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La Belle et la Bête (2014) aka Beauty and the Beast – Review

Posted on April 9, 2015October 16, 2021 by Mike Brooks

Bringing a fairy tale to life outside of an animated film is no easy task but director Christophe Gans is following in the steps of Jean Cocteau who adapted Beauty and the Beast way back in 1946, and so with today’s technology it should be much easier to accomplish… right?

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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast vs Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête

Posted on April 6, 2015February 23, 2025 by Mike Brooks

One could say that the story of Beauty and the Beast is a “Tale as old as time” as it has been told in varying degrees many times over the years from live-action theatrical releases to television shows to animated juggernauts.

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The Many Faces of Tarzan

Posted on November 17, 2014January 29, 2023 by Mike Brooks

Tarzan of the Apes first appeared in 1912 in the pages of All-Story Magazine and told the story of a man raised by the great apes of Africa and his eventual meeting with Jane Porter the love of his life, but of course, that is not the end of the story.

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Child of Glass (1978) – Review

Posted on October 16, 2014February 27, 2023 by Mike Brooks

Not all ghosts are hell-bent on dragging poor mortals to their deaths, some just want to find peace after roaming the spectral plain for ages, and it is this is the kind of ghost that we find in Disney’s Child of Glass, a made-for-television movie based on the book “The Ghost Belonged to Me” by…

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The Watcher in the Woods (1980) – Review

Posted on October 2, 2014March 23, 2024 by Mike Brooks

Do not rent creepy-ass English manor houses – especially if you are an American family with kids – this is a simple rule that the Curtis family fails to abide by in Disney’s The Watcher in the Woods. Though based on the book by Florence Engel Randall – which bears very little resemblance to the…

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