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The Garfield Movie
…existed seems like Garfield could make good use of at home with his owner Jon. A few years ago I complained that kids movie writers apparently believed the children of… |
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The Lego Movie
…not just “kids jokes” or “adult jokes that will go over kids’ heads”. More surprisingly, the film is action-packed as well. But I guess with all the different Lego sets… |
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The Best Of 2009: This Time It’s Personal!
…more a look at the show’s classic scenes and its production (with over an hour of backstage footage) than a babysitter for the kids. Covering a handful of pivotal moments… |
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Mr. Peabody and Sherman
…movie aimed at kids. It’s great to have that weight but you want to balance it with humor as well. And in that regard Peabody utterly fails. The movie was… |
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Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness premieres online
…at the trials and tribulations of nine very different kids. Boasting an impressive all-star voice cast, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are joined by sister Kim Wayans (In Living Color), Michael… |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D
…sure thing, and despite annual Halloween theatrical showings and an enormous run of Jack Skellington merchandise that sells in big numbers to kids who were too young to see the… |
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The Secrets Of Isis: The Complete Series
…kids’ show back then. Anyone looking for fights against foreign agents was going to have to wait until Bionic Woman and Wonder Woman debuted in 1976. As with any superhero… |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…screams from sleeping kids and recycles them into energy – his only close rival being the devious Randall (a simply slimy Steve Buscemi). The monsters have an endless collection of… |
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Over the Hedge: review, interviews, and production notes
…that scares them away. But it’s nice to be a part of something that you can see with the whole family. BW: My kids want to see it and they… |
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The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh: The Friendship Edition
…before there were countless lamps, pyjamas, books, and plates featuring his visage; before there were kids playing Pooh CD-ROM games or watching Pooh TV shows. Yes, a dark age to… |
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The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under: 35th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
…The creation of the adult-orientated Touchstone Films in 1983 would go some way to restoring box office glory to the Studio, but in the 1970s, everything was either kids-in-trouble adventures… |
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More Macca animation in the pipe
…KIDS PAUL McCARTNEY is to release his first single for children in 20 years – recording a flipside to the Frog Song. Two decades after the original frog song, We… |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
…is a kids movie after all, and the Cars/Planes word is rife for that kind of humor. The crude bits and jokes meant to go over kids’ heads is less… |
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Teacher’s Pet (The Movie)
…lasted one season in its time slot. But for older kids (and kids-at-heart adults), there’s a lot to laugh at here. The Art Of Gary Baseman is a six-minute clip… |
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The Willoughbys on Netflix: A Chat with Director Kris Pearn
…novel narrating the story of a dysfunctional family where selfish parents totally ignore their children. Convinced they’d be better off raising themselves, the kids hatch a sneaky plan to send… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 2 1938-1940
…say that he lost his edge a bit at this time, in an attempt to make him even more palatable to youngsters. (Though, if kids loved Popeye in the beginning,… |
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Mickey’s House Of Villains
…hitting their mark, but allowing the animators to pay homage to the shorts of yesteryear, while providing new entertainment for kids and keeping the Disney characters in the public eye…. |
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Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving – 10th Anniversary Edition
…and are appropriate for the release. Kids will have fun singing along to the songs, although none of them are particularly memorable. The release is featured with an English Dolby… |
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Sabrina, The Animated Series: Witch In Training
…Uncle Quigley, and their talking warlock cat Salem. As kids cartoons go, this show is pretty standard. Sabrina is learning about herself, finding what it means to be a strong… |
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Astro Boy (1963): Ultra Collector’s Edition Sets 1 & 2
…Snidely, Dr. I.M. Sinister, Mr. Pompous, and Professor I.Q. Plenty. Another change for American kids was the level of violence to be shown. While Mighty Atom evolved into a no-nonsense… |
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Turbo: F.A.S.T.
…offering lots of comedy for kids while still following the DreamWorks tradition of having plenty of jokes for adults. It may not deliver quite as many laughs as you might… |
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Press release: The Wubbcast video podcast for pre-schoolers
…your pre-schooler and you, and sending them straight to your iPod or PSP each week. Parents, kids and fans Subscribe to The Wubbcast now. It’s free and easy, and every… |
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The Seventh Dwarf
…could perhaps just be written off as harmless entertainment for little kids, though, if The Seventh Dwarf didn’t have some moments that aren’t just bizarre, but also questionable. During the… |
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Meet The Robinsons
…The story, loosely based around William Joyce’s book A Day With Wilbur Robinson, cooks up some suitably nutty ingredients: young Lewis, an inventor who isn’t the most popular of kids,… |
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The Great Polar Bear Adventure
…However, since this is a story for kids, I think the film lacks some information on how humans are affecting their habitat. I do not think most kids will get… |
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VeggieTales: Robin Good And His Not-So-Merry Men
…The short is fine enough, and kids should enjoy it, but for adults it might be more of a struggle to get through than the main story. Next is Silly… |
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Home
…funny gags. But it is definitely not a laugh-a-minute script. For adults, the jokes are more of the small chuckle or eye-rolling variety. As for kids, the ones in the… |
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Frankenweenie
…is everyone else relatively normal? The eccentrics are confined to the other kids, especially the Igor-like Edgar (a nod to Poe), and one or two adults in authority – another… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…danger-baiting over the mark comment just to keep the adults smiling, it’s nice to think that the younger kids Ice Age aims for can actually enjoy safe, quality animation and… |
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A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Documentary)
…Amazingly, the round-headed kid’s creator was easily found in the phone book, and upon calling him Mendelson learned that Schulz, a sports fan, had seen and enjoyed the Mays documentary…. |
