Film

Review: The Bible: The Epic Miniseries on Blu-Ray

April 12, 2013 By speppel Leave a Comment

Over ten million viewers tuned into the History Channel this year as each Sunday brought on a new episode of the 10-part The Bible: The Epic Miniseries depicted on film thanks to the commitment and efforts of actress and producer Roma Downey and Executive Producer Mark Burnett. The last episode including the resurrection of Christ aired [...]

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CLOSED: Giveaway: Les Miserables BluRay/DVD Combo Set +UltraViolet

April 3, 2013 By speppel 51 Comments

UPDATE: Congrats to Jay and Colleen for winning the two Blu-Ray/DVD sets! This week I am giving away the BluRay/DVD set of the one and only, phenomenal Les Misérables (Two-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet) which arrived on the big screen in 2012 and can now be enjoyed on the small [...]

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Les Miserables on DVD, Blu-Ray and now UltraViolet

March 17, 2013 By speppel Leave a Comment

Years ago, I saw the critically-acclaimed musical Les Miserables down in Philadelphia, shortly after moving here from the south. Last Fall, I viewed the screening of the award-winning film Les Miserables also down in Philadelphia with my sister. The powerful drama caught my imagination in both mediums and I was excited to receive the Blu-Ray/DVD set for [...]

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Movie Review: Horrid Henry the Movie

March 15, 2013 By speppel Leave a Comment

We recently received a Phase 4 Films package with Horrid Henry The Movie, along with a Horrid Henry book, a hand buzzer, wind-up chattering teeth and a balloon kit. My eldest daughter was thrilled to try the hand buzzer (which fortunately in my case didn’t do a whole lot since I was her first test case). [...]

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Exclusive Interview with DreamWorks/20th Century Fox’ The Croods Directors, Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco

March 15, 2013 By speppel 1 Comment

The Croods are coming to town, and last week, I had the exciting opportunity of interviewing the forever young directors of this new animated movie by Dreamworks and 20th Century Fox. Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco graciously came to Philadephia to talk with us about it. See below: Tell us about the movie: DeMicco: So The [...]

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MOVIE REVIEW: Oz, the Great and Powerful PLUS Downloadable Mask

March 11, 2013 By speppel Leave a Comment

Last week my family and I attended the screening of Oz, the Great and Powerful, a new cinemagraphic look at the classic tale, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first in a children’s novel series written by L. Frank Baum in the early 1900s. Most people in modern history are even more familiar with the [...]

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CLOSED: Philly Local FLASH GIVEAWAY: AMC Admit TWO Passes to ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH

February 26, 2013 By speppel 4 Comments

I have several Admit TWO passes for ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH (in any Philadelphia area AMC location). Please comment below if you would like to have a pass for TWO along with an activity booklet that we can send out to you. Contest ends March 1st. ABOUT Escape From Planet Earth Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught [...]

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The Jungle Book The Movie: Rumble In the Jungle

February 16, 2013 By speppel Leave a Comment

Recently, we received a DVD set of Phase 4 Films’ new The Jungle Book The Movie in which familiar characters danced and pranced across the screen and delighted my daughters who are teenagers now but who grew up with the original story. I also grew up with The Jungle Book references punctuating my childhood every [...]

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Burnett & Downey’s THE BIBLE 10-part Miniseries Trailer

January 14, 2013 By speppel Leave a Comment

The ancient stories of the Bible are powerful, awe-inspiring and quite a feat to recreate. Mark Burnett (The Voice, Survivor, Celebrity Apprentice, Shark Tank) and Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel) have created a 10-part miniseries for THE BIBLE which can be seen highlighted in the trailer embedded below. The BIBLE miniseries will start airing [...]

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This week’s Broadway in Philadephia: Jekyll & Hyde, Cirque Eloize, Les Miserables

January 1, 2013 By speppel Leave a Comment

This last week, Cirque Eloize and Jekyll & Hyde were two traveling Broadway shows that breezed through Philadelphia, wowing audiences and then moving on. Now, Les Miserables has taken centerstage. I would really love to see shows like this stick around for longer. For Cirque Eloize, I was excited to see Cirque back in town [...]

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