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    Monday happy things

    Although I swore I wouldn’t start getting excited about Christmas until the 1st of December I admit I may have slipped. This weekend we were invited to a preview of Get Santa, a festive film which is out on December 5th. It features some brilliant British actors such as Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Joanna Scanlan and Warwick Davis and is a really fun family film. Basically, a young boy finds Santa Claus in the shed at the bottom of his garden after he has crash landed his fancy new sleigh. Santa enlists the boy and his father to get the reindeer,…

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    Win a Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray

    To celebrate the special 30th anniversary Blu-ray release of Ghostbusters, I’ve teamed up with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to host a giveaway where one lucky winner can win a children’s Ghostbuster’s costume, a keyring, and a copy of the Blu-ray! From September 1 fans will be able to own the Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray and a two-disc Blu-ray box set, which includes the Ghostbusters II 25th Anniversary Edition, debuting on Blu-ray.  Both films have been fully restored and remastered in 4K and will be presented in high definition on Blu-ray from those 4K sources. Both the Ghostbusters and…

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    Win a DVD of Thomas and Friends Tale of the Brave

    This week we were fortunate to be invited to spend the day at Thomas Land at Drayton Manor to see the latest Thomas & Friends film – Tale of The Brave. My children loved our day at Thomas Land. When we arrived at the cinema we were greeted by The Fat Controller and were able to play with some of the latest Thomas & Friends toys before sitting down to watch the film. Tracks are trembling on the Island of Sodor as Thomas & Friends embark on their boldest adventure yet! Available from Monday 1st September, Tale of the Brave…

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    The Care Bears: Totally Sweet Adventures

    I was recently offered the opportunity to review The Care Bears: Totally Sweet Adventures on DVD. As a child of the early 80s I fondly remembered Care Bears so couldn’t resist sharing this with my children to see what they thought. We’re had a crazy couple of week but yesterday afternoon Little Sis and I sat down and put The Care Bears: Totally Sweet Adventures on. She was immediately enthralled and enjoyed the episodes. Ride the rainbow to Care-a-lot and join the super cute, fluffy and adventurous Share Bear, Cheer Bear and all their Care Bear friends in four exciting…

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    Win Shaun the Sheep Spring Cleaning on DVD

    From Aardman, the acclaimed creators of Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep™ Spring Cleaning follows Shaun and pals as they get into more mischief than ever before around the farmyard. Featuring ten short episodes, viewers are welcomed to Mossy Bottom Farm to follow Shaun, the leader of the flock, Bitzer and the rest of the gang as they embark on madcap adventures. In the comical episodes, the flock run into skateboarding trouble, take on a vicious pet rabbit and try out window cleaning on the farm. As well as a range of exciting behind-the-scenes features, the DVD also includes one…

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    {DVD review} Thomas & Friends: Spills & Thrills

    My son turned 4 yesterday and received a whole heap of Thomas toys amongst other things. He’s always loved the adventures of Thomas and his friends which is why he was very excited when a copy of the new ‘Thomas & Friends: Spills & Thrills’ DVD landed on our doormat. Peep! Peep! Join your favourite engines on the Island of Sodor as Thomas & Friends find themselves in an array of messy mishaps. Available from 31 March, Thomas & Friends: Spills & Thrills includes 6 exciting never-before-seen episodes from series 17 and introduces brave new steam engine, Porter. It’s full…

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    Win Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 on DVD

    Flint Lockwood and the Swallow Falls gang are back to dish-up a hippotatomus-sized adventure in Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 which is out on Blu-ray & DVD on the 17th February. Inventor Flint Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his most infamous invention — a machine that turned water into food, causing cheeseburger rain and spaghetti tornadoes. However, he soon learns that his invention survived and is now creating food-animals, or “foodimals!”  Now, Flint and his friends must embark on a dangerously delicious mission to battle hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and…

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    {Giveaway} Win 3 copies of Justin and the Knights of Valour on DVD

    Join Justin on a quest to follow his heart… Produced by Antonio Banderas and featuring the voice talent of an all-star cast Justin and the Knights of Valour is a charming, animated adventure full of fun characters that will be loved by families. Young Justin lives in a kingdom without knights! He dreams of following in his Grandfather’s footsteps and becoming one of the famed Knights of Valour but his father wants him to settle down to a life without adventure. Inspired by his Grandmother, Justin decides to follow his heart and embarks upon a daring quest to become a knight by himself.   Along the way he meets…

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    Olly the Little White Van

    Recently my children have been watching some exciting new episodes of “Olly The Little White Van”, in case you haven’t seen it before, it’s a series currently shown on Channel 5’s Milkshake. The programme is perfect for boys and girls aged 2-6 years and my children are quite happy to watch it (it makes a lovely change from endless episodes of Peppa and Thomas!). Olly the Little White Van (voiced by Justin Fletcher) helps his friends as much as he can.  He isn’t a racing car or fire engine, but he and his driver Stan are very good at helping everyone…