Category: Movies
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Movie Review: Amazon’s Cinderella
If there’s one fairy tale that’s been done to death, it’s Cinderella. So, when Amazon announced their new pop musical version of the story, I wasn’t super excited. Through the grapevine I’d heard rumor that it wasn’t all that good, but I was intrigued. Armed with a bowl of popcorn and my favorite snarky movie…
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Movie Review: Mary and the Witch’s Flower (2017)
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned my love for Studio Ghibli and the works of acclaimed artist and director Hayao Miyazaki here on the blog before. If not, it’s never a moment too soon to start. Hubby and I even cosplayed as No Face from the Academy Award winning movie, Spirited Away. For pics, head over…
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2020 Year in Review
Well, my pretties, we’re here at the end. If you’re reading this then you’ve made it this far. Congratulations. This has been a different year for everyone, myself included. At the beginning of this year, I had some pretty big dreams. I was going to power through editing and publishing the rest of the Shadow…
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Christmas Movie Review: Arthur Christmas (2011)
It’s been Christmas movie watching time here at my house and we certainly have our favorites. Arthur Christmas is one of those movies that surprises, delights, and is just plain good. The Story Arthur is the younger of Santa’s two sons. Because he’s not in line to be the next Santa, he gets pushed around…
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Christmas Movie Review: Elf (2003)
‘Tis the season to be a little silly, and Elf is definitely a silly family-friendly movie with plenty of fun for both parents and kids. Confession time. The first time I watched Elf, I hated it. Everything about a fully grown man acting like a 5-year-old all over New York City made me cringe in…
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Christmas Movie Review: Die Hard (1988)
I’ll be the first to argue that this isn’t actually a Christmas movie – it’s an action film that takes place at Christmas. Although, for fairness sake, when most Christmas movies are closely examined, they aren’t either – I’m looking at you Home Alone. I rewatched Die Hard this last week because beyond all odds,…
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Throwback Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean, On Stranger Tides
This one’s the forth movie and the one with the mermaids, just in case anyone was struggling to tell the difference between one adventure to the next. Heaven knows I can’t keep them straight either. Ok, where were we? Right. In the continuing effort to indoctrinate the kiddos in all things nerd, we continued our…
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Movie Review: Ghostbusters, Answer the Call (2016)
♫ When there’s something strange, in your neighborhood. Who ya gonna call? ♪ Shout it with me now – GHOSTBUSTERS! I grew up watching the original Ghostbusters and remember being both a little terrified and thrilled by it. It came out when I was only four and I most definitely saw it when I was…
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Movie Review: Edward Scissorhands
Crazy as it may sound, this year marks the 30th anniversary of the iconic Tim Burton film, Edward Scissorhands. If that doesn’t make you feel old, I don’t know what will. It made me feel old, and that’s saying something. I rewatched the movie to commemorate the anniversary and – It was really boring. The…
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Throwback Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean, At World’s End
There’s nothing more redeeming to an okayish sequel than to get another chance and make a trilogy. For those keeping track, this is the third Pirate’s movie and the one where Jack Sparrow is stranded on the Bonneville Salt Flats, erm, I mean Davy Jones’ locker. We also visit the foreign and mysterious South China…