Hit New Disney Channel Original Movie – Extended Edition

 StarStruck: Extended Edition

DVD and 2 Disc DVD + CD – both Debut June 8, 2010

Starring Sterling Knight, Danielle Campbell,

Maggie Castle, Brandon Mychal Smith and Chelsea Staub

BURBANK, Calif., April 2010 — StarStruck a hit Disney Channel Original Movie, will debut on DVD June 8, 2010 with more movie and music — available in two ways: as a single DVD or a 2 disc set that includes the DVD+ Full Length Soundtrack CD. Each exciting release contains a never-before-seen exclusive extended scene and additional music with eight Rock-Along tracks and three music videos. The 2 disc set includes the DVD, plus the Walt Disney Records CD soundtrack with chart-climbing songs performed by stars Sterling Knight and Brandon Mychal Smith (“Sonny With A Chance”) among others. Both products (the DVD and 2-disc DVD+CD) will be available in stores June 8, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE).

We received a copy of Startstruck so as to review the movie. Receiving this product does not influence our review.

I go to Disney World quite a bit.  I also change phones quite often.  I think that now that I have a Android phone from Sprint I will be staying here for a while.  I am always looking for Disney apps that will run on my phones.  It is usually very hard to find apps.  Most people that just want that quick fix will just go to m.disneyworld.com.  While this is a nice solution it is very generic information that is on that site.  I prefer to see what is going on with the lines inside the park.

Recently I was hunting through the Android Market, and found an app called Ride Hopper.  There are 2 versions.  A FREE version, and a PAID version.  The app is only $.99.  This is not a Disney produced title.

In the LITE version you can update times, and add rides / shows to your favorites.  In the FULL version you can start a timer when you enter a ride, and stop it when you get through the line.  Then the system will update with those times.  Either version will only allow upload of times if you are in the GPS location of the respective park.

If you want to check out the app, then you can scan in this QR code on your Android phone, and it will take you to the download.

You can also click the link below to get it from the Market.

Our family loves good comedies.  Seeing this movie was an added bonus.  This was one movie that will make everyone laugh.  The movie was just as funny as we expected, and this is a movie that we will definitelly watch again, and again.  My wife, and our little one laughed through most of it.  Of course I laughed because a lot of it could be true, but yet seeing it on video makes it funny.  John Travolta, and Robin Williams did a great job in this movie.  This movie gets a solid 10.

Disney’s OLD DOGS

A Must Own Disney Blu-ray™ Combo Pack Available March 9, 2010

“One of the best family films of the year” – Sandie Newton, CBS-Dallas

Burbank, Calif.,

January 29, 2010 – Playing Dad is harder than it looks for two best friends who suddenly find themselves caring for seven-year-old twins in Old Dogs, the knockout family comedy, coming to Disney Blu-ray, DVD, and Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy Combo Pack on March 9, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

Starring Academy Award® winner Robin Williams, (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Good Will Hunting, 1997) and John Travolta (Wild Hogs), Old Dogs is a fresh and funny Disney treat that Pete Hammond of Boxoffice Magazine calls “Hilarious! Fun for the whole family.” With bonus features including laugh-out-loud boopers, exclusive music videos, behind-the-scenes peeks and a digital copy of the film, the Old Dogs Combo Pack will have audiences howling with laughter!

Kelly Preston (Jerry McGuire), Conner Rayburn (The Invention of Lying), Seth Green (Can’t Hardly Wait), Matt Dillon (There’s Something About Mary) and, in her screen debut, Ella Bleu Travolta (real life daughter of Travolta and Preston) deliver champion comic performances in a movie that combines unforgettable physical humor, off-the-wall escapades and heartfelt emotion.

Bonus Features

Old Dogs on single-disc DVD also includes:

- A Collection of Hilarious Deleted Scenes and Bloopers

- Audio Commentary by the film’s director Walt Becker, producer Andrew Panay, and writers David Diamond and David Weissman

The single disc Blu-ray Hi-Def version includes the same bonus features, plus:

• “Every Little Step” — A new music video performed by John Travolta and Ella Bleu Travolta

The three-disc Combo Pack (BD+DVD+Digital Copy) includes all of the above as well as:

• “You’ve Been A Friend To Me” — A music video performed by Bryan Adams

• “Young Dogs Learn Old Tricks”

Dan (Robin Williams) and his best friend and business partner Charlie (John Travolta) are on the verge of the biggest deal in the history of their sports marketing firm when their lives are turned upside down by a surprise visit from Dan’s ex-wife Vicki (Kelly Preston). Vicki has big news for Dan—their ever-so-brief liaison produced twins Zach (Conner Rayburn) and Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta), now seven-years-old and in need of a dad to keep an eye on them for two weeks. With only high-living playboy Charlie for support, Dan’s bumbling attempts at “on the job training” in fatherhood result in a series of disastrously funny exploits that lead him to a new understanding of what really matters in life. Featuring an extraordinary cast of comedy purebreds including Seth Green, Matt Dillon and Lori Loughlin, Old Dogs will have audiences rolling over and begging for more.

Old Dogs on Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack is priced at $44.99 SRP (US) and $51.99 SRP

(Canada), single disc Blu-ray is priced at $39.99 SRP (US) and $44.99 SRP (Canada),

and the single disc DVD is priced at $29.99 SRP (US) and $35.99 SRP (Canada).

About Disney’s Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD + DisneyFile in a single package):

To provide consumers with unprecedented quality, value and portability of their favorite Disney movies, in 2008 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) pioneered the Combo Pack – a Blu-ray Disc™ plus a DVD and a DisneyFile digital copy of the film in a single package. Current WDSHE branded titles available as Combo Packs include, Bolt, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Up.

STREET DATE: March 9, 1010

Pricing: Three Disc Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack: $44.99 (US), $51.99 (Canada)

Two Disc DVD Premium Edition: $39.99 (US), 44.99 (Canada)

Single Disc DVD: $29.99 SRP (US); $35.99 SRP (Canada)

Feature run time: Approximately 88 minutes

Rated: PG (US) – Bonus Material Not Rated In US, G (Canada)

FastPlay™: FastPlay enabled

Technical specifications may only apply to feature.

Blu-ray Disc

Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1)

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Languages: English SDH, French and Spanish Subtitles

Two Disc DVD Premium Edition

Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1)

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Languages: English SDH, French and Spanish Subtitles

Single Disc DVD:

Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1)

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Languages: English SDH, French and Spanish Subtitles

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., a recognized leader in the home entertainment industry, is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax and Buena Vista product, which includes DVD, Blu-ray Disc and electronic distribution. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. is a division of The Walt Disney Studios

Thanks to Disney Entertainment we got to review a copy of the movie.  Receiving this for review in no way influences our review.

As a family we love Disney movies, and well… Anything Disney.

We all sat down, and watched Princess and the Frog as a family.

We found the movie very creative, and good.

The graphics, music, and the storyline were all well placed.

Disney’s Newest Princess Makes her Debut  
in a Rollicking Musical Adventure  
from the Creators of Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast  

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Critically-Acclaimed Animated Feature Premieres March 16, 2010
on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD

– Saint Bryan of NBC Seattle calls it “….the best Disney movie since The Lion King” –

Burbank, Calif., January 26, 2010 – Tiana, the ninth and newest enchanting addition to the legendary lineage of Disney Princesses, makes her home entertainment debut in a rollicking Big Easy-style fairy tale when The Princess and the Frog arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD on March 16, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.   
 
A timeless heroine in the tradition of Snow White, Ariel, Jasmine and the rest of the beloved royal sisterhood, Tiana comes to life with classic hand-drawn Disney animation from the revered team of John Musker and Ron Clements (Aladdin, The Little Mermaid) and a jazz-infused musical score from Academy Award® winning composer Randy Newman (Best Original Song, Monsters, Inc., 2001).  A royal procession of exclusive bonus features, including games and specially- created featurettes, take viewers on a once-in-a-lifetime tour of the storied French Quarter of New Orleans and into the magic-steeped bayou for hours of can’t-miss family entertainment.

The Princess and the Frog transports audiences to glorious, glamorous New Orleans as Tiana, the first African American Disney princess meets her frog prince and gives him the fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical, magical bayous of Louisiana. The Princess and the Frog’s colorful cast of one-of-a-kind new characters joyfully raises the roof, with voice performances from stars including Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, 2004,“Caroline, or Change”), Keith David (Crash), Jenifer Lewis (“Strong Medicine”), Jim Cummings (“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse”), Michael- Leon Wooley (Ghost Town), Bruno Campos (“Nip/Tuck”), Peter Bartlett (The Producers), Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow), Jennifer Cody (Broadway’s “Shrek: The Musical”), Oprah Winfrey and John Goodman (Monsters, Inc.).  
 
Bonus Features

The single disc DVD comes with these exciting bonus features:

• Deleted Scenes

• Audio Commentary by John Musker and Ron Clements (co-writers and directors) and Peter Del Vecho (producer)

• “Never Knew I Needed”- Music video by Ne-Yo

Games and Activities 

What Do You See: Princess Portraits — A bayou-style quiz tests viewers’ knowledge of all of
Disney’s beautiful princesses. Ray’s firefly family creates twinkling portraits of each princess and if
the player correctly identifies her, they can enjoy a tongue-cheek mini re-telling of that character’s
story.  
 
The Blu-ray Combo Pack edition comes with additional bonus features, including:  

Backstage Disney 
Magic In The Bayou: The Making of A Princess — Co-writers and directors John Musker and Ron
Clements take a freewheeling, behind-the-scenes look at the making of Disney’s newest animated
film as it grows from an initial concept to a lavish animated film set in the enchanting world of New
Orleans and the surrounding bayous.

• The Return To Hand Drawn Animation  
• The Disney Legacy
• Disney’s Newest Princess
• The Princess and the Animator  
• Conjuring The Villain  
• A Return To The Animated Musical  
• Bringing Life to Animation with an introduction by John Musker and Ron Clements.
• Deleted Scenes introduced by the filmmakers
• Art Galleries — A collection of storyboard art traces the visual development of The Princess and the Frog’s rich gallery of
characters and settings.

With extravagant musical numbers, stunningly realized settings and gorgeously rendered costumes, The Princess and the Frog serves up an experience Richard Corliss of Time calls “A start-to-finish delight.”  
 
Magic, music and romance are waiting around every corner of the legendary Big Easy as Disney’s newest princess sets out on an exciting adventure through a magical  new world. Tiana (voiced by Anika Noni Rose) is a beautiful and hardworking young woman determined to fulfil her father’s dream of owning an elegant New Orleans supper club. When Naveen (Bruno Campos), a handsome prince arrives in town looking for romance, the evil Dr. Facilier (Keith David) hatches a nefarious plot and turns Naveen into a frog. A kiss from Tiana should return him to his true form, but in a hilarious twist on the classic story, she is instead transformed into a frog herself! The pair must travel into the heart of the mysterious Louisiana bayou with only a trumpet-playing alligator and a love-struck firefly as guides to find the priestess who can reverse the curse in order to find their “happily ever after.”  
 
The Princess and the Frog on Blu-ray is priced at $39.99SRP (US), and $44.99 (Canada) and on Blu-ray Combo Pack is priced at $44.99 SRP (US) and $51.99SRP (Canada), and the Single Disc DVD is priced at $29.99 SRP (US) and $35.99 SRP (Canada).
 
About Disney’s Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD + DisneyFile in a single package):
To provide consumers with unprecedented quality, value and portability of their favorite Disney movies, in 2008 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) pioneered the Combo Pack – a Blu-ray Disc™ plus a DVD and a DisneyFile digital copy of the film in a single package.  Current WDSHE branded titles available as Combo Packs include, Bolt, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Up.  

STREET DATE:   March 16, 2010
Direct prebook:   January 19, 2010  
Distributor prebook:  February 2, 2010
Pricing:     Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack: $44.99 (US), $51.99 (Canada)
    Single Disc DVD: $29.99 SRP (US); $35.99 SRP (Canada)
Feature run time:  97 minutes
Rated:  G  
FastPlay™:     FastPlay enabled  
Technical specifications may only apply to feature.  
 
Blu-ray Disc  
Aspect ratio:    1.78:1
Sound:    English 5.1 DTS-HD
Languages:    English SDH, French and Spanish Subtitles  
 
Single Disc DVD:  
Aspect ratio:    Widescreen (2.35)
Sound:    5.1 Dolby
Languages:    English SDH, French and Spanish Subtitles  
  
  
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, a recognized leader in the home
entertainment industry, is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney,
Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax and Buena Vista product, which includes
DVD, Blu-ray Disc™ and electronic distribution. Walt Disney Studios Home
Entertainment is a division of The Walt Disney Studios

We were given a copy of the movie to review.  Being given a copy of the movie did not influence our review in any manner.

I am pleased to announce the winner of the Intrepid Traveler Contest.

The winner is:

#8: LB – Winning the Hidden Mickey Book

The winner will have 3 days to contact me.  After 3 days a new winner will be announced.