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Tom Hanks month 2 – Splash
For this week’s look into Tom Hanks’s early career, I was split between this movie and Big. Both are comedies with a touch of romance. Both are also movies that helped propel him into stardom. As much as I remember … Continue reading
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Tagged brian grazer, comedy, comedy movie, daryl hannah, disney, eugene levy, fairy tale, hans christian anderson, john candy, mermaids, movie review, movies, new york city, roger ebert, romance, romantic comedy, ron howard, saturn awards, splash, tom hanks, touchstone pictures
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Disney Remakes 4 – Lady and the Tramp
A lot of the recent criticism thrown at the Disney remakes suggests that these live action remakes barely change anything. A lot of them are far too similar to the original movie. The first three remakes I’ve looked at don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, cgi, disney, disney remake, disney remakes, dogs, justin theroux, lady, lady and the tramp, live action remake, movie remake, movie review, movies, remake, romance, sam elliot, tessa thompson, the siamese cat song, tramp, what a shame
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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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True Story Movies 4 – Titanic
Even though I tend to watch more action movies, comedies and sci-fi/fantasy movies than anything else, I can enjoy pretty much any kind of movie you throw at me. Some of my favourite movies are dramas. There are several documentaries … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century fox, academy award, bernard hill, bill paxton, billy zane, celine dion, cgi, david warner, disaster movie, drama, gloria stuart, grand staircase, jack dawson, james cameron, kate winslet, kathy bates, leonardo dicaprio, movies, my heart will go on, romance, rose dewitt bukater, shipwreck, titanic, true story movies
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Disney Animated Movies 31 – Aladdin
There are so many different ways to start the introduction to a movie like this, so let’s begin with Aladdin’s backstory. Aladdin is based on Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes called Arabian Nights. … Continue reading
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Tagged a friend like me, a whole new world, academy award, adventure movie, agrabah, aladdin, animated, animated movies, animation, arabic folk, comedy, disney, disney movies, disney princess, disney renaissance, genies, howard ashman, jafar, john musker, movies, mythology, persian empire, princess jasmine, robin williams, romance, ron clements, sultan
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Disney Animated vs. 3 – The Little Mermaid vs Beauty and the Beast
As much as Disney Princess movies helped build Disney’s animation studio into the monster that it is today, 30 years separated Sleeping Beauty (Walt Disney’s last princess movie) and The Little Mermaid (which kick started the Disney Renaissance). Since The … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, animated, animated movies, animation, ariel, be our guest, beauty and the beast, belle, disney, disney animated vs, disney movies, disney renaissance, fairy tale, gaston, king trident, kiss the girl, part of your world, pat caroll, pixar, romance, sebastian, tangled: the series, the beast, the little mermaid, under the sea, ursula, witch
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Novel Reading – After the Dragon Raid
A year ago, I read the first book from local Author and freelance editor Vanessa Ricci-Thode, The Dragon Whisperer. While it had some action, I would describe the book as a dramatic fantasy more than anything else, with obvious influences … Continue reading
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