The Croods: A New Age

The Croods: A New Age

By Erin

*Thank you Universal Pictures for sending us this fun gift pack to have an at-home-movie night filled with adventure! All thoughts and opinions remain my own*

DreamWorks Animation presents The Croods: A New Age, a colorful story brimming with heart and hilarious moments that is sure to guarantee repeat viewing everyone in the family will enjoy! Join Grug, Eep, Guy, and the rest of the Croods gang as they face off against the more-evolved Bettermans.

The Croods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters, from fanged prehistoric beasts to surviving the end of the world, but now they will face their biggest challenge of all: another family! Dun Dun Dunnnnn!!!

(from left) Thunk Crood (Clark Duke), Sandy Crood (Kailey Crawford) and Gran (Cloris Leachman) in DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age, directed by Joel Crawford.

The Croods need a new place to live. So, the first prehistoric family sets off into the world in search of a safer place to call home. When they discover an idyllic walled-in paradise that meets all their needs, they think their problems are solved … except for one thing. Another family already lives there: the Bettermans.

The Bettermans (emphasis on the “better”)—with their elaborate tree house, amazing inventions and irrigated acres of fresh produce—are a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. When they take the Croods in as the world’s first houseguests, it isn’t long before tensions escalate between the cave family and the modern family.

(from left) Guy (Ryan Reynolds) with his pet sloth, Belt, and Dawn Betterman (Kelly Marie Tran) with her pet sloth, Sash, in DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age, directed by Joel Crawford.

Just when all seems lost, a new threat will propel both families on an epic adventure outside the safety of the wall, one that will force them to embrace their differences, draw strength from each other and forge a future together. The Croods: A New Age is now available on Digital and coming to Blu-ray/DVD on February 23rd!

The Croods: A New Age features the voice talent of returning stars Nicolas Cage as Grug Crood, Catherine Keener as Ugga Crood, Emma Stone as their daughter, Eep; Ryan Reynolds as Eep’s boyfriend, Guy; Clark Duke (Hot Tub Time Machine) as Thunk and Cloris Leachman as Gran. They’re joined by new stars Peter Dinklage (HBO’s Game of Thrones) as Phil Betterman, Leslie Mann (Blockers) as Hope Betterman, and Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: Episode VIII-The Last Jedi) as their daughter, Dawn.

The film is directed by Joel Crawford, who has worked on multiple DreamWorks Animation films, including Trolls and the Kung Fu Panda franchise, and is produced by Mark Swift (Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted).

Now get ready for a fun movie night!

Here is a fun recipe to make for viewing the film! This is a fun and super easy recipe to make, even the littles can help you pour and mix the ingredients into the bowls.

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Ugly Dolls Now on Blu-Ray and DVD!

UglyDolls Now on Blu-Ray and DVD!

By Erin

*We were given a fun Ugly Dolls box of goodies for purposes of this post. All thoughts and opinions remain our own!*

The other week we received a UglyDolls party kit to host a movie night over the weekend. So many fun things were included to make it even more special. There  was even a certificate of adoption to seal the deal that the UglyDolls were our own to love and care for now. To celebrate our new family members, we ate kettle popcorn with M&M’s and other candy while watching the movie and playing with the UglyDolls. Their uniqueness is what makes them so darn cute and loveable. You can easily host a party of your own! Just get your favorite movie snacks grab the family and enjoy (and adopt an UglyDoll of own to make it even more special ;))!

Remember PEZ? Yep! They have UglyDolls PEZ! Perfect for movie night!

I didn’t know what my niece would think of the UglyDolls since she is still so young (7 months) but she absolutely loved them! She gave Moxy a BIG hug and kiss right away. It was A-DOR-ABLE.

Giving Moxy a BIG hug, then a kiss.

The Sing-Along edition was so fun. If you have this Moxy UglyDoll it even comes with a microphone and your kids could use that to sing along with the movie and all their other UglyDoll friends!

Singing and dancing, celebrating our weirdness and uniqueness!

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