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Go Diego Go Great Panda Adventure Review

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Product Description: All Aboard! Join Diego and Baby Jaguar as they rescue animals all over the world. In these action packed journeys we pick up Pandas in the mountains of China; return a lost Koala to his mommy in the Australian Forest; reunite a Lemur with his family in Madagascar; and protect a Beaver’s dam from a giant wave in the Canadian Rockies. Catch Diego as you’ve never seen him before! ¡Vámonos!

These episodes are all new straight to dvd, episodes include

  • All Aboard the Giant Panda Express-All Aboard! Join Diego and Baby Jaguar as they rescue animals all over the world. In these action packed journeys we pick up Pandas in the mountains of China; return a lost Koala to his mommy in the Australian Forest; reunite a Lemur with his family in Madagascar; and protect a Beaver’s dam from a giant wave in the Canadian Rockies. Catch Diego as you’ve never seen him before! ¡Vámonos!
  • Koalas Birthday Hug-Diego’s in an Australian Forest when suddenly he hears a cry for help.  It’s a koala who’s stuck in the middle of the road, with a truck headed right for him!  Diego rescues the little koala and learns that today is Joey the Koala’s birthday.   He must help Joey get back to his mommy and celebrate his birthday.
  • Leaping Lemurs-Diego and Baby Jaguar are returning a group of animals to their home in Madagascar.  But one animal, Sara the Sifaka Lemur, hasn’t been home in such a long time, that she can’t remember how to get there.
  • Diego saves the beavers-Diego and his friend, Billy the Beaver, are in the Canadian Rockies helping all of the river animals keep their homes safe from an overflowing river.  They are interrupted when Alicia calls to say a giant wave is heading straight for Billy the Beaver’s family! 

Special features:

  • Fresh Beat Band Great Day music video
  • Fresh Beat Band Loco Legs music video

****These are great episodes for teaching kids about different parts of the world. Diego travels all over, from China to North America and places in between.  I really like that all of these episodes are never before seen. We’ve seen every Diego episode, and they tend to run them over and over again. So it was nice to get to watch new episodes. My daughter loves Pandas and it was so interesting for her being able to learn more about them from her favorite cartoon character. This is a great movie for preschoolers 

Release date: May 4, 2010

Retail:$16.99

Running time:95 minutes long

My rating:

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensaton for this review. A product was provided by Nickelodeon.

Tooth Fairy DVD GiveawayCLOSED

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Product description: Dwayne Johnson stars as Derek Thompson, one of the toughest hockey players around — until he’s sentenced to one week’s hard labor as the world’s most unlikely tooth fairy! Even though he must sport frilly wings and learn the magical tricks of the trade from his silver-winged superiors (Julie Andrews and Billy Crystal), Derek’s determined to do the job HIS way and prove he’s got what it takes!
Bonus Features:

  • Tooth Fairy Training Center

****This movie is a step up for Dwayne Johnson. I think he did a great job in this character. He is a hockey player who doesn’y believe in the tooth fairy, and because of that he is summoned to fairy land to serve as a tooth fairy.  I liked when he was getting chased by the cat and spulled out a horn and the cat went flying. This movie has it’s funny parts, but I would say it’s mainly for kids. 

Retail:$29.99

Release Date: May 4, 2010

Running time: 101 minutes

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The Great Mouse Detective Review

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Product Description: From the creators of The Princess and the Frog and The Little Mermaid comes the story of a clever little hero on a great big adventure. Join the Sherlock Holmes of Mousedom on a heroic journey unraveling clues through London. If you like Sherlock Holmes, you’ll love The Great Mouse Detective. When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps the city’s master toymaker, the brilliant Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson set off to track down Basil’s lifelong nemesis. Little do they know that the evil rat’s trail leads all the way to The Queen at Buckingham Palace! Get on the case with Basil, the master of disguise, as he tries to elude the ultimate rattrap and foil the perfect crime. Now digitally remastered, fully restored and complete with exclusive bonus features, The Great Mouse Detective is better than ever in the Mystery In The Mist Edition!
Bonus Features:

  • So you think you can sleuth
  • The making of the great mouse detective
  • The worlds greatest criminal mind sing a long

**** This movie reminded me a lot of Sherlock Holmes, very mysterious. My kids being as young as they are didn’t really understand the plot or what was happening. They enjoyed seeing the Mice though. When Basil of Baker street is hired to find the toy maker who was mousenapped. he uncovers a evil plot by the Queen.  I enjoyed this movie.

Release date:April 13, 2010

Retail:$19.99

Running time: 74 minutes

My rating:

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this review. I did receive a product from Disney. All opinions are my own.

Dora the Explorer: Explore the Earth Review

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Product description:Join Dora and Boots as they embark on a colorful adventure across the globe.  From the South Pole, to rainforests to tropical beaches, learn all about our big, beautiful planet Earth.

Episodes:

  • Mixed Up Seasons-It’s summertime, and Dora and Boots are having fun at the beach. But suddenly, they encounter the strangest sight-a snowman.The snowman doesn’t belong in summer and he will melt away if they don’t hurry and take him home to winter.Map tells them the way to go through all 4 seasons. Picking up more misplaced creatures, a flower in winter, Jack o Lantern in spring and a crab in fall.
  • To The South Pole-Rescue Truck arrives at Diego’s Animal Center to deliver a cute, little animal that’s really lost: a penguin! It’s up to Dora, Boots, and Diego to bring Pingüino all the way back home to the South Pole. Great adventure, traveling by prop plane, expedition boat and snowmobile to reunite Pingüino with his mamá and papá.
  • Save Diego-Dora’s cousin Diego protects and defends all the rainforest. But in order to save a baby Condor Diego winds up trapped himself. It’s Dora, Boots and all the animals in the rainforest to the rescue.
  • Beaches-Dora brings Boots a special present, a new floaty that will help him swim. Boots is thrilled, and they set off for the beach. But first they’ll have to go through the Dune maze, then fix the broken Boardwalk, and that’s how they’ll get to the beach.

Bonus features:

  • Moose and Zee Music Video-Neighborhood
  • Moose and Zee Music Video-Seashore

**** This movie is great for preschoolers, it has various episodes about seasons and different countries on earth.  Dora explores different continents and shows what animals or creatures belong there.  It also shows a lot of teamwork and helping each other, which is a great lesson for kids. My kids love Dora and i like that they can learn so much from her.

Retail:$16.99

Release date: April 13, 2010

Running time: 99 minutes long

My rating:9

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product was provided by Nickelodeon.

Extract DVD Review

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Product Details 

Product Description: The creator of OFFICE SPACE, writer-director Mike Judge (BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD), moves from cubicles to the assembly line with EXTRACT — his outrageous return to workplace comedy, featuring a hilarious ensemble cast of quirky characters. About to sell his successful flavor extract company, life is almost sweet for Joel (Jason Bateman) until a freak on-the-job accident happens. Add to that his bored wife (Kristen Wiig), his laid-back, stoner best friend (Ben Affleck), a sexy con artist (Mila Kunis) who blows into town with dollar signs in her bedroom eyes, and a dumb gigolo — and life as he knows it turns sour. Filled with laugh-out-loud one-liners and raunchy comedy, EXTRACT is 100% pure hilarity.

Special features: Mike Judge’s secret recipe featurette

 

****This movie is rated R and inappropriate for children. My husband and I watched this as part of our movie night and we both were cracking up the whole time.  This movie is hilarious! A man starts a company for extract, and hid life is just falling apart. His wife hardly sleeps with him and has an affair with the pool boy, his neighbor is nosey and never leaves him alone. Not to mention his best friend is a stoner and his company is fighting a lawsuit.  My husband loved the when the manager calls everyone a dinkis. I thought the neighbor was hilarious. This movie is a must see.

Retail: $29.99

Release date: December 22, 2009

released in the U.K. on March 26, 2010

Running time:90 minutes

My rating:10

I did not receive any compensation for this post. I received a product from Mike Judge for my review.

Beauty and the Beast Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack In October

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Beauty and the Beast will be released on Blu-ray Combo pack on October 5, 2010

Disney’s most requested film, Beauty and the Beast, arrives for the first time on Blu-ray Hi-Def as the second installment to the company’s new Diamond Collection. The Blu-ray transformation reveals the magic, music and majesty of the film as never before experienced with state-of-the-art picture restoration, pristine 7.1 Digital Surround Sound and hours of additional viewing experiences that include behind the scenes features, deleted scenes, enhanced music tracks, immersive games and more.

The first of only two animated films ever to be nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Picture (the second is 2009’s Up), Beauty and the Beast earned six Academy Award® nominations and won two Oscars® in 1992 for Best Original Song (“Beauty and the Beast”) and Best Original Score.

Unavailable in any form since 2003, Beauty and the Beast will be released from the Disney vault for a limited time only, arriving on a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack (2 Blu-ray Discs + DVD) October 5, followed seven weeks later with the release of a 2-Disc standard definition DVD on November 23.


The Beauty and the Beast Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack has a U.S. suggested retail price of $39.99 and the 2-Disc DVD set has a U.S. suggested retail price of $29.99.

Film Synopsis:

Set in and around a quaint French village during the late 18th century, Beauty and the Beast follows the fantastic adventures of Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman who finds escape from her ordinary life, and the advances of a boorish suitor, Gaston, by reading books. Meanwhile, off in a castle in the distance, a cruel young prince is cast under the spell of an enchantress who turns him into a tormented beast, while transforming his servants into animated household objects. In order to remove the curse, the Beast must discover a true love who will return his affection before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. When Belle’s inventor father stumbles upon the Beast’s castle and is taken prisoner, Belle comes to the rescue and agrees to take her father’s place. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, she sees beneath the Beast’s exterior and discovers the heart and soul of a human prince.

Film Accolades:

Beauty and the Beast received two Academy Awards® for music in 1992, three Golden Globes® for Best Motion Picture, Best Original Score and Best Original Song in 1992, and two Grammy Awards in 1993. Listed as number seven on the American Film Institute’s Top 100 Animated Films, Beauty and the Beast helped define Disney animation for a new generation as the second film in the “Disney Animation Renaissance” (1989-1999) which launched with The Little Mermaid and revitalized animated features by captivating mature audiences while still delighting young viewers.

Beauty and the Beast features a cast of top vocal talent. Veteran stage actress and singer Paige O’Hara is the voice of Belle, one of Disney’s most beloved and independent heroines, and Robby Benson (TV’s “American Dreams”) delivers a powerful portrayal of the Beast. Three-time Oscar®-nominated screen star (The Manchurian Candidate in 1963, The Picture of Dorian Grey in 1946, and Gaslight in 1945) and six-time Golden Globe® award winner (TV’s “Murder, She Wrote” in 1992, 1990, 1987 and 1985, The Manchurian Candidate in 1963, and The Picture of Dorian Grey in 1946), Angela Lansbury gives a bubbly performance as Mrs. Potts. The late Jerry Orbach (TV’s “Law and Order,” “House of Mouse”) shines as the voice of Lumiere, the passionate candelabra, and David Ogden-Stiers (TV’s “M*A*S*H,” Lilo & Stitch) is Cogsworth, the tightly-wound mantel clock who functions as the head of the household.  

Beauty and the Beast was also the first Disney animated film to inspire a Broadway stage production by the same name. Highlighting the film’s music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, seven new songs were written for the stage musical. Beauty… was nominated for nine Tony Awards in 1994 and ran on Broadway for 5,464 performances until 2007, becoming Broadway’s sixth-longest running production in history.  

Wow Wow Wubbzy: Wubbzy Goes Green DVD Giveaway4/11

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Product Description: Wow! Wow! Everyone in Wuzzleburg is getting involved in saving the planet! In these earth-friendly episodes, Wubbzy, Widget, Walden and Daizy must find a new place for the Wuzzle Bears to live, think up creative ways to reuse juice bottles and learn to grow their own doodleberries. Your pre-schooler will discover important lessons about ecology, harmony, and personal responsibility while enjoying plenty of singing and dancing!

To help celebrate Earth day-Anchor Bay has partnered with the Alliance for Community Trees (ACT).  For every “Wubbzy Goes Green” DVD sold, Anchor Bay will donate $1 to ACT to help support the planting of trees in playgrounds and school yards across the country! The special tree-planting initiative “sprouts” on April 1 and continues through May 31, 2010.

****I think this is a great movie for helping kids learn about being more green. It’s important to help save the planet, and kids starting at a young age really helps. My kids understood watching wubbzy how to recycle, and reuse empty bottles we have.  We love planting flowers and now have learned that they can grow thei own fruits and veggies. We really enjoyed this movie. This is a definite must watch for preschoolers.

Retail:$14.99

Release date: April 6,2010

Running time:58 minutes long

My rating:10

Ways to help:

  • Take along washable cups or travel mugs instead of disposables.
  •    Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth.
  •   Volunteer with community organizations that plant trees like the Alliance for Community Trees!

Did you know and fun facts about trees:

  • asthma rates among 4- and 5-year-old children fell by 25% for every extra 343 trees per square kilometer?
  • students perform better in tests when surrounded by trees and grass?
  • neighborhoods with more trees experience less crime?
  •  Trees help trap and remove tiny particles of soot and dust, which otherwise damage human lungs, and tree root networks filter contaminants in soils producing clean water.  Four million trees would save $20 million in annual air pollution cleanup!
  • The cooling effects of trees can save millions of energy dollars!  Three to four shade trees located strategically around a house can cut summer cooling costs by 30-50%!
  • Performing activities in green settings can reduce children’s Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms!

For more information please visit www.actrees.org

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Fantastic Mr. Fox Review

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Product Description: Mr. Fox plots the greatest heist ever in the animal kingdom.

Synopsis: Based on the beloved best-selling book by Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Fantastic Mr. Fox is family fun at its finest. Anderson employs a colorful supporting cast to bring his eccentric characters to life including Bill Murray (Lost In Translation), Owen Wilson (Marley & Me) and Willem Dafoe (Spiderman triology).  Packed with behind-the-scenes bonus features, including a special inside look at how stop-motion animation really works and much more.

Bonus features:

  • From script to screen
  • Still life, puppet animation
  • A beginner’s guide to Whack Bat

*****Fantastic Mr. Fox is funny and has a lot of child humor, but I do not think it is for young children. My ids did not really understand it. Still animation is wierd, it looked like a stuffed animal talking. Overall I thought the movie was okay, funny but wierd. It was very interesting to see how much  time and effort goes into Still animation.

Release date: March 23, 2010

Retail: $29.99 for dvd and 39.99 for Blu-ray combo pack

Running time: 87 minutes

My rating:6

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation, a special screening copy was offered to me by 20th Century Fox for my review.

iCarly iFight Shelby Marx DVD Review & giveaway4/4

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Product description: “Join Carly Sam Spencer and Freddie as they help Carly prepare for the scariest fight of her life in the iFight Shelby Marx TV Special the most watched iCarly special to date along with the iDate a Bad Boy TV Special and more all in one dvd.

Episodes:

  • iFight Shelby Marx-Shelby Marx, the greatest female fighter challenges Carly to an exhibition match!
  • iLook Alike-Carly Sam and Freddie find look alike to trick spencer, so they can sneak out to a mixed martial arts fight.
  • iDate A Bad Boy-Carly dates a new guy with a bad rep. and finds out a shocking secret.
  • iCarly AwardsCarly Sam and Freddie honor the top 10 videos sent into iCarly.com over the past year.

Special features:

  • Behind the scene extras
  • Pilot episode of Big Time Rush

*****My kids love iCarly, they think it is so funny. We’ve seen each movie and episode a bunch of times. Shelby Marx gets tricked by Neville a little boy with a crush on Carly, so she wants to really fight Carly. They show her the truth and everything goes good with the fight. iLook Alike they use three teens who they think look like them to trick Spencer and go to a MMA fight, things go bad and Spencer ends up getting knocked out by a MMA fighter. Date a bad boy was funny, Carly hates a guy then they end up dating. She thinks she has herself a real bad boy, but then finds out he collects pee wee babies.  the awards show was another one that was not really that funny. iCarly has an award ceremony and Spencer made one giant trophy instead of 10 little ones. so he rushes to get them done while the awards are being handed out.  My kids have watched this movie at least 20 times since we received it. they really like it!

Retail:$16.99

Release date:March 30, 2010

Running time:139 minutes

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The Madeline Movie: Lost In Paris Review

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Product Description:When a long-lost uncle from Vienna pays a visit. Madeline’s dreams of a family life seem fulfilled, until she finds herself in the middle of an unfortunate scheme. Madeline must then must call upon all of her courage and cleverness to foil an evil plot to take her from the only family she’d ever known.

****I have watched Madeline movies and read the books. This movie was a bit different from what I’m use to seeing. It was a little dark/evil, if that makes sense. My older daughter loved it, while my 2,3 yr old stop watching when the Uncle came into the picture. overall it was a good movie.

Retail:$14.99

Release date: April 13, 2010

Running time: 90 minutes long

My rating:7

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this review. A product was provided from the company.

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