Guardians of the Galaxy Cast Reach for the Stars
Image courtesy Disney. If there’s one thing director James Gunn got right when making Guardians of the Galaxy (and he actually got a lot right), it was the casting. From top to bottom, the assembled...
View ArticleI Wish! First Trailer for Into the Woods
Chris Pine is a very nice prince. © Disney I was a drama club geek in high school. One of the first Broadway musicals the club fell in love with collectively was Into the Woods, which at the time was a...
View ArticleWin a Toy Story of Terror Blu-ray and Toy Pack!
Jessie, Combat Carl, and Buzz Lightyear are all part of our Toy Story of Terror prize package. Image: Disney. The latest Toy Story installment is sort of a departure from the franchise’s theatrical...
View ArticleKick-Butt Disney Princess Cosplay, No Princes Needed, Thank You Very Much
Image: The Will Box The thing with the Disney princesses is that parents, and especially moms, seem to take one of two sides. They’re either fine with the pretty princesses and their flowing locks and...
View ArticleGiveaway: DisneyNature Bears Blu-Ray and iPad Air Cases
Image: DisneyNature On Earth Day weekend last April, my family took a trip to the theater to see DisneyNature’s latest film: Bears. This film is educational, exciting, and humorous all at the same...
View ArticleDisney On Ice Presents: Frozen
Disney On Ice presents Frozen \ Image: Field Entertainment Disney On Ice Presents: Frozen is one of the hottest events to hit the ice in a long time. With Frozen being the highest grossing Disney film...
View ArticleDisney’s Big Hero 6: When Mickey Met Marvel
Photo courtesy Disney. Earlier this summer, GeekMom was invited to participate in a preview day at the headquarters of Disney Feature Animation in Burbank, Calif., to get a sneak peek at the studio’s...
View ArticleMust Love Dogs: Digging Into Disney’s Animated “Feast”
Image courtesy Disney. Audiences who see the upcoming Disney animated feature Big Hero 6 in theaters will get a little bonus appetizer before it starts in the form an all-new short titled “Feast.” I...
View ArticleOnce Upon a Not-This-Time
ABC’s Season 4 teaser poster. It was released moments after the Season 3 finale, putting me off instantly. For my entire life, I have been a bibliophile. I have been a fan of books, stories, tales,...
View ArticleSleeping Beauty Diamond Edition Released!
Sleeping Beauty Diamond Edition Blu-ray Combo. Image courtesy of Disney Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Diamond Edition released today, October 7, 2014! I have always been enchanted by Disney’s Sleeping...
View ArticleAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) wakes up with gum in his hair. All photos © Disney. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a family favorite at bedtime. My daughter loves to flip...
View ArticleMaleficent is Now Available on Blu-ray and DVD!
Image courtesy of Disney. Disney’s Maleficent is now available on Blu-ray and DVD! This may sound strange to many, but I have an aversion to movie theaters. I do not enjoy the experience nor the...
View ArticleBig Hero 6 Has Everything a GeekMom Would Want in a Movie
Big Hero 6 focuses on the friendship between Hiro and a robot named Baymax. Photo: © 2014 – Disney. Friendship, science, robots, superheroes, action, and a huggable sidekick: What more could a GeekMom...
View ArticleExclusive Clip: Mark Hamill Sends Chills Through Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Mark Hamill voices the title character in the “ShiverJack” episode of Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Photo: Disney Junior. Avast, me Star Wars fans! Mark Hamill, who will always be best known as Luke...
View ArticleDIY Mickey Mouse Wreath
Mickey Mouse Wreath © Sophie Brown On my recent family vacation to Walt Disney World, the park was beginning to get ready for the holiday season and decorations were everywhere you looked. I spotted...
View ArticleThe GeekMoms’ Christmas Trees and the Geeky Stories Behind Them
A collection of the GeekMoms’ trees. Collage by Jules Sherred. The GeekMoms thought it would be fun to share our Christmas trees and the geeky stories behind them. We would also love it if, in the...
View ArticleCongratulations to Most Huggable Character, Baymax!
Image: Disney Enterprises, Inc. (used with permission) Anyone who has met me knows that I love to hug. So imagine my joy when I found out today is National Hugging Day! That’s right, there is a...
View ArticleGet a Peek at Disney’s Frozen Fever: Photos & Video
Click to view slideshow. Just in case you haven’t cured that Frozen fever in your house yet, know that Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and Olaf are returning to the big screen very soon. Next month, Walt Disney...
View ArticleDisney Taps NASA to Consult for Miles from Tomorrowland
Miles and his pet robo-ostrich Merc blast off for adventure in Miles from Tomorrowland. Photo: Disney Junior. If your little adventurer isn’t squeezing in enough about space and science on a daily...
View Article101 Dalmatians Diamond Edition Blu-ray is Packed Full of History
Image credit: Disney Animation Studios. My sons love dogs. I can’t put it any more plainly. We’ve always had wonderful family dogs, and both of my sons enjoy learning all they can about the assorted...
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