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DVD review & giveaway: Elmo’s World: Elmo’s Favorite Things

Last week Elmo celebrated his birthday and this week he is releasing a brand new DVD, Elmo’s World: Elmo’s Favorite Things. (out today, February 7th) The latest disc from the Sesame Workshop contains eight (8) episodes of Elmo’s World and features the DVD premiere of Elmo’s World Building Things. As you would expect, the regular [...]

DVD Review: Prep & Landing

This holiday season lacks original Christmas programming. It’s either a repeat from 1977 or a holiday spinoff of a popular movie from 10 years ago. Thankfully Prep & Landing is neither one of those. Though it originally aired in 2009, it’s the exception to the rule. Entertaining for both kids and parents, I liked it [...]

PBS Kids Rocks! featuring Ozomatli

My love of Ozomatli is well documented. As I sit and wait patiently for the formal release of an Ozokids album, they are kind enough to tease us with just enough to tide me over. First it was the Happy Feet 2 Video game Soundtrack and now it’s 4 songs on the just released PBS [...]

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Watch the New Trailer for Studio Ghibli’s “The Secret World of Arrietty”

Posted by Jeff Giles on October 27, 2011 · 1 Comment

Walt Disney Studios We love us some Studio Ghibli around here, and we’ve been waiting with bated breath for their latest offering, The Secret World of Arrietty, to make it to these shores. For awhile, it seemed like Disney was going to pass on an American release for Arrietty, leaving fans to import UK Blu-rays, but they’ve come to their senses: it’ll arrive in a theater near you on February 17, 2012. Studio Synopsis: Residing quietly... Read More

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Blu-ray/DVD Reviews: “Castle in the Sky,” “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” and “Ponyo”

Posted by Jeff Giles on March 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

His name is spoken in reverent tones by animation lovers, but as far as the wider American marketplace is concerned, Hayao Miyazaki barely exists; his 2009 release, Ponyo, probably played to fewer theaters than the asinine Fly Me to the Moon, and Ponyo received far and away the biggest U.S. push of any film in Miyazaki’s distinguished career. Now that I’ve lamented Miyazaki’s low commercial profile in the States, this is the spot... Read More

Filed under Movies · Tagged with Castle in the Sky, Hayao Miyazaki, Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, Studio Ghibli

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