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Holiday Gift Guide: The Odd Life Of Timothy Green Combo Pack Review

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Disney brings enchantment home with The Odd Life Of Timothy Green, an inspiring, magical story for the whole family starring Jennifer Garner. Cindy  and Jim Green are a happily married couple who can’t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim – and their small town of Stanleyville – learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life’s greatest gifts. 

Bonus Features:

  • Documentary- Bringing The Odd Life of Timothy Green to the screen
  • Glen Hansard: Behind This Gift
  • This Gift Music Video
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Audio Commentary

**** I started to really enjoy this movie, although it seems the plot bounces around a lot.   Cindy and Jim long for a child so they put everything they want in a child and bury it in the garden. Timothy arises from the garden and is everything they had hoped for, they learn so much about him and about themselves.  While trying to be good parents they need to face their own insecurities they had themselves as children.   I think the movie was a little to mushy for Disney, my kids could not get into it at all.

On Screen Relationship:

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Retail: $29.99

Release date: December 4, 2012

Running Time: 105 minutes

Rating: 7

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was provided by Disney and will be donated for the holiday season. All opinions are my own.

Disney’s Brave Clips and Bonus Features

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Brave is now available on dvd and Blu-ray combo pack. It is the must have movie of  the year. Here are some clips and bonus feature clips from the movie.

Bonus Features:
Castles

Designing the Wisps

Bar Room Brawl

Clips:

Fergus Shares A Lesson

Suitors

Fishing

Download Traditional Scottish Recipes & Dictionary

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post. Information and clips were provided by Disney.

Holiday Gift Guide: Brave, The Best Princess Movie Ever

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One movie that I waited all year for was Brave.

Set in the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland, Disney Pixar’s Brave follows the heroic journey of Merida, a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to change her fate, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the unruly and uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin, surly Lord Macintosh  and cantankerous Lord Dingwall, unleashing chaos in the kingdom. When she turns to an eccentric Witch, she is granted an ill-fated wish and the ensuing peril forces Merida to harness all of her resources including her mischievous triplet brothers to undo a beastly curse and discover the meaning of true bravery.

Blu-ray Bonus Features:

  • La Luna Theaterical Short  (also on Blu-ray 3D and dvd)
  • The Legend of Mor’Du: short (also on dvd)
  • Brave Old World
  • Merida and Elinor
  • Bears
  • Brawl in the Hall
  • Wonder Moss
  • Magic
  • Clan Pixar
  • Once Upon a Scene
  • Extended Scenes
  • Director Commentary (also on dvd)
  • Fergus & Mor’Du” an alternate opening
  • Fallen Warriors Montage
  • Dirty Hairy People
  • It is English sort of
  • Angus
  • The Tapestry
  • Promotional Pieces
  • Art Gallery
  • Wee Gaffes
  • Teasers and sneak peeks

*** I am Scottish so I grew up knowing the clans and tartans. So when I heard that Disney Pixar was coming out with a Princess movie based in Scotland, I was so thrilled and couldn’t wait to see it. I was actually following along with the clans as I was watching and learning. Every detail of this movie is on key with what Scotland looks like, I just can’t get over the detail. If you don’t know what Clans and Tartans are you will definitely find out in this movie. Clans are based on your last name, and your tartan is how you identify yourself during ceremonies.

For Ex my Clan is Cunningham and this is how you would identify

Crest Badge    

Tartan:

Another reason I really like this movie is it’s a Princess movie, but not a typical Princess movie. Most Princess movies are the same, evil step-mother or sister that hates her. Then she finds love and they live happily ever after. the end.  In Brave, there is so much adventure and she is not girly at all. She loves to use a bow and she loves adventure.   This is the perfect holiday movie for anyone, it’s funny, scary, exciting and so much more.

 

Disclosure: No formal compensation was received for this post. A product was provided for my review.

Gift Guide: Tinker Bell Secret Of the Wings DVD Review

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 For Tinker Bell and the other warm season fairies, the Winter Woods remains a mysterious and forbidden place. “Secret of the Wings” takes audiences on an amazing journey of discovery with Tink, into this forbidden world where she discovers a magical secret that changes her life forever.

Bonus features:

  • Pixie Hollow Games Bonus Adventure
  • Great Divide Music Video
  • Dig Down Deeper Music Video
  • Pixie Preview: Fright Light

*** I would have to say this is the best Tinker Bell movie by far. I loved everything about it. Tinker Bell wanders into the forbidden Winter woods, when her wings light up. She is determined to find out why, she sets of to find The Keeper (of all fairy knowledge) to find out.   When she finds him, she also finds Periwinkle and discovers she is her sister. Thy were both born from the same laugh.

I really don’t want to spoil the rest of the movie, because it is so good. It is a must see for any Tinker Bell lover! My kids love it, as we have already seen it 4 times in the past 2 days. LOL!

Also in the sneak previews they offer a glimpse of the newest Tinker Bell movie set to hit theaters in Spring 2014. I didn’t see a name for it, but by the preview it will be good.  Something happens with the fairies, they all look dazed. when they go to use their powers, they realize they have all switched powers. Tinker Bell is a water fairy, Rosetta an animal fairy etc.   My kids are now eagerly awaiting 2014.

Release Date: October 23, 2012

Running Time: 80 minutes

Retail: $49.99 but as low as $29.96 on Amazon

Rating:9

Disclosure: No formal compensation was received. A product was provided for my review from Disney. All opinions are 100% my own.

FrankenWeenie Movie Review

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I am the biggest fan of Tim Burton, I love all his movies. They are not your normal happy movies, they usually have a dark side to them. My favorites so far are BeetleJuice, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride and of course my all time favorite The Nightmare Before Christmas.

When I was invited to a screening of Frankenweenie I was really excited, even more than my kids. LOL! First off, let me say I was super impressed with the theater the screening was at. It was our first time there, but the seating was really comfortable. Plus they had tons of security and even checked everyone with a metal detector to make us feel safe.

The movie Frankenweenie is basically about a boy who loves science and his dog, but his parents want him to be like everyone else. They sign him up for baseball, which he is not into. After he hits a home run at a game, his dog runs after the ball and gets hit by a car.
he is devastated and comes up with a plan to bring him back to life, which works. A friend finds out and tells everyone. The whole town rallies against the science teacher for teaching the kids nonsense.
This was my husbands favorite part (he is a scientist). The science teacher says that everyone is ignorant and think that science is magic. when it is not.
After everything a few Classmates of Victor decided to bring their old animals back to life, but the animals become monsters and attack them. Sparky saves the day and dies again.
I am going to leave it at that, if you want to know the ending go see the movie.

I loved the movie, Tim Burton has made a masterpiece again. The movie is black and white, but is still worth seeing. Even the meaning behind the movie stood out. Trust me, like I said my husband is a scientist and was raving about the movie all night. How true it was that most of america thinks science is all magic and just want the latest and greatest gadgets, but don’t care about how they are made or what needs to happen to make them work. He also commented about the science teachers looks and how they fit. He said that most scientist are not personable and a bit scary. He immediately just started calling people stupid instead of answering questions.

Overall my family and I loved the movie and we will probably see it again in theaters.

Frankenweenie will be in theaters nationwide October 5, 2012

Disclosure: I was invited to a screening of the movie by Disney. No other compensation was received. All opinions are 100% my own.

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