Doc McStuffins: Time for Your Checkup

10 Episodes!
This is a great DVD for any Doc McStuffins fan. It is 2 whole hours of Doc McStuffins and her plush pals fun. If your child has never seen the show, it is adorable! The show features a little girl who has an awesome playhouse in her backyard that she calls "The Clinic." In there she fixes up toys and interacts with all her own plush friends. Her mom is a doctor and it is cute to see her follow in her mom's footsteps. Even though these are episodes are ones my kids have seen on the Disney channel, my kids love that they can watch them anytime, anywhere. There are 10 episodes that are sure to make any kids smile. I honestly don't mind watching it with my kids, I think all the toys are so cute and fun to see interacting with each other!

Gulpy, Gulpy Gators! / One Night Wonder
Tea Party Tantrum / Blast Off!
Arcade Escapade / Starry, Starry Night
Bronto Boo-Boos / Brontosaurus Breathe
Doctoring The Doc / Hot Pursuit

Time for Imagination
My kids fell in love with Doc McStuffins from the time the first episode aired and they have been obsessed ever since. I was so excited to receive Time for Your Checkup and have it on DVD for all the times we go camping on on long car rides where they don't have access to regular TV.

Doc McStuffins is a loving, shining example of what a friend and Doctor should be. She is the only one that can "hear" her animals talk and see them move. They only come alive for her so she has the unique ability to help them cure their ailments.

My kids favorite part of this show is the funny names she comes up with for illnesses like "Stuffedfulliosis." I gave my daughter the Doc McStuffin's Doctor kit for Christmas and the cell phone and big book of boo-boos for Valentines Day. She loves to play Doctor with me and have me lay down on the couch. She gets out her big book of boo-boo's and diagnoses me with her version of illnesses like "owie-itis." I love that this show has spawned...

A Great Series!
The moment that this DVD came into my house it was unwrapped and watched by my youngest who is a BIG Doc McStuffins fan. She loved each of the episodes, but she said her favorite was Gulpy, Gulpy Gators! I have to say that as a father, I am always looking for shows that promote good values that are consistent with my own and this series definitely fits the bill. I love the underlying messages within this series, with the most pronounced regarding helping others (but there are so many more). If you are a fan of this series, I highly encourage you to check out this great new DVD, as you too will be watching the episodes over and over again as I already am too!

*I received a copy of this DVD for review - all opinions are my own*

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Finding Nemo

Walt Would Approve
Recently, I saw Albert Brooks on Late Night with David Letterman, talking about Finding Nemo. Brooks, who stars as the voice of Marlon, the daddy fish, had taken his son (who, I believe was about five years old, the equivalent human age of Nemo), to the premiere. After about five minutes, Brooks said his son leaned over to him, and quietly said, the way a grownup might, "I cannot watch this movie," and walked out. Late in the movie, the son returned, having obviously been crying. Leaning over, Brooks assured his son, "You are not Nemo."

Such is the power of this fish story about father and son clownfish who become separated, and must struggle to find their way back to each other. Marlon is a loving but neurotic and overprotective father; Nemo is a frustrated young fish who wants to be independent and see the world, and resents his father for preventing him from doing so. We see an ocean (read: the world) that is a terrible, heartless, and yet joyous place that we frail fish must...

Pixar's getting in a habit of constantly outdoing themselves
Finding Nemo is the fifth installment for Pixar Studios, the most reliable studio in Hollywood today, and it is my personal favorite. The first obviously outstanding aspect of the movie is the animation. From the breathtaking wonder of the Great Barrier Reef, to the cold, sterile fish tank, the animation is top notch and truly state of the art. The water, which has always been the bane of animation, is picture perfect, and the animators have captured the rolling but constant ocean and the light refractions perfectly. But animation itself doesn't make a film. Finding Nemo's strongest aspect is it's warm, witty, heartfelt, and funny story of a father's quest to reclaim his son. The kids will love the vibrant characters and funny situations, and so will the parents. However, the parents will be able to enjoy the film on a level far more than the kids will. The story is about losing a child, and the desperate quest to be reunited, which will hit the parent right in the gut. This is...

The Coolest Movie I have Ever Seen.
YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE.

There. Now that I've said that, I should tell you that this is NOT solely a childrens' movie, but will be enjoyed as much (if not more) by adults. The cleverness of Pixar will never cease to amaze me. Only they could take a concept like a full-length movie about fish and make it totally believable. This film succeeds n being very, very funny. Heck, I'm 16 and saw it in the theater with only my mother. The two of us were laughing hysterically throughout the entire thing!

There's alot of sadness and emotion in this movie and some absolutely terrific voice acting--the voice cast is top-notch. There are some touching moments and subtle messages to be heard by all, not just kids. I look forward with anticipation to the DVD release of this wonderful movie. The suspense never lets up; encounters with jellyfish, a whale, and a deep-sea lanturn fish make every moment exciting.

As we know, every Disney/Pixar film is associated with its own special "short." Well,...

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