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Man of Tai Chi: better than average martial arts with great fight scenes

Man of Tai Chi is the story of a tai chi student who is fighting in a tournament in China. The tai chi student is played by Tiger Chen who has been doing stunts in many high profile martial arts movies since Crouching Tiger. His character in the movie is also called Tiger, but anyone who has ever seen a Jackie Chan movie can forgive that bit of name play. The story in Man of Tai Chi is straight forward stuff, but the fight scenes are really good and the movie is better than you would expect.

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer shines at Center for Puppetry Arts

As if we need another excuse to go to Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, my oldest son and I went to see the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It is so much fun to do mother-son dates now that he is 4 and can sit through short presentations.

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Danger in the Manger disappoints all, even the diehard Whovians

Danger in the Manger is the sequel to Nativity!. I never saw Nativity!, but it must have been good enough to merit a sequel, right? They would never make a sequel to a Christmas movie just because it’s a seasonal movie, would they? This is the story of a Christmas song competition, a class of regular students with a jokey teacher that gets into the finals, the pretentious yet well meaning class of talented singers and a class representing the ones that win every year. Think of it as Christmas themed episode of Glee with elements of The Bad News Bears tossed in for comedic effect.

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Children will love the Bigsby Interactive Story Buddy from Hallmark

As a gift the other year we gave one of the Hallmark interactive story characters to a friend’s child who had just turned 6. The child loved the gift but I didn’t really get it. Now that we have a child who is on the cusp of reading, I get it. The Bigsby Interactive Story Buddy is another avenue for kids to enjoy reading and it really works.

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The Descender from Rockboard is an all terrain adrenaline rush

Remember the “a ha” moment in A View to a Kill when Bond took the blade from his snowmobile and turned it into a snowboard? That feeling is the same as when you step onto a Rockboard Descender. It’s essentially a skateboard for the dirt. The Descender from Rockboard uses treads instead of wheels that allow it to move off road with ease. So, perhaps it’s more appropriate to call it an all terrain skateboard, with wheels like a tank that provides adrenaline and fun.

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The new Toys R Us ad is great, but it’s got some green folks seeing red

Have you seen the new ad from Toys R Us? Well, firstly I should say that this is not a sponsored post and I received no cash from anyone for it. However, being an ex PR guy, dad to 2 boys and ex social media manager for some environmental causes I have some insight into this. It’s a hidden camera ad that has a bus full of children going to learn about trees. Once they get on the bus the tour guide starts talking about leaves and then surprise-they go to Toys R Us where the kids run around and play with toys.

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Hanging out in the Skylanders SWAP Force video game truck

The other week we were offered the chance to host a video game that was stocked with Skylanders SWAP Force. Skylanders SWAP Force takes some of the characters from the original game with and puts them in a new world with a new element-swapability. Take the top half from one, switch it out with the bottom from another and you’ve got the powers of two Skylanders in one.

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The NYNE NB-200 Bluetooth Speaker: easy set up, great sound

We received a NYNE NB-200 Bluetooth Speaker for review purposes. It’s a Bluetooth speaker and the company really wants you to know that it can be mounted to your bicycle handlebars. A Bluetooth speaker wasn’t something that was on the top of Tech Gadgets I Need list. However, after using it for a while I’ve discovered that, the sound from my tablet’s speakers are horrible and that the NYNE is a fabulous tool to make and receive phone calls on.

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