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Nocturna is a magical, animated sleeper for tweens and up

Nocturna is a Spanish language film that was released in 2007. It garnered a following and they demanded that it be released in English. Imagine if Guillermo del Torro made a children’s animated movie that had enough creative creepy creatures to slightly scary, but were charming once you got to know them? That is what I kept thinking while watching Nocturna. It’s such a sweet film that is so good at creating an alternate world within plain sight that you care about and are interested in the freaky animated characters.

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Patema Inverted is original, mind bending anime for fans of the genre

The plot for Patema Inverted takes a moment to digest. It’s the story of two teens who live on opposite gravities on the same planet. Patema is a princess and lives underground in an industrial area while Age lives on the surface and is part of a totalitarian society. So far, so good, right? But here’s where it gets tricky.

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A Letter to Momo, offbeat anime drama w/humor that works well

A Letter to Momo is an anime film that works on several levels, including the most elusive of all-getting non-anime fans to enjoy the film. That’s no easy task considering that a focal point of the movie is the death of young girl’s dad very early in the film. It’s from the creators of Ghost in the Shell and like that film is rich, detailed and provides a chamber of commerce look as aspects of Japan.

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Black & Decker Pivot Vac review: cordless, strong and real

Hand held vacuums suck-and not in the way that they should. Their batteries are weak, they don’t feel like a vacuum and don’t produce enough suction to even pick up rogue pieces of cat or dog food. The Black & Decker Pivot Vac comes in and 18V and 20V version. We tried out the 20V version and it has enough power to really pick things up, is surprisingly strong and does the cordless job for about ten minutes.

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Two years in-here’s what we learned streaming only #StreamTeam

I’m part of the #StreamTeam, a group of bloggers that works with Netflix. All thoughts are our own. In the fall of 2012 my wife and I realized that we were watching the wrong kind of programming on television. We were channel surfing and settling for things to watch, as opposed to seeking out the good stuff that we should’ve been watching. It was then that we decided to stream all of the programming on our television. Netflix has been a part of that including introducing our child to countless quality children’s programs, most of which are with a British accent.

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Dad Spends a Night in the Mancave: The Protector 2 review

Here at Daddy Mojo we get some unsolicited products that we don’t review. We don’t review them because it would take time and if they’re not paying then it’s a waste of my time. We’ll pass them a note, saying it’s not a good fit or have some improvements they could make to the product. With our wife out of town we settled in for a movie. The reviews on The Protector 2 weren’t kind, but it’s Tony Jaa, it can’t be that bad. This review of The Protector 2 is more of a warning that a review. Consider yourself warned. Continue reading Dad Spends a Night in the Mancave: The Protector 2 review

Hey Arnold! the complete series available on DVD at Walmart

If you watched Nickelodeon in the mid to late 90’s you probably saw some of Hey Arnold! The exclamation mark at the end is intentional and this cartoon is aimed at the demo that loves what Nick does-with a hipster West Side Story style beginning. Arnold, the football headed fourth grader is back on DVD with the complete series now available at Walmart.

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Guardians of the Galaxy: non-comic action at its best

Well surprise surprise, I liked Guardians of the Galaxy. OK, that may not be entirely unexpected. What will be surprising to those that watch it is how much they enjoy watching it too. Guardians of the Galaxy is a Marvel movie, but it feels like a sci-fi/action movie. It’s easily the best movie that Marvel has done. The film is more fun than The Avengers and is the only one from Marvel that I’ve immediately wanted to see again.

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