Category: Movies

Everyone’s favourite globe-trotting family is back in the complete series (all ninety-one episodes) on DVD!

About The Wild Thornberrys

If you are not yet familiar with this funny and crazy family, The Thornberry family travels around the world in their CommVee looking for rare animals to film. After an encounter with a mysterious shaman, their youngest child Eliza was given the power to speak to animals (awesome, right?!).  Travelling to every corner of the world with her family of daffy documentarian, Eliza uses her fantastic skill to learn about the lifestyles and habitats of the world’s most exotic creatures.

My Thoughts

The animations in this series are fantastic, age appropriate and bring the story to life. Eliza’s unique ability to speak with animals brings a new perspective to the stories. Eliza speaks with all types of animals including pythons, tapirs, antelopes and even capybaras! We are able to ‘see’ wildlife in their natural state and hear an age appropriate encounter with these animals. I love how the conversations with the animals are similar to the type of conversations and thoughts your own child would make up.

The bonus with this DVD set? Ninety one episodes of fun on fifteen discs! So no more, ‘Mom I am so bored of this episode!’. It makes for fun family movie nights, sick days for the kids and even downtime for the family. The episodes are hilarious and enchanting at the same time (I love cartoons that are animal based) and remind me of my own childhood favourite cartoons!.

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Disclosure: I received a copy of this DVD set in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

The My Little Pony Equestria Girls are back in three full length movies stored in a beautiful boxed set, making it the perfect gift for your little Equestria Girls fan!

The My Little Pony Equestria Girls set includes the movies:

Equestria Girls

When a crown is stolen from the Crystal Empire, Twilight Sparkle pursues the thief into an alternate world where she transforms into a teenage girl who must survive her biggest challenge yet: high school!. With help from her new friends who remind her of Ponyville’s Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, she embarks upon a quest to find the crown and change the destiny of these two parallel worlds.

Rainbow Rocks

Canterlot High is hosting a musical showcase and Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy are going to be performing with their new band, The Rainbooms. A new girl group, The Dazzlings, arrive at CHS and convince everyone to turn the friendly showcase into a Battle of the Bands. Tensions mount and a reformed Sunset Shimmer realizes that the Dazzlings may not be ordinary girls and are after something far more sinister. The Rainbooms call on Princess Twilight to return to their world to help them perform a musical counter-spell so that they can win a battle that now determines the fate of the entire school.

Friendship Games

Canterlot High meets its rival school, Crystal Prep Academy, in a competition that’s a long-standing tradition, the Friendship Games. Sunset Shimmer is tasked with keeping magic out of the games to avoid the appearance of impropriety while she and her friends compete against Crystal Prep’s top students led by someone with an equal amount of interest in Equestrian magic , this world’s Twilight Sparkle.

Bonus features include:

• Through The Looking Glass of Equestria Girls
• Deleted Scenes from My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games
• Audio Commentaries
• Animated Shorts
• Sing-Alongs

The My Little Pony Equestria Girls has been a huge success and the movies are even more so. Full of humour, moral lessons and fantastic graphics, your child will not want to stop watching these fantastic films! We had a My Little Pony movie marathon going on at our house with my niece, who loved the films. The box set comes with a holographic cover which suits the theme of My Little Pony. The movies are not only visually appealing but offer fantastic lessons for young girls (and boys who are My Little Pony fans!).

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Disclosure: I received a copy of this DVD set in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Come on a adventure with six year old Miko as helps Sandman save the wonderful world of Dreamland.

In this adventure set in the style of James and the Giant Peach, we are introduced to a brave six year old boy named Miko who is on a adventure to help Sandman save Dreamland.

Every night, the children of the world are sent to the magical world of Dreamland thanks to the kind and magical Sandman. But when the Master of Nightmares, steals the powerful Sand of Dreams and takes control, Sandman is in for big trouble. Sandman needs a brave hero and recruits six year old Miko. Together they set off on an adventure to help save the dreams of all the boys and girls of the world.

You and your child can explore the world of dreams in this enchanting tale. Kids are always full of questions of where do dreams come from? What about nightmares? Sandman has always played a special role in children’s lives. This movie brings to life these childhood stories in a fun and sweet way that you can cherish together as a family.

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Disclosure: I received a copy of Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Autobots, roll out! Transformers Prime: Ultimate Decepticons are here with your top five battles and the characters you know and love.

With three boys in our home, Transformers has always been a huge hit. And to be honest I love the series myself. There is never a dull moment when the Autobots and Decepticons are around.

In Transformers Prime: Ultimate Decepticons, we find a collection of five of the most epic Autobots vs Decepticons adventures from the Transformers Prime lore. This collection has all of your favourite unforgettable characters all in one place, including Starscream, Skyquake, Makeshift, Airachnid, Dreadwing, Predaking and Knock Out.

While the Autobots have vowed to protect Earth, Megatron and his evil Decepticons have vowed to steal all of Earth’s valuable Energon, no matter what the cost it. This collection includes the titles: Masters and Students, Con Job, Crossfire, Prey and Thirst.

Transformers Prime: Ultimate Decepticons is full of incredible graphics, great story lines and unforgettable battles between our favourite characters. This DVD combines all of our favourite battles and characters for an action packed viewing time that every member of your family will love.

The Transformers series has come back in a new fun way that all ages will love. Adults can appreciate the characters from their youth while the young viewers will love the up to date graphics of the characters (have you seen how different Optimus alone looks from when the series first started??!). Our whole family enjoyed the DVD from start to finish, with the boys acting out some of the battles (yikes!).

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Disclosure: I received a copy of the above DVD in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.