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About Jeff Giles

Jeff Giles is the founder and editor-in-chief of Popdose and Dadnabbit, as well as an entertainment writer whose work can be seen at Rotten Tomatoes, Paste Magazine, and a number of other sites.

Watch the New Trailer for Aardman’s “The Pirates!”

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Studio Synopsis:

Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.

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Along the way they battle a diabolical queen (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!

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DVD/Blu-ray Review: “Winnie the Pooh”

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As parents, we all love to complain about the way children’s entertainment has gathered speed and volume over the last few decades, getting louder, dumber, and brighter until SpongeBob seems sedate. We bemoan pervasive merchandising, we yearn for the sweet simplicity of the characters we loved when we were young, and we groan every time someone rolls out a direct-to-video sequel in order to sell a few more toys.

But then what do we do when a studio actually gives us what we want? Disney found out the hard way over the summer when the very sweet, very simple, and decidedly retro Winnie the Pooh trundled into theaters and petered out after grossing a measly $33 million. Meanwhile, the toy factory-as-film Cars 2 made more than that in a single weekend on its way to a $551 million worldwide gross.

Parents, you do not want what you say you want.

But you can repent for your sins now, because Winnie the Pooh is here on glorious DVD and Blu-ray, with beautiful hand-drawn art, a storyline straight from Pooh creator A.A. Milne, and a perfectly kid-sized 63-minute running time. Unless your head is stuffed with fluff, you’ll get it now.

I love it, my children love it, and you will too. Plus, at $29.99 for the deluxe Blu-ray/DVD/digital disc combo pack, it’s also an excellent value. When was the last time you took a trip to the Hundred Acre Woods? Isn’t it time you headed back?