The Lego Movie Review - Everything is Awesome

As you will probably know the My Mummy's Pennies Family are big LEGO fans! As soon as we heard the movie was coming out we knew we would be going to see it! It as a huge hit with the whole family and the DVD is on Ben's birthday list!

Here's our family's review:

Mummy (29)

I love LEGO, I love playing with it with my children and even on my own, I remember being so proud of some of my creations as a child and I love watching my children create their own masterpieces. So I was pretty sure I was going to love the LEGO movie and I was not wrong! This animated tale includes the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett and Morgan Freeman and provides comedy, heart warming moments and even a cat poster!

The storyline begins as we follow a day in the life of Emmett, an ordinary construction worker who ALWAYS follows the instructions. Then we see him being identified as 'the special' and his life changes forever...

This feature length animation is perfect family viewing, I'd highly recommend, grabbing a bowl of popcorn, snuggling up on the sofa and watching together. Just be aware that you will have the rather catchy theme song, 'Everything is Awesome' going round your head for days afterwards!!

Ben (6)

"I think Emmett is really amazing. He is very good at following instructions but can make really cool this using his imagination to why he tries hard. I like the double decker couch and am going to make one with my LEGO. I really like Lord Business too. He is a baddy but goes good at the end. I think the LEGO Movie is Awesome!"

Elizabeth (3) 

LEGO Movie is my favourite. I like wildstyle and Batman! *Starts singing* " Everything is Awesome..."

The LEGO movie is now available to watch on TalkTalk box office. It costs £4 and once downloaded you can watch the movie multiple times for up to 48 hours.

 This post was written as part of our role as a TalkTalk Family Blogger. Credit was placed into our account to download the LEGO Movie.

TalkTalk unveils brand new TV player

Over the last few months that we've been part of the Talk Talk family blogger network I've grown to really appreciate the convenience of the Talk Talk player. We don't watch a lot of TV in our house but when we do, it tends to be at times to suit us rather than fitting in with the broadcasting schedule, so I love how easy the TalkTalk player makes it for us to watch what we want to when we want to!

The slick new TalkTalk player is the home of on-demand movies and entertainment and also offers a movie rental service. Which is ideal for those Saturday evenings where you want to cuddle up on the sofa and watch a movie but can't decide what to go for...

TalkTalk Box Office now includes more of the latest blockbusters with new movies being added every week, often on the same day as the DVD release!

You can rent your favourite films from just £4 for 48 hours, which is ideal if a cozy night in with your other half ends up being interrupted by a little one who just can't get to sleep. You can simply carry on watching the following evening!

We've made use of the TalkTalk Box Office a few times, for just £4 and the cost of a few ingredients, we've enjoyed a 'date night' at the movies with homemade pizza, popcorn and no need for a babysitter! An ideal way to spend quality time on a tight budget.

Another aspect of the new player that i'm impressed with is the included channels feature. I don't know about you but I often forget what channels are included in my TV package which can result in one of two things while I'm flicking through the guide trying to decide what to watch. Either reading up about a programme that I really like the sound of, only to find that we don't get that channel, or completely missing out on shows that I would really enjoy as I don't realise that we do get them!

This new feature means that I can now clearly see what is included in my package and what I would need to pay if I wanted something extra! There's no chance of me (or my 6 year old) accidently purchasing anything because our PIN number would need to be entered first.

A few other features available on the new TalkTalk Player are:

•   Powerful search: Find a movie by searching by title, actor, director or keyword
•   Watchlist: Save movies and shows to watch at another time
•   More like this: Find similar programmes to your favourite shows
•   Play all: Press the green button to play every episode in a series back to back
•   Most popular: Your favourite shows and movies in one place
•  Currently watching: If you need to leave a programme half way through, head to the ‘currently watching’ section to return to the exact point where you left off

Tristia Harrison, Managing Director for Consumer at TalkTalk commented: “YouView from TalkTalk is fast becoming a destination for family entertainment and our all-new TalkTalk Player offers more of the best TV and movies at a cost viewers can control. We've made our on-demand movies, kids and Sky entertainment library bigger than ever and the TalkTalk Player is faster, and smarter, making it easier to find shows and films you want to watch."

Roll out of the new player began on 11th June with the service being available to all TalkTalk TV home by the 17th of June.

Are you a TalkTalk TV customer? What do you think of the new player? Are there any features that you've noticed that I've missed?

This post was written as part of our role as TalkTalk Family Bloggers.