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Fantastic Four month 3 – Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Of the three attempts at starting a Fantastic Four film series, only one ever got a sequel. Today, we’re looking at Rise of the Silver Surfer, which in many ways is an improvement over its predecessor. That basically makes this … Continue reading
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Pink Panther series 5 – The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Pink Panther Strikes Again is a rather interesting entry into the Pink Panther series. This is the point where the continuity of the series starts to go all over the place. Sure, Return of the Pink Panther completely ignored … Continue reading
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Tagged blake edwards, burt kwouk, cato, chief inspector dreyfus, classic movies, colin blakely, comedy movie, dick crockett, henry mancini, herbert lom, inspector clouseau, julia andrews, movie review, movies, new york times, omar sharif, peter sellers, pink panther, pink panther movies, roger ebert
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Pink Panther series 3 – Inspector Clouseau
This blog post was delayed by a couple of days for three reasons. 1, I had an interview for a permanent office position at work that I wanted to be prepared for. 2, this is my first week on the … Continue reading
Disney Remakes 7 – The Jungle Book (2016)
Now that I’m starting to get my life back under control, it’s time to continue this series on Disney live-action Remakes. Today’s subject is 2016’s The Jungle Book, the remake for the last movie that Walt Disney produced. He died … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, bagheera, baloo, ben kingsley, bill murray, cgi, Christopher Walken, disney, disney movies, disney remakes, gigantopithecus, i wanna be like you, idris elba, jon favreau, kaa, king louie, los angeles times, lupita nyong'o, movie review, movies, mowgli, neel sethi, new york times, orangutan, pixar, raksha, rebecca williams, rotten tomatoes, Scarlett Johannsen, shere khan, the jungle book, visual effects society, walt disney
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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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Indiana Jones movies 1 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Last year, I looked at all of the Star Ware movies, going through most of them in the spring, and looking at Solo much later. Indiana Jones shares a bit of history with the Star Wars franchise. Also as a … Continue reading
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Disney Associated Movies 10 – A Goofy Movie
Even in a blog series where every movie is unique in one way or another, this movie is particularly unique. But to get into what makes it unique, we first need to take a brief look at DisneyToon Studios. DisneyToon … Continue reading
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Tagged a goofy movie, animated movie, animation, bill farmer, disney, disney animation studios, disney movietoons, disneytoon studios, goofy, jason marson, Jeffrey Katzenberg, kevin lima, max goofy, movie review, movies, new york times, roger ebert, walt disney television animation
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Disney Associated Movies 8 – Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The fact that this movie even exists is amazing. For years, Disney and Warner Brothers were rivals in the animation world. Warner Brothers never quite found the same level of success as Disney Animation Studios when it came to feature … Continue reading
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Disney Associated Movies 7 – Pete’s Dragon (1977)
For my fellow Canadians, I hope you had a good Thanksgiving weekend. We’re now at the half-way point in this blog series, focusing on movies that involved Disney Animation Studios, but aren’t produced by the legendary studio. Some of these … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, animated movies, animation, brazzle dazzler day, candle on the water, disney animation studio, disney associated movies, don chaffey, dragons, elliot, gene siskel, gogans, helen reddy, i saw a dragon, jerome courtland, jim dale, malcolm marmorstein, mickey rooney, movie review, movies, new york times, passamaquoddy, pete, pete's dragon, s.s. field, sean marshall, seton i. miller
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