Drama, Movie, Theatre

DreamWorks’ HOME Toy & Movie Review

This coming 20^th March 2015, prepare for a cute alien invasion coming to the big screen in the UK! In celebration of the animated DreamWorks Movie release of HOME, Flair have release a huge range of toys to bring the magic to your home. The toy collection features all the recognisable characters such as Oh, Tip and Captain Smek, helping your little one to create their very own magical BOOV story!

We had all watched the trailer at the cinema and have been eagerly anticipating this! If you haven’t seen the trailer, watch it here.

How To Train Your Dragon 2

Tomorrow we are having a special at-home viewing party to watch the How To Train Your Dragon 2 movie! Do come and join in with us!

Olly the Little White Van TV Show

Both my children started to watch Olly the Little White Van about 2 years ago. We first got to know the programme as both of my children are Justin Fletcher fans. Each episode is about five minutes long and is suitable for boys and girls aged 2 – 6. They are now airing on Milkshake daily at 6.50am and several times a day on Cartoonito.

Tickety Toc – Christmas Present Time Review

Remember to set your festive clock for Tickety Toc as a brand new half-hour special of pre-school series ‘Christmas Present Time’ will premiere on Nick Jr. at 12:30pm tomorrow Saturday 30th November 2013.

My Top 10 Old Korean and Taiwanese Drama Favourites

These are a few of my favourite drama which I like to share and recommend:

1. He’s Beautiful/You’re Beautiful (Korean)Go Mi Nyu is a sister-in-training. Her twin brother, Go Mi Nam successfully auditions for the musical band A.N.JELL but is forced to leave for the United States to correct a botched plastic surgery. Mi Nyu is approached by Mi Nam’s manager to pose as Mi Nam while he recovers. She is against it at first but agrees in order to fulfill her dream of finding their mother. Now, posing as Mi Nam, Mi Nyu enters the group A.N.JELL and meets its members: Hwang Tae Kyung, Kang Shin Woo and Jeremy. At first, Tae Kyung does not like Mi Nam and makes her life hard, Shin Woo and Jeremy are friendly to her. Tae Kyung discovers that Mi Nam is a girl and threatens to reveal it, Shin Woo discovers it but does not relieve it and develops feelings for her, the story follows their lives away from the camera and Mi Nam’s efforts to keep her secret, her life is made harder by Tae Kyung’s initial hatred for her and the evil actress Yoo He Yi, who likes Tae Kyung; After a while, Jeremy also discovers the truth and develops liking for Mi Nam too. Mi Nam and Tae Kyung became lovers eventually.Rate: 10/10

Mission Impossible with Spy Gear

This Autumn, an ordinary boy is carrying his little lunch box to a secret location. Watch this trailer:

Room on the Broom Theatre

Last Thursday, the lovely people from Town Hall & Symphony Hall kindly offered my family tickets to watch Room on the Broom Theatre. We had a fantastic time and I would recommend this show to anyone with children who is over 4 years old. The recommend age is 3+ years old.

Jakks Pacific Smurfs 2 launch party at Odeon

Last Sunday, we were fortunate to get invited to watch The Smurf 2 at Odeon together with +Anna Marikar (click here to read her post) and +Blue Bear Wood. When I was young, I loved watching Smurfs cartoons with my sister and she had a huge collection of Smurfs figurines. Shame that my mother threw them away when we moved house. How I wish I could pass it on to my children as Ms C has fallen in love with the latest Jakks Pacific Smurf-tastic toys!

Jakks Pacific has launched the new collectable Grab ‘Em Single packs; Mushroom house Play Sets and a 7.5″ Fashion Doll. They are all available from leading toy retailers nationwide this summer, find out more about Jakks Smurfs toy range at www.jakks.com. We were given the two new Naughties 2.75″ figurine: Vexy and Hackus in our goodies bags!

CD Review: Teen Beach Movie Soundtrack

Teen Beach Movie is a Disney Channel Original Movie premiere on 19 July 2013, on the Disney Channel, starring Ross Lynch (Austin & Ally) as Brady, and Disney Channel newcomer Maia Mitchell as McKenzie. They are teen surfing sweethearts riding the last wave of summer together which mysteriously takes them into a classic beach party movie, Wet Side Story. Now they must try to find a way to return to present day, but their lives may be changed forever when they inadvertently alter the movie’s romantic storyline.

uno, dos, tres Dora the Explorer Live!

Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series about a Latina girl who loves to embark on new quests with her talking purple backpack and her anthropomorphic monkey named Boots.

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Live on Stage

Both of my children are massive fans of Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom. Ms C likes to pretend she is Princess Holly while Mr K likes to be Ben. We also own a little castle magical playset, a toadstool playset and lunch box. Now and then, they like to watch it on TV or YouTube. When I told them that we are going to watch Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom live on stage, they were so excited! We had made a video months ago to enter the Ben and Holly competition. This is the video.

The Gruffalo Book and Live on Stage!

The first time that I came across The Gruffalo magnetic book was my son’s 3rd birthday present from my friend, AP. It looked so interesting and I heard a lot of good reviews from friends that it is a classic book for the whole family! We loved it so much that we followed up and bought the paperback and hardback editions!! I’m really glad that I did which will be explained soon!

The story is about a mouse who goes on an adventurous journey through the deep, dark woods and is confronted by Fox, Owl and Snake who all want to eat him. To save himself, he makes up a story about an imaginary Gruffalo to scare them off. It is a well-written book for children with rhyming text and fantastic illustrations by Axel Scheffler bringing the story to life. I would rate the book 5 out of 5 stars.