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Hollywood Epics 4 – Schindler’s List
Today is a different sort of epic film. With a fairly large cast, including several major stars, it fits the scope part of the definition. With a length of over 3 hours, it also fits that part of the definition. … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, amon goth, andrzej seweryn, auschwitz, bafta, ben kingsley, caroline goodall, concentration camps, emilie schindler, hans-michael rehberg, historical epic, hollywood epic, holocaust, itzhak stern, jewish movies, john williams, jonathan sagall, julian scherner, krakow ghetto, liam neeson, movie review, movies, nazis, oliwia dabrownska, oskar schindler, poldek pfefferberg, racism, ralph fiennes, rudolf hoss, schindler's arc, schindler's list, schindlerjuden, second world war, steen zaillian, steven spielberg, thomas keneally, world war 2, ww2
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Pink Panther series 12 – The Party
Sure, this movie isn’t part of the Pink Panther series. That said, the Pink Panther film franchise is what both director Blake Edwards and actor Peter Sellers are best known for. Their relationship was quite rocky. In fact, there was … Continue reading
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Tagged blake edwards, classic movies, claudine longet, comedy movie, gavin macleod, henry mancini, movie review, movies, peter sellers, racism, the party
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Disney Animated Movies 55 – Zootopia
Disney Animation Studios released two movies in 2016. The first, Zootopia, released in March. It was one of four movies that earned more than $1 billion that year, all of which were released by Disney. In case you’re curious, the … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, animals, animated, animated movies, animation, buddy cop film, byron howard, disney, disney movies, disney studios, foxes, john lasseter, judy hopps, movies, nick wild, rabbit, racism, rotten tomatoes, zootopia
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Disney Animated Movies 34 – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Disney has adapted a whole bunch of really dark stories in their animation canon. In The Fox and the Hound’s original novel, the train killed Chief, Todd died from exhaustion and the hunter shoots Copper just before he moves into … Continue reading
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Tagged a guy like you, animated, animated movies, animation, catholic church, cgi, cinderella, corruption, disney movies, disney studios, esmeralda, france, frollo, gargoyles, gypsies, heaven's light, hellfire, movies, notre dame, paris, quasimodo, racism, religious extremism, sleeping beauty, the fox and the hound, the hunchback of notre dame, the little mermaid, victor hugo
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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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Disney Animated Movies 24 – The Fox and the Hound
The Fox and the Hound released at a troubling time for Disney Studios, 1981. Very few of their movies, live action or animated, were any more than moderate successes. The massively expensive Walt Disney World opened not too long ago … Continue reading
Nerd Journal – X2: X-Men United vs God Loves, Man Kills
X2: X-Men United was the third X-Men movie that Fox Studios was behind (the TV movie Generation X was the first). It had the X-Men united with the brotherhood to take on William Stryker, who was planning to kill all … Continue reading
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Tagged comic review, comics, cyclops, jean grey, kitty pryde, magneto, movie vs comic, nightcrawler, racism, religions extremism, shadowcat, storm, superhero movie, willian stryker, wolverine, x-men, x-men 2, x-men united, x2: x-men united
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