Who Is Simon Miller?, airing on NBC this Saturday August 6th at 8pm ET/7pm CT, is billed as a family movie. And it is. Just not for my young family. My girls, ages 7 and 4, cowered in fear during the animated Puss in Boots movie trailer before a viewing […]
Looking to O.D. on Harry Potter this summer? Get theeself to the Discovery Times Square Musuem for the final North American stop of Harry Potter The Exhibition. Stroll around realistic scenes stocked with artifacts, outfits and other curiosities from all the Harry Potter films. Hermione’s casual clothes from Order of […]
My biggest kid’s media pet peeve? The modernization of classics. See: Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, The Smurfs. [Groan]. The list goes on and on. Hey Hollywood, don’t turn my childhood memories into shticky sight gags, fart jokes, and glossy computer animation. Just don’t. Here’s where I compliment Disney. Take notice. […]
BORN TO BE WILD IMAX 3D Born To Be Wild in IMAX 3D is a touching document of love, life and, well, death (those last two do walk arm-in-arm, no?). Fear not parental units, this story of devotion, purpose and maxed-out adorable animal cuteness is a supremely happy one. The […]
One major drawback, for some, of the Scholastic Storybook Treasury series is the somewhat staid voice-over-top-of-pages-from-the-book thing. While we love the vintage feel of that kind of book-to-video presentation, generally preferring it to the slick computer graphics of today, I can see why it may leave others feeling ho-hum. This […]
Owls rule, and now they’ve finally got a blockbuster Hollywood flick of their own to prove it. I’ve got no idea if this film will be any good, but damn if Legend of the Guardians (in theaters today) doesn’t look awesome. Will owls be the new dalmatians (adorable animal not […]
We visited Hogwarts in Orlando a couple weeks back. Thankfully, that experience wasn’t nearly as frightening as the scene set in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film. Check out the latest spine-tingling trailer:
Over the past couple months, Scholastic DVDs have been piling up in my office. Included in the stack are Max & Ruby’s Max’s Chocolate Chicken, the new ASL sign language formatted videos – a simply marvelous idea – for the classic Goodnight Moon, and The Wheels on the Bus Sing-Along […]
