'm so glad I did? "The story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on the jacket but in this case we think that would spoil the book. We think it is important that you start to read without knowing what it is about" The cover of the book. (I thought it was worth putting in as the book is hard to describe) The cover then goes on to mention that if...

bluejules 13.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne

No spots on these Stripes

Advantages: Brilliant family entertainment
Disadvantages: non

...Racing Stripes is a superb family movie, During a horrendous thunderstorm, a travelling circus, have trouble with the rope lashings on some of the trailers, amidst all the commotion a basket containing a young Zebra foul breaks free and is left in the road, The foal is discovered by horse trainer Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood) and is taken back to the stables where Nolan and his young daughter rear the foal, and name him Stripes. From the barn yard, the Zebra foal see's the horses from a racing yard, training for the prestigious Kentucky Open, and dreams of becoming a famous race horse himself, and maybe someday even winning the 'Open' himself. Stripes and all the other animals are brilliantly voiced over, by some of movies top names, such as Whoopi Goldberg and Dustin Hoffman. This is some of the best voice over I have ever...

dreamscancometrue 11.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Racing Stripes (DVD)

Maoam stripes - yum

Advantages: yummy , well packaged
Disadvantages: you'll be hiooked

...Maoam stripes to be honest I think I have been living under a rock when it comes to this product! I only had one for the first time the other day when someone brought them to work, now I can see why they are Haribo's top selling product ! They are really juicy chewy mini bars that are handy for snacking out and about. There are a few different flavours you can tell what they are by the fruit characters on the front. My particular favourite is the lemon and apple one yum yum! The characters on front are actually really amusing and provided myself and my work colleagues with a few giggles the other day! I think another thing that makes these little bars so popular is that there is not really A competitor out there, no one seems to have made a main stream copy - I am sure one of the supermarkets will eventually though, someone...

Tafdog01 17.08.2009 · Read review
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Ice Station Zebra -- unable to put it down

Advantages: A really entertaining read
Disadvantages: none

...First and foremost forget the film, it is unable to capture the humour and intensity fully. This is one of my favourite books, containing just the right mix of intrigue and humour, whilst running along at a great pace . We start off meeting the major characters very quickly, and a battle of wits starts immediately, between commander Swanson and crew of a US nuclear submarine and Dr Carpenter, sent from London to join the Sub on a special mission to trace a missing ice station named Zebra. (needless to say this may not be the whole truth) ! Now the story begins with lies, subterfuge, lies, sabbotage, lies, murder, lies,one of my favourite lines comes from this book and if you read it, its the one about I almost believed it myself. The story twists and turns with some great descriptives along the way to really bring you into the story...

iany 01.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Ice Station Zebra - Alistair MacLean

Fisher price bounce and spin zebra..... A bouncing spinning Zebra

Advantages: Keeps the little ones happy
Disadvantages: Annoying music, noisy..... but thats just us ;o) the kids will love it

...My little one had this for christmas last year and it's still going strong today so yes it is pretty durable and tough! It's a super cute bouncy spinning zebra, which plays (annoying ahhem*) music!! It came in a rather large, heavy box as I remember, but putting it together was a doddle (even for me!!!) The green base snaps together with each triange then forming a hexagon, it fits around the base of the zebra (I had to put his handles on too) and then thats pretty much it (there may have been some screws I can't remember). My little one has had hours of fun on it (so have the older two) but it seemed a lot smaller than I expected?? At £45 it wasn't cheap but it was one of his big presents so I didn't mind. I bought mine out of the christmas toy catalouge, but they are sold in argos and toysrus for roughly the same price. It...

jadiep890 11.10.2009 · Read review
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