You can not get more Canadian then this: Helicopter Canada. This historical documentary was produced to help commemorate Canada's centennial anniversary, back in 1967. Given that it was filmed forty-seven years ago, the video quality is surprisingly good and some of the one liners are genuinely hilarious. Helicopter Canada was originally meant for an international audience … [Read more...]
Night Time is Mom-ME Time, Thanks to Netflix
We cut the cord and went cable free ten years ago, when we first moved into this house. Money was tight and not signing up for cable or satellite TV after we moved was one way to save a few bucks. Originally we fully intended to get cable TV again at some point, but as the months rolled into years, and small children became part of our household, we no longer saw the … [Read more...]
Celebrating Star Wars Day with Netflix ~ Revenge of the Sixth
Original photo courtesy of K. Alexanderson With Star Wars day, a.k.a. May the Fourth, having been this past weekend my mind keeps wandering to all things Star Wars. If like me you find you have a sudden hankering to sit back and watch something "in a galaxy far far away...." Netflix has you covered. While you'll need to dust off your DVDs if you want to watch the … [Read more...]
Turbo FAST, new episodes exclusively on Netflix
Anyone else living with pint-sized Turbo FAST fans? My girls watched the Turbo movie shortly after it premiered on Netflix back in March and since then the spin off cartoon has been tops on their want to watch list. Warden Rudy Guana proves a worthy competitor for Turbo and his stunt team in DreamWorks Animation's Turbo FAST only on Netflix Turbo … [Read more...]
When March Break Goes Bust, It’s Netflix to the Rescue
To kick off March Break I made plans to take the family to Toronto, stay in a nice hotel and visit a couple of museums. Along with three dozen changes of clothes I made sure to pack the tablet, preloaded with Netflix. In my mind I envisioned the blog post I was going to write about how we enjoyed Netflix on the go; how I didn't have to worry about finding kid's programming on … [Read more...]