Diary of a Wimpy Kid Review By CovaKid7

 

Last year I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid and thoroughly enjoyed it. So when the movie came out I was very excited to see it, but I didn’t get a chance to until it came to ON DEMAND. When I finally watched it I thought it was completely worth the wait. I thought every moment of the movie was just like the book which was funny, put together perfectly, and one of the best movies I have ever seen. It totally and completely exceeded my expectations.

Just like the book, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” the movie was a fun and creative idea of what middle school might be like for the nerds, and how middle school is for everyone else too. The story follows the life of Greg Heffley as he tries to conquer middle school with his best friend, Rowley Jefferson. Throughout the whole movie Greg tries to make his best friend Rowley one of the “cooler kids “like he thinks he is, but he is actually one of the most unpopular kids in the school.

I recommend this movie to anyone who is up for a few good laughs about the trials and tribulations middle-schoolers can get into.  But more than the movie, I highly recommend the book which is one I guarantee you won’t be able to put down.

DISNEY WELCOMES ROOKIE RACERS TO ITS NEWEST VIRTUAL WORLD

DISNEY•PIXAR WORLD OF CARS ONLINE

Kids Can Now Join Lightning McQueen, Mater and the Cast of “Cars”

in an Online World Full of Fun, Adventure and Racing!

 

Racers – log onto your computers – and start your engines!  Disney•Pixar World of Cars Online (www.worldofcars.com) a new online virtual world for kids based on the hit animated movie “Cars,” debuted to fans, car enthusiasts and the press on Wednesday, August 11, as announced by Disney Online Studios, a unit of the Disney Interactive Media Group.

The World of Cars Online premiere event featured celebrity guests Cheech Marin and Jenifer Lewis, voices of “Ramone” and “Flo” from the Disney•Pixar animated feature “Cars” and new online video game, as well as Disney Channel stars, the Road Kings classic car club and other Hollywood families and fans.   The event was held at California historical landmark, Bob’s Big Boy restaurant in Burbank, a real life example of the 1950s style “car hop” coffee shop, reminiscent of Radiator Springs’ Flo’s V-8 Café depicted in the “Cars” movie and virtual world.

“Our goal with World of Cars Online is to provide a creative and social environment where kids can have fun and use their imaginations in new ways,” says Lane Merrifield, executive vice president of Disney Online Studios. “Our teams worked tirelessly to ensure World of Cars Online authentically represents the characters and storylines that kids and families have come to know and love from the movies, and we’re looking forward to hearing what ‘Cars’ fans think of it.”

 “At Pixar, we love seeing the worlds we create in our films extend into other media,” said Jay Ward, Cars Franchise Manager. “We are excited to bring the world of ‘Cars’ to online audiences in a fun and imaginative way.”

World of Cars Online is an expansive virtual world on the Internet that constantly changes with new games, adventures and community activities for kids and their friends to enjoy together.  Features include:

• Create a Car – create a custom car with loads of modifications and upgrades to choose from 
• Meet “Cars” Movie Characters – engage with quirky “Cars” characters in offbeat adventures and more
• Explore the Open Road – play fun games and activities in Radiator Springs and beyond
• Make New Friends – meet, chat and play with thousands of other Cars or race against them on a variety of tracks
• Start a Racing Career – race to become the new Piston Cup Champ.  Cars can work their way up from local dirt tracks to the national circuit
• Build a Yard – outfit a yard for friends to check out and visit, and eventually build custom race tracks

There is no third party advertising in World of Cars Online, it is a free-to-play browser-based game.  For access to additional features in the world, a sponsorship subscription of $5.95 a month is required. 

A special parents section is featured in World of Cars Online, where parents can learn more about the game and parental controls that are offered.  Parents may use the Account Manager to control a variety of community settings for their child’s car, including two chat options, SpeedChat and SpeedChat Plus.  In addition to the parental controls, World of Cars Online employs a highly trained, on-site staff to continuously monitor the world and provide personalized player support.  More information on the parents section can be found at: www.worldofcars.go.com/parents/.

School! By Grizzlybear

For a lot of people, the new school term is starting soon. Some people look forward to it, but some don’t. And well, I’m not too sure. There are some kids in my class that I’m really looking forward to seeing but not the others. That’s only natural, right? I’ve put together a little ‘to do list’ for you guys to help you prepare for the new year!

1. If you haven’t gotten your uniform already, I’d recommend getting it soon; before everyone does last minute uniform things and the shops get too busy.

2. If you’re not looking forward to the new year make a list of all the positive things. For example you could write ‘looking forward to seeing friends’ or ‘will be the oldest kids in school’

3. Look around your house for all the stationary. I know it’s nice to buy brand-new stuff, but in the long-run it could save a lot of money using the things you already have!

4. Start going to bed earlier and getting up earlier. That way it will become easier when the time really comes.

 To everyone who will soon start school/has started already GOOD LUCK!

By Grizzlybear

Laura10’s Music Post!

LADY GAGA:’MY NEW ALBUM IS THE BEST EVER’

Lady GaGa’s next studio album is nearing its release and the Alejandro singer claims it’s her best work yet. ‘The new album is my absolute greatest work I’ve ever done,and I’m so excited about it’,she said in one interview,’The message,the melodies,the direction,the meaning,what it will mean to my fans and what it will mean to me in my own life is utter liberation.’ New album is set for release next year but GaGa is still selling plenty of copies of her debut release ‘The Fame’ and its follow up ‘The Fame Monster’. This week sales surpassed 13 million and GaGa was honoured with special presentation in Los Angeles. She said that new album will be very popular! So,when she finishes the album,hurry up and buy it!

DISNEY WELCOMES ROOKIE RACERS TO ITS NEWEST VIRTUAL WORLD

 

DISNEY•PIXAR WORLD OF CARS ONLINE 

Kids Can Now Join Lightning McQueen, Mater and the Cast of “Cars” in an Online World Full of Fun, Adventure and Racing!

 

Racers – log onto your computers – and start your engines!  Disney•Pixar World of Cars Online (www.worldofcars.com) a new online virtual world for kids based on the hit animated movie “Cars,” debuted to fans, car enthusiasts and the press on Wednesday, August 11, as announced by Disney Online Studios, a unit of the Disney Interactive Media Group.  

The World of Cars Online premiere event featured celebrity guests Cheech Marin and Jenifer Lewis, voices of “Ramone” and “Flo” from the Disney•Pixar animated feature “Cars” and new online video game, as well as Disney Channel stars, the Road Kings classic car club and other Hollywood families and fans.   The event was held at California historical landmark, Bob’s Big Boy restaurant in Burbank, a real life example of the 1950s style “car hop” coffee shop, reminiscent of Radiator Springs’ Flo’s V-8 Café depicted in the “Cars” movie and virtual world.  

“Our goal with World of Cars Online is to provide a creative and social environment where kids can have fun and use their imaginations in new ways,” says Lane Merrifield, executive vice president of Disney Online Studios. “Our teams worked tirelessly to ensure World of Cars Online authentically represents the characters and storylines that kids and families have come to know and love from the movies, and we’re looking forward to hearing what ‘Cars’ fans think of it.”  

 “At Pixar, we love seeing the worlds we create in our films extend into other media,” said Jay Ward, Cars Franchise Manager. “We are excited to bring the world of ‘Cars’ to online audiences in a fun and imaginative way.” 

World of Cars Online is an expansive virtual world on the Internet that constantly changes with new games, adventures and community activities for kids and their friends to enjoy together.  Features include: 

• Create a Car – create a custom car with loads of modifications and upgrades to choose from ·         Meet “Cars” Movie Characters – engage with quirky “Cars” characters in offbeat adventures and more ·         Explore the Open Road – play fun games and activities in Radiator Springs and beyond ·         Make New Friends – meet, chat and play with thousands of other Cars or race against them on a variety of tracks ·         Start a Racing Career – race to become the new Piston Cup Champ.  Cars can work their way up from local dirt tracks to the national circuit ·         Build a Yard – outfit a yard for friends to check out and visit, and eventually build custom race tracks A special parents section is featured in World of Cars Online, where parents can learn more about the game and parental controls that are offered.  Parents may use the Account Manager to control a variety of community settings for their child’s car, including two chat options, SpeedChat and SpeedChat Plus.  In addition to the parental controls, World of Cars Online employs a highly trained, on-site staff to continuously monitor the world and provide personalized player support.  More information on the parents section can be found at: www.worldofcars.go.com/parents/.  

Help Honor Mickey on Disney.com’s Create

 

Create, Disney.com’s entertainment portal, is honoring Mickey by offering fans a chance to submit their own art to form a bigger mosaic picture. Logging on to Create enables fans to work with Disney art through great applications that help create and design art work, comic books, music videos and much more. Submit your piece and check it out right here:

Mickey’s Wall:

http://disney.go.com/dxd/index.html?channel=1350380  

Create Official Site:

http://disney.com/create  

Create Assets (incl. fact sheet and art):

http://www.specialopsmedia.com/assets/Disney/CreateAssets.zip  

Disney.com Create Overview

Create is an entertainment portal on Disney.com, the No. 1 ranked community-family and parenting destination on the Web.  The Create portal launched on Disney.com in August 2009, and features a set of creativity tools that offer an entirely new way to interact with Disney characters and stories.  For the first time, guests have access to rich Disney character art and graphics to design their own works of art then share them with other guests online.  Create builds on the vision created long ago by Walt Disney, “A focus on creativity and engaging the imagination of the guest.”  Since its launch, more than 1.2 million original pieces of content have been created within Disney.com Create

Apps

Create Apps allow children to design artwork, comic books, music videos, animated pets and more, all using Disney characters and graphics. 

Comic Creator

Craft a comic book using favorite Disney characters.  Guests lay out pages using fun and wacky graphics, text and images to create their own rich narrative.

Digital Painter

Paint like a master artist, right in your browser, using tools, textures, and fun pens.  Create a masterpiece that can be shared for everyone to see!

Animods

Illustrate an animated online pet that can be individually styled and customized.  Guests choose from a number of different animals, each with its own collection of pre-set animations, interactions, and accessories. 

Photo Mashup

Combine photos of favorite Disney stars with hip stickers and cool gear to create personalized images for use on a computer desktop, phone, inside a school locker, or any other fun application guests can dream up.

Music Slideshow

Compose a harmonious mix of images, text, and sound.  Guests create their own music videos using photos of Disney stars, their own text, and a choice of songs from artists such as Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers.

Group Wall

An innovative new community gallery called the “Group Wall” will launch on Disney.com Create.  The first Group Wall theme is a “Tribute to Mickey” and will build a dynamic mosaic portrait of Mickey Mouse with user-generated content. 

My Portfolio

Create an online art portfolio on Disney.com to share with friends, filling it with creations from all of the Create activities – digital paintings, comic-books, pets and more.

James and the Giant Peach The Special Edition Review

I must admit that it has been a VERY long time since I actually sat down and watched James and the Giant Peach.  When I first watched the movie I must have been somewhere between 7 and 8, and when I first watched the movie I found it very strange, but likable.  Today, after re-watching it, I still hold the same sentiment.  The movie is definitely a strange creation, but everything involving Tim Burton is!  However, this movie is one for everyone as it definitely speaks to all ages.

The story starts out with a young boy named James who has just lost his parents to a terrible storm which he dubs “The Great Rhino in the Sky”.  From then on James is forced to live with his terrible aunts who make him work every day.  Until one day a mysterious stranger gives him a bag of crocodile tongues (weird, I know) which have magical powers!  Unfortunately, James spills the bag out into the garden which then grows a giant peach, which begins his inspirational and magical journey across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City! 

Any fan of the original would love this Disney Blu-Ray and DVD remastered version.  The movie also comes with many special features like an interactive game, a behind the scenes look at the making of the film, a music video performed by Randy Newman, and the original theatrical trailer.

Hopefully if you are a fan of Disney or of Tim Burton, you will pick up this movie and enjoy a nostalgic, 79 minute trip to the past!

By covakid7

Ramona and Beezus Coming to Theaters July 23

Yesterday my family and I were invited to go see an early viewing of Ramona and Beezus.  After reading all of the books and watching some of the trailers for the movie, I have to say that I was really worried that the movie would be completely different from the books.  First off, this post will not contain any spoilers so feel free to read this review! 

First, I think that the acting was great, you could really tell that the actors were very in touch with their characters, especially Ramona!  Second, for anyone who doesn’t know, this movie is pretty much all of the books scrunched into one movie, and they did a great job taking small and large parts from each book.  There were also many jokes that only true fans would understand because they were taken from the books and not fully explained in the movie. 

Some might think that this movie is a simple comedy but it is so much more than that.  It is a coming of age story for both Ramona and Beezus as they both have to tackle the hardships that adult life throws at them (Ok, for this part my brother helped J).  All in all, I really liked the movie and I’m glad to say that this movie isn’t only for kids or fans of the series.  It is really a fantastic movie with a deep message.

For anyone who wants some more information and fun games and videos please visit this site:

http://www.ramonaandbeezus.com/

Ask your parents before going online.

By covakid7

U Rock!

Disney.com is proud to announce the third annual U Rock summer event, starting today! The popular user-generated content promotion lets fans channel their inner Rock Star, by creating and submitting their own music videos set to songs by Disney favorites like the Jonas Brothers and Allstar Weekend.

By entering U Rock, fans can win chances to meet Disney stars like Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato on the Camp Rock 2 tour and trips to LA to party with the cast of Phineas and Ferb or Allstar Weekend.

U Rock Official Page:

http://disney.go.com/URock

Disney’s.com U Rock is back for third U Rock Summer!

Back for its third rockin’ summer on Disney.com, U Rock is a popular user-generated content (UGC ) summer promotion that celebratest the inner rock star in all of us.  U Rock gives fans the opportunity to create their own music videos set to songs from popular Disney artists and post their original videos on the U Rock site (www.Disney.com/URock).  The most popular U Rock video finalists, voted on by fans, will win amazing prizes like the chance to meet the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato. 

How it Works

Kids can download a :30 song clip from a Disney Music artist to create and upload their own music videos. The videos are posted in a gallery on the U Rock site for viewing. Finalist videos are chosen by Disney.com, and guests vote on the (4) Grand Prize winners for each one of the songs. This year’s U Rock songs and grand prizes include:

• Camp Rock 2 “It’s On”
  Winner will head to Orlando to see Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers in the Camp Rock 2 tour. 
• Phineas and Ferb “Backyard Beach”
  Winner will come to Los Angeles to be a voice in an upcoming episode of Phineas and Ferb. 
• JONAS “LA Baby (Where Dreams Are Made Of)”
  Winner will travel to LA for a tour of some of the local sites featured in JONAS LA and cap it off by meeting Kevin, Joe and Nick. 
• Allstar Weekend “Dance Forever”
  Winner will head to LA where they will be the star in a weekend of fun including a musical jam session with Allstar Weekend and a $1000 shopping spree from Disney Stores. 

In addition to the grand prizes, other prizes will be awarded by Disney.com in the following categories:

• Awww…some! (Cutest video)
• Mega Pipes (Best singing)
• Sweet Groove Alll-Star (Best dancing)
• Tricked Out (Best graphics)

Timing

• Upload & Watch Videos:  July 7 – August 23
• Vote:  August 31 – September 12
• Winners Announced:  September 16

Space Shooter Target Game: Toy Story 3 Edition

We are having a blast (pun intended) with this at our house! Although we admittedly don’t really play with the game pieces much but that is the whole point of Toy Story 3 right? Make your own fun.

Mom likes that the flying discs are yet to break anything. They don’t pack that big of a punch but the boys still love shooting one another at safe things. Great addition to all the Toy Story play shooting we have going on in this house including the very awesome Toy Story Mania Wii game!

Here are the important details:

Includes 1 space shooter, 12 foam discs, 1 gameboard, 4 cardboard “jail cells”, 20 scoring tokens, 4 purple pawn stands, 8 white pawn stands, 12 character pawns, 1 die and instructions.

Requires 2 AA batteries (not included). For 2 or more players. Ages 5 and up.

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