I found a lovely new animated poster today for Into the Woods. Sure, it’s kind of gimmicky, but….
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An Epiphany About Bambi’s Mother (and Other Notable Deaths by Disney)
I think I’ve finally answered that nagging question that runs through my brain from time to time, namely: why is it that so many Disney characters have dead family members? If these are fairy tales created for children, why is there so darned much death? I suppose the first and most obvious answer to the […]
What Do You Want From Iron Man?
For the last week or so, I’ve been meaning to get over here and give my two cents regarding Iron Man 3. I’ll start off by saying that although I used to read comics when I was a kid, I was more of a DC fan than Marvel, and so didn’t follow the Iron Man […]
Miss The Raven? Nevermore!
Months ago, I was lamenting the fact that I had somehow missed John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven, due to its seemingly short stay in the theaters. This past weekend, I finally remedied that. If you’ve read my blog before, you may remember that in lieu of the latest Cusack film, I […]
The Cinematic Wonder that is Les Misérables
My first big-screen film viewing for 2013 was Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of Les Misérables. No, I did not go see this on Christmas Day, much to the chagrin of my husband. As much as I love movies, Christmas with the family is much more important. So, after a couple of weeks of relaxed schedules […]
Romeo + Juliet
There is nothing quite so tragic as to finally have the opportunity to watch a film you’ve wanted to see for years, only to find that the film you so longed for bore no resemblance in reality to the wondrous work of art conjured in your head. Such, unfortunately, is the case with Romeo + […]
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