Directed by Matt Drummond, who is an Emmy winner, My Pet Dinosaur is only available on Demand.
The story is a blend of E.T and Monsters, Inc. My Pet Dinosaur focuses on the quirky friendship between a boy and a dinosaur. Cast includes Jordan Dulieu, Annabel Wolfe, Christopher Gabardi, and Tiriel Mora.
The movie features high-end visual effects, a heart-warming tale of friendship and the beautiful Australian countryside. Produced in Australia, My Pet Dinosaur is a perfect addition to the family movie night lineup.
Watch the trailer and discover how a finds the remnants of a failed military experiment. Then, his troubled town is plunged further into chaos as he accidentally makes a new friend – a dinosaur.
A Boy Named Charlie Brown was originally released in 1969 as the first Peanuts movie ever based on Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip. The movie is Peter Robbins’ swan song as the voice for Charlie Brown. Before the movie, he voiced Charlie Brown several times for television specials.
The story follows Charlie Brown, who decisively demonstrates he can do something right. He wins the spelling bee in his class. All the kids regard him with their usual rudeness despite winning his class spelling bee. Then, he does everything in his power to win the championship of his school and wins. He gets to go to the city and be in the National Elimination Spelling Bee.
Vince Guaraldi, who composed the music for the six previous TV specials, creates new arrangements of the old music for the movie. He even spices it up with several new songs by Rod McKuen. McKuen wrote the title song, “A Boy Named Charlie Brown,” and sings it as well, which establishes the movie’s overall feel: there is a little bit of Charlie Brown in all of us.
One of my favorite scenes is Schroeder’s poignant gesture to Beethoven. The music plays as marvelous, complex Technicolor scenes come on the screen in a very fancy presentation.
Another really good scene is with Snoopy and Linus. It is a delightful setting where Snoopy and Linus are wandering around the city looking for his blanket, which he lent to Charlie Brown for good luck in his spelling bee. Snoopy encounters an ice skating rink and fantasizes about being in a hockey match as he skates around the rink. He even has a confrontation with the Red Baron, and those scenes are always fun to watch.
When the movie ends, let the credits roll so you can see the principal voice actors alongside their animated characters.
I recommend this movie because it is so much fun to watch, though I have a hard time seeing Charlie Brown having such a bad time. But he is happy at the end, and that counts for me.
Directed by Tim Maltby and written by Tom Kane, the wolf pack is back in action as a fun and entertaining story for young kids in Alpha and Omega: Dino Digs.
This is the sixth installment of the Alpha & Omega franchise, and some of the scenes are funny and cute with a wonderful musical score. The animation is of poor quality and blurry at times. Still, the 47-minute movie will entertain the kids.
The movie starts with a “65 million years ago…” and we watch to cartoonish dinosaurs facing the destruction of their civilization. We then cut to and follow Humphrey and Kate with their three pops when they are forced to find a new location for their den.
Their new place has kind of a unique name – wolf-burbia, a nice play on the word “suburbia.” While they are moving into their new grounds, they discover Amy, an affable dinosaur who is unfamiliar with the new world. The scene where they meet Amy is really cool to watch and each facial expression will engage your kids.
Amy is a friendly raptor that magically comes to life when she is uncovered during a big dig. The pups and their forest friends show Amy the wonders of their new world and must work together and try to stop the diggers from unearthing the dangerous T-Rex before it is too late.
The movie is great for kids, teaching life lessons about being a good friend, helping your friends, and confronting and solving problems.
The trailer for the movie is no longer available at my YouTube Channel. The above link to the movie takes you to Amazon where the trailer is still live. Parents can view it and see if the movie is appropriate for their kids.
Power Rangers is never boring for kids. They just love watching the series. It is like they are battling alongside the dynamic team that is known as the Power Rangers. InPower Rangers Dino Charge: Resurgence, the Red, Black, Blue, Green, and Pink Rangers unite and save the world from prehistoric monsters. I am amazed at how the boys are glued to the screen whenever the live-action Power Rangers battle against the evil Cavity monster.
The kids learn teamwork and team building skills as the Power Rangers are, once again, put to the test as they rescue Chase and discover the destructive Ankylo Zord and have a battle against a team of Power Ranger clones.
All in all, you can’t go wrong with the Power Rangers. The series has been around for a long time, and here we are at season 12. Yet, each new generation of kids gets a kick out of the battles and imaginative monsters the dynamic team goes against in each episode.
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots is a classic cartoon for preschoolers. The Pig snorts up funny episodes where kids just keep laughing and giggling.
The first episode is called The Golden Boots, and the other 45 episodes are very familiar but fun for the youngsters. I can’t help but like the messages that include kindness, laughter, and gentle life lessons that make Peppa Pig one of the world’s most beloved preschool cartoons. Kids will never get tired of Peppa because he is so much fun to watch.
Care Bears create the funniest puns in their titles. Care Bears: Bearied Treasure is just too cute as a title and the best one so far. The story is about the bears finding a treasure map, so they each want to keep the treasure for themselves.
They go on an adventure by jumping aboard a ship and sailing the sea to Starshine Parade, and looking for treasures. While they are sailing, they help a lost baby star andhave other delightful and innocent adventures.
But there is a lesson, and this time the Care Bears work together to find buried pirate treasure for each of them, but they find that the real treasure is their special friendship, which is such a good message for preschoolers.
The pirate jargon from the Care Bears is entertaining, and the animation is top-notch. I recommend it.
Delivery Dash at the Docks is the newest installment in the adventurous Chuggington DVD collection. The DVD holds six episodes from the fifth season of the Disney Junior series. The disc even has bonus features like Badge Quest Episodes: Buddy Badge and Follow the Leader, and Coloring Pages. Kids should enjoy the bonus features as a special treat. We even meet two new characters, Daley and Skipper Stu. Mothers know this preschool storyline is even fun to watch with their kids.
We follow Koko, and he is thrilled to be spending the day training with Chuggington’s new express delivery engine, Daley. Together they pick up and deliver important packages all around Chuggington, frequenting the bustling docks where Skipper Stu, Chuggington’s new Dock Master, is loading and unloading the ship. All of them go on adventures that any child will enjoy and learn the importance of patience, paying careful attention to detail and teamwork.
Of course, all the delightful engines will entertain and inspire youngsters again and again. They will be able to visit with Brewster, Koko, and Wilson, along with the other engines in Chuggington, on these grand adventures.
I believe kids, young and old, will like the new Power Rangers series. It is cool how they get their powers from gems, called Energems. There is even a Power Ranger who is a caveman. He is still alive and looks young because the gems stop the aging process of any Individual who holds it. Each ranger uses a gem and is ageless. Each ranger also brings a unique talent to the team. There is a new evil villain named Sledge, and he has minions that the Rangers go against
Watching the new episodes (1 – 4), I saw the fledgling rangers work together and grow as a team. Fighting together, they became familiar with each other while at the same time working together at the Dino Café. Dino Charge can easily be a favorite among Power Ranger fans, as its story is unique and different from the others.
Sledge is an intergalactic bounty hunter, and he wants to get his hands on the Energems, which the Rangers unearthed and use for their own powerful dinosaur spirit. The rangers use Dino-fueled weapons and new Mega Zords, too. Together, they must protect these gems at all costs from Sledge’s monster minions while keeping the whole universe safe.
Directed by Xu Kerr, Hatched is billed as an animated adventure featuring the voices of Jeff Foxworthy (The Smurfs) and Sean Astin (TheLord of the Rings). The movie is about farmyard animals that are crazy and silly for kids to enjoy. I have to say, the characters are out-of-this-world, and take a look at their names.
Hatched has many chickens in the movie, so the DVD can be popped into the player for Easter or Spring Break. The film is part of a planned trilogy with playfully named characters like Cluck Norris, voiced by Astin, and Charlie Horse, voiced by Foxworthy.
We follow Cluck Norris as he handles mishaps with young chicks destined to learn how to fly. Chickpea, Tiny SchwarzHENegger, Meryl Cheep and Angelina Poultrie are the crazy farmyard animals that help get the youngsters flying.
Everyone sees that the chickens really can fly, but when their tiny alien pal, Magic, is in danger, the young chicks join the efforts of their animal neighbors to save their home and their friend from the villains. The villains aren’t scary, so the kids shouldn’t get too scared while watching this silly animated movie. The chicks become heroes and learn the meaning of friendship.
All in all, let the kids watch the movie because the parents might get bored with all the silly farm animals’ quirky situations. The clever names based on current movie stars will go over the kids’ heads, but at least the parents can chuckle or two when they hear them.
Directed by Kevan Peterson, Wiener Dog Internationals is the sequel to Wiener Dog Nationals and is a fun movie for kids. We meet up again with John Shelly, the U.S. wiener dog racing champion, who, with the Jack family kids, takes on the adventure of a lifetime by going to the Wiener Dog Internationals. I must admit there is plenty to bark about because the movie received the Dove Foundation seal of approval. That means it is safe for kids of all ages to watch.
The movie stars Golden Globe nominee Morgan Fairchild, who is best known for starring in another canine movie called Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2. Bryan Batt and Jason London also star in the wholesome movie.
The DVD also contains four episodic movies called “Minuscule” as a bonus for the purchase.
The Jack family and their wiener dog, Shelly, are at it again and are entering the International World of Wiener Dog Racing. But this time, it is the kids sneaking off to enter Shelly in the Internationals. Yet, they find themselves caught in a sneaky plot orchestrated by Miss Merryweather, played by Fairchild, which could hinder all wiener dog races for quite some time.
All in all, the sequel is better than the original movie. I will not spoil the movie by telling you the end. Still, the movie is fun to watch. We get to follow the kids and Shelly to see if they stop Miss Merryweather, and if Shelly wins another championship.