Hit Me Baby One More Time

Parents with mini martial arts students (and Duff “Ace of Cakes” Goldman) have reason to celebrate today following the announcement that Po the “Kung Fu Panda” is returning to the big screen. DreamWorks Animation SKG just issued a statement that confirms it plans to produce a sequel to “Kung Fu Panda” to be released sometime in 2011. According to bigwigs at DreamWorks Animation films, the new “Kung Fu Panda” project will be produced with 3-D technology and Jack Black will return to provide the voice of Po, the flexible bear, who became an unlikely martial-arts hero in the last installment. … Continue reading

Top Ten Movies of the Summer

Autumn is literally right around the corner and in some areas it’s already started to cool down. It feels wonderful outside right now, a balmy 70 degrees, but with the advent of autumn comes the fall release of the summer movies to DVD. Now’s as good a time as any to review what was great about the summer of 2007 at the movies! Summer Fun The following top ten movies are compiled not by sales or record breaking figures but by one attribute and one attribute alone: how much fun were they? 10. Spiderman 3 – Peter Parker won our … Continue reading

Free Spiderman Ticket / American Idol Contest

More summer movie treats! I hope that you’re making sure to take advantage of the Safeway Movie Cash offer. Here’s another deal to send away for. Buy $10 worth of Pringles and get a free ticket to Spiderman 3. These are Spidey-only tickets, but they don’t have date and time restrictions on them. The deal is pretty easy, too. Just make the required purchase, send in your name and address on a 3×5 card, and enclose the cash register receipt. You have only until June 27, 2007 so you need to get on this deal quickly. Wal*Mart had a 10/$10 … Continue reading

Parker, Pirates & Potter: What A Summer Awaits Us

Yesterday, Spiderman 3 opened all over the country and kicks off what is likely to be a hot summer of great movies. It’s been many years since I saw a summer at the box office that awaits us this year. Among those top features are Peter Parker returning in the third installment of Spiderman, Harry Potter in the fifth film in this beloved series Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix and for Disney fans, already excited by Meet the Robinsons from earlier this spring will be delighted to see Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner coming back … Continue reading

Computing Review: April 23rd to May 4th

Miss an important Computing Blog? No fear, its all here in this review! Normally when we do our blog reviews here at Families.com, we highlight the past week. Well, I confess that I am a little late, so this review will actually cover almost two weeks! The time has been flying by fast since I have been blogging here in the Computing Blog. It has ben a fun adventure, and I look forward to hearing your comments and suggestions! Monday, April 23rd 100 Million iPods Are Sold “At this historic milestone, we want to thank music lovers everywhere for making … Continue reading