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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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Aerial America: Southwest Collection-armchair travel & more

Smithsonian Channel Aerial America: Southwest Collection takes five of the programs that aired on the Smithsonian Channel and puts them on Blu-ray. Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado are featured in this DVD. It is presented in full widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16 x 9 and 5.1 digital surround sound. I’m no audiophile, but all that adds up to a gorgeous picture and immersive sound.

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Planes: Fire and Rescue-better than the first one

Planes is the kind of direct to DVD workhorse that most studios would love to have. In this case, as in the first Planes, it goes to theaters for a week or two and will be out on DVD in two months. It’s not a slam to say direct to DVD. However, it’s not at the same Frozen level of quality that families expect from the brand. Disney will make about 200 million in theaters and push it out on DVD. With all this in mind, Planes: Fire and Rescue is better than the first movie and has some genuine laughs in it.

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Six Flags Over Georgia: Hurricane Harbor review

Summer 2014 brings the biggest expansion in the history of Six Flags Over Georgia to the theme park. Hurricane Harbor offers over 7 acres of new water rides that can provide parents a needed break in these final weeks of summer. In total Hurricane Harbor has three new attractions and one very large renamed one, Paradise Island that was simple annexed into that area.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes review: A+

I don’t really do grades on reviews, but in coming up with a title for the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes review it is necessary. The movie is not what I expected and my expectations were very high, but after thinking about it Dawn of the Planet of the Apes exceeded them on every level. In the end, the movie has as much, if not more in common with combat/war movies than the science fiction that you might expect from the title.

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Slugterra: Ghoul From Beyond-new on DVD

Slugterra is weird. That’s what I thought when I read the premise. A 15 year old yearns for his father to take him to Slugterra where he can become The Shane, protector of the underworld. To be clear, that’s the underground world, not the underworld where zombies live. However, when his father goes missing Eli goes to Slugterra to protect it. Slugterra: Ghoul From Beyond picks up after Eli has defeated a major bad guy, but things aren’t going so well.

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Think Outside the Box at Children’s Museum of Atlanta

If you’re a parent think of Christmas morning or some other time when you child receives gifts that might require big boxes. After they rip the present open, yell at the gift and then play with it, what do they do? They play with the box. The bigger the box the better. If they can sit in the box or roll their toy cars through that’s awesome too. Think Outside the Box is the new exhibit at Children’s Museum of Atlanta and is boxes, boxes and more.

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Simpsons Comics #212: brings the funny to all ages

Sometimes in my search for the new and unique I forget the obvious. I’ve found some great new comics that are perfectly suited for young readers, notably Skyward-which is great all ages action. However, I’ve been reading Simpsons Comics for 21 years, it’s a great all ages comic that my son loves to read-when I let him.

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