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Dora Rocks is the latest DVD release of Dora The Explorer- and only features 3 episodes. Dora Rocks Baby Bongo’s Big Music Show Little Mapp For about the same amount of money you could pick up Bubble Guppies Sunny Days which features literally twice as much content. As great as Dora The Explorer is, what…
Christian Jacobs is co-creator of “Yo Gabba Gabba” which proved to be a big hit for Nickelodeon. With that success under his belt, he went about working on his dream show, one that he had been working on for over a decade, one based on his “day job” with his band The Aquabats. Much…
One of my 10 year old son’s favorite video games of all time is LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Unite – surpassed only very recently by LEGO City Undercover. At times he would play the game just to watch the cutscenes telling the story of how Lex Luthor and The Joker team up to…
Before Chris Evans donned the red, white and blue uniform in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, there were a few attempts to bring the character to the screen. There was the 1944 Republic serial, then in 1979 two television films (inspired by the success of “The Incredible Hulk” television series) came out. in 1990…
Mars: War Logs is a solid action style RPG that costs $20. That right there should tell you a lot. It’s not going to break the bank and offers up plenty of gameplay to satisfy. It doesn’t offer the sprawling world and intricate character depth of an Elder Scrolls game, but it isn’t trying to….
Disney Junior has come a long way in the last couple of years, and part of that is due to some recent additions to its lineup. One of those is “Doc McStuffins” and despite the semi-Scottish last name, the leach character is an African-American girl. And dad is a stay at home dad while mom…
There was a period of time when Jackie Chan was just about the biggest thing in film. His popularity in Asia with his work in Hong Kong kept getting him attention in Hollywood, and he kept trying to break through. It wasn’t until Rumble In the Bronx that he finally broke through to western audiences….
Team Umizoomi speeds back to DVD in Team Umizoomi: Animal Heroes. This Nick Jr. show is great for preschoolers as it introduces math concepts as well as offering up some fun adventures. The four episodes on this DVD are: Purple Monkey Mission Buster The Lost Dog Cuckoo bears Animal School House The show…
The Great Escape is one of those films that stands the test of time. Every once in a while it fades into obscurity only to be trotted back out either on a new home video edition or when a filmmaker declares how great the film is and how their latest effort is an homage to…
Okay, yes, this is silly. However, “K-9” as a series wasn’t really meant to be serious. A semi-spin-off from “Doctor Who” some familiarity might be needed. And the thing is, it’s not an official spin-off. one of the official sin-offs to “Doctor Who” featured a K-9 (“The Sara Jane Adventures”). Since one of the creators…