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Prince Caspian (2008) Part 5: He Wanted Us to Follow Him
Prince Caspian makes his way through the woods. He hears Trufflehunter and Nikabrik sneaking behind him. “I just think we should wait for the kings and queens,” Trufflehunter says. When Caspian doesn’t pay attention to this, he sarcastically calls after … Continue reading
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Prince Caspian (2008) Part 4: A More Savage Place Than You Remember
Finally, we cut to our title character who was introduced in the opening. (That’s not a necessarily a complaint by the way. It’s not like I was desperately wondering about him or anything. Then again, that might have just been … Continue reading
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Prince Caspian (2008) Part 3: I Think It’s Time We Found Out What’s Going On
In a great transition, we cut from the bright and colorful ruins of Cair Paravel to the grim looking Telmarine castle. OK, I admit it’s not very original to give the good guys bright colors and the bad guy’s darker … Continue reading
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Prince Caspian (2008) Part 2: I Don’t Remember Any Ruins in Narnia
In a nice transition, we cut from the sound of Caspian blowing the horn to the sound of an automobile horn in our world as our old friend, Lucy Pevensie (Georgie Henley), runs across a London street, wearing a school … Continue reading
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Prince Caspian (2008) Part 1: You Won’t Be Watching the Stars Tonight, My Prince
This blog series is going to follow the same format as the one I did for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) so you might want to go back and read the introduction to that one since it … Continue reading
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The Best Great Expectations Miniseries Is Unavailable for Streaming
It may sound crazy to say that the Disney Channel produced a better miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations than the BBC ever did but that’s what happened in 1989! Just eight years prior to the 1989 miniseries, the … Continue reading
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Special Anniversary Lookback: The Best of the Obscure
I admit it. I write about many famous stories on this blog. But one of my favorite things about it is drawing attention to works of art or entertainment about which many people haven’t heard. It gives me joy to … Continue reading
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 12: Will We Ever Go Back?
We transition from the battlefield to the sea. Sea people leap and dive in the water. We don’t hear them sing, something they do around this point in the book, but it’s great to see them at all. The camera … Continue reading
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 11: It Is Finished
Surprise! Early post for Easter. We transition from the map of the battlefield to a gryphon (voiced by Cameron Rhodes) flying over the actual place. I apologize for starting off this post with some criticism, but it annoys me that … Continue reading
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Part 10: You Have to Trust Me
Unable to sleep, Lucy tosses and turns in bed at night. A silhouette passes the transparent wall of her tent. It’s Aslan. Lucy wakes up Susan and, taking their Christmas presents with them, the two follow Aslan as he slips … Continue reading
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