Mandy @ December 15, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.” As I did with this movie. Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson, and Isabella “Bella” Swan, played by Kristen Stewart did an outstanding job in my opinion. I had read all four books prior to seeing the movie. I actually read Twilight TWICE! I went […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ July 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
Prepare for awesomeness.This is a great kids movie, starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, and so on! It is a really good cgi film, with great imagery, and some really funny parts. It is even entertaining for us parents! My kids laughed their butts off and we did too! We all loved […]
Leah @ July 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Crafts, Entertainment
From:
Add pizzazz to your Fourth of July party with starry tabletop runners made from red and white paper. The motif can be produced by tracing a four-star template onto accordion-folded paper and cutting multiples. Use a blue tablecloth as a base for the runners, and then cover them with organdy. Matching napkin ties can […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ June 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Babies and Toddlers, Big Kids and Teenagers, Entertainment, Mind and Spirit, Seasonal, Travel
Summer is here. It is finally here, time to get out the sunscreen and swimsuits and get ready for FUN! Everyone wants to have a great summer, keep it fun and exciting, and keep your kids occupied so they are not bored and staring at the tv for 3 months. Summertime can get expensive, you […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ June 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
This film is a dark comedy/romantic drama. The idea is a brilliant study of a person’s fears and how those fears can be dealt with in the most extreme and the most gentle ways. It is intriguing and interesting, although a little slow at times. This is not an action packed thriller, it is […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ June 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Music Reviews
This album was actually released back in November 2007, by the KILLERS, Las Vegas indie rockers. It is a full cd of 17 songs which are demos, B-sides, rarities, remixes, and covers. It is a great mix of songs and a really invigorating album to listen to.
The first track, Tranquilize, is a new song […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ June 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Babies and Toddlers, Big Kids and Teenagers, Entertainment
Last month Parental Playground had a contest to find the #1 SUPER MOM on our site! Here are the results, as voted upon by our members!
Winner~ Candie aka Candice (shown with her husband, Martin and son, Xander)
Name~ Candice
Age~ 26
Children’s names and ages~ Xander Joseph, 19 months. Anya Patricia (just days from being born!)
Martial status~ […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ May 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
This film is set in the West in 1890’s, and focuses on Daniel Plainview, a hardworking miner who is a self proclaimed Oil Man. Plainview has a knack for finding the black gold, even though it is dangerous, backbreaking work, done without modern conveniences. He takes responsibility for an orphaned baby, who becomes his son […]
Mandy @ May 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Babies and Toddlers, Big Kids and Teenagers, Education, Entertainment
I asked the parents of Parental Playground to tell me how they limit their children’s TV time. We have some really great parents out there who have some awesome ideas and I am going to share them with you. There was also some of our parents who DON’T limit their children’s TV time and they […]
Leah @ April 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
April 4th
Leatherheads- Oscar® winners George Clooney and Renée Zellweger match wits in Leatherheads, a quick-witted romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America’s nascent pro-football league in 1925. Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero who is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose […]
Leah @ April 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment
Here’s a selection of new movies on DVD for April 2008.
April 1, 2008
Alvin and the Chipmunks
In 1958 “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” was introduced, and it became a perennial favorite. The number was supposedly sung by three chipmunks — Alvin, Simon and Theodore — under the direction of a man named Dave Seville. […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ April 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
Rated PG-13
Starring~ Owen Wilson, Nate Hartley, Ian Roberts, Troy Gentile, Beth Littleford, Josh Peck, Leslie Mann.
This is a really entertaining movie about 2 boys entering highschool, as not-so-popular freshmen. The main characters are Wade, a lanky, akward, shy girl-crazy kid, and Ryan, a big-boned rap enthusiast, who yearns to be popular. Their first day […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ March 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Babies and Toddlers, Big Kids and Teenagers, Education, Entertainment, Safety
So your child has been invited to a birthday party! How exciting to receive that card in the mail, and see the happiness on your child’s face! They feel so lucky to be invited, and you are thinking, ok now what?
First of all you need to look at the RSVP date and make sure to […]
Leah @ March 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Babies and Toddlers, Big Kids and Teenagers, Entertainment
March 4th DVD/Blu-ray Releases:
101 Dalmations
12 Angry Men 50th Anniversary Edition
5 Centimeters Per Second
Archie’s Funhouse Complete Series
Ben 10 season three
Blood+: Part One
Crazy Sexy Cancer
Dr. Who - Destiny of the Daleks (epoisode 104)
Dr. Who - Planet of Evil (Episode 81)
Eleven Men Out
Flight 29 Down season two
Ice Age
Into The Wild
Kanon volume 3
Magnum P.I.: Complete Eight Season
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder […]
Leah @ March 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment
Week Of March 03, 2008
1
Artist: Various Artists
Sea Lion
Artist: The Ruby Suns
Guitar Trio Is My Life!
Artist: Rhys Chatham
Guitar Trio Is My Life!
Artist: Rhys Chatham
Spirit Transform Me
Artist: Oren Ambarchi
Trippy Notes for Bass and Remixes
Artist: Doug Wimbish
Trippy Notes for Bass and Remixes
Artist: Doug Wimbish
Blood Brothers
Artist: Smokin’ Joe Kubek
Live at Montreux 1992
Artist: Albert Collins
Live at Montreux 1992 [DVD]
Artist: […]
Leah @ March 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
The Hammer - Jerry Ferro’s (Adam Carolla) 40th birthday has brought his life into sharp relief and it’s not a pretty picture. A once-promising amateur boxer — who quit so he wouldn’t risk his perfect record of underachievement — Jerry has been knocking around from one construction job to another and spinning his wheels in […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ February 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
Juno is a dark, indie comedy about the hilarity of teen pregnancy! Juno Macguff, young Canadian actress Ellen Page, is a sarcastic, goofball of a 16 year old. She is not your typical everyday teen. She is different, unique, and verbally gifted. Her character, although not all that easy for us older adults to relate […]
Leah @ February 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment
Here’s a selection of new movies on DVD for February 2008.
February 5, 2008
Across the Universe
Directed by Julie Taymor (Broadway’s The Lion King), Across the Universe is a musical centered on Beatles songs, although the numbers are not performed by the Beatles. In the 1960s, Jude (Jim Sturgess) is a young Liverpool dockworker who travels to […]
Leah @ February 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment
Week of February 4
1 Douar
Artist: Alan Stivell
120 Days of Genitorture
Artist: Genitorturers
15 Exitos Autenticos
Artist: Apomeno
1666
Artist: Keltia
19
Artist: Adele
2012: Zwanzig Zwolf
Artist: Hanzel und Gretyl
20th Century Masters: Millenium Collection
Artist: Brian McKnight
20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
Artist: Kelly Price
20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
Artist: Salt-N-Pepa
50 Classic Hymns
Artist: Various Artists
50 Classic Hymns
Artist: Various Artists
50 Worship Anthems
Artist: Various Artists
50 Worship Anthems
Artist: Various Artists
6 Fskyquake
Artist: […]
Candie @ February 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
Released: December 2007
Written By: Jill E. Blotevogel (teleplay), Steven Long Mitchell (screenplay)
Directed By: Nick Willing
Cast:
Zooey Deschanel … DG
Alan Cumming … Glitch
Neal McDonough … Cain
Kathleen Robertson … Azkadellia
Raoul Trujillo … Raw
Callum Keith Rennie … Zero
Anna Galvin … Lavender Eyes
Ted Whittall … Ahamo
Richard Dreyfuss … Mystic Man
Rachel Pattee … Young DG
Synopsis:
L. Frank Baum’s classic The Wonderful Wizard […]
Leah @ February 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment
“When Did You Last See Your Father?”
Arthur Morrison (Jim Broadbent), and his wife Kim (Juliet Stevenson), are GPs in the same medical practice in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. They have two children, Gillian (Claire Skinner), and her older brother Blake (Colin Firth), from whose perspective the story is told. Blake is 40, married […]
Leah @ February 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, MUSIC FOR THE MASSES
Each month we will feature a Parental Playground Member’s featured playlist.
This month we will feature the music of our member, “Devin”.
Candie @ January 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Movie Reviews
Released: June 2007
Directed By: Mikael Hafstrom
Written By: Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander…
Cast:
John Cusack …. Mike Enslin
Samuel L. Jackson …. Olin
Mary McCormack …. Lily
Jasmine Jessica Anthony …. Katie
Synopsis:
Based on the short Stephen King horror story of the same name, 1408 is about supernatural writer Mike Enslin, an author of two successful books on supernatural phenomena. As research […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ January 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Food for thought
Ask yourself these 10 questions and answer truthfully!
Do you ONLY listen to your own ipod, cds, tapes, or mp3s, and NEVER to the radio?
Do you HATE the songs you hear in commercials?
Do you find that you find yourself constantly making recommendations to friends and family and bands you like?
Do you own often take your old […]
Leah @ January 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment
JANUARY 2008 NEW MOVIE RELEASES
Jan. 18, 2008 releases
Cloverfield
Paramount
About:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying […]
Rock'n'Nicco @ January 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment, Interviews
Name~ Jinxi Caddel
Age~37
Location~Corona, CA
Occupation~Have owned my own online business since 1997 www.MermaidInk.com and also sell Cupcake Army clothing through my website www.CupcakeArmy.com. I am also a freelance writer and write for a few different publications.
Website(s)~ www.MermaidInk.com, www.JinxiBoo.com, www.CupcakeContinuum.com, www.CupcakeArmy.com
Education~ Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Psychology
Significant Other’s Name/Occupation~ Steve - real estate agent
Kids Names and […]
Leah @ January 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment
JANUARY 2008 NEW MUSIC RELEASES
1 January 2008 Tuesday
Radiohead In Rainbows CD/Vinyl release
8 January Tuesday
Marah Angels of Destruction!
Kate Nash Made Of Bricks
Sia […]
Leah @ January 1, 2008 # Comments Off
Entertainment
January 1, 2008
Resident Evil: ExtinctionDVD
This video game-derived action horror movie is the follow-up to Resident Evil (2002) and Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), and Milla Jovovich returns as the star. This time around, hordes of rampaging zombies have caused the collapse of civilization. The genetically altered Alice (Jovovich) and […]
Leah @ December 1, 2007 # Comments Off
Entertainment
December 7th
► Down-and-out divorcee Andy Sargentee (Jeff Bridges), with the help of his five motley friends, brainstorms a genius idea to make their dreams come true. They are going to rally their small town to produce an amateur adult film! They think they’ve found the road to fame and fortune, but their fantasy quickly […]
Leah @ December 1, 2007 # Comments Off
Entertainment
4 December Tuesday
B.G. Too Hood To Be Hollywood
Ghostface Killah The Big Dough Rehab
Blake Lewis Audio Daydream (ADD)
Libertines […]