Anansi the Spider tries to trick Turtle into fishing for his dinner. Customer Review: Kids love tricksters! Anansi is lazy and he likes to play tricks! This time, turtle outsmarts Anansi. Anansi does all of the work while turtle gets tired. The kids in my class ask to listen to this book and the other Anansi tales, retold by Eric Kimmel, over and over again. This one takes a little bit more thinking to figure out what the tricks are.

Victorinox SwissTool Spirit Multitool with Pouch
This 33-function Swiss Spirit multi-tool is the only one you’ll ever need. Features a large and small blade; corkscrew; can opener with small screwdriver; bottle opener with large screwdriver and wire stripper; reamer; key ring; tweezers; toothpick; scissors; multipurpose hook; wood saw; fish scaler with hook disgorger and inch/cm ruler; nail file with nail, metal file and saw; fine screwdriver; chisel/scraper; pliers with wire cutter and crimper; Phillips screwdriver; magnifying glass; pressurized ball point pen; straight pin; patented mini screwdriver; and sewing eye. Includes carrying pouch. 100% stainless steel. Imported. 0.75Hx2.25Wx6.5L”. Customer Review: Realy great tool I carry it everywhere except for school and use it everyday. It comes in great handy when trying to work on paintball guns away from home and I even used it to cut myself lose from a thorn bush once. My point is that it is a very versatile tool.

The Queen
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress, Dame Helen Mirren gives a spellbinding performance in THE QUEEN, the provocative story behind one of the most public tragedies of our time — the sudden death of Princess Diana. In the wake of Diana’s death, the very private and tradition-bound Queen Elizabeth II (Mirren) finds herself in conflict with the new Prime Minister, the slickly modern and image-conscious Tony Blair. THE QUEEN, also starring Academy Award Nominee James Cromwell (Best Supporting Actor, BABE, 1995), takes you inside the private chambers of the Royal Family and the British government for a captivating look at a vulnerable human being in her darkest hour, as a nation grieving for its People’s Princess waits to see what its leaders will do. Suspenseful, heartfelt and riveting, it’s a fascinating story you won’t soon forget. Customer Review: Great performances, okay movie Sometimes it’s hard to watch a movie that receives large amounts of praise. You always feel like your less-than-enthusiastic view of the film will have people proclaiming that you “didn’t get it and missed the point”. In the case of the Queen, I felt like it centered on an intriguing time, it had excellent performances yet at the same time, I felt it did have some issues that kept bugging me and while I will recommend the film, it just has too many aspects to it that dragged it down. It’s the end of August 1997 and new Prime Minister Tony Blair, a kind of modernizer who wants to change some of Britain’s established rules, is a kind of fish out of water when it comes to etiquette around Queen Elizabeth II. However tragedy strikes when Diana, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car crash in Paris. The country and the world mourns while the Royal Family remains in their palace without so much as public appearances or issuing statements, preferring to keep it a private matter and not sensationalizing it. The British tabloids have other ideas as they deem it insensitive and stoic so Blair tries to convince the Queen to at least do something in the public before they decide the monarchy is unneeded. After watching the Queen, 2 things struck me: 1) the huge scrutiny that happens in the British Press and their brutal stories that make the paper and 2) everyone acted really well but the film just didn’t sit well with me. Helen Mirren is of course fabulous as the Queen and balances that line between going over-the-top primadonna and unemotional mannequin. When she finally breaks down, she’s facing away from the camera as if to say even we aren’t allowed to see even an actress playing the Queen cry on-screen. Another highlight was Michael Sheen, playing Tony Blair, who infuses him with a kind of real-world sensability since he’s obviously clueless about mannerisms around royalty. Of course the big question is did he really want the Queen to look more favorably to the public or use it as a kind of publicity factory. Who knows. The only one I felt didn’t click with me was Prince Charles, Diana’s ex. He almost feels opportunistic, like he tries to make things look better in his favor. Maybe it was just me. The other flaw I felt it had was a sense of a pacing and repetitive tone. Of course it’s a character study but in films, there’s usually things characters do to bide time and make the scenes feel intriguing. Here, characters just…talk, and not the kind of meaningful talk it should’ve had. And after awhile you start to notice characters kind of repeat themselves too much in scenes. The Queen tries her hardest to be sympathetic without giving in to changing values, Blair is concerned at the lack of statements from the monarch while Queen’s husband expresses non-supportive news in regards to Diana, her attention and what the public wants. After awhile it feels what a friend calls egg-like: whether it’s sunny-side up or scrambled or over-easy, it’s still egg in the end. Weird analogy I know. So is it worth a watch? Well many people will enjoy it but for me, I felt it was a well-made but kind of flawed film. Commence “you didn’t get it” remarks.

The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music
Customer Review: Very disappointing, considering what it could have been Take a look at the running times: Disc 1: 60 minutes Disc 2: 50 minutes Disc 3: 61 minutes Disc 4: 58 minutes What gives Silva? There is *MUCH* more John Williams in the silva screen back catalogue by the Prague Philharmonic than what is in this set, and thats not including their entire discs devoted to Star Wars Films, Indiana Jones Trilogy etc. Why isn’t Hook “When You’re Alone” included on Disc 2? There’s room. Why isn’t 1941 on Disc 1? There’s room. Why isn’t Earthquake on Disc 3? There’s room. Why isn’t Far and Away on disc 4? There’s room. Where’s the other ten minutes of the Rare Breed suite on disc 3? Why isn’t Midway on disc 1? Where are the Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel and Lots In Space tv themes? Etc. Etc. Etc. C’mon Silva, most of these 4 disc mega boxes released in the past few years are packed to the brim, but not this one, and with new recordings made after this was released (the terminal, munich, geisha, war of the worlds, star wars ep 3, harry potter 3), it only makes sense for a “re-do” in the next couple of years. Further, with Silva releasing the 100 Greatest Film Themes on six discs in a couple of months, it’s only a matter of time before we see the ultimate six disc john williams set. This isn’t a BAD set to own, but it could have been much better and when compared to the Jerry Goldsmith and John Barry sets in this same series, this one is a major letdown.

Riding in Barney’s Car
The kids give Barney a car as a gift, and they all go for a spin, running errands to the cleaners, the car wash, and a gas station. How to balance chores and fun is the theme here, and it’s effectively done. –Tom Keogh Customer Review: my new car named bob west iv is such a good video i just cant wait hello this ia christians cousin u might of meet me back back back back well this is a terific video stupnedis super de duper seys barne wellg i have a toy barney and it cakks ne a lot i also got a kideo video of this one is sooo grait well i have barneus grait advenchere thev movie with abby cody barmey and masalaa i wached it ober the bathtub and in the bedroom at our sleepover and my aunts friend marnas sister eve also wached it with us eve thought it was grait too soo eve has decited to mak the next revewv for barmey all abord for sharing vhs so will i

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