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Pixar’s SOUL Infuses Jazz Music Into Animated It’s A Wonderful Life
he meticulous attention paid to the key stroking of Joe during his piano solo was absolutely mesmerizing when you think just how far animation has evolved over the decades. Kudos,…
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Disney’s The Nutcracker and The Four Realms Brings Classic Ballet to Life
The Nutcracker Ballet is hands down the most famous ballet in dance history. Millions of little girls dream of one day dancing this classic tale. Misty Copeland was one of them…
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The Star Gives an Old Tale a Hip, Fresh Twist from the Animals POV
Everyone knows the story of how Baby Jesus came to Joseph and Mary…right? But, what if the way the story was told was from the point of view of the…
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Fireside Chat with Daddy’s Home 2 – Linda Cardellini
Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell are at it again and this time they have thrown their Dads (played by Mel Gibson and John Lithgow) into the mix. Sequel to the…
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Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas🎄🎁
2015 has been a fabulous year in movies and has allowed me to write 500 posts! Thank you all so much for reading, following, liking and re-posting! It…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #9: It’s A Wonderful Life
Produced and directed by Frank Capra, the film is based on the short story "The Greatest Gift", which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1945.…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #8: Miracle on 34th Street
First released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom, in 1947, Miracle on 34th Street was written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies.…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #7: HOME ALONE
Written by the late, great John Hughes (who brought us Ferris Bueller and 16 Candles), Home Alone was the highest-grossing comedy of all time. Home Alone proved so popular that it…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #6: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
In 1970 they produced the stop motion special...Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. The film stars actor Fred Astaire as the narrator S.D. Kluger, Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle/Santa Claus,…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #5: White Christmas
Within the film, a number of soon-to-be famous performers appear. Dancer Barrie Chase appears un-billed, as the character Doris Lenz ("Mutual, I'm sure!"). Future Academy Award winner George Chakiris also…
