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Mona The Vampire Show Us Your Fangs DVD Review

Mona The Vampire Show Us Your Fangs DVD Review

July 29, 2010 No Comments

Mona is an active 10 year old who thinks she is a vampire.  Clad in a cape fashioned from the curtains and sporting plastic fangs, she tends to see something supernatural or scary around every corner.   Whether it’s a robot babysitter or a human insect, Mona is always trying to solve the case.  With Fang ...

Blu Monday: James and the Giant Peach Special Edition Blu Ray Review

Blu Monday: James and the Giant Peach Special Edition Blu Ray Review

July 27, 2010 No Comments

After a rampaging Rhinoceros claimed the lives of his parents, James (Paul Terry) was forced to live with his two cruel aunts,  Spiker (Joanna Lumley) and Sponge (Miriam Margolyes).  From his barren room, James daydreams of escaping the Sisters’ cruelty by travelling to New York to start a new life for himself.  One day while ...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid DVD Review

Diary of a Wimpy Kid DVD Review

July 25, 2010 1 Comment

In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is facing one of those major days of his young life, the first day of Middle School.  He is confident that he can become one of the most popular kids in school, which will help him cement his place in the yearbook on the most ...

Busytown Mysteries DVD Review

Busytown Mysteries DVD Review

July 16, 2010 2 Comments

As a kid I hated going to the Doctor’s office but I always took consolation in the fact that they had an assortment of Richard Scarry’s Busytown books to read while I waited to be seen. Here it is a few *cough, cough* years later and I have my own kids who love Mr. Scarry’s ...

GI Joe: The Movie Special Edition DVD Review

GI Joe: The Movie Special Edition DVD Review

July 13, 2010 1 Comment

After yet another loss in the Himalayas to the elite special mission team G.I. Joe, Cobra Commander is brought before Cobra’s true leader, Serpentor, to account for his continual failures. Branded as useless, he is stripped of his power and imprisoned. We are soon introduced to Golobus (Burgess Meredith,) the leader of the secret group ...

The Superhero Squad Show: Quest For The Infinity Sword! Volume 1 DVD Review

The Superhero Squad Show: Quest For The Infinity Sword! Volume 1 DVD Review

July 9, 2010 No Comments

Based on the Hasbro toy line for younger superhero fans, The Superhero Squad Show follows the adventures of the Marvel superheros as they fight Dr. Doom and his evil cronies.  Led by Iron Man, the Squad hero’s up whenever there is a threat to Super Hero City (which happens to have Stan Lee himself as a ...

Mr. Bump Planes, Trains and Dillymobiles! DVD Review

May 25, 2010 1 Comment

Mr. Bump presents Planes, Trains and Dillymobiles features those expressive little Mr. Men and Little Miss characters created by Roger Hargreaves. My daughter has a sweatshirt with, quite appropriately, LIttle Miss Chatterbox on it but otherwise I admit I was unfamiliar with the characters.

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Blu Monday: The Karate Kid II Blu Ray Review

May 17, 2010 2 Comments

Wow, first 21 Jump Street Season 2 now the Blu Ray of Karate Kid II, Video Vault is starting to turn into 1986 the year in review this week… Karate Kid 2 takes place the summer after Daniel LaRusso’s (Ralph Macchio) big showing at the tournament and the subsequent confrontation between the evil Kreese (Martin ...

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21 Jump Street The Complete Second Season DVD Review

May 16, 2010 1 Comment

“Down on Jump Street!” If you just visualized Peter Delouise kicking over a chain link fence on a fleeing villian or a police cruiser flipping through the air then you are definitely a child of the Eighties. The second season focuses on Police Officers Tom Hanson (Johnny Depp), Judy Hoffs (Holly Robinson), Doug Penhall (Peter ...

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Fallen (the miniseries) DVD Review

May 11, 2010 No Comments

Aaron Corbett (Paul Wesley) has had a rough childhood. As his 18th birthday approaches however, things are starting to look up. He is happy with his foster family. Several colleges have offered him scholarships, he is excelling in wrestling and girls are starting to show interest in him. All of this starts to change on ...

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