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Let it be known that I am a die-hard original fan of the SATC series. In fact, I watched the first episode right when it came out. Did I have any idea that I was on the cusp of a pop culture phenomenon? No, I only knew that it was love at first sight. The show was fresh, the writing not just witty but thought provoking and it appealed to my early twenties self as I embarked on my own with a set of girlfriends in a new city.
Can you name this week’s featured Thomas Engine? Yes, you’re allowed to ask your child for help!
Here’s a hint: This engine is the No. 3 green engine. He is a long and fast engine. He tends to be a little high-strung and a bit of a worrier. Stumped? Just visit the new Engine Depot section of the revamped Thomas and Friends website. There you can see Thomas and all of his engine friends.
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Mark your calendars for April 16, 2010, the day when Focus Features and award-winning filmmaker Thomas Balmes will be delivering an extraordinary film to the screen that documents the birth and early development of four babies from the four corners of the world. From their delivery to their very first steps, BABIES breaks down the wall that stands between the documentary and its subjects, presenting an intimate portrait of the early lives of Ponijao, Mari, Bayar and Hattie from Namibia, Japan, Mongolia and California respectively.
The Family-Friendly, Modern Update of the Jack London Classic Debuts On 3-D DVD December 22
The Jack London classic gets a family-friendly, modern day adaptation when Vivendi
Entertainment debuts Call of the Wild on 3-D DVD December 22. The all-star cast includes three-time Emmy(r) Award winner Christopher Lloyd (TV’s “Taxi,” Back to the Future), Ariel Gade (AVPR: Aliens vs Predator – Requiem), Wes Studi (James Cameron’s Avatar), Aimee Teegarden (TV’s “Friday Night Lights”), Devon Graye (TV’s “Dexter”), Kameron Knox (Actors Boot Camp), Jaleel White (TV’s “Family Matters”), Joyce DeWitt (TV’s “Three’s Company”), three-time Emmy Award nominee Veronica Cartwright (Alien, The Witches of Eastwick), and Timothy Bottoms (The Last Picture Show). Call of the Wild is the timeless story of a young girl who attracts the attention of an evil stranger after she rescues an injured wolf. The bonus features include a fun Call of the Wild game, behind-the-scenes featurette, as well as deleted scenes and audio commentary. The single disc DVD, containing both the 2-D and 3-D versions of the film, is must-own family fun priced at $19.99 SRP and comes with two pair of special 3-D glasses.
FACEBOOK GIVEAWAY: We are giving away 5 copies of the Call of the Wild 3D DVD on the honestbaby fan page! Each copy comes with two pairs of special 3-D glasses ($19.99 Value Each).
Funky music, holiday magic and a supersonic sleigh are all wrapped up in this CGI–animated family adventure starring William Shatner as the voice of Santa! Trevor is a true believer in the holiday spirit, so his skeptical best friend, Veronica, challenges him to show the world actual proof that Santa is real. Trevor and his friends embark on the adventure of a lifetime to catch Santa in action and reveal the true magic of Christmas. But they’ve got to find Santa before LeFreeze — a dim-witted monster who is carrying a serious 100-year-old grudge — and his snowman minions put Christmas on ice forever! Join the race to save Christmas in Gotta Catch Santa Claus, the jolly, jammin’, modern-day holiday classic destined to become a family tradition!
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
• Deleted Scenes
• Santa Behind-the-Scenes Footage
• 2 Sing-Along Songs
FACEBOOK GIVEAWAY: We are giving away 2 Gotta Catch Santa Claus DVDs on the honestbaby fan page this week! ($19.98 Value)
“It’s easier to cry in the dark. No one sees you in the dark. Crying always reminds me that I still have feelings. They are just hiding in places that you can’t see. They only come out in the dark.”
Me – November 1, 2009
After her Soccer game, I took my daughter to see Spike Jonze’s re-imagining of Where The Wild Things Are. We asked my Mother to join us. I’m not very familiar with the book. I’m sure I’ve read it but for some reason, it never stuck with me. My parents separated when I was 7. They got divorced when I was 9. I was in the third grade. I don’t remember much of anything before that year. Like none of it ever happened. I never thought that was a big deal. Now that I have two daughters of my own, I realize how big of a deal it was. It would crush my heart to think that my daughters wouldn’t remember when they were 7. Especially if they didn’t want to remember… Like me.
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10 Films for a Family Friendly Halloween Fright Fest
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With witches, vampires and monsters galore taking over the streets alongside stormtroopers, pirates and ghostbusters, there is no doubt that Halloween is the time when we love to embrace our fears. Along with ghoulish decorations and trick-or-treating, October means scary movies but it doesn’t also have to mean gruesome gore and graphic violence. There are plenty of horror films that are well-suited for children. Here is a program of ten frightening films that you can experience with your kids in your very own Halloween film festival. They’re really not so scary, just only kind of scary.
Did you mistakenly believe that the Baby Einstein videos would make your baby smarter? No need to answer the question. Disney is assuming that you did and is now offering REFUNDS! If you’ve purchased a Baby Einstein DVD any time in the last five years, you’re entitled to a full refund. Yup, you can thank the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood which put pressure on Disney to stop claiming the Baby Einstein Videos were educational for infants.
Go to Disney’s Baby Einstein Website to find out how to get your money back, or trade in for a book or CD of your choice. We have no bone to pick with the Baby Einstein videos as entertainment, our kids loved them, but don’t love the deceptive advertising. It’s nice that they’re making up for it.
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Eliza Welch (Uma Thurman) is a former fiction writer-turned-mom-blogger with her own site, “The Bjorn Identity.” Eliza lives and works in two rent-stabilized apartments in a walk-up tenement building smack in the middle of an otherwise upscale Greenwich Village. Starting at dawn, her to-do list is daunting: prepare for and throw her daughter’s 6th birthday party, mind her toddler son, battle for a parking space during an epic alternate side parking showdown, navigate playground politics with overbearing moms, and mend a rift after posting her best friend’s confession on her blog. On top of it all, Eliza decides to enter a contest run by an upscale parenting magazine. All she has to do is write 500 words answering the deceptively simple question, “What Does Motherhood Mean to Me?”
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When I first found out that my wife was pregnant with our daughter, I started to wonder what life would be like when she was born. As I thought about life with a young toddler, I started to have nightmares filled with Barney and the Teletubbies (I’d mention the Wonder Pets but I’m afraid I might start having seizures). It never occurred to me that my daughter would enjoy some of the things we enjoyed when we were younger. Sure any animation that isn’t CGI is SO two decades ago, but what do our kids know. They don’t have those biases yet and you’d be amazed at what you could find at your local Best Buy thanks to the magic of DVD. In fact, because of video restoration, most of these shows and movies look better than even you might remember them.
