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Disney Remakes 3 – Alice in Wonderland
Three movies into this Disney remake series and we’re already looking at the second Tim Burton directed movie. Burton can be a brilliant filmmaker, but his strange style can also be detrimental to certain types of films. For example, The … Continue reading
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Tagged alan rickman, alice, alice in wonderland, anne hathaway, cgi, cheshire cat, christopher lee, disney, disney movies, disney remakes, england, helena bonham carter, jabberwock, jabberwocky, jonny depp, lewis carroll, live action remake, mia wasikowaska, movie review, movies, sony pictures, the mad hatter, the white queen, tim burton, wonderland
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MCU Movies 23 – Spider-Man: Far From Home
Several major plot elements in this movie rely heavily on Avengers: Endgame spoilers. However, I believe it’s possible to talk about this movie without spoiling either this or Endgame. I’ll do my best. However at the least, I will be … Continue reading
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Tagged aunt may, avengers: endgame, avengers: infinity war, czech republic, england, italy, jacob balaton, jake gyllenhall, jon faverau, jon watts, london, marisa tomei, marvel cinematic universe, marvel comics, marvel studios, mcu, mcu movies, mj, movies, mysterio, ned, new york, nick fury, peter parker, prague, rotten tomatoes, samuel l jackson, sony pictures, spider-man, superhero movies, tom holland, venice, zendaya
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Disney Animated Movies 33 – Pocahontas
With today’s movie, we’ve reached the half-way point of the Disney Renaissance. After this there are four more movies, ending with 1999’s Tarzan. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s talk about 1995’s Pocahontas. Pocahontas shares an interesting development history … Continue reading
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Tagged animated, animated movies, animation, colours of the wind, disney, disney renaissance, disney studios, england, gravesend, historical fiction, john rolfe, john smith, jonestown, mel gibson, movies, native american, pocahontas, racism, savages, thomas rolfe, virginia
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Writing Update, May of 2015
It’s been too long since I’ve posted a full-on writing update, and a few changes have occurred since. The main one is that I’ve been to England and Scotland, having just returned this past Sunday. I didn’t get much writing … Continue reading
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Tagged blood rage, cs lewis, doune castle, dracula, england, hadrian's wall, highlands, jrr tolkien, london, london tower bridge, monty python, monty python and the holy grail, nanowrimo, novel writing, novels, roman empire, scotland, the eagle and the child, trebuchet, vacation, vampires, warrick castle, werewolves, writing
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Reading/writing questions
I don’t do many of these quizzes, but since I’m on vacation overseas and I feel the need to write and post something, here it goes. I learned about this through Hanna Givens in her Things Matter blog. Her blog … Continue reading
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Tagged avengers, avengers: age of ultron, batman, comics, dc comics, england, harry potter, ilona andrews, kate daniels, marvel comics, mass effect, novel reading, novels, superman, wolverine, writing, x-23, x-men
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