Camp Rock’s Extended Rock Star Edition is premiering on DVD August 19th. We already have our copy of Disney’s small screen hit on order.

If you’ve been under a rock and haven’t heard of Camp Rock, it’s the story of a girl who wants to attend a rock musician camp for the summer, but she can’t afford the tuition. Her mom takes a job at the camp catering the meals, so she can attend.

She tells a different story to her fellow campers, find out what happens when her story starts to unravel.

Here’s a quick clip from the finale:

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2008 is turning out to be an excellent year for animated movies. There have been several blockbuster hits so far, and there are several more due out this fall that promise to be big.

So far we’ve seen Wall-E(tm), Kung Fu Panda(tm), and Horton Hears a Who(tm) all kicking it at the box office.

There are some animated movies still to come in 2008 that promise to be box office hits, from some of the animation power houses,  Star Wars the Clone Wars(tm) from Lucas Film, Disney’s Bolt ™, Madagascar Escape 2 Africa(tm) via Dreamworks, and, Tales of Despereaux(tm) from Universal premiering at Christmas. 

I’ll have more on the upcoming animated movies in the next few days, stay tuned.

I can’t wait to check them all out, and to see how they fare against the competition. What’s your favorite animated children’s movie of 2008? Which one do you think will be tops at the box office at the end of the year?

Have a safe and wonderful 4th of July. Stop back here later and let us know how your 4th of July celebration went.

The gang from Madagascar’s back, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo.

This time they’re escaping from Madagascar, only to land in the wilderness of Africa, where Alex meets some of his relatives. Find out what happens when the whole animal reservation they land in runs out of water, and Alex saves the day by leaving the reservation to find out what’s going on.

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa hits the box office November 7th.

Check out the trailer for their escape in Madagascar Escape 2 Africa.

• Buy Madagascar – Escape 2 Africa (Widescreen)
• Buy Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa [Blu-ray]

Jack Black is back, and this time he’s a lovable panda  named Po in the new animated movie Kung Fu Panda. Po dreams of becoming a kung fu master, but his father has other plans for him selling noodles.

When it’s time to choose a new Dragon Warrior, Po drops into the right place at the right time. He becomes a student of Master Shifu, who begins the impossible task of making the soft and cuddly Po into a fearsome kung fu fighter to defeat the imprisoned kung fu warrior Tai Lung, when he escapes from his maximum security prison.

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The Water Horse – Legend of the Deep premieres on DVD today.  The movie’s based on the novel by Dick King-Smith. It tells the story of a boy who finds an egg, and raises a water creature, which eventually becomes the legendary Loch Ness Monster.  It’s an enchanting story for both children and adults.

Watch as the water horse grows from a cute little hatchling, to the giant water horse of the deep. The antics, and trouble he gets into in between are a fun refreshing change to some of the other children’s movies out there today.