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  • Pinocchio dances on a theatre stage in front of two marionette puppets, one carved to look like a fox-like devil and the other a woman in a mask.

    Guillermo del Toro: Pinocchio

    Like probably a lot of people, my first exposure to Pinocchio was via Disney’s 1940 animated film. I watched it as a child and didn’t particularly care for it––even as a little girl I had a strong dislike for characters that made obviously poor decisions. I also remember it being terribly sad. So when I…

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    I first saw the trailer for the Fantastic Mr. Fox in the theater in 2009. I fell in love with the look and feel of the animation, but when the movie actually released I was in the midst of preparing to move across the country. The story of Mr. Fox fell off my personal radar…

  • TRON: Legacy

    I’m loving the look of the new Tron movie, Tron Legacy. The new film builds on the original and tells the story of Kevin Flynn’s son, who goes in search of his father 20 years after his disappearance. Here’s the official synopsis from Walt Disney Pictures via IMDB: Sam Flynn (Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is…

  • Where The Wild Things Are

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNJPSc_4RCI&t=21sWow, just wow. I remember having heard this was going to be made into a movie, but I had no idea just how amazing it was going to look. I can’t wait!

  • The Twilight Saga

    A few weeks ago a purchased a hardcover copy of Twilight, just to see what the big deal was about. I wanted to read it before I saw the movie, and since the movie was coming out on DVD soon it seemed like time. So last Wednesday evening I opened my copy and started reading.…

  • Into the Wild

    Into the Wild is one of my favorite books, by one of my favorite authors, Jon Krakauer.  It tells the story of Chris McCandless, a young man who, after graduating college, hit the road as a drifter and adventurer with the ultimate dream of surviving in the Alaskan wilds.  The book began as a story…