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Come Away
I can accept the concept of both these tales having origins from the same family and then diverging into separate stories over time and retelling. For instance, although Alice carries around a big rabbit, she’s also given a tiny bell and told by her mother that it’s really a fairy named Tinker. The children have an overbearing, rich aunt Eleanor (Anna Chancellor) who wants to see they are brought up properly and she’s depicted as the Red Queen. The inciting incident of older brother David’s drowning is both a reason for younger brother Peter to feel it’s his duty to take his brother’s place and grow up quicker. And at…
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Disney+ Winter Specials
I'm not sure I ever asked myself, what was Olaf's mental state having just been born into consciousness out of thin, icy air, by Elsa in FROZEN. Well, whether you asked or not, the previously untold origins of Olaf are revealed in the Disney+ short “Once Upon A
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29th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Coverage
Just like I said about Virtual Black Star Film Festival this summer, I really enjoy so much about an online film festival. Yes, I do still miss seeing films as they were intended for the big screen, but these platforms for viewing films as a festival are pretty sweet. With BlackStar, you had to tune in when the film was being shown, or you missed it. But what I love about PFF29, once the film had it’s first showing, then it was just available for the rest of the run of the fest. And I could watch them via my Roku. As usual, there was a wonderful mix of genres…
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UNCLE FRANK
It's during this visit Betty confides in Uncle Frank some hopeful ambitions, and quickly takes it back, opting for what's expected of her future. Uncle Frank advises her she can carve out her own way in life, and not to think small, dream big.
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Netflix REBECCA Remake 2020 vs Classic Hitchcock REBECCA 1940
Manderley Revisited with the gang from the Large Association of Movie Blogs (aka the LAMb) We discuss my beloved, classic, Academy Award winning REBECCA dir by Alfred Hitchcock Produced by David O. Selznick, starring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier & Judith Anderson. Then we go into REBECCA the remake by Ben Wheatley currently on Netflix starring Lily James, Armie Hammer & Kristen Scott Thomas check out the Podcast: