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3 things about Richard Fleischer’s 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

Posted on December 3, 2022 by robchristopher

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1954] 1. Eating with a knife only. 2. Volcania looks an awful lot like the prototype of a Bond villain’s lair. 3. Turtle-guitar.

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3 things about Vincent McEveety’s GUS

Posted on March 1, 2022 by robchristopher

Gus [1976] 1. Garbage cans and buckets. 2. Ed Asner hits the showers. 3. Is Bob Crane channeling Jim Backus?

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3 things about Walt Disney’s PETER PAN

Posted on January 21, 2022 by robchristopher

Peter Pan [1953] 1. Tinker Bell measures her hips. 2. Water-powered clock in the treehouse. 3. Regrettable (and forgettable) song “What Made the Red Man Red?”

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3 things about Walt Disney’s CINDERELLA

Posted on December 31, 2021 by robchristopher

Cinderella [1950] 1. Corn kernel stack. 2. A line of disdainful butlers. 3. Does the king have a shoe fetish?

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3 things about Walt Disney’s MELODY TIME

Posted on December 20, 2021 by robchristopher

Melody Time [1948] 1. After a kiss, a rapid thaw. 2. Spinning organ. 3. A bustle that bounces.

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3 things about Ava DuVernay’s A WRINKLE IN TIME

Posted on December 7, 2018 by robchristopher

A Wrinkle in Time [2018] 1. Glitter lips. 2. “It’s just a physics thing. The classic slingshot maneuver.” 3. It’s not food, it’s sand.

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3 things about Walt Disney’s SLEEPING BEAUTY

Posted on July 12, 2017 by robchristopher

Sleeping Beauty [1959] 1. Many, many gargoyles. 2. “Father, you’re living in the past. This is the 14th Century!” 3. Boulders into bubbles. 3 other things.

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3 things about Walt Disney’s THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD

Posted on September 18, 2016 by robchristopher

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad [1949] 1. A flock of paper airplanes. 2. He sticks his nose inside a book on which nothing is printed. 3. Scary tree with firefly eyes.

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3 things about Walt Disney’s FUN AND FANCY FREE

Posted on March 5, 2016 by robchristopher

Fun and Fancy Free [1947] 1. Yawning trees. 2. A sliver of bean between two tissue-thin slices of bread. 3. He helps himself to the Brown Derby.

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3 things about John Hough’s ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

Posted on January 23, 2016 by robchristopher

Escape to With Mountain [1975] 1. There’s something touching about the fact that despite being hotly pursued by an evil millionaire and his minions, Mr. O’Day takes the time on multiple occasions to make sure the children get a hot … Continue reading →

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