Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse flew under my radar until I saw the trailer. It looks like no other film I’ve seen. At times it looks anime-ish, sometimes like a moving painting, motion capture and at other times like a traditional animated movie. An outstanding aside to its technical visuals is that kids really want to see it. Our 9 year old has been clamoring about it for the past couple of week. The prescient youth was correct and people are calling Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the best animated film of the year. We’re giving away passes to the Atlanta sneak preview of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It’s Saturday, December 8 at 11:00AM.
What to do after Lord of the Rings? That was the question that Peter Jackson. His answer came a couple years after what fans would’ve liked-and it’s not in the form that they expect, but it’s here. Mortal Engines is the first book in a quartet that was written by Phillip Reeve. This is steam punk post-apocalypse, where the cities are now built on machines that crawl on land and devour other cities. Sign us up.
We’ve always been down with steam punk. On the way the Dragon Con last year our youngest sat beside a steam punk Colonel Sanders. To him (and us) it was one of the highlights of the con and produced some of the most memorable photos. I state that to say that my admiration of steam punk has somehow traveled down the gene chain to the kids.
The Atlanta sneak preview of Mortal Engines is Tuesday, December 11 at Atlantic Station. We’ve got 35 pairs of tickets to this sneak preview. Do want to see the sneak preview of Mortal Engines in Atlanta? Just RT the tweet, leave a comment or shoot us an email to trey@daddymojo.net. We’re pumped about seeing this film and want you to see it also.
Mortal Engines is a new epic directed by Oscar winning visual-effects artists Christian Rivers. Peter Jackson penned the screenplay, along with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Producing the film are Zane Weiner and Amanda Walker from The Hobbit trilogy, Deborah Forte from Goosebumps, as well as, Walsh and Jackson. Even watching the trailer for Mortal Engines you can sense the undercurrent of the passion and style that made Lord of the Ring so epic.
Mortal Engines takes place hundreds of years after civilization was destroyed by cataclysmic events. Now the predator cities take down anything in its path and London is the top dog. Toss in some mysterious characters, Hugo Weaving and we’re there. Win passes to the Atlanta sneak preview of Mortal Engines. It’s Tuesday, December 11 at night, we’ll email you the exact time and details. To enter, just RT the tweet, leave a comment or shoot us an email. We’re pumped about seeing this film and want you to see it also.
The other week we had the opportunity to interview Sean Anders, the director of Instant Family. Instant Family is a true story; it’s actually his true story of how he and his wife decided to adopt children. Actually, they decided to adopt three children, all at once. The movie looks funny and something that families can immediately relate to or for anybody that has children or any familiarity with the foster care system.
Instant Family was filmed in Atlanta. I remember seeing the signs for filming locations around certain neighborhoods and hearing the extra casting calls from some friends of mine who do production. While it’s the true story of one family’s decision to adopt, the film is not preachy and brings the humor and fun that kids bring-while not glossing over the difficulties that raising any child can present. It’s a delicate balance that was accomplished by weaving in conversations that Anders and other newly adopted foster families had in real life.
The Atlanta sneak preview of Instant Family is Monday, November 12 at 7PM. If you want to go just tweet this out and the first 20 folks will get a pair of tickets to the show. You can also email us at trey@daddymojo.net and we’ll reply back with a magic code that will link you to tickets.
Instant Family is rated PG-13 for thematic elements, mild sexual material, language and drug references. In our opinion the film is OK for 9 year-olds, but that’s us.
This is a sponsored post from LivingSocial. We were compensated and all thoughts are our own. My wife is a doer, I say that with the utmost sincerity. By that I mean that for those ‘special occasions’ she likes to do something. We haven’t done dance lessons yet, but that’s probably on her radar or things that she’ll ‘hint’ my way when the next anniversary or birthday rolls around. For these times she hops on LivingSocial to check the deals closest to us and jumps onboard. If you (or your spouse) do this, then read on about the $50 giveaway in Deal Bucks we’re giving away. If not, read on as to why they rock and are a date night that saves you big money off of where the night is normally.
For our most recent anniversary she asked me how I felt about making my own sushi. I said that I’d like to try it and she signed us up for a LivingSocial deal that cost $49. Had we not gone through LivingSocial it would’ve cost $100. It was a sushi class that was taught by a local restaurant owner who does some sushi teaching on the side. She was a sushi master, spent years in training, lived in southeast Asia for a long time and went into great detail about its history and preparation.
Hey, hey, we were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own. We love some movies in this house and have seen some really great ones over the past couple of months. Shaun the Sheep is the best family film of the year for our money. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation is our favorite PG-13 film and the best action movie this year (so far) is Mad Mad: Fury Road. Going to the movies is a way that our family has fun and really relaxes and Fandango makes going there easier. It eliminates the need to find a seat by purchasing in advance, which makes going out with the fam less stressful. This giveaway is for two (2) $100 gift cards to Fandango to two different people.
We’re part of a group of bloggers involved in #BlogPopEvents, giving away LOTS of things for back to school. Just follow the hashtag or dig the widget to see all of them.
Back to school is awesome! National Geographic Kids produce some of the most awesome books out there! Giveaways are awesome! Things are really upbeat here at the office today apparently. With back to school happening (or has already happened) we’ve got a great National Geographic Kids giveaway with five books that will entertain kids that are five and up.
Recently I went to HH Gregg to participate in a Father’s Day promotion they had. The store had buckets of specials and dads were all but walking around the store with handfuls of bacon in celebration. We can now giveaway a $100 gift card to HH Gregg. And the good news is that they’ve still got oodles of specials, regardless of what you’re looking for need or simply want.
The other day we received the Air Hog Hyper Disk and Kinetic Sand to review and play with. It’s all part of a whopping $250 giveaway that we’re doing as part of #BlogPOPEvents. This giveaway is for over $250 worth in goodies to Spin Master Toys.
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