U GOTTA SEE THIS.If a kid finds something funny once, then you're likely to hear it about 150 times. But no matter how often kids like to repeat experiences, they will eventually tire of it. The one problem with most children's DVDs is that they're always the same. Now Goldhil entertainment has created the new CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. animated ``Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman'' ($19.98), an interactive experience that gives kids 11 different choices. Geared for children 5 and older, the 80-minute film revolves around three siblings, Benjamin (Frankie Muniz Frankie Muniz (born Francisco Muniz IV on December 5 1985, in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey) is an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nominated American actor, who is now a full time Formula Atlantic driver. ), Crista (Lacey Chabert) and Marco (Daryl Sabara), who are trying to find their missing Uncle Rudy (William H. Macy), who has gone to the Himalayas in Nepal to find the Abominable Snowman abominable snowman or yeti (yĕt`ē), humanlike creature so named because it is associated with the perpetual snow region of the Himalayas. . Once in Nepal, the children can choose different paths to take -- from safer to riskier choices. There are no bad decisions, however, only different adventures involving everything from avalanches to tigers. There is also a 28-minute bonus feature -- ``In the Shadow of the Himalayas: How People Live in Nepal'' -- about the real lives of the Nepalese. By the way, Macy's wife,``Desperate Housewives'' star Felicity Huffman Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. She is well known for her role as Lynette Scavo, the hectic busy Super-Mom on the ABC hit show Desperate Housewives which debuted in 2004, and for which Huffman won an Emmy Award. , voices a small role in the engaging film, which should have kids entertained but thinking about their choices as well. -- Rob Lowman Step into an idyllic neighborhood, where ants go marching one by one, puppets picnic and boys whitewash whitewash, white fluid commonly used as an inexpensive, impermanent coating for walls, fences, stables, and other exterior structures. It varies in composition, being generally a mixture of lime (quicklime), water, flour, salt, glue, and whiting, with other fences to the timeless music of Mozart and Joplin. The sounds and imagery -- animation, illustration, puppetry puppetry Art of creating and manipulating puppets in a theatrical show. Puppets are figures that are moved by human rather than mechanical aid. They may be controlled by one or several puppeteers, who are screened from the spectators. and video footage -- are all part of the just-released ``Baby's Favorite Places: First Words -- Around Town,'' (Disney; $19.99) the 21st title in the award-winning Baby Einstein DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. series for children 1 year and up. The DVD is a 35-minute introduction to the nouns around town, from a trip to the ``mailbox'' and the ``playground'' to the ``ice cream shop.'' Little ones can learn the names of 20 new words in multiple forms, including written, verbal and sign language. With multi-language viewing options in English, French and Spanish, as well as bonus material, including a sing-along to ``Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star'' that incorporates signing and is led by the Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin, who guest stars. -- Sandra Barrera ``Mee-Shee: The Water Giant'' (Screen Media; $19.98) is an enjoyable family adventure from Jim Henson's Creature Shop Jim Henson's Creature Shop is a company founded in 1979 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. It was originally created as a result of the observation that the team that had been put together for The Dark Crystal was extremely hard to recreate for Labyrinth, since . It's the story of a father (Bruce Greenwood) who takes his young son, Mac (Daniel Magder), with him to reclaim oil equipment from the bottom of a British Columbia lake. The expedition is complicated by the discovery of a giant -- but lovable -- water creature, Mee-shee. As you might expect, not everyone is happy about this, and there is a struggle to protect the creature. The film, which was shot in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , combines the delightful special effects of Henson's creature with the beauty of nature. gives the film some heart. -- R.L. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 3) no caption (DVD covers) |
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