Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutagen Mayhem DVD will be released 31st March 2014 by Paramount Home Media Distribution with an RRP of £9.99. The DVD lasts for 135 minutes crammed full of crime fighting adventure with five episodes from the second season of Nickelodeon’s CGI-animated hit series. In this Season 2 Volume 1, you get to see the gang face new perils including robot foot soldiers, an infestation of mutated squirrels and the ultimate threat; Mutagen Man!
Beano Dennis the Menace and Gnasher DVD
My children would so excited when they saw the new release Beano Dennis the menace and gnasher DVD. They are now available in Amazon and all good retailers. This is the Come Menace with Me Volume 1 DVD which was released on 10 February 2014.
Review Tooned 50 DVD
Tooned is an animated cartoon by McLaren and is aired on Sky Sports F1 before the start of each Formula 1 race. Each episode is about 3 minutes long. These episodes are from season 2 and written based on McLaren’s 50th Anniversary by Chris Waitt, Henry Trotter, Ed Dyson and Tim Bain. Join Professor M (Alexander Armstrong), Jenson Button and Sergio Perez, as they present a hilarious look back over 50 years of McLaren racing, with exciting, wild and unexpected tales about the legendary McLaren world champion drivers Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna ,Mika Häkkinen and the great Bruce McLaren himself. They also feature the real voices of F1 legends Alain Prost, Mika Häkkinen, Emerson Fittipaldi and Murray Walker, as well as a starring role for Brian Cox (The Bourne Trilogy, Troy, Braveheart) as The Old Mechanic.
The Croods
Earlier this year, we took both of our children to watch The Croods at the cinema. Unfortunately, Ms C wanted to go to the loo after we sat in the cinema for about 1.5 hours. By the time we came back to our seat, the movie had finished! Though Mr C did explain what happened in the last 5 minutes, it’s obviously not the same as watching it for yourself. So when Mumsnet was look for reviewers, I was delighted to get picked by them so that I’m able to finish the movie!
Shrek The Musical Boardway
If you have not watched Shrek before, read this to understand it better: Shrek is a grouchy, terrifying green ogre who loves the solitude in his swamp, finds his life interrupted when many fairytale characters are exiled into his swamp by order of the fairytale-hating Lord Farquaad. Shrek tells them that he will go ask Farquaad to send them back. Farquaad tortures the Gingerbread Man into giving the location of the remaining fairytale creatures until his guards rush in with something he has been searching for: the Magic Mirror. He asks The Mirror if his kingdom is the fairest of them all but is told that he is not even a king. To be a king he must marry a princess and is given three options, in a parody of The Dating Game: Cinderella, Snow White, and Princess Fiona, from which he chooses Fiona, who is locked in a castle tower guarded by lava and a dragon. Shrek fights a fearsome dragon, rescues the princess and learns that real friendship and true love aren’t only found in fairy tales.
A Very Knightly Christmas DVD Review
This December, beside getting toys, books or chocolate for the little ones, you might like to pop this Mike The Knight: A Very Knightly Christmas DVD into their Christmas stocking.
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
Currently if you pop out to the shops, there are Halloween decorations everywhere. Besides getting pumpkins and scary costumes, why not get a copy of Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map to entertain the children too. It is available from 21st October 2013. We were fortunate to get a copy to watch first hand. Both of my children have made the progression from short regular children’s TV to enjoying longer movies too. So after a day of hard work at school, they were treated to watch this DVD. As they had watched Scooby-Doo before, they both knew what to expect from the show.
Woolly and Tig – One Step at a Time
Abbey Home Media will release a new DVD for Woolly and Tig – One Step at a Time on 16th September 2013. It is a series of 5 minute live action dramas about a three year old girl (Tig) and her toy spider (Woolly).
64 Zoo Lane DVD
64 Zoo Lane is about a girl named Lucy, who lives next door to a zoo at 64 Zoo Lane. Every night when she goes to bed, the giraffe comes to take her to the zoo to meet all the animals and tell her a story! In this DVD, there are 9 episodes which are from Season 4 (2012-2013). Ms C loves to sing the opening theme but her pronunciation is not very good. It sounds like she is singing 60 floor 60 floor zoo lane…..
Be a Knight, Do it Right! DVD Review
Early this month, we went to Warwick castle to see the launch of the second series of Mike the Knight – Be a Knight, Do it Right!
Cloudbabies Wide Awake Sun
We are a big fan of the Cbeebies channel because it is age appropriate for my kids and the shows are entertaining. My children love to watch Mister Maker, Grandpa In My Pocket and a lot more. We first got to know Cloudbabies last year in May 2012 when they first showed it on Cbeebies. Now both of my children are in full time school, they missed their favourite Cbeebies shows.
Disney Bambi DVD Review
Bambi is one of Disney’s classics which was first released in 1942. He was loved by many children because he is so adorable. I still remember I cried each time when his mum got shot and died. This is one of my favourite Disney films.
Mister Maker Volume 5
Mister Maker Volume 5 was out on DVD last week 3rd June. It is yet another brilliant craft time with him. In this DVD, there are 5 episodes and each are over 19 minutes. There are over 20 art and craft ideas making a wobbly egg, ice cream cone, 3D ships, worms in a can etc. We are big fans of the Cbeebies channel and my children love to watch Mister Maker whenever it is on. We are delighted to get this for review.
After watching Mister Maker, both children like to try out one of Mister Maker’s ideas. Today, we made the ice cream cone game! It is very simple and we are suppose to make it in a minute. With two young children, this is unrealistic as we took at least 10 minutes of craft time.
Sooty The Children’s Party
This week has been a hard week for us. Both of my children had fever and sore throats since last week. Since both of them have to be off school, I gave them Sooty The Children’s Party DVD to watch. Within a minute of watching, both children were raucous with laughter! They were both amused by Richard’s funny actions with his team Sooty, Sweep and Soo. This helped lighten both children’s moods and they felt so much better. There are five fun-filled episodes on the DVD running 55 minutes in total. I love their small funky campervan. It brings back memories of us going on our campervan trip. They also go to the seaside in the Beach Patrol episode which both of my children love.
Abadas Come and Play
Abadas is a CBeebies show screened every day Monday to Friday at 9.05am. It is about Hari the hippo, Ela the fox and Seren the bat who live in a pop-up book under Ben’s bed. There is an educational element to the show in that it helps children to learn new vocabulary that corresponds with objects they are likely to come across in childhood. It also helps to organise their talk to re-tell a story in its correct sequence. Questions are asked and answered which helps children confirm what they have learned.