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Movie Review Monday: DreamWorks – MEGAMIND

Posted by Brande on March 7, 2011
in DVDs & CDs, Family Stuff, Fun Stuff, Movie Review Monday, Movies

Last week, I purchased Megamind at our local supermarket. The only reason I bought it was because I printed a $5.00 coupon off the web and it was on sale. I was a little skeptical, but thought I’d give it a try. I wasn’t sure if my daughter would enjoy looking at a blue bad alien guy with a big head. I was wrong about that and the whole story. I can hear it now, Oh Mom! Anyway, my family and I finally sat down to watch Megamind on Friday night. It had moments where it was a little slow, but surprisingly I enjoyed it. Especially the soundtrack! It has original music by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balf. Other favorites were Bad to the Bone, Crazy Train, and A Little Less Conversation (the remix). I’m ready to buy it on i-Tunes, I enjoyed it so much. I’m not always the biggest Will Ferrel fan, he’s kind of like Jim Carey. He can either be great or REALLY annoying. Picking Will Ferrell was a great choice for the Megamind character, he has so many “voices” that he can change into. I was laughing because the character that Jonah Hill (Hal / Tighten) did the voice of (to me) almost looked like him. Mostly, if your is into a family friendly movie night this is a good current movie. Most of the ratings I’ve read are giving it 7 out of 10 or 3 stars. Here’s the story direct from the MEGAMIND website: (www.megamind.com)

Megamind is the most brilliant super-villain the world has ever known… and the least successful. Over the years, he has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way — Each attempt, a colossal failure thanks to the caped superhero known as “Metro Man,” until the day Megamind actually defeats him in the throes of one of his botched evil plans. Suddenly, the fate of Metro City is threatened when a new villain arrives and chaos runs rampant, leaving everyone to wonder: Can the world’s biggest “mind” actually be the one to save the day?

I’ll let you watch the movie to see if Megamind he saves the day! And…..get’s the girl?????

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Movie Review Monday: The Jensen Project

Posted by Bobbie Gould on February 21, 2011
in DVDs & CDs, Movies

We recently watched The Jensen Project a movie made by Walmert and PG and we really enjoyed it!

The Jensen project is a movie about a family who doesn’t communicate, has family issues, and on top of that has a teenage son who breaks all the rules. But a top secret project is threatened Claire and Matt Thompson have to go back to the work that they left years ago. Will Matt, Claire, Justin (15), and the rest of the Jensen team save the day before a evil man destroys this top secret project and countless lives?????

This movie is very family friendly. Our children enjoyed it alot and even the little ones didn’t say they where scared even though there was some intense scenes in it. The movie was also funny in parts. But, we really enjoyed watching the Thompson family interact and learn to work together as a team.

We highly reccomend The Jensen Project as yet another great movie produced by Walmart!

Watch the trailer below:

Go to familymovienight.com for more information.

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Tell the EPA to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides!

Posted by html404 on January 20, 2011
in Gardening, Movies

You can tell by the topics I am covering this week that I am in farm mode but these issues are very important to our family and ideally, they should be to everyone who eats. Bees are another important creature to the basic survival of our food system and pesticides are destroying them. The video below is of a beekeeper:

Get involved!

Thanks to FRESH for sharing this information.

[1] Researchers Find “Alarming” Decline in Bumblebees

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12545468

[2]“Nicotine Bees” Population Restored With Neonicotinoids Ban

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/nicotine-bees-population-restored-with-neonicotinoids-ban.php

[3]EPA Leaked memo

http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/Memo_Nov2010_Clothianidin.pdf

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Food, Inc.

Posted by html404 on January 19, 2011
in Food and Treats, Movies

Yes, we are on a food kick. We have seen both of these documentaries that we have posted about this week, but we wanted to revisit them because their message is so very important to the future of our food system here in the USA. I am also hoping to attend a Local Food Round-Table Discussion tonight and wanted to refresh my memory as to the issues of concern. Not that I plan on saying too much. I am more of a silent observer, but if I have to I will be better prepared to voice my opinion if need be.

Food, Inc. has the same basic message as The Future of Food, but presents it in a different way with different people (Michael Pollen, Joel Salatin, a Christian farmer from Virginia, Stoneyfield Yogurt and more). It also deals more with ecoli outbreaks, saving seeds, feed lots and poultry, as well as the farmers and meat packers who work in those industries.

Here’s to the health of not only our families but the health of the whole nation!

Let me know how these documentary movies have affected the way you think.

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The Child

Posted by html404 on January 13, 2011
in DVDs & CDs, Movies

This looks like a must-see documentary!

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Faith and Family Movie Review: Rust

Posted by html404 on December 7, 2010
in DVDs & CDs, Movie Review Monday, Movies

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

I have a couple more movies to review so I can get my links sent to our contact. So I have one more for this week and hopefully two more for next week.

Rust is a movie with content of a more serious nature, but faith, family, friends – relationships – were a huge focus. In this movie actor Corbin Bernsen plays a former minister who is troubled in his soul. He returns to the town where he grew up only to rediscover his purpose as a minister. I loved the loyalty that Corbin Bernsen’s character, Jimmy, displayed. He was a true friend despite circumstances forcing others to turn away from a close childhood friend.

Due to the content being more serious, our oldest did not enjoy it as much. She thought it was scary because of a tragic event that occurred. She told us this after the fact. This was actually one movie we did not preview before the children. The other children seemed to like it (maybe not quite as much as others) and I think we addressed concerns as they arose during the movie. However, for that reason I would advise parents of younger children to preview it first to see if they think their children will be able to handle the content.

Because we were not expecting one surprising element of Rust, I think we enjoyed it more than we would have otherwise, as it has a rather unique story line. It’s always thought provoking to watch a movie that deals with real life issues. The relationship aspect of the movie makes us take a look at our own relationships and question how we can improve them and I think that is a good thing, as long as we seek the Lord’s leading too.

Watch one of Rust’s trailers (there are more at www.rustmovie.com):

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Movie Review Monday: Trusting in the Shepherd

Posted by html404 on December 6, 2010
in DVDs & CDs, Movies

We received a new dvd from Really Woolly Kids (Dayspring) titled, Trusting in the Shepherd and watched it as a family. The older children thought it was cute, our older son thought it was “pretty good but not the best” and our oldest daughter thought it was silly (but hey, she’s outgrowing a lot of things that her younger siblings still happen to enjoy – that’s a part of growing up!).

Trusting in the Shepherd is an animated movie about a family of sheep (yes, the characters are cute little sheep as you can see from the dvd cover ). It features two stories dealing with the little lambs learning how to manage their fears. The daughter lamb was afraid of the dark and the son lamb was afraid of a bigger lamb at school. As they processed their fears their parents and grandmother were influential in leading them to trust the Good Shepherd who is always with them and to the scripture verse Psalm 23:4:

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for though art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

This kids dvd is very family friendly and entertained our little ones. A must see, especially if you have children who are struggling with fears.

To find out more about this movie or Really Woolly Kids, please visit their sites:

Website: http://www.reallywoollykids.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Really-Woolly-Kids/120680907979250?ref=ts

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UPSIDE ~ A DVD Movie Review

Posted by Professor on November 29, 2010
in DVDs & CDs, Movies

About Uside

The DVD UPSIDE was a great film. Basically, it reminds us that no matter what life throws at you there is always an “upside”! The premise of the movie revolves around a High School senior, Solomon White who seems to have everything…but when he suffers a head injury that distorts his vision he is left looking at the world in a different light. The movie showcases the challenges that Solomon faces at home and school. During the course of the film Solomon begins to fall for Wren, a young girl who has been blind since birth. This is an inspiring movie about faith and perseverance.

One of the things I enjoyed was going to the website after the movie and perusing around. I found that www.upsidemovie.com has a study guide available to accompany the movie. They have taken 2 scenes from the movie and have planned lessons to use in accompaniment with the movie. Study Guide 1 talks about how God gives us a fresh start and Study Guide 2 talks about how God measures success. Each study guide is complete with a Leader Guide, student guide and a video clip. As a Sunday school teacher I found these quite useful!

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Movie Review Monday- Bringing Up Bobby

Posted by Bobbie Gould on November 29, 2010
in DVDs & CDs, Movie Review Monday, Movies

Our family really enjoyed Bringing Up Bobby. It is the type of movie to watch when you just want to laugh. It was silly in places, but it tickled our funny bones. I got just as much fun out of watching my family laugh as I did the movie. The trailers for Bringing Up Bobby make it look more silly than it really is. It’s a nice movie with a realistic plot about the realities of family life, where family members are sinners and don’t always get along. It’s about a family who loves each other deeply but get side tracked by the will of their parents. It is also about what real friendship is all about – sticking with a friend through the thick and ugly days, as well as the upbeat good days.

Another important aspect of Bringing Up Bobby, is Bobby himself who is a teenager on the path of discovering who he is and what he believes.

See more about this family friendly movie here: http://bringingupbobbymovie.com/

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Bringing up Bobby ~ A DVD Movie Review

Posted by Professor on November 28, 2010
in DVDs & CDs, Movies

Bringing Up Bobby was a very entertaining movie. The movie revolves around the Wyler family and their ups and downs of family life. The head of the Wyler is James (big brother and surrogate parent) who trusts in God for help in raising his three siblings. There are some great events within the film, including Bobby’s 16^th birthday, which make the film enjoyable. I enjoyed that the filmmakers were able to present the Gospel in such a way to make it enjoyable and believable, while using real life circumstances. The movie has a solid theme and is cute for the whole family!