Gnomeo & Juliet on DVD & Blu-ray May 24th!

This coming summer to the U.S., don’t miss the chance to bring home GNOMEO & JULIET - the hilarious twist on William Shakespeare’s legendary tale Romeo & Juliet as you’ve never seen it before, perfect for the whole family.  Enter the secret world of garden gnomes and meet two adorable gnomes from completely different worlds who fight the odds to be together.  From a director of Shrek 2, and featuring fun, all-new music by Sir Elton John, the out- of-the-ordinary animated comedy GNOMEO & JULIET releases on Blu-ray™, Blu-ray 3D™, DVD, 

Movie Download and On-Demand – May 24, 2011. 

Uniquely packaged with families’ top of mind, GNOMEO & JULIET will be made available for 

purchase by Walt Disney Studios as either a 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray 3D + 

DVD with Digital Copy), a 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray 2D + DVD) and/or a 1-Disc DVD. 

Disney Blu-ray Combo Packs provide families with an enhanced entertainment experience – with the 

value and flexibility to enjoy your favorite movies on a variety of platforms of choice.  

And for those who enjoy to learn more about the making of the film, GNOMEO & JULIET  discs  

come enclosed with never-before-seen bonus features including “Elton Builds A Garden,” “Frog 

talk with Ashley Jensen,”, “Crocodile Rock Music Video featuring Elton John and Nelly Furtado.” 

And for those who purchase the Blu-ray Disc, it includes hours of extra exclusive bonus features 

including alternate endings, deleted scenes and more. 

“Makes you smile from start to finish.”  

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times 

GNOMEO & JULIET is brought to life by the extraordinary voices of Golden Globe nominee James 

McAvoy (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe) as Gnomeo; Emily Blunt 

(The Devil Wears Prada) as Juliet; Academy Award winner Michael Caine (Inception) as Lord 

Redbrick; Jason Statham (The Trasnsporter franchise) as Tybalt; Ashley Jensen (TV’s Ugly Betty) 

as Nanette; Patrick Stewart (X-Men franchise) as William Shakespeare; Ozzy Osbourne (TV’s The 

Osbournes) as Fawn and Maggie Smith (Harry Potter  franchise) as Lady Blueberry.  

“It’s family-friendly fun.”  

     Ashley Muldoon, OK! Magazine 

Bonus Features: 

DVD & Movie Download: 

• Elton Builds a Garden 

• Frog Talk with Ashley Jensen 

• “Crocodile Rock” Music Video, featuring Elton John and Nelly Furtado  

Blu-ray: 

• DVD Bonus plus: 

• 2 Alternate Endings with Filmmaker Introductions  

• Deleted & Alternate Scenes with Filmmaker Introductions, including: 

o 1 Alternate Opening 

o 1 Alternate Scene 

o 6 Deleted Scenes  

• The Fawn of Darkness, featuring Ozzy Osbourne  

Film Synopsis:  

From a director of Shrek 2 comes your chance to step into the secret world of garden gnomes 

— Gnomeo & Juliet. Perfect for the whole family, this fresh and funny makeover of one of the 

world’s most timeless stories features music from Sir Elton John, and the voice talents of Emily 

Blunt, James McAvoy and Sir Michael Caine. Caught up in a feud between neighbors, Gnomeo 

and Juliet must overcome as many obstacles as their namesakes. But with flamboyant pink 

flamingos and epic lawnmower races, can this young couple find lasting happiness? Complete 

with hilarious never-before-seen bonus features, Gnomeo & Juliet is an out-of-the-ordinary 

animated comedy your entire family will love. We just gnome it! 

About The Walt Disney Studios: 

For more than 85 years, The Walt Disney Studios has been the foundation on which The Walt 

Disney Company (DIS: NYSE) was built. Today, the Studio brings quality movies, music and 

stage plays to consumers throughout the world. Feature films are released under four banners: 

Walt Disney Pictures, which includes Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation 

Studios, Disneynature, Touchstone Pictures and Marvel. Through the Home Entertainment 

division, innovative distribution methods provide access to creative content across multiple 

platforms. Original music and motion picture soundtracks are produced under Walt Disney 

Records and Hollywood Records, while Disney Theatrical Group produces and licenses live 

events, including Broadway theatrical productions, Disney on Ice and Disney LIVE!  For more 

information, please visit www.disney.com.

Gnomeo & Juliet

Gnome Intro-Film Clip




Balcony Scene-Film Clip




Doomed Love-Film Clip

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Product Review - Aerobie Sprint Flying Ring

The History of the Aerobie® Brand

During the 70′s and early 80′s while working as a consulting engineer and teaching part time at Stanford University, Alan Adler invented toys in his spare time and licensed his ideas to toy companies. Alan was also an avid sailor who taught himself aerodynamics in order to be able to design sailboats. His love of inventing toys and his new found knowledge of aerodynamics led him into the pursuit of better flying toys. 

He began his interest in flying toys by studying ways to improve conventional flying discs that are descendents of the old Frisbee pie tins. His analysis and experimental work led him to the discovery that flying rings rather than discs have an advantage when it comes to balancing aerodynamic lift over a wide range of speeds. (See Alan’s paper for a more detailed explanation.) His work led him to a series of flying ring inventions. The first was the Skyro ring that he licensed to Parker Brothers.

Alan designed and built the first prototype of the Aerobie ring with its spoiler rim that balances lift over a wide range of throwing speeds in early 1984. The first throw of the Aerobie ring on Roble Field at Stanford showed Alan he had something special. The ring flew straight and true for an incredible distance, "as if sliding on an invisible sheet of ice." Onlookers were amazed. 

The Founding of Aerobie, Inc.
Alan knew the Aerobie ring could be a hit. He also knew the flying performance of the Aerobie ring was going to be dependent on maintaining aerospace quality standards in the manufacturing processes. He therefore founded Superflight, Inc (now Aerobie, Inc.). in 1984 to manufacture and sell his high performance sport toy inventions beginning with the Aerobie flying ring. For its first 20 years of existence, Aerobie Inc. was officially named Superflight, Inc. However, in recognition of the fact that all of the products were named Aerobie and everybody knew the company as Aerobie, as of 2005, our company’s name is officially Aerobie, Inc.

Aerobie, Inc. Today
Aerobie, Inc. is still owned by Alan and he still works on inventing new, exciting sport toys. They now manufacture thirteen Aerobie brand products and sell them through retailers of all types throughout the United States and to distributors in over thirty countries. All Aerobie brand sport toys are known for their extraordinary performance and quality. Their warehousing, packing, and shipping are all done in San Carlos, California.

The Future of Aerobie, Inc.
The company is always looking for new and exciting products. Since their first two golf discs, released in the Summer of 2003, have been quite popular, they expect to continue to develop their presence as a golf disc manufacturer. 

They make the spectacular Aerobie Sprint flying rings that can turn an hour of exercise into an hour of fun for any group of kids or grown-ups. That hour of fun can spread into a family activity that gets everybody together and moving in a fantastic game of catch. Sprint rings are great for kids 7 and up!

My Take on the Product
My family loves to get outside and have fun together. This disc is so much fun! I call it a disc because it is so much more than a frisbee. This disc flew so far, I was completely amazed and I kept challenging the disc, pushing myself and the disc o go further. I even took the disc to a local football field to try it out and the disc performed, I mean it really performed. I was able to get it thrown from almost one end to the other. Never before have I seen a disc that can fly as far or as well as this disc. Be careful in high wind areas as the wind can really carry this disc far, even when you don't want it to. As a parent, I loved this disc as it truly encouraged my kids to have fun outside, and though it only seemed like minutes outside, we actually were outside for over an hour!

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uDraw Tablet - Pictionary Game

About the Game

Product Description

Play Pictionary™ like never before with the all new uDraw GameTablet™.  Exciting new draw modes such as Shape It Up and Rotation Frustration turn the classic board game on its head.

With more than 3,000 clues and up to four teams that can play, Pictionary becomes the ultimate party game for all ages.  Artistic ability is not required to play, only a little imagination.  Using Pictionary  with the uDraw GameTablet will bring a whole new meaning to “quick sketches and crazy guesses!”

 

Key Features

·         More than 3,000 Clues – Choose from traditional Adult Clues like Object, Action and Difficult or Junior Clues like “At the Zoo” and “Animal Houses.”

·         Three Modes Of Play

o     Pictionary – Play game show-style on a 3D game board.  A variety of draw tools, colors and brushes provide the freedom to sketching victory!

o     Pictionary Mania – With seven new draw modes and a custom game board, Pictionary Mania  New game modes include: Get It Straight, Shape It Up, Rotation Frustration, One Line, Ink Limit, No Peeking and Off Hand. adds a whole new twist.

o     Free Draw – Utilize the drawing tools to create colorful masterpieces.

Product Specifications

Publisher:      THQ

Developer:     Page 44 Studios

Category:      Puzzle & Board Game

Release:        Holiday 2010

Platforms:      Wii™ with uDraw GameTablet

ESRB:           E for Everyone

                  

My Take on the Game

We love games! We try and have a family game week one evening each week. While we have not played a lot of board" games on the WII before, we were excited to try out Pictionary as we have played it before and we had a ton of fun with the regular game. The GameTablet was so easy to set up and use that we were up and running in about the same amount of time it takes to set up any game on the WII. The instructions in the game were easy to follow and I loved the fact that there were so many different Pistionary games to choose from.

My girls liked "Pictionary Mania," the best (thus far) as it was quite addicting. We liked the old Pictionary Game, but this game was so much MORE engaging and interactive, and seeing your drawings up on the BIG screen was just awesome! 

This is definitely a keeper and one that I would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys board games, drawing or simply having fun with the family!

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Alice in Wonderland on blu-ray & DVD

 

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

60^th Anniversary Special Edition

Premiering on Blu-ray Hi-Def And As A Movie Download on February 1, 2011

With interest in all things ALICE IN WONDERLAND at an all-time high following the record-breaking theatrical performance of Disney’s epic live-action fantasy adventure, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) proudly unveils aone-of-a-kind 60th Anniversary Special Edition of Walt Disney’s original animated version of the whimsical classic tale ALICE IN WONDERLAND on Blu-ray -- on February 1st, 2011.  Released just in time for Valentine’s Day, the 60^th Anniversary Special Edition will be available across the country as a Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) for the suggested retail price of $39.99 in the US and $44.99 in Canada, a Standard Definition Movie Download for $29.99 in the US and $35.99 in Canada and High-Definition Movie Download for $39.99 in the US and $44.99 in Canada.

The new ALICE IN WONDERLAND 60^th Anniversary Special Edition takes viewers on magical adventure like never before with a fantastically odd and fun-filled world of colorful characters in brilliant high-definition and crystal clearsound. Additionally, the disc comes specially-packed with never-before-seen footage hosted by Kathryn Beaumont, an all-new interactive game and more.

In the film, viewers can look forward to following Alice’s adventures as she chases the White Rabbit on a magical journey into the fantastical world of Wonderland. It’s a topsy-turvy place that gets “curiouser and curiouser” as Alice’s madcap adventures introduce her to some truly unforgettable characters – the Mad Hatter, March Hare, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts and more. It’s a great animated story that has pleased the eyes and ears of old and new generations alike.

The animated version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND still remains an all-time American-favorite to this day. Produced by Walt Disney himself and based primarily on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with a few additional elements from Through the Looking-Glass, the film was made complete with help from filmmakers Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske (Cinderella, Peter Pan) and the voices of Kathryn Beaumont as Alice (also the voice of Wendy Darling in Peter Pan), Ed Wynn (Mary Poppin; Cinderella) as the Mad Hatter, J. Pat O’Malley (One Hundred and One Dalmatians; The Jungle Book) as Tweedledee and Tweeledum, Verna Felton (Cinderella; Sleeping Beauty; The Jungle Book) as Queen of Hearts, Sterling Holloway (The Jungle Book; Sleeping Bueaty; The Aristocats) as the Cheshire Cat , Richard Haydn (The Sound of Music; Young Frankenstein) as Caterpillar and Bill Thompson (Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan; Sleeping Beauty) as the White Rabbit.

Walt Disney first created the idea of creating Lewis Carroll’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND book into a full-length animated movie back in 1923 when he was just a young twenty-one year filmmaker trying to make a name for himself. After more than 30-years in the making, and after four successful animated releases under his belt (i.e., Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi), Walt finally released his true vision for the animated film Alice in Wonderland.

This 60^th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray release of ALICE IN WONDERLAND celebrates many of Walt’s accomplishments with this film showcasing its amazing artwork,spectacular songs and dazzling animation. And be sure to dive deeper into the rabbit hole and check-out all of its unique bonus features.

Film Synopsis:

ALICE IN WONDERLAND is a story about a young girl who grows bored listening to her older sister read aloud from a history book about William I of England. While dozing off, she dreams about falling down a rabbit hole (“Wonderland”) that is populated by a peculiar series of misadventures. The always sensible Alice whirls through a world of contradictions, imagination and surprises where she encounters amazing creatures - including a pocket watch-toting White Rabbit, the imperious Queen of Hearts and her army of playing cards, a Cheshire Cat with a lingering smile in an unforgettable fantasy, and the off-kilter Madhatter – and tests her sensibility and courage. In the end it’s all a dream, she is awakened by her sister’s voice, and as the two of them return home for teatime where she realizes that perhaps logic and reason exist for purpose. And in return, her sister realizes affectionatelythat Alice is still young, but will grow-up in time.

Blu-ray Disc Bonus Features:

Brand-New Blu-ray Features:

§  Through the Keyhole: A Companion's Guide to Wonderland - View the movie in this special mode and discover references to the original Lewis Carroll classic.  Kathryn Beaumont introduces.

§  Disney View - Watch the movie in this expanded viewing experience with new Disney art in the wings of the screen.

§  Painting the Roses Red Game - Help paint the roses red in the Queen's garden.  Careful, or someone could lose their head.

§  Walt Disney Color TV Introduction (1959) - A never-before-seen color TV intro by Walt.

§  Reference Footage: Alice and the Doorknob - Kathryn Beaumont, the voice of Alice, provides an introduction to this newly discovered reference footage of Alice talking to the doorknob.

§  Pencil Test: Alice Shrinks - Kathryn Beaumont introduces a newly discovered pencil test of Alice shrinking.

Plus, Classic Features:

§  "I'm Odd" Newly Discovered Cheshire Cat Song + Intro

§  Thru the Mirror Mickey Mouse Animated Short (Now in Hi-Def)

§  Art Gallery (with new design and new images)

§  Reflections on Alice

§  Operation Wonderland (Now in Hi-Def)

§  One Hour in Wonderland

§  An Alice Comedy: Alice's Wonderland

§  Original Theatrical Trailers (1951 & 1974)

§  Walt Disney TV Introduction (1954 & 1964)

§  The Fred Waring Show (Excerpt)

§  Deleted Materials:

Ø  Deleted Scene: Pig and Pepper

Ø  From Wonderland to Neverland: The Evolution of a Song - An entertaining look at how a song originally written for Alice in Wonderland, finally found its home in another Disney favorite, Peter Pan.

Ø  Deleted Storyboard Concept: Alice Daydreams in the Park - Deleted storyboard sequence set to music.

Ø  Original Song Demos: "Beware The Jabberwock"; "Everything Has A Useness"; "So They Say"; "Beautiful Soup"; "Dream Caravan"; "If You'll Believe In Me"

Movie Download Bonus Features (SD & HD):

§  Pencil Test: Alice Shrinks

§  Thru The Mirror Mickey Mouse Animated Short

§  Reflections on Alice

DISC SPECIFICATIONS:

Street Date:                             February 1 2011

Direct Prebook:                                    December 7, 2010

Distributor Prebook:                  December 21, 2010

Suggested Retail Price:           Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) $39.99 U.S./ $44.99 Canada

Standard Definition Movie Download $29.99 U.S./$35.99 Canada

High-Definition Movie Download $39.99 U.S./$44.99 Canada

Feature Run Time:                  Approximately 75 minutes

Rated:                                      G

Aspect Ratio:                           1:33:1; Adjusted to fit 16x9 Television

Sound:                                     5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound, DisneyEnhanced Home Theater Mix, Original Theatrical Sound Track

Languages:                              English, French & Spanish

Subtitles:                                 French & Spanish

My Take on the DVD"Alice in Wonderland" is a great movie. I liked it when I was a child, and I continue to like it today. Seeing the movie in blu-ray simply clinches it as it truly makes the movie come to life! This movie, while not one of the most well known of Disney films, deserves a lot more that it has gotten in the past. The characters are memorable and the animation in the film takes the viewer into a dreamland of possibilities. This is the type of movie that you need to watch form a child's point of view, don't over-analyze! I also have to commend all of the special features on this combo pack...simply amazing!

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