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The Mommies Reviews

Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite!

A all-new original movie from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – is NOW available on Digital – and is coming to Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD on October 13! 

Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! features an all-star comedy lineup lending their voices to this new generation of four footed and two winged friends including Melissa Rauch (“The Big Bang Theory”) as Gwen the cat, Max Greenfield (“The Neighborhood,” “New Girl”) as Roger the dog, and George Lopez as Pablo the Cockatoo.

The film is directed by Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer) and written by Scott Bindley (The Last Summer). Producers are Andrew Lazar (Cats & DogsGet Smart) and David Fliegel.

In honor of our Blu-ray and DVD release we got our paws on some never-before-seen interview clips with Melissa Rauch, Max Greenfield and George Lopez!

In this clip, Melissa Rauch (who plays Gwen) reveals that this film is fun and has heart – and how she loves the social commentary about technology – how it can both help and hurt us.

 Max Greenfield (who plays Roger) talks about his need to see a photo of the dog before voicing him – in this clip about his character in the film.

 George Lopez (who plays Pablo) reminds us to watch Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite with our family – including our pets! He reveals that fans will enjoy what they have always loved about the Cats & Dogs movies.


In this clip a new threat to F.A.R.T. and the Great Truce is revealed!

It’s been 10 years since the creation of the Great Truce, an elaborate joint-species surveillance system designed and monitored by cats and dogs to keep the peace when conflicts arise. But when a tech-savvy villain hacks into wireless networks to use frequencies only heard by cats and dogs, he manipulates them into conflict, and the worldwide battle

between cats and dogs is BACK ON. Now, a team of inexperienced and untested agents will have to use their old-school animal instincts to restore order and peace between cats and dogs every whereIf you would like to request product for review in support of our October 13th release – please let me know ASAP. Please don’t forget to compliment your coverage on your socials.

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Rick and Morty Funko POP! Animation Figures

David and Charlie were so surprised to find out Rick and Morty: Season 4 is arriving on Blu-ray & DVD on September 22! Not only that but in support of the DVD release – there is a limited amount of the hilarious “King of S#!+” Rick and Morty Funko POP! Animation Figures (with sound!)

America’s favorite crazy scientist and his grandson return for more misadventures when the latest season of Adult Swim’s hit series Rick and Morty: Season 4 arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on September 22, 2020.

From creators Justin Roiland (“Adventure Time”) and Dan Harmon (“Community”), go on an intergalactic journey across the multi-verse with the award-winning comedy, featuring all 10 episodes from Season 4, and outrageous bonus content including A Day at Rick and Morty: Inside Season 4, Inside the Episode for every episode, Creating Snake Jazz, and more. 

Rick and Morty: Season 4 is priced to own at $24.98 SRP for the DVD ($29.98 in Canada) and $29.98 SRP for the Blu-ray ($39.99 in Canada), which includes a Digital Copy (U.S. only).

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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Fifth Season (DVD)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Season 5 [DVD] [2020]

Set in the same universe as Arrow and The Flash; this thrilling DC Comics-inspired series debuted in 2016. Time-traveler Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) must assemble a group of heroes and villains in an effort to prevent a future where the Earth is conquered by an evil despot.

The team includes shrinking crimefighter the Atom (Brandon Routh), reincarnated warriors Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) and Hawkgirl (Ciara Renée), the icy Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), and Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson Jackson (Franz Drameh), who join together to become the heroic Firestorm.

15 episodes on 3 discs. 10 1/2 hrs.

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Batwoman The Complete First Season

Batwoman: The Complete First Season (DVD)

Kate Kane never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. After Batman disappeared, Gotham was in despair. Until she returned.

Armed with a passion for justice and a flair for speaking her mind, she soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman. But don’t call her a hero yet.

In a city desperate for a savior, she must first overcome her own demons before becoming Gotham’s symbol of hope. I can’t wait to watch Batwoman: The Complete First Season (DVD). How about you?

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LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT!

IN 1975, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE USHERED IN AN ERA OF GROUNDBREAKING LIVE SKETCH COMEDY, AND TV WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME…

TIME LIFE INVITES HOME AUDIENCES TO FRONT ROW SEATSFOR THE MOST HILARIOUS EPISODES FROM SNL’SFIRST FIVE SEASONS FEATURING THE ORIGINAL CASTSATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: THE EARLY YEARS


SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: THE EARLY YEARS

This Hilarious 12-Disc Set Includes 33 Complete Episodes Featuring All-Time-Classic Characters Like the Coneheads, John Belushi’s Samurai, Emily Litella, The Blues Brothers and More, Incredible Guest Hosts and Musical Acts, Rare Behind-the-Scenes Footage, a 28-Page Collector’s Book, a Bonus DVD and More!

These Are Not Available at Retail, This Set is Only Available Via Direct Response or Online at Fairfax, VA (October 13, 2020) Order your set before they disappear.

 On October 11, 1975, Saturday Night Live, a topical comedy sketch show, made its debut on NBC. Created by Canadian-born comedy writer Lorne Michaels, it would go on to become a renowned launch pad for generational talent and unforgettable characters and become the longest-running, highest-rated show on late-night television.

The first five years of Saturday Night Live featured some of the most beloved cast members of all time, including Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman and they set the stage for some of the most hilarious live television comedy American audiences had ever seen. 

Now the best of the original cast is available unlike ever before. To commemorate this landmark show, the TV DVD specialists at Time Life have brought together the very best episodes from the first five seasons with SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: THE EARLY YEARS, a hilarity-packed 12-disc collector’s DVD set featuring the “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” iconic characters, legendary guest hosts like George Carlin, Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin and Richard Pryor, exclusive bonus features and more!

They’re still not ready for prime time, but now you can watch them any time! Available now exclusively at this specially-curated collection includes: This 12-DVD Collector’s Set Includes:

  • 33 Complete Episodes from Seasons 1-5
  • The original groundbreaking, irreverent, hilarious cast
  • All-time classic sketches including “Land Shark,” “Word Association,” “The Killer Bees,” “Super Bass-o-Matic,” “Weekend Update,” and so many more
  • Iconic characters including Coneheads, Samurai, Emily Litella, Chevy Chase as President Ford, Shower Mike, The Blues Brothers, Baba Wawa, Roseanne Roseannadanna, the Nerds, the wild and crazy Festrunk brothers, a singing King Tut, Father Guido Sarducci, Dan Aykroyd’s French Chef, and more!
  • Legendary guest hosts including Buck Henry, Madeline Kahn, Elliot Gould, Eric Idle, Candice Bergen, Charles Grodin, Robert Klein, Fred Willard, Carrie Fisher
  • Incredible musical guests such as Patti Smith,Carly Simon, Joe Cocker, The Band, Paul Simon, Santana, Frank Zappa, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Randy Newman, Van Morrison, Blondie and more
  • Plus rare footage of the original cast, including screen tests and interviews
  • 28-Page Collector’s Book telling the story of the show and all of your favorite “Not Ready For Primetime Players”
  • FREE Bonus DVD with three classic episodes, including Chevy Chase’s return to SNL with music icon Billy Joel, plus the historic 100th episode!

About Time Life 

Time Life is one of the world’s pre-eminent creators and direct marketers of unique music and video/DVD products, specializing in distinctive multi-media collections that evoke memories of yesterday, capture the spirit of today, and can be enjoyed for a lifetime. TIME LIFE and the TIME LIFE logo are registered trademarks of Time Warner Inc. and affiliated companies used under license by Direct Holdings Americas Inc., which is not affiliated with Time Warner Inc. or Time Inc. 

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Three Tributes for Mom and Dad 

James and Robert Freeman: Three Tributes

Musicians Honor Their Parents’ Memory with a CD of Beautiful Music to Inspire Future Generations

Austin, TX, Sept. 15, 2020 ̶ Bob and Jim Freeman have both enjoyed wonderful careers in music. Several years ago, they conceived the idea of a CD and commissioned three new pieces of music in memory of their parents, Henry and Florence Knope Freeman, both of whom graduated the Eastman School of Music in Rochester in 1930.

The brothers studied piano and theory at Cambridge’s Longy School while graduating from Milton Academy, studying performance during the summers at Tanglewood, Blue Hill, and Marlboro. They went on to Harvard, where each graduated with honors, followed by travelling fellowships for study in Europe.

Bob took his PhD in music history at Princeton and taught there for five years before moving to MIT, where he made tenure just before moving for twenty-four years to the directorship of the Eastman School ̶ his parents’ alma mater ̶ followed by two years as president of the New England Conservatory, and six as dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. 

Jim went straight from Harvard to Swarthmore College, where he taught and conducted for thirty-seven years, served as departmental chair for sixteen years, and as Daniel Underhill Professor of Music. In 1988 he founded Philadelphia’s new music group Orchestra 2001, directing it until 2015 when he resigned to take on a new ensemble, Chamber Orchestra FIRST EDITIONS. In 1991 he was a Fulbright lecturer and conductor at the Moscow Conservatory and has returned to Moscow many times since then to give concerts of new American music. Both brothers have made lots of recordings and have published their share of well-reviewed books and articles.

They came up with the idea of recording a CD, accompanied by a booklet, as a tribute to their parents, Henry and Florence, who were also both musicians and who were also children of musicians; in fact, their father Henry was not allowed to study music until his senior year in high school. Afterwards he performed in the Rochester Philharmonic and Civic orchestras and in the orchestra of WHAM in Rochester. In World War II, he was thrilled to be able to play a private audition for Serge Koussevitzky, where he advanced over twenty-two seasons from last bass to principal, while performing for many years as principal of the Boston Pops.

Their mother, Florence, had a private solo program of her own in Rochester, and later in Boston she had an active freelance career in chamber music while teaching violin and chamber music at Milton Academy. In 1967, they moved to Colorado, where they performed together in the Denver Symphony for five seasons. Retiring at last to their beloved home in the Berkshires, they spent almost every afternoon playing the outer voices of string quartets, with Henry playing the cello parts on the double bass an octave higher so as to reproduce the sounds a cello would have performed.

Two of the composers featured on this CD have won the Pulitzer Prize. Kevin Puts is currently at work on an opera for the Metropolitan Opera. Andrea Clearfield, who took her DMA at Temple, is the founder of the Philadelphia Salon Concert Series, featuring contemporary, classical, jazz, world, and electronic music, together with multimedia and spoken word arts. The late Gunther Schuller was one of the 20th Century’s music stars as composer, conductor, author and administrator. He was a great admirer of their father’s bass playing, and a good friend.

The brothers anticipate the CD being available for sale in the next few weeks and will be ready to go live around the world January 29, 2021. Before you ask isn’t that a while off in the blink of an eye it will be here.

Bob and Jim, in issuing their CD Three Tributes for Mom and Dad, hope that it will inspire others to undertake similar projects. Neither of them is aware of any similar event in the history of music where two brothers from a family of professional musicians ̶ spanning at least two generations before them ̶ have commissioned significant works as a tribute to their parents and for future generations to enjoy.

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Just Movie Posters.Com

I love movies and we are turning one of the walls inside the office/ school room into a Movie Wall so we can celebrate all things movies. To help us decorate this room we will be shopping from Just Movie Posters.Com.

For the Gift Guide they sent me a poster for Dunkirk a movie I haven’t seen but now that we have the post David, Charlie and I plan on purchasing the movie to watch during Family Movie Night.

A place where you can purchase all sorts of movie posters for your collecting and decorating pleasure. Feel free to send an email with questions, comments and even wish lists. They’re most welcome and greatly appreciated.

Year established:  January 2000 

Number of items for sale:  Over 200 items & growing!! 

Type of items for sale: Theatrical posters, video/DVD release posters, mini-posters, odd size posters and movie poster postcards 

Least expensive item: Various movie poster postcards for $1.00 each 

Most expensive item:  A 34 inch x 50 inch banner for the video/DVD release of Cast Away for $31.00 

Most unusual item for sale: Cast Away video/DVD banner  

Most unusual request:  In 2001, someone from Maryland requested posters for a bunch of Late, Late, Late Show type films such as Flim-Flam Man, and What a Way to Go.

 NOMOPHOBIA Most teenagers suffer from it

Absorbits Wet Phone Rescue Pouch

The only patented moisture removal bags for all kinds of electronics, tools and toys you bring on your adventures. The Bags can save your electronics when the weather shows up.

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  • DRY OUT YOUR PHONE OVER NIGHT: Our dryer bag is equipped with patented Bone-Dri Technology that removes moisture from your mobile device in a matter of hours.
  • REUSABLE WATER DAMAGE REPAIR POUCHES: Absorbits moisture absorber phone drying bags can be used multiple times, making them must-have mobile accessories. Simply dry with a hair dryer or clothes dryer on the lowest setting.
  • EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Featured on NBC as a must-have for hurricane readiness. Don’t wait until something happens to prepare for cell phone first aid. Stock up on our cell phone drying kits and be ready to rescue your phone from moisture disaster.
  • IDEAL FOR THE OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST: Outdoor activities are often rough on our mobile devices. Having an Absorbits moisture remover pouch on hand can save you time and money when dealing with a wet phone. Padded case also provides extra protection.
  • FITS VIRTUALLY ANY MOBILE DEVICE: From iPhones to Androids and all things in between, our phone drying bags will fit most all cellular phones.

The Wet Tablet Rescue Pouch

The Wet Phone Rescue Pouch

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HandsFree Health WellBe voice assistant

 HandsFree Health is innovating for health in the home and designed a smart speaker with health in mind. I would like to share a newly launched product, HandsFree Health’s WellBe voice assistant.

With the “new normal” of managing our health and wellness at home during COVID times, WellBe’s smart speaker helps families manage their health simply by using their voice.

It also has all the entertainment features you would normally expect with a voice assistant like music, weather. The WellBeVoice Assistant is $189. It is sold on the major US e-commerce sites including WalMart and Amazon.  

WellBe is a great gift for families this 2020 holiday season because:

-Consumers view digital health tools like voice technology as convenient when traditional healthcare and entertainment options remain limited and we are spending more time at home

-Unlike other smart speakers on the market, WellBe offers privacy and security for your health information, it is HIPAA- compliant

-Family members can set up the device remotely/from another location

-It’s a family friendly health device with different light colors for health alerts for each family member

-Entertainment includes iHeartRadio music, news reports from NPR, and weather forecasts from Accuweather.

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Puro Sound Labs

PuroPro Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Volume Limited Headphones with Built-In Mic

If you aren’t familiar with Puro Sound Labs, there a family-owned business that is dedicated to fighting the growing epidemic of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL).

Puro Sound Labs does this by providing healthy, affordable, high-quality headphones that protect our customer’s hearing by limiting the volume to an acceptable level.

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Ben 10 vs. The Universe: The Movie (DVD)

Ben 10 vs. The Universe: The Movie (DVD)

Ben 10 vs. The Universe: The Movie (DVD)

When a blast from Ben’s past – Vilgax – returns to do double the damage on Team Tennyson and planet Earth itself, Ben must go interstellar to save the day while Gwen and Grandpa Max team-up with Kevin to protect the world in Ben’s absence, but when our boy hero is confused for the villain in space, Ben is forced to defend himself in the trial of a Century

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates