DVD REVIEW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Paramount Home Entertainment

Release Date: 16/02/15
Publisher:  Paramount Home Entertainment

SYNOPSIS:

Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O'Neil and her cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan.


REVIEW:

As a fan of the early Turtles cartoon it was pretty cool to hear that it was back for my nephew’s generation as a three d animation and whilst I missed the old villain characters like Beebop and Rocksteady, the new series had their own set of villains for the heroes to deal with.

So having been a fan of the Transformers franchise, when I heard Michael Bay was having a hand in dealing with the new film I thought it should be a pretty solid offering that would be fun for all. Yet originally upon release all I heard were negatives. It worried me and put me off, after all the cast looked solid enough, so I thought it could only be something to do with the script.

So when the DVD came out, I was lucky enough to get a review copy and settled myself in not expecting too much from this new release but actually I was pretty sold within the first few minutes. I liked the way that they poked fun at other hero franchises, loved the way that April O’Neal came across as the still sassy reporter and when added to the over villainy of William Fichtner really worked well for me.

All round a film that whilst not an Oscar winner, was something that not only entertained me but also gave me a good laugh, definitely worth watching with your kids and for me is something I look forward to watching with my nephews. Cowabunga.

DVD FORTHCOMING REVIEWS: Dracula Untold and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Hail Mighty Readers and Followers of the Calloused Thumbs,
Today we reveal two films that are coming out shortly that we've chosen to review and we're getting pretty excited.  Lady Eleanor is grabbing the popcorn, I'm grabbing the drinks and we're preparing for a couple of nights of high screen entertainment.


 The first film that we'll be reviewing is the forthcoming Dracula Untold:

which is released on DVD, Blu-Ray on 9th February.

The second which we're currently awaiting confrimation on is the new Michael Bay Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which is released on DVD and Blu-Ray on 16th February:

We hope you'll join us soon to see what we think of these two films.




Gareth and Lady Eleanor

DVD REVIEW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutagen Mayhem: Season 2 Vol 1 - Paramount Home Entertainment

Release Date: 31/03/14
Publisher:  Paramount Home Entertainment

SYNOPSIS:

The first five episodes from the second series of the children's CGI-animated cartoon tracing the origins of the sewer-dwelling, superhero foursome Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo. The episodes are: 'The Mutation Situation', 'Follow the Leader', 'Invasion of the Squirrelanoids', 'Mutagen Man Unleashed' and 'Mickey Gets Shellacne'.


REVIEW:

OK, I’m of the generation that remembers these half-shell heroes originally and lets be honest, they were damn awesome way back in the 90’s. So with the new film coming out in August, I wanted to see what our favourite ninja’s were to the new generation (and I ended up watching this with my nephews.) What occurs within is a tale of pure kickass action and whilst the animation has gone over to CG these days, its something that not only entertained the nephews but myself as well whilst I got introduced to the brand new villains that weren’t about from the old days.

All round I was more than entertained and lets be honest, if you’re younger family members are looking forward to the new film as much as my lot are, these new series DVD’s may well save your sanity as well as help to educate you in all things turtle.

All in a great bit of fun and for £7 you can have a lot of peace of mind. Well worth it.