"Director: Gary Selvaggio"

• All Dogs Christmas Carol | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (37.50%)   |  RRP £7.99

  An All Dogs Christmas Carol is another straight-to-video sequel of a so-so animated film. The original 1989 All Dogs Go to Heaven was hardly inspired but contained expert Don Bluth animation and the amusing voices of Burt Reynolds and his gang. Now Steven Weber voices the animated mutt Charlie who is still palling around with the same gang through three movies and an animated series. Here the arch villain, Carface (Ernest Borgnine), gets the traditional Dickens treatment of being visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. The opening number, "When I Hear a Christmas Carol", is a good start, but soon TV-ish animation and the low humour becomes wearing. Kids who like the earlier Dog efforts won't be disappointed, but the entire series can hardly be defined as great entertainment. The saving grace is the foolproof Christmas Carol visitations. --Doug Thomas

• Babes in Toyland/ All Dogs Christmas Carol/ Olive the Other Reindeer Triple Pack | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Babes In Toyland:Its two days before Christmas, and the Toyland Toy factory has just recieved its biggest order ever, but the evil Barnaby, who doesn't believe in toys, has plans to shut the factory down and spoil the holiday for everyone. Now its upto Toyland's most recent arrivals, young Jack and his sister Jill, to help their newfound friends Tom Tailor, Mairy Lamb, Humpty Dumpty and the rest of Toyland stop Barnaby's plot and save christmas.Olive The Other Reindeer:When Santa is in trouble, Olive the reindeer, who is actually a kind-hearted dog, and her friend Martin the Penguin head for the North Pole. However, an evil mailman has other plans for Santa this year and it's going to be quite an adventure for Olive!All Dogs Christmas Carol:It's shaping up to be a wonderful Christmas for all the precious pooches at the Flea Bite Cafe. There's shining packages, sparking decorations, and even a hefty donation fund for Timmy, the lovable little pup who's in need of an operation. But the festivities and good will don't mean anything to Carface, a big bully of a bulldog. Carface doesn't like Christmas. In fact, he even hates it. And together with his bad dog bullies, he's come up with a plan to ruin it - for everybody! But that's when Charlie and Itchy step in and - with a little divine intervention - devise a brilliant plan of their own to save Christmas and transform Carface from a holiday humbug to a bonafide Yuletide hero!