The 2011 Emmy winner for Outstanding Children’s Program A Child’s Garden of Poetry weaves together the words of celebrated poets voiced by favorite stars like Dave Matthews, Liam Neeson, and Julianne Moore, with the backdrop of delightful animation, as shown in the gallery below. Continue reading »

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In case you missed it (and with less than $1 million grossed domestically, let’s face it, you probably did), the world of moms blogging got its Hollywood ending on the big screen late last fall.

And now Motherhood is coming to DVD, with Uma Thurman as frazzled stay-at-home mom with a blog and writing career aspirations Eliza. So why should you ignore the dismal domestic ticket sales and watch it anyway? Continue reading »

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She was just a kid when we first saw her, and now Drew Barrymore is a mom of sorts – she sent her first baby out onto DVD last week. Whip It is Barrymore’s first film as a director, a coming of age tale that’s tailor made for opening doors between teens and their parents.

Babble spoke with Barrymore about a few topics she knows a bit about – main character Bliss Cavendar’s teenage rebellion (in the form of running off from pageants to become a rollerderby queen), growing up in the spotlight and her relationship with her mom. Continue reading »

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Open up the newspaper and it’s hard not to see a high school recreation of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown these days. But if you’re not in the mood for shushing your kids in the theater, you don’t have to miss out on your Peanuts fix these days.

They’re finally bringing a Charlie Brown classic to DVD. Prepare your Snoopy dance! Continue reading »

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Tis the season for the holiday TV special, but as one parent confessed to me recently – it’s hard choosing which night to keep the kids up and which specials to forego. True, there’s always the DVR, but what happens when you want a wintry tale on a too-hot summer day?

Stock up on these DVDs for the kids over the holidays and keep them around for repeated viewing throughout the year: Continue reading »

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When in doubt, buying anyone in the family a DVD for the holidays seems to be the preferred fall back these days. No worries about preferred scents in candles or allergies to nuts.

And if nothing else, they can eBay it when they’re done viewing. So Babble has suffered through a whole lot of DVD viewing (OK, enjoyed a whole lot – and suffered a little) so you don’t have to. Here are our picks for everyone in the fam., culled from Warner Bros. list of holiday suggestions: Continue reading »

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Last week Night at the Museum made its TV premiere, just in time to get kids excited for Night at the Museum 2 to hit DVD – and hopefully your shopping carts – this week.

Night at the Museum 2 hits shelves on Tuesday, and Babble found a crazy pre-order deal on the Web to help the pocketbook. Plus, we took a peek to see whether it’s worth the buy.

The verdict: Continue reading »

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