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Sean Connery Month 3 – The Untouchables
In order to properly sum up Sean Connery’s career with only four movies, one must watch at least one movie where he plays a supporting role instead of the lead. He played a lot of supporting roles over the years, … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, al capone, al wolff, andy carcia, bafta, bob hoskins, brian de palma, charles martin smith, chicago, crime drama, drama, elliot ness, frank j. wilson, george stone, grammy awards, historical fiction, jimmy malone, kevin costner, movie review, movies, oscar wallace, robert de niro, roger ebert, rotten tomatoes, sean connery, sean connery month, the untouchables
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Disney Remakes 9 – Beauty and the Beast
Back when I did my Disney movie marathon in 2017, I also watched all of the live-action remakes made up to that point. Among them, there was Beauty and the Beast, which at the time was a fairly recent movie. … Continue reading
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Tagged alan f. horn, alan menken, be our guest, beauty and the beast, belle, bill condon, cgi, cogsworth, dan stevens, disney, disney movies, disney remakes, emma watson, ewan mcgregor, fairy tale, gaston, historical fiction, ian mckellen, josh gad, kevin kline, lafou, lefou, luke evans, lumiere, maurice, movie review, movies, the beast, the french revolution, time travel
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Classic Masterpieces 2 – Gone with the Wind
I’ve decided on the four movies I’m looking at this month, and of the four, this is the only one I haven’t seen before. Gone with the Wind is a very famous epic historical romance film. It was immensely popular … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, american civil war, capitol theatre, civil war, clarke gamble, classic masterpieces, classic movies, george cukor, gone with hte wind, hattie mcdaniel, historical fiction, mammy, margaret mitchell, mgm, mgm studios, movie review, movies, new york times, rhett butler, romance, sam wood, scarlet o'hara, selznick international pictures, the nation, victor fleming, vivien leigh
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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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