Good news for parents stockpiling kids DVDs for a late summer road trip – there are plenty of new kids DVD releases to keep your kids entertained in the back seat:  Barney: Sharing is Caring  Everyone’s favorite plush purple dinosaur promotes generosity. Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters  This Looney Tunes cartoon movie is an [...]

My kids are bugging me to see Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (PG, 93 minutes) which opened today.  I did a little legwork so I could share a sampling of the reviews from my favorite movie critics: The best of the three Ice Age films, involving the best use of 3-D I’ve seen in an [...]

   A diverse bunch of kids DVDs were released today. The Diary of Anne Frank  This is the 50th anniversary edition of the original film by George Stevens which won three Oscars in 1959.  The film is an excellent choice for homeschooling or enrichment for older kids. Garfield’s Pet Force  In this straight-to-DVD movie, Garfield and pals turn [...]

    For your little ones, a couple of high quality kids DVDs were released today: Bob the Builder:  Truck Teamwork  Bob the Builder and his Can-Do Crew work together to get the job done.  Includes five episodes of the popular TV series. Shaun the Sheep:  Sheep on the Loose  Six new adventures of fun-loving Shaun the [...]

    For animation fans, a few kids DVDs were released today. Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2  30 episodes from the first season of Steven Spielberg’s cartoon series – one of the best animated shows of the 1990s. Stuart Little: The Animated Series – A Little Family Fun  Three episodes from the popular animated series [...]