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Winnie the Pooh: First Movie Certificate

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Most adults remember Winnie the Pooh cartoons from when they were kids. Now many share Winnie the Pooh with their own kids on TV and through DVD movies. Winnie the Pooh has waddled on to the big screen with his friends this summer in the new movie Winnie the Pooh (July 15, 2011 release date).wiinie_pooh_movie_certificate

You may be thinking about taking your youngsters to see the movie in theaters and for many little ones, the Winnie the Pooh movie will be the first big screen movie they will experience. The folks at Walt Disney Studios know how important an occasion that is, the first movie, so they’ve created a printable First Movie Certificate (pdf) for the Winnie the Pooh movie release.

Winnie the Pooh movie synopsis from Walt Disney Studios Canada:

Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with “Winnie the Pooh.” Featuring the timeless charm, wit and whimsy of the original short films, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical “bear of very little brain” and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo—and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail.  “Ever have one of those days where you just can’t win, Eeyore?” asks Pooh.  Owl sends the whole gang on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some honey. Inspired by three stories from A.A. Milne’s books in Disney’s classic, hand-drawn art style, “Winnie the Pooh” hits theaters in the U.S. on July 15, 2011.

Whether you’ve already taken your tot to see the film or it is part of your summer to-do list, grab a copy of this Winnie the Pooh First Movie Certificate (pdf) to mark the occasion. One more step to being a big kid.

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Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (and into Your Living Room)

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Sometimes I think I had kids so I could justify playing with the toys and reading the books and watching cartoons. phineas_ferb_across_2nd_dimension_movieI never tire of kids cartoons (well, there are a few purple dinosaurs and backpack carrying girls I could leave behind). When we were on a road trip in the US, we stumbled upon Disney’s Phineas and Ferb cartoon series. I love it. I’m sure I know all the words to the theme song.

Well Phineas and Ferb jumping into summer with an all original movie Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension.

Synopsis from the Family Channel:

Based on the popular series, Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, follows the adventurous siblings as they discover that their beloved pet platypus, Perry, is a secret agent who regularly pits his marsupial mettle against his nemesis, Dr. Doofenshmirtz. Phineas and Ferb team up with Perry (aka Agent P) on a grand adventure through a parallel universe where they meet alternate versions of themselves and their friends and must ultimately thwart an extra evil version of Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension airs on the Family Channel, Friday, August 5 at 8 p.m. ET and August 20 on the newly launched Disney XD, plus you can catch it again on Disney XD OnDemand from August 23 and Family OnDemand from August 26.

The multi-dimensional movie also goes multi-platform as Family.ca and DisneyXD.ca launch Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension supersites. Leading up to the film the sites will be populated with new games including “The Movie Game: The Dimension of Doooom!” new activities, behind-the-scenes footage from the movie and an exclusive contest to win a 3D handheld gaming system.

And for the gaming family’s like us out there, Disney Interactive will be releasing Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension video game this August for Nintendo DS and Wii as well as the Playstation 3. Players will get to play as one of the characters in the movie while exploring wacky levels of game play. I, uh, my son can’t wait.

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Getting Ready for Cars 2

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Ever since my kids saw the trailer for Cars 2 during the screening of Disney’s Tangled movie, they have been counting down the days to it’s theatrical release. It’s hard to believe that day is almost here. cars2_prizes_gamesCars 2 hits theatres June 24, a rip-raoring way to kick-off summer vacation.

It’s not just the kids out there who are looking forward to the new movie release; the folks at Walt Disney Studios Canada are just as excited and want to share the fun with everyone. They have all sorts of Cars 2 fun planned for their facebook page, from exclusive clips and photos, fun facts and prizes:

Mater Mondays: Photos, clips and facts dedicated to the cheerful tow truck we all know and love.
Trivia Tuesdays: Questions to test our fans CARS knowledge.
Win-it Wednesdays: A chance to win weekly CARS 2 giveaways.
Thunder Thursdays: Lightning match-ups between our favourite race car Lightning McQueen and his competitors.
Fun Fact Fridays: Exclusive facts about the upcoming film.

Starting Monday, be sure to visit the Walt Disney Studios Canada facebook page each day for some Cars 2 fun. You can also find Cars 2 on facebook and join into the chatter on twitter by following the hashtags #cars2 #canada. The folks at EverythingMom will be having their own Cars 2 contest coming soon so keep your eyes peeled for that fun.

You can also take the excitement of Cars 2 home with you with a collection of family-friendly boardgames from Hasbro: Monopoly, Sliders, Memory, Trouble and Operation. I really love how they’ve incorporated the racing aspect of Cars 2 in the Monopoly and Sliders games; great for your next family game night.

Cars 2 speeds into theatres into theatres June 24, 2001 in Disney Digital 3D.

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Mars Needs Moms and You Need a Tissue

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Disney’s latest film Mars Needs Moms, mars-needs-moms_reviewopened in theatres March 11, just in time for March Break in our neighbourhood. The folks at Walt Disney Studios invited us to a preview of the movie prior to it’s public opening. I was unable to attend the screening myself so my 8-year old (along with her dad) set out to see if Mars Needs Moms would live up to her high Disney movie standards.

From the trailer my daughter expected the movie to be about Milo (voiced by Seth Green) on a mission to rescue his mom from Martians so she was happy the movie jumped into the adventure quickly versus spending too much time with back-story. The opening with Milo and his mom (voiced by Joan Cusack) having another fight with the dreaded words kids sometimes utter and mom dread to hear ‘my life would be better without you as a mom’, spoke volumes to both parent and child. It also did a great job in setting the tone of regret and guilt that drives Milo to set off to rescue his mom from the Martians when she’s taken right after their fight.

My 8-year old enjoyed the movie, especially the creativity in how the film depicted the Martian environment, their technology and even the incorporation of their own language. As a creator of imaginary worlds herself, she found this very enthralling. However her recommendation is that kids younger than herself, including her 6-year old brother, may not enjoy the film that much. The premise of moms being taken is very sad; she said she (and even her dad) cried quite a few times. The more realistic animation, similar to that found in Polar Express, also adds to the realism versus a more cartoon-like animated movie. Kids have a close relationship with their moms and my daughter thought really young kids might have a hard time separating the fantasy of the movie from the reality of their own moms.

The action, with escape and fight scenes, would be something boys would love and even with the two main characters, Milo and Gribbler, the other human stowing away on the Martian ship, were boys, my daughter thought the movie would still appeal to girls. My daughter also enjoyed the 3D aspect. Disney does do a great job with 3D and my daughter really noticed the affect, even in subtle treatments like the sand flying out at them when the ship landed on the ground. Overall my daughter enjoyed the film but it might be something we wait until it comes out on DVD before sharing with my younger two kids. A smaller home TV screen can be slightly less intimidating than a large movie screen, especially wen in 3D.

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After watching Mars Needs Moms, your kids should have a whole new appreciation for you. Why not remind them just how wonderful it is to have mom around by making a Crater Cake (recipe courtesy of Disney Family Fun Magazine). Kids will enjoy helping, crushing the Oreo cookies and mixing it in the frosting to create the moon’s surface:

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 box cake batter, prepared according to package instructions
  • Shortening, butter, or cooking spray for greasing the bowl and pan
  • 7 chocolate wafers or chocolate sandwich cookies
  • 16-ounce can white frosting
  • Necco candy wafers (we used only the gray ones)

DECORATIONS

  • Plastic astronauts
  • Miniature American or Canadian flag (buy a tiny flag pick at a party or baking-supply store or make your own with paper and a toothpick)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Heat the oven to 350°. Divide the prepared batter into 2 equal parts. Pour one half into a greased 2K-quart oven-safe bowl and the other into a greased 9-inch round pan. Bake both until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, approximately 40 minutes for the bowl and 25 minutes for the pan. Let the cakes cool thoroughly, then remove them from the bowl and pan.
  2. Using a rolling pin, crush the chocolate cookies in a sealed bag (leave a small opening for air to escape). Empty the can of frosting into a bowl, then stir in the crumbs.
  3. Frost the top of the flat cake, then place the dome cake on it. (If necessary, first trim the bottom of the dome with a large knife so that it’s level.) Frost the rest of the cake.
  4. Push the Necco wafers into the frosting to form craters on the moon’s surface. Add the astronauts and the flag.

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You can see movie trailers and learn more about the movie by visiting the Mars Needs Moms website. To keep in the loop on future movie releases, join Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada on facebook.

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Toy Story 3, Movie for the Whole Family

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

toystory3-movieWith 3 young kids in our house, we have an extensive Disney movie collection, including both Toy Story and Toy Story 2. So when Toy Story 3 came out it was put on our family movie list.

We don’t get out to the theatre that often. With the five of us, plus popcorn (you can’t watch a movie without popcorn) a night at the movie isn’t a cheap form of entertainment. But some movies you just need to see on the big screen and according to our kids Toy Story 3 is one such movie.

In case you’re not familiar with the movie, a quick synopsis from Disney’s site:

‘Toy Story 3 welcomes Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz (Voice of Tim Allen) and the whole gang back to the big screen as Andy prepared to depart for collage and his lyal toys find themselves in…day care! These untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so it’s all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape get underway.”

Before heading out to see the film I heard many people describe the film as sad in parts, like when Andy goes away to collage, or scary, like when the toys end up at the garbage dump. I’ll admit I had doubts that the movie would affect me that way. My kids are young and the thought of them heading off to college is far from my mind (though I did get unexpectedly teary during my son’s Kindergarten graduation).

I also wasn’t sure if the third movie in the series would live up to its predecessors. I loved the original Toy Story movie and Toy Story 2 was good but not nearly as good as the first so where would Toy Story 3 fall in the spectrum of the family of films.

Well I have to say it didn’t fall but rather jumped beyond my expectations. Toy Story 3 was just as enjoyable to me as the original movie, maybe even a little better. I loved the whole notion of the toys’ perspective on being donated or tossed; we’ve done the toy room purge many times in our house, usually donating to local charities where the toys will be played with (just like in the movie). But the idea of a toy gone bad from being lost or forgotten is an interesting twist. Though I have to admit I’ll be looking at the toys in the playroom in a different light now; handling our purging a little different I think.

Like the first Toy Story movies, there was a lot of tension and action and adventure created with the toys trying to escape from the day care.The movie evoked a lot of emotions in both my husband and I and the kids. The one thing I love about Toy Story 3 and most of Disney’s animated films, is that it appeals to both parents and kids making it a great family film. As a parent you don’t feel like you’re watching something for the sake of the kids; my husband and I enjoyed ourselves just as much as they did. Now there are some scenes younger kids might find frightening. My 6 and 8-year-old were fine but my 3-year-old said the fuzzy bear who turned evil kind of scared her. Also the scene at the garbage dump with the chopper and incinerator might be a little scary to some though I felt this wasn’t as scary as the mutilated toy scene in the original Toy Story film. My 6-year-old son got right into the film, yelling at the screen and warning the friends (good thing the theatre wasn’t too full).

toystory3-kidsI’ll admit it I cried. I was surprised I did. It wasn’t so much at the idea of Andy going away and thinking of my own kids. The part that made me sad, and there were a few parts, was the whole idea of change and moving on, of being forgotten but also the feeling of true friendship. Not all tears are sad tears.

We opted for the 3D version of the film but honestly the regular film would have been just fine (and cost less). Disney does an amazing job with 3D but the affects seemed to be subtle in this film and lost on the kids I think. The kids were also thrilled to see the Toy Story 3 snack pack (yes I’m a sucker for packaging and marketing gimmicks). Sadly the theatre we were attending didn’t have the Toy Story 3 drink toppers, which was kind of a disappointment.

Bottom line, Toy Story 3 lived up to the high expectations that the original film has set. It was entertaining right to the end. We’re all glad we saw the film on the big screen but you can believe me that we’ll be owning it on DVD when it comes out too.

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