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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 4: If You Think About It Logically

Posted on February 9, 2024 by stationmaster

Peter and Susan stop in their tracks as they find Lucy hugging the professor (Jim Broadbent) and sobbing into his stomach. An angry Mrs. Macready appears. (“You children are one shenanigan shy of sleeping in the stable!”) The professor calms … Continue reading →

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 3: Don’t Want to Ruin Your Appetite

Posted on February 2, 2024 by stationmaster

Lucy bursts out of the wardrobe, not noticing in her haste that it’s still raining outside and Peter, whom you’ll remember was “it” in hide and seek, can be heard finishing counting to one hundred. “It’s all right!” she calls … Continue reading →

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 2: An Awfully Big Wardrobe

Posted on January 26, 2024 by stationmaster

When we last left our heroes, they were eagerly anticipating exploring the grounds of their temporary home the next day. We cut from that to Lucy staring out the window at the thickly falling rain. Ironic changes of scene aren’t … Continue reading →

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 1: We Have to Stick Together Now

Posted on January 19, 2024 by stationmaster

This is going to be my longest, most ambitious series on this blog yet. For the first time since I tackled the 2009 A Christmas Carol, I am going to be analyzing a particular movie adaptation scene by scene and … Continue reading →

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A Scrooge Girl in a Scrooge World

Posted on December 16, 2023 by stationmaster

A nice thing about my blog not being widely read and me being fairly anonymous is that I feel comfortable making certain embarrassing confessions on here. When I was a boy, I would secretly watch Barbie movies. I had (and … Continue reading →

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An Unusually Unfaithful Christmas Carol

Posted on December 9, 2023 by stationmaster

Last year, I blogged about some unusual, animated adaptations of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol in Prose. This year, I’m going to do the same. You know, considering how frequently it’s been adapted, it’s amazing how faithful most versions of … Continue reading →

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Faerie Tale Theatre’s Most…Interesting Episodes

Posted on November 18, 2023 by stationmaster

My last two posts were about what I consider the best episodes of Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre. This post is about ones that maybe could have been the best, or at least among the most interesting, but are held … Continue reading →

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Other Great Episodes of Faerie Tale Theatre

Posted on November 11, 2023 by stationmaster

Last week, I wrote about the second season of Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre when the episodes were most consistently great in my estimation. But that doesn’t mean I don’t consider any episodes from other seasons to be great. In … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Season of Faerie Tale Theatre

Posted on November 4, 2023 by stationmaster

As some of you may know, probably more of you than knew about Jim Henson’s The Storyteller, Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre was an anthology show that ran from 1982 to 1987. Each episode was a retelling of a classic … Continue reading →

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Giving De Vil Her Due Part 2 (Hey, That Rhymed!)

Posted on October 27, 2023 by stationmaster

Better the Devil You Know: 102 Dalmatians (2000) Since I specifically mentioned the opening credits sequences for the first two Dalmatians movies, I should note this one has a surreal visual one much like the original animated film. It’s not … Continue reading →

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