Month: September 2010
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Syndicate My Family Movie and TV Reviews
Along with blogging happily away at Film Gecko every day, I also write a variety of syndicated family movie and TV reviews, based at my site, Reel Life With Jane . Check out a few publications where my reviews can be found here . And now for my official pitch… I’ve been in the writing…
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Family Movie Review: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Movie: ‘Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole’ In Theaters: Sept. 24, 2010 Director: Zack Snyder Runtime: 90 minutes MPAA Rating: PG for some sequences of scary action Gecko Rating: After last week’s disappointing ‘Alpha and Omega,’ I was happy to see ‘Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole,’ a CG-animated family film…
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Just in Time for Halloween: Scooby Doo! Camp Scare
Boy, that Scooby Doo just keeps on chugging, doesn’t he? I watched the goofy Great Dane and Mystery, Inc. gang as a kid, then my kids watched them, and even though they’re teenagers now, we all still love Scooby Doo! Should we ignore the fact that Shaggy seems high all the time and has a…
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Legend of the Seeker: The Final Season on DVD Today
A while back, my nephew kept telling me, “You’ve gotta watch ‘Legend of the Seeker.’ So I watched the first season on DVD and loved it. I’m not sure why, but a lot of these fun fantasy shows end up airing on Saturday or Sunday afternoons, so they get lost in the shuffle. You have…
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Hey, New Zealand! Don’t Let Peter Jackson Move The Hobbit to Eastern Europe!
Ooh, don’t get Peter Jackson mad. The Kiwi filmmaker is threatening to move production of ‘The Hobbit’ to Eastern Europe after a Screen Actors Guild member alert went out Friday advising actors not to accept work on the non-union production of ‘The Hobbit.’ It’s part of a showbiz labor effort begun by New Zealand Actors’…
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New Movie Friday: Legend of the Guardians, Wall Street 2, You Again – Watch the Trailers
After last week’s disappointing ‘Alpha and Omega,’ I’m looking forward to the magical ‘Legend of the Guardians.’ It may be one movie where 3D actually enhances the story rather than distracts from it. Also in theaters: Gordon Gekko and Betty White. Here’s the rundown: ‘Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (3D/2D and IMAX…
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The League: Raunchy, Ridiculous and Risque
Let me start off this review by saying that ‘The League’ is not for kids under … 30. Every off-color and sex-related joke you can think of is in this show. Ok, now that I’ve got that out of the way… I don’t watch football, I don’t play fantasy football (I barely know what it…
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Seven Things I Learned During the ‘Community’ Set Visit
Since I don’t live anywhere near L.A. or New York (and thank goodness for that!), it’s always fun when I get to “visit” a set via the wonderful world of the Web. Yesterday I took a virtual tour of the ‘Community’ set, and got to hang out with the Ken Jeong, who plays Senor Chang…
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The Walking Dead: Check Out the Poster and Trailer
My buddies over at All the Rage told me I MUST check out ‘The Walking Dead,’ AMC’s six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. I’ll just say right off the bat this isn’t for kids. Honestly, I can’t find an FCC rating on it anywhere (when…
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Family DVD Review: Fringe Season 2
TV Show: ‘Fringe: The Complete Second Season’ On DVD: Sept. 14, 2010 FCC Rating: TV-14 (V, L) Buy It: On DVD or Blu-ray Gecko Rating: Season 3 of ‘Fringe‘ premieres Thurs., Sept. 23 at 9PM ET on Fox. I’m a big fan of the show, so the anticipation is killing me. I can’t wait to…
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TV Shows That Make Us Smarter: Glee, Fringe and 6 Others
Does TV really rot our brains? Or is that just a catch-phrase moms use to keep kids from staring at the tube for hours? And if so, moms, I would argue that kids spend more hours staring at computer screens in this day and age. At any rate, Dictionary.com has released a list of eight…