Another Sick Day and Alice in Wonderland on Blu-Ray

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It started with Kaitlyn and a runny nose last Friday. By Sunday, Ryan had a heavy cough and I had a completely stuffed up nose. I kept Ryan home from school yesterday, and then again today when I heard him still coughing. I hate being sick. I hate having to constantly blow my nose. I can't find any hand sanitizer and I don't have the car to go get some, so I wash my hands about 20 times a day which is making my hands dry. Waaaahhh, poor me. I'm up to 36 comments on my 44th birthday post! If you haven't left a comment there yet, won't you please do so?  I'd really love to see 44 comments :) So, there's the blizzard coming. The news said to expect 40 mile an hour winds and 10 to 18 inches of snow. I had planned to go to the grocery store today to stock up in case we're snowed in tomorrow, and then Chris' coworker who drives carpool called in sick, so Chris had to take the car. I checked the pantry - there's a couple of big cans of soup, some diced tomatoes, and corn … [Read more...]

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Review

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Following up on the successes of 2008's "Tinker Bell" and 2009's "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure", Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Two-Disc Blu-ray/ DVD Combo) on September 21, 2010. Kaitlyn loved the first two movies, so when the PR firm I work with asked if we wanted to review Great Fairy Rescue, I replied back YES PLEASE! What it's about: Before she met Wendy and the Lost Boys in "Peter Pan", Tinker Bell met another human! It seems that in the summer, the fairies gather for a sort of summer camp in the English countryside. While searching for something to "tinker with", Tink happens upon an automobile, and ends up trapped in a Fairy House created by Lizzy, a 9 year old girl living with her Father, who is very busy and unfortunately tends to brush off Lizzy's attempts at a relationship.. Lizzy very much believes in fairies, but her Father only believes in what he can see with his eyes. Another fairy, Vidia, sees … [Read more...]

Watch this with your kids – James and the Giant Peach on Blu-Ray

Cover via Amazon The James and the Giant Peach Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo was released on August 3rd, and the James And The Giant Peach Special Edition DVD is available for pre-order and will be released on September 14, 2010. Based on a book by Roald Dahl, who also wrote the books "Shrek" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "James and the Giant Peach" was made into a film in 1996 by Tim Burton ("Nightmare Before Christmas", "Alice in Wonderland"). Burton, Denise Di Novi, and director Henry Selick combined a fascinating mix of live-action, stop-motion animation, and computer-generated special effects to create a an imaginative and fascinating world. James has this wonderful life with his parents, until they are killed (by a...stampeding rhino? that comes out of the clouds?), and he's sent to live with his two spinster Aunts, who have to be the meanest characters ever created for Disney. They treat James like their slave, deprive him of food, belittle him, … [Read more...]