Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group today launched "DVD2Blu.com," a site that allows consumers to upgrade the movies they already own on DVD to Blu-Ray Disc. Consumers can select from over 50 of Warner Home Video's most sought-after titles to upgrade including "Body of Lies," "A Christmas Story" and "Michael Clayton," with more to come.
I love the way that this program allows viewers to take advantage of Blu-Ray and HD technology with responsible environmental protocols. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group is proud to be a leader in environmental stewardship and is committed to recycling the DVDs that consumers send in as part of the DVD2Blu program. The intellectual property is fully destroyed and all of the physical components are reused or recycled.
Through DVD2Blu, consumers can now experience their favorite movies again for the very first time in stunning 1080p picture quality and crisp, superior sound that only comes from a Blu-ray Disc. Titles such as "Training Day," "Deliverance" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" can be upgraded for as little as $7.95 plus shipping. Consumers who place orders over $25 will receive free shipping.
The process to upgrade is simple. Consumers select the titles they want to upgrade on DVD2Blu.com, mail in their standard DVDs with pre-paid postage and a short time later receive copies of the same film on Blu-ray Disc. For a complete list of titles visit DVD2Blu.com.
The Buddies are back! Budderball, B-Dawg, Rosebud, Buddha and Mudbud team up with Puppy Paws, the fun-loving son of Santa Paws (of course) in a rollicking holiday adventure, available November 24, 2009. It features the voice of George Wendt ("Cheers") as Santa and "America's Got Talent" sensation Kaitlyn Maher as Tiny. (Stay tuned for an interview with the 5-year-old singer.)
I have TWO sensational prize packages including the plush toys and the DVD to give away plus TWO Blu-Ray DVD sets. Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com before November 27, 2009 with Santa Buddies Toys OR Santa Buddies DVD in the subject line and tell me which is your favorite buddy and why. The first two to write for each prize will win the buddies! One prize per family.
"Monsters Inc" is one of my favorite Pixar movies. Like "Sesame Street," it makes monsters silly and fun, teaching children that some things we think are scary are not and that we are stronger and braver than we know.
It's out on Blu-Ray for the first time this week with some delightful extras:
Roundtable Favorite Scene (Bonus)
On the Job (Film clip described in "Roundtable Favorite Scene")
Look for these hidden goodies in this week's release of the Pixar movie "Up," the story of an amazing adventure that begins with a house lifted aloft by balloons. How many can you find?
In the sequence where Carl's house first lifts up, the Luxo Jr. ball can be seen in the girl's bedroom as the house goes by her window.
The Pizza Planet Truck, which first made an appearance in Toy Story, has made a cameo in nearly every Pixar film. In Up, the Pizza Planet truck can be seen at an intersection when Carl's house flies over the town. The truck makes as second appearance in the Fentons Creamery parking lot at the end of the film.
The number A113, which refers to Brad Bird and John Lasseter's former classroom at CalArts, makes an appearance in every Pixar film. A113 is the courtroom number when Carl makes an appearance to plead his case.
Fentons ice cream parlor in the movie is based on the real Fentons Creamery in Oakland, California.
The flight number on Carl and Ellie's tickets to Venezuela is 2319 - the same number as the alert in Monsters, Inc. when George Sanderson has a kid's sock on his back.
When Russell and Carl join Muntz for dinner in his dirigible, Carl is actually served the scallop dish from Ratatouille.
I'm thrilled with the wonderful new postage stamps saluting the early days of television. They bring back some very happy memories.
I love all those old shows, especially "Burns & Allen," "The Twilight Zone," "The Ed Sullivan Show," and of course "I Love Lucy." But my most precious memories are about "Kukla, Fran & Ollie," which was broadcast from my then-home town of Chicago, Illinois. My father was the lawyer for Burr Tillstrom, the man behind the puppets, so when I was a little girl I was able to watch some of the broadcasts live from the studio audience. I wanted so much to be Fran, and to get to talk to Kukla, Ollie, Madame Oglepuss, and Beulah Witch. Still do! I miss our dear friend Burr, and I will use his stamp only on my most meaningful letters.
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Michael J. Nelson is the former host and writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000 and the author of the hilarious Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese. His witty commentary on movies is wildly funny but also very clever...
Thanks to my pal Kathy Deane for alerting me to this website from the actress who played Zuzu in "It's a Wonderful Life." She was the little girl who asked her dad, played by Jimmy Stewart, to fix the petals...
If you're in the DC area on May 19, come to the fabulous Rock Creek restaurant in Mazza Gallerie for a "Beauty and the Beach" fund-raiser for juvenile diabetes. For $35 ($40 at the door), you will get hors d'oeuvres,...
Space may be the final frontier, but the newest MONOPOLY collector's edition boldly goes where no one has gone before. Star Trek fans will get a chance to travel through the Star Trek Continuum and explore generations of Starfleet history....
The wise and hilarious Anita Renfroe is making some of her books available for just $5 until May 10, so it is a great time to grab a couple for Mother's Day. You can also buy any DVD or CD...
Have you ever wanted to have your very own life-size wax model of Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Muhammad Ali, Abraham Lincoln, Princess Diana, or Charlton Heston as Moses? Now's your chance! Profiles in History is going to auction off over...
Kidthing is a safe and secure place to find games and educational content for children. Kidthing recently won The National Parenting Center's 2009 Seal of Approval and has been selected to be the sole digital distribution partner for the National...
For the man who has everything, or, I should say, for the man who WANTS everything, especially TWD (total world domination), Swatch has come out with a collection of watches inspired by James Bond Villains. From General Orlov to Dr....
The Movie Mom's Five Favorite Family Gifts for 2008 1. Treasury of 20 Storybook Classics The best DVD series for kids has a new collection that features some of its best productions of great stories with great illustrations and music...
Rock Band and Guitar Hero are two of the most popular video games and many parents like them because they do not involve shooting anyone or blowing things up. Instead they encourage cooperation and build an understanding of music and...
MGM is releasing the DVD Elephant Tales, the story of two elephants and their journey to find their family, on December 9th. The Children's Museum of Manhattan is celebrating the release of the DVD starting Tuesday, December 2 with a...
Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. WETA, Washington DC's PBS Station, has worked with the U.S. Department of...
New York's Paley Center for Media is asking visitors to select their favorites from a list of classic Christmas television specials. The top five vote-getters will be screened at the Paley Center in New York and Los Angeles between December...
Do you want to find a way to help children understand and the financial crisis? (Could you use a little help understanding it yourself?) Do terms like "sub-prime" and "bailout" make your eyes glaze over? Boomerang, the brilliant audio magazine...
As usual, I only find out about something after it has passed from cool and edgy to "so yesterday," but I think lip dubs are adorable, my favorite viral video project since the complaints choirs. These are short videos made...
Dozens of films released each month never play in theaters outside of a few big cities. But Gigantic Digital is making independent films available online for a modest charge. For a ticket price of just $2.99, we'll stream it to...
Entertainment Weekly has the latest on what could be next summer's biggest box office smash, the rebooted "Star Trek" from J.J. Abrams (creator of Alias and Lost). After 10 often dismal movies, Star Trek had turned into a pop culture...
Rotten Tomatoes has some wonderful ideas for the best (and easiest) Halloween costumes inspired by movies. It includes classics like Indiana Jones and Carrie, current hits like Nurse Joker and some good ideas for friends to coordinate like Gogo Yurbari...
If you're as old as I am, you remember the Mickey Mouse Club's "Anything Can Happen Day." In that spirit, I'm going to have an anything-can-happen giveaway grab-bag. The first TEN people to send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with...
The two most powerful words I know are "thank you." A simple statement of acknowledgment and gratitude transforms the person who says it as well as the person who hears it. If every one of us just added five "Thank...
The AV Geeks have an amazing archive of "film ephemera," of over 20,000 little odds and ends (mostly odds) that have been retrieved from warehouses, garbage dumps, and thrift shops. It's like seeing our culture through the eyes of an...
With not much new in theaters this week and next week, it's a good time to investigate some of the great online resources for entertainment. I was delighted to find out that there is still a way to see Joss...
Anyone for a 3-hour tour? If you get on the S.S. Minnow and the other passengers are a movie star, a professor, a millionaire and his wife, not to mention Mary Ann, you might want to check to make sure...
I am thrilled to have FIVE copies of this week's DVD pick of the week, The First Olympics, one of my all-time favorites. This two-part television miniseries an outstanding family film about the first modern-day Olympics in 1896, exciting, touching,...
I had a private interview with Chris McKenna, screenwriter of an animated release due out this fall called "Igor." It is the story of a hunchbacked lab assistant to an evil scientist who wants to be more. Voice talent...
More highlights, observations and pictures from Comic-Con 2008 Most of the presenters mentioned that their name cards had a cautionary note on the back reminding them that they should be careful about what they said because there would likely be...
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Until midnight tomorrow you can watch a new three-act musical from Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Firefly") online. It is the story of Dr. Horrible (a sensational Neil Patrick Harris) and his nemesis, the very manly Captain Hammer (Nathan...
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Want that "S" with the antennae from "Shrek?" Or write in letters from "Spongebob Squarepants" or "The Simpsons?" How about "The Addams Family" or "Bewitched" or "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?" Maybe the CNN logo typeface would give your office presentation...
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