In this wickedly charming tale, Emma Thompson portrays a mysterious woman with special powers who enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) and attempts to tame his seven children. The children have managed to drive away 17 previous nannies, but as Nanny McPhee takes control, they begin to notice that their misbehaving has magical and startling consequences. "A magical, fantastic and wonderful fable that will capture the heart of the whole family!" (Maria Salas, NBC-TV) Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Kelly Macdonald, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Barlow, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, Thomas Sangster Directed by: Kirk Jones
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With hairy warts, a stern-looking unibrow and one extremely protruding buck-tooth, Nanny McPhee is a wonderfully comedic substitute for Mary Poppins in this entertaining family fantasy. By loosely adapting Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda children's books of the 1960s, Oscar®-winning screenwriter Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) has also given herself the plum role of Nanny McPhee, who can tame even the most unruly children with a tap of her magic walking stick. Her latest challenge is the bratty brood of a recent widower Mr. Brown (Colin Firth), who's under pressure to find a new wife or lose his much-needed allowance from wealthy Aunt Adelaide (a tailor-made role for Angela Lansbury). His love for scullery maid Evangeline (Kelly Macdonald) remains unspoken as he wincingly woos the eagerly merry widow Mrs. Quickly (Celia Imrie), but Brown's raucous rugrats have a plan to make things right, especially after they've come under the benevolent influence of Nanny McPhee, whose peculiar brand of discipline works wonders for everyone involved. Both quintessentially British and universally appealing, this wildly colorful comedy (thanks to a bold palette of costume and production design) was capably directed by Kirk Jones, whose appreciation for comic actors was equally apparent in his critically acclaimed 1998 comedy Waking Ned Devine. With just a hint of darkness to offset the whimsy, Nanny McPhee offers a splendid match of director, cast and material, guaranteed to please Wallace & Gromit fans and anyone else with a taste for British zaniness. --Jeff Shannon
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Make way for more fun and hilarious mayhem as Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson reprises her role as the magical Nanny McPhee, who arrives when she’s needed the most and wanted the least. When Nanny McPhee appears at the farmhouse door of a busy young mother, Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), she discovers that Mrs. Green’s children are in an all-out household war with their two spoiled city cousins. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life, to a tree-climbing piglet and an elephant that turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to show the children five valuable lessons, the most important of which is learning how to get along. Critics are calling this heartwarming family adventure “another classic, just like the original.” (Mark Allen, CBS-TV)
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Nanny McPhee Returns is a simultaneously dark and funny film that features the formidable Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson), an ugly woman who has a magical way of helping kids mature and learn proper behavior--even against their will. Based on the Nurse Matilda books by Christianna Brand, Nanny McPhee Returns is not so much a sequel to the first Nanny McPhee film as a second, stand-alone story. While her husband is off fighting in the war, Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal) has her hands full taking care of her three children (Oscar Steer, Asa Butterfield, and Lil Woods), running the family farm, and refusing the constant entreaties of her brother-in-law (Rhys Ifans) to sell her share of the farm. When two cousins (Eros Vlahos and Rosie Taylor-Ritson) from the city arrive with a healthy disdain for their new surroundings and a better-than-you attitude, things begin to get really out of control. Nanny McPhee appears, as if by magic, and though Isabel won't admit she needs her help, McPhee immediately takes charge, vowing to teach the children five lessons that they simply must learn. While the film is somewhat dark, thanks to the family's monetary hardships and the uncertainty regarding the father's status in the war, it also offers abundant humor in scenes such as the spoiled cousins' arrival at what they call the "British Museum of Poo," and in imaginative gimmicks like an elaborately complicated farm invention dubbed the "Pig Scratch-O-Matic" and a litter of acrobatic piglets who occasionally engage in the art of synchronized swimming. Add in a putty-eating bird, the ever-stern Nanny McPhee with her magical walking stick and her dubious ties to the War Department, and a very scatterbrained shopkeeper (Maggie Smith), and there always seems to be something entertaining to chuckle about. (Ages 7 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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NANNY MCPHEE - DVD Movie
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With hairy warts, a stern-looking unibrow and one extremely protruding buck-tooth, Nanny McPhee is a wonderfully comedic substitute for Mary Poppins in this entertaining family fantasy. By loosely adapting Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda children's books of the 1960s, Oscar®-winning screenwriter Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) has also given herself the plum role of Nanny McPhee, who can tame even the most unruly children with a tap of her magic walking stick. Her latest challenge is the bratty brood of a recent widower Mr. Brown (Colin Firth), who's under pressure to find a new wife or lose his much-needed allowance from wealthy Aunt Adelaide (a tailor-made role for Angela Lansbury). His love for scullery maid Evangeline (Kelly Macdonald) remains unspoken as he wincingly woos the eagerly merry widow Mrs. Quickly (Celia Imrie), but Brown's raucous rugrats have a plan to make things right, especially after they've come under the benevolent influence of Nanny McPhee, whose peculiar brand of discipline works wonders for everyone involved. Both quintessentially British and universally appealing, this wildly colorful comedy (thanks to a bold palette of costume and production design) was capably directed by Kirk Jones, whose appreciation for comic actors was equally apparent in his critically acclaimed 1998 comedy Waking Ned Devine. With just a hint of darkness to offset the whimsy, Nanny McPhee offers a splendid match of director, cast and material, guaranteed to please Wallace & Gromit fans and anyone else with a taste for British zaniness. --Jeff Shannon
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In this wickedly charming tale, Emma Thompson portrays a mysterious woman with special powers who enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Colin Firth) and attempts to tame his seven very naughty children. The children have managed to drive away 17 previous nannies, but as Nanny McPhee takes control, they begin to notice that their misbehaving has magical and startling consequences. “A magical, fantastic and wonderful fable that will capture the heart of the whole family!” (Maria Salas, NBC- TV)
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Emma Thompson - Emma Thompson Hosts Charity Auction
Contactmusic.com - Oct 04, 2011
The Nanny MCPhee star is a keen supporter of the Helen Bamber Foundation, an organisation which helps rebuild the lives of survivors of human rights violations. She was the star guest at its fundraising bash in London and headed up the evening's
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Harvest celebration at Museum of Agriculture Saturday
Moultrie Observer - Oct 17, 3361
Families are encouraged to bring a picnic supper for the “Family Pig-Nic” on the Opry Shelter Lawn as they watch “Nanny McPhee Returns” on a 27-foot screen under the stars. Admission to the movie and “Family Pig-Nic” is free but donations will be
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Phineas and Ferb - Animation Master Class
FemaleFirst.co.uk - Oct 17, 4802
The all-star voice cast features a host of well-known names including; singer-actor Vincent Martella (Everybody Hates Chris) as Phineas Flynn and British actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Nanny McPhee, Love Actually) as Ferb Fletcher.
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Movies on TV, Today & Tonight
Regina Leader-Post - Oct 17, 1392
(1 hr.50 mins.) (166) >> The Juror Demi Moore. A hit man is sent to sway a woman's vote in a murder trial. (1 hr.40 mins.) 9: 25 (100) >> Nanny McPhee Returns Emma Thompson. A nanny uses magic to teach mischievous children a lesson. (1 hr.50 mins.
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Fireflies light up the night
07.07.11
In recent years, and the fireflies hung probably closer to creeks and river beds during this time, Hoover said.
In the larval stage, lightning bugs feed on slugs and worms, they need clean, wet soil and leaves, scientists say.
Lightning bugs are most abundant in July and August The show starts at dusk and lasts until around midnight.
The bugs produce light yellow and green, because they have a substance called luciferin reacts with an enzyme called luciferase and oxygen.
Source: York Daily Record
Metropolis - Movies | Nanny McPhee is Back
by Shane
British actress Emma Thompson has reprised the role of Nanny McPhee, the governess with magical powers created by venerated British children’s writer Christianna Brand. In Nanny McPhee Returns, a sequel to the 2005 film, Thompson plays a governess who shows up to help a harried farm woman (Maggie Gyllenhaal) raise her children. She imparts to the children five important lessons, including how to teach pigs to fly. Fellow Brits Maggie Smith and Ewan McGregor make cameo appearances. Ahead of the film’s official release in Japan, a special screening for mothers of young children was held in Shiodome, with actor Junichi Ishida and education analyst Naoki Ogi in attendance, as well as piglet which, unlike those in the film, couldn’t fly. Ogi is an expert on the relatively recent phenomenon of ikumen (“child-rearing dads”). On the other hand, Ishida, a longtime bachelor who married pro golfer RikoHigashio last year, could only answer “Well…” when asked when he would finally become a parent. Both men praised what the film has to offer. “As an education theorist, I mainly work in print, but the power of movies is really amazing,” Ogi remarked. “This film is not only about educating children,” Ishida remarked, “but gives us several important life lessons.” To mark the release of the film, Ogi has released a series of YouTube videos with lessons for Japanese parents, including not pulling a child’s arm while saying ‘hurry up’” and avoiding saying dame (“don’t do that”) every minute.
Source: Metropolis - Movies | Nanny McPhee is Back