Kristen Bell is staying busy! The actress, singer and mom of two is sharing her newest project, Do, Re & Mi with young fans everywhere through a brand new trailer!
Amazon Prime Video has just dropped the new trailer for the Amazon Original animated series starting Kristen Bell, Jackie Tohn, and Luke Youngblood. Perfect for preschool-aged children, the show will debut i more than 240 countries worldwide. Keep scrolling to catch the first glimpe at the adorable new characters.
The series will follow three birdie friends, Do, Re and Mi as they head out on musical adventures. Each episode will feature new sounds, melodies and show how music can solve every problem!
Do, Re & Mi will debut on Sept. 17 on Amazon Prime and will be followed by toys, a book, teacher and family guide as well as a mobile game.
The summer’s here, and you’re already half-way through the year. Without big-screen blockbusters showing in crowded commercial cinemas, you may not have noticed the fab lineup of recently released kid-friendly flicks. If you’re not sure what to titles to add to your family’s at-home film fest, check out the best kids movies of 2020—so far.
Harrison Ford stars in this PG adaptation of the literary classic. The live-action film is the story of a man and his dog—and some pretty amazing adventures. Find The Call of the Wild on Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu, Microsoft, Movies Anywhere, Google Play, Fandango Now and YouTube.
A Shaun the Sheep Movie, Farmageddon, is the G-rated Netflix original flick fans of the beloved animated sheep will flock to. This alien-inspired movie is perfect for parents too!
Are you looking for the best kid movies on Netflix? The Willoughbys is a Netflix original, released in 2020! The PG-rated movie tells the story of four sibs who plot to send their parents away. Voiced by some serious star-power, such as Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Ricky Gervais and Alessia Cara, you can stream this animated movie here.
The beloved pup is back for a 2020 update. Scoob! gives your kiddo the chance to see how the animated pup and his BFF shaggy first met. Your fam can catch Scoob!(rated PG) on Prime Video, Fandango Now, YouTube, Vudu, Xfinity, Google Play, Movies Anywhere, Redbox, Direct TV, My Dish, Microsoft, Row8 or Apple TV.
Sonic is back in the much-anticipated 2020 film. The PG flick stars James Marsden and Jim Carrey. When it comes to movies for kids, the beloved blue hedgehog is the perfect pick for older children and tweens. Watch Sonic the Hedgehog on Blu-ray or 4K Ultra HD, or stream it on Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu, Fandango Now or Apple TV.
Older kids will get a kick out of this animal-centered live-action flick. Dolittle (rated PG) stars Robert Downey Jr. as the famed doctor and veterinarian in this updated version of the classic tale. Watch Dolittle digitally on Prime Video, Fandango Now, iTunes, Verizon FIOS, Xfinity, Vudu or Google Play.
Starring Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, Trolls World Tour is an animated adventure filled with musical awesomeness. Join Poppy, Branch, Barb and all your kiddo's faves on the small screen right now. Stream this PG pick on Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu, YouTube, Fandango Now, Xfinity or Google Play.
This Disney Pixar animated flick features the story of two teenage elf brothers and their magic-filled quest. Starring celebs such as Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Octavia Spencer and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Onward is rated PG. Catch the adventure on Blu-ray, DVD, or screen it on Disney+.
Catch up with Bluey. The popular Australian preschool series is coming back to Disney Channel and DisneyNOW for a second season on Jul. 10. All season two episodes will subsequently air on Disney Junior.
The first season of the heart-warming show, brought to you by BBC Studios, will continue to air on Disney Junior and Disney Channel, and will remain available to stream on Disney+.
Bluey follows the adventures of the lovable and inexhaustible 6-year-old Blue Heeler puppy, Bluey, who lives with her Dad (Bandit), her Mum (Chilli) and 4-year-old little sis, Bingo. A sweet and instantly-relatable celebration of family, friends and the all-out fun of childhood, Bluey is a standout entry to the kids’ TV “playground.” A loving send-up to the many pluses of unstructured play for children, Bluey is the perfect “playmate” for helping to show today’s kids and families that nothing beats the power of simple creative play for keeping children happy and healthy as they grow!
“Bluey has won the hearts of kids and parents with its beautiful animation and honest take on modern family life. The show offers relatable situations for engaging kids every day, which is so important to parents at this current time,” said Henrietta Hurford-Jones, Director of Children’s Content Partnerships, BBC Studios. “Disney Junior and Disney Channel are the perfect homes for a brand new season of inspirational episodes, bringing families together for a genuine co-viewing experience that delivers laughs as well as real, impactful messages.”
“We love that kids and parents are embracing Bluey all across America. It’s really wonderful to see a kids programming from Australia resonating so much with U.S. audiences,” said Bluey EPs and Ludo co-founders, Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson. “We love hearing from fans on social media and hope everyone enjoys this new season, as much as we enjoyed making it!”
Season 2 introduces viewers to more of Bluey and Bingo’s friends and extended family, as well as a variety of imaginative and ingenious games, including Tickle Crabs, Fancy Restaurant, Rug Island, and many more. The season also shines a spotlight on Bandit and Chilli’s relationship with their daughters, as they continue to juggle work and childcare. Additionally Anthony Field, the Blue Wiggle, will voice characters featured in two of the new episodes, including one of the season premiere episodes, Dance Mode.
On Jul. 27, the first volume of Bluey Season 1 will be available for purchase through Apple iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, and other digital retailers. There will be six volumes with a new one available every three weeks. The retail price for each volume will be $9.99.
We’ve got plenty of time plan our next family movie night and there are tons of kid favorites set right in the Bay Area. Spot iconic landmarks like the Painted Ladies, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge and more as you enjoy these family flicks with a big bowl of popcorn! Which one will be your new family favorite?
Charlie Barkin is finding life in dog heaven a little boring. Even after his best pal, Itchy, arrives in town, Charlie still longs to go back to Earth. When Charlie's old nemesis, Carface, steals the horn used by the archangel Gabriel, Charlie and Itchy quickly volunteer to retrieve it.
Age Range: 5+
Rated G
Watch on: Tubi, Vudu, YouTube
Mrs. Doubtfire
Determined to spend more time with his kids after a divorce, Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) morphs into British nanny Mrs. Doubtfire and convinces his ex-wife (Sally Field) to hire him in this funny flick. But what happens when both Daniel and Mrs. Doubtfire must meet different people at the same restaurant? Hilarity.
In the age-old battle between felines and canines, one rogue kitty is stepping up the fight. Kitty Galore, former operative for MEOWS, is executing a diabolical plan against her sworn enemies, the dogs, as well as her cat comrades. In order to save themselves and their humans, both species must unite in an unprecedented alliance to stop Kitty Galore from making the world her scratching post.
Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A's, one day has an epiphany: Baseball's conventional wisdom is all wrong. Faced with a tight budget, Beane must reinvent his team by outsmarting the richer ball clubs. Joining forces with Ivy League graduate Peter Brand, Beane prepares to challenge old-school traditions. He recruits bargain-bin players whom the scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential. Based on the book by Michael Lewis.
George has raised himself since since he was a baby and a plane crash stranded him in an African jungle. Now an adult, George has his first human contact in years when he rescues explorer Ursula Stanhope from a lion. George and Ursula connect, and she leaves her fiancé, Lyle, and takes George back to San Francisco. But when George learns that his gorilla buddy has been captured, he and Ursula return on a rescue mission.
Age Rating: 6+
Rated PG
Watch on: Hulu, YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video
When a meteor full of space gunk transforms Susan Murphy into a giant, the government renames her Ginormica and confines her to a secret compound with other monsters, like bug-headed Dr. Cockroach. When an extraterrestrial robot lands on Earth and begins a rampage, Gen. W.R. Monger persuades the president to send Ginormica and her fellow monsters to battle the machine and save the planet.
Age Rating: 7+
Rated PG
Watch on: YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video
You can't go wrong with the 1961 original or the remake! The switcharoo these separated-at-birth twins pull on their parents will have your little ones laughing! It's good fun for the whole family.
Life is a struggle for single father Chris Gardner. Evicted from their apartment, he and his young son find themselves alone with no place to go. Even though Chris eventually lands a job as an intern at a prestigious brokerage firm, the position pays no money. The pair must live in shelters and endure many hardships, but Chris refuses to give in to despair as he struggles to create a better life for himself and his son.
The Seaver family arrives at San Francisco International Airport to catch a flight to Canada. They check in their pets: Chance (Michael J. Fox), an American bulldog; Shadow (Ralph Waite), a golden retriever; and Sassy (Sally Field), a nervous cat. But the confused pets burst out of their carriers and escape to the city. There they fall in with a group of strays and struggle to avoid an overzealous dogcatcher. But when the trio tire of vagrancy, they set out to find their beloved owners.
After a fender bender, Dr. John Dolittle gets back his childhood ability to converse with animals. But the gift turns out to be a mixed blessing when the good doctor finds himself besieged by boozing monkeys, injured owls and depressed lions who need his special assistance. When Dolittle's strange behavior catches the attention of his wife, Lisa, he winds up in a mental institution. Luckily, he has some animal friends to help him out of his hairy situation.
A scientifically miniaturized marine unexpectedly finds himself floating around the body of a hypochondriac, and trying to outwit saboteurs who want the device that shrank him. Attempts by his colleagues to retrieve the little man—protected inside a tiny submersible—are hampered by the would-be thieves.
Sharing the rocky relationships of Chinese-American moms and their daughters, this '90s movie will take you across the world and several generations to explore culture, conflict and love.
Age Range: 16+
Rated: R
Watch on: YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video
Navy officer Frank Beardsley is struggling to raise his 10 children in the wake of his wife's death. Frank soon begins dating Helen North, a widowed nurse with eight children of her own. After learning of their similar situations, the two are reluctant to pursue a relationship. But with the help of a mutual friend, Darrel Harrison, the two eventually fall in love and must decide about forming one big, unconventional family.
Age Rating: 8+
Rated NR
Watch on: YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video
When lively lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) sees her mobster beau, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, Deloris proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters. In an effort to keep her out of trouble, they assign Deloris to the convent's choir, an ensemble that she soon turns into a vibrant and soulful act that gains widespread attention.
By not letting him buy her house, Mrs. Steinmetz (Helen Hayes) foils the plans of Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn), a property developer who wants to build a shopping mall in downtown San Francisco, so Hawk plots to force her out. While helping his uncle Alonzo, Willoughby Whitfield (Ken Berry) discovers a special Volkswagen Beetle and falls for Nicole (Stefanie Powers), Mrs. Steinmetz's niece. After they discover Alonzo's plans, it's up to Mrs. Steinmetz and the extraordinary Beetle to save the day.
Now that you are supervising your child’s homeschool experience, you may be looking for more educational resources to share. IMDb has created a watch list called IMDb Home School which provides parents with educational picks for children stuck at home. This list is inclusive of multiple subjects, age groups, and streaming platforms. The list includes movies like Hidden Figures to educate about Math/History, Making it which highlights Art , Won’t You Be My Neighbor? that touches on Social Studies.
You kids have been home from school for a week (or more.) By this point, they may have run out of shows and movies they’d like to watch. Now, Amazon has made a selection of kids and family content available free to watch on Prime video for all customers.
The selections include Amazon Original kids and family shows, select third party family movies and TV series licensed in cooperation with several studio partners. They are also exploring opportunities to make a wider selection of content available as well. You can find the full selection of titles here.
To access the free kids and family content on Prime Video, families don’t need a Prime membership, just an Amazon account, which is free and can easily be set up on Amazon. Families can then watch the free movies and TV shows through the Prime Video app which is free to download on compatible smart TVs, mobile devices, Fire TV, Fire TV stick, Fire tablets, Apple TV, game consoles, Chromecast or via Prime Video.com.
Looking to celebrate the season with some of your kids favorite characters? Amazon has the answer with two new Valentine’s Day specials from Pete the Cat and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
In A Very Groovy Valentine’s Day, Pete the Cat has planned a musical Valentine for his friends, but he realizes he doesn’t know very much about a new friend, Boo Burrow. He also faces the challenge of finding Sally’s Valentine’s cards when they all go missing.
Mouse is all ready for the holiday in the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Valentine’s Day Special. That is, until he realizes that he doesn’t have a Valentine for Oliver. In an attempt to score one at the cookie factory, Mouse gets a little too close to the machinery and finds himself (and Dog) packed into a box and put on a truck. Now they have to find their way back home in time to celebrate Valentine’s Day with their friends.
Amazon Prime is also debuting new episodes of the new original series Clifford. All three shows are available for streaming starting Feb. 7 on Amazon Prime Video.
It’s that time of year again! Bells are ringing, stores are stocking just about every flavor of candy cane imaginable and holiday flicks are everywhere from your smart phone to the big screen. The film aficionados at the Movies Anywhere app recently released users’ top picks—and we’ve got the scoop on what’s watched most.
With over 7,500 titles in its library and the ability to connect to participating platforms and retailers such as iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Comcast Xfinity, Google Play/YouTube, Verizon Fios TV, Vudu/Walmart, FandangoNOW and Microsoft Movies and TV, Movies Anywhere users have plenty of cinematic holiday happiness to choose from.
Between these two sets of data, it’s pretty clear Elf, Illumination Presents: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Polar Express and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York are popular picks for the holidays!
The biggest, reddest dog of all is back for brand new adventures on Birdwell Island in the new Clifford the Big Red Dog premiering on Amazon and PBS in December.
The original series, which ran from 2000-2003 on PBS, is returning with a new look starting Dec. 6. The show is once again inspired by the popular Scholastic book series written and illustrated by Norman Bridwell. The reboot will feature some major changes however.
In this version Clifford’s best human friend, Emily Elizabeth is “a stronger and more independent female character to inspire today’s girls” and for the first time ever, Clifford and Emily Elizabeth will be able to speak to each other. Each episode will also feature a new original song designed to introduce kids to all different types of musical genres and styles.
Clifford the Big Red Dog will be available both on Amazon Prime Video and PBS KIDS. It will premiere first on Dec. 6 on Amazon and then on Dec. 7 on PBS.
Multi-talented Kristen Bell is lending her voice to the big screen again as Anna in Frozen 2, but she is also coming to the small screen in a brand new animated preschool series on Amazon.
The new animated series, Do, Re & Mi follows the adventures of three little bird besties named, you guessed it, Do, Re and Mi. According to Variety, the three friends live in a musical world that’s “filled with rhythm, beats and melodies.”
Each adventurous episode ends with a song and that’s where Bell comes in. Along with some other musical guests, Bell’s singing will be featured in the closing songs. She is also voicing one of the characters on the series. As she explained in an Instagram post, the show explores, “Different styles of music, how to sing it, how to read it, how to play and how to love it!”
If you’re just as excited about the musical experience as your kids, that’s the idea. Nicolas Atlan, President of Animation at Gaumont, the production company behind the show, explained that it’s a “series that takes kids’ music to another level that both kids and their parents will be excited about.”
No word yet on when the show will premiere, but it will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
