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Monday, December 23, 2013

Kidoodle.TV

I participated in a Blog Blast program on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Kidoodle.TV. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.




Kidoodle.TV is a website and app made just for children to easily (and safely) watch great shows that they and you will love. Kidoodle.TV is unique in that it is specifically designed for children under 12 years old. It is an easy to use website and app that young children can easily navigate, but even better than that are the parental controls that make your job supervising what they watch even easier. Your children can watch what they want, but you set the standard.



Right now anyone can try Kidoodle.TV for free until the end of the year. And they are running a great giveaway for a chance to win 1 of 10 tablets or 1 of 10 Kidoodle.TV year-long subscriptions. Get your free trial and enter the contest by December 31, 2013.

It was very easy to sign up for Kidoodle.TV on their website. I also downloaded their free app on my iPhone. My son is excited about the great shows available. I like that there are a mix of old and new. It's always fun seeing cartoons and shows that I enjoy as well as my kids. I like that I can set age restrictions, block particular shows of my choosing, and limit watching time all so simply. And it's easy for my 7 year old to use.

Check out Kidoodle.TV on their website. Plus you can connect with them and learn more on their Facebook and Twitter pages too.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

SAVING MR BANKS - Premiere Images

I am excited about this new movie. What do you think? Is this something that you want to go see? How about your kids? I have a feeling it's something that parents are going to be more excited about than our kids.



     

     

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Visit the official site here: www.disney.com/savingmrbanks

SAVING MR. BANKS opens in theaters limited on December 13th and opens wide on December 20th!




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SAVING MR. BANKS
DISNEY
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Genre:                                      Drama 
Rating:                                      PG-13  
Release Date:                           December 13, 2013, limited; December 20, 2013, wide
Running Time:                           120 min

Cast:                                        Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Annie Rose Buckley, Ruth Wilson, B.J. Novak, Rachel Griffiths, Kathy Baker and Colin Farrell
Director:                                   John Lee Hancock                    
Producers:                                Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer
Executive Producers:                Paul Trijbits, Christine Langan, Andrew Mason, Troy Lum
Written by:                                Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith
 
 
Two-time Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen.

When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary Poppins,” he made them a promise—one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney’s plans for the adaptation.

For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn’t budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp.

It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.

Inspired by true events, “Saving Mr. Banks” is the extraordinary, untold story of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen—and the testy relationship that the legendary Walt Disney had with author P.L. Travers that almost derailed it.
 
 
Notes:

·       “Saving Mr. Banks” is the first feature-length, theatrical drama to depict the iconic entrepreneur Walt Disney.
·       Richard and Robert Sherman’s original score and song (“Chim Chim Cher-ee”) would go on to win Oscars® at the 1965 ceremonies.
·       “Mary Poppins” won five awards of its 13 Academy Award® nominations: Best Actress (Julie Andrews), Best Effects, Best Film Editing, Original Score and Original Song. Among the nominations were Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
·       P.L. Travers’ father was a banker and is the basis for the “Mary Poppins” story’s patriarch, Mr. Banks—the character in the book whom the famous fictional nanny comes to aid.


OFFICIAL BOILERPLATE

Two-time Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen.

When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary Poppins,” he made them a promise—one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney’s plans for the adaptation.

For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn’t budge.  He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp.

It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.

Disney presents “Saving Mr. Banks,” directed by John Lee Hancock, produced by Alison Owen, Ian Collie and Philip Steuer, and written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith. Executive producers are Paul Trijbits, Christine Langan, Andrew Mason and Troy Lum. The film will release in U.S. theaters on December 13, 2013, limited, and open wide on December 20, 2013.