Holiday Gift Opportunity for the Movie-Lover

Posted on November 2, 2011 at 3:44 pm

Barnes & Noble is offering all of the Criterion Collection DVDs at 30% off for a limited time. As all serious film lovers know, the Criterion series are the best of the best — the best films and the best digital transfers and the best extras. From the edgiest cult films to the most revered classics, you will find something for every one on your list that is a gem worth collecting and watching over and over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgWbX3Lx1u4

Christmas with a Capital C

Posted on November 1, 2011 at 9:05 am

Lowest Recommended Age:	Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
MPAA Rating:	Not Rated
Profanity:	None
Alcohol/ Drugs:	None
Violence/ Scariness:	None
Diversity Issues:	A theme of the movie
Date Released to Theaters:	2011
Date Released to DVD:	November 1, 2011
Amazon.com ASIN:	B005BRFN8Q

This Dove-approved family film stars Ted McGinley and Daniel Baldwin as one-time high school rivals who find themselves on opposite sides again when they battle over Christmas decorations in a small Alaska town and learn that Christmas is not about what is displayed but what is felt and shared.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkK30YFv9u0

Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman…And 4 More Spine-Tingling Tales

Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:00 am

Date Released to Theaters:	September 26, 2006
Date Released to DVD:	October 27, 2011
Amazon.com ASIN:	B000H0M47U

Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman… and 4 More Spine-Tingling Tales is a perfect Halloween treat for the littlest trick-or-treaters, with stories that are more fun than scary.

Teeny-Tiny is the story of a boy who outsmarts the witch who wants to eat him and his brothers and sisters for dinner. The Witch in the Cherry Tree wants to eat a family’s freshly-backed cakes and David and his mother must find a way to outsmart her. The Boy With Two Shadows finds out what can go wrong when you promise to help a witch. In Space Case, a space traveler makes a friend on Earth. And in King of the Cats, an old man tells his wife about the strange procession of cats he saw in the Louisiana bayou.

Sale on Spooky Movies from the Warner Archive

Posted on October 22, 2011 at 4:57 pm

The Warner Archive is celebrating Halloween with a sale on some of their scariest movies, some that are silly scary, and some that are not that scary at all. As the classic children’s book “The Phantom Tollbooth” celebrates its 50th birthday, this is a good opportunity to get the DVD at 30 percent off. One of my fantasy favorites, “The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao” is on sale, too, along with some old-time Lon Chaney films, the creepy thriller “Night Must Fall,” sci-fi cult favorites like “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” and “Queen of Outer Space” and more.

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The Worst Witch

Posted on October 17, 2011 at 8:34 am

Lowest Recommended Age:	4th - 6th Grades
MPAA Rating:	NR
Profanity:	None
Alcohol/ Drugs:	None
Violence/ Scariness:	Spooky Halloween themes
Diversity Issues:	None
Date Released to Theaters:	1986
Date Released to DVD:	October 16, 2011
Amazon.com ASIN:	B0002JP5EK

Thanks to my godson, Theo Leiss, for reminding me of this Halloween treat! The Worst Witch is based on a pre-Harry Potter series of books by Jill Murphy about a school for young witches. Fairuza Balk, who would later play a teenaged witch in “The Craft” (and who was already a gifted young actress) plays Mildred Hubble, who can’t seem to get anything right until only she can save the day before an evil witch destroys the school. Diana Rigg plays the school’s headmistress and her evil twin sister and Tim Curry provides one of the highlights as the Grand Wizard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmG80v473AI