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Pleasant Surprises: High School Musical 2
I’m fascinated by High School Musical 2, not because it’s a particularly deep movie but because I absolutely love it. By all rights, I should hate it. It’s a TV movie that bridges the gap between two utterly forgettable (if … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, disney, film score, films, fun, funny, high school musical, humor, movie review, movies, music, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack
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Bad Movies with Great Music: Explorers
What were the makers of Explorers thinking? Few movies have such lofty aspirations and yet such disastrous outcomes as this one. Explorers feels sort of like E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial or Super 8 except without the compelling stories of those films. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, comedy, films, humor, movie review, movies, music, parody, science fiction, soundtrack
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‘Lego’ – A Parody of ‘Let It Go’ from Frozen
I wrote a funny version of “Let It Go,” from the wonderful Disney movie Frozen, and I’d like to share it with you, my kind readers. My sister and her children turned my words into a pretty cool music video. Sit … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff, Videos
Tagged animated films, comedy, disney, film score, films, frozen, fun, funny, humor, lego, let it go, movies, music, parody, puns, relationships, songs, soundtrack, videos
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Movie Matchups: Frozen (2013) vs. Enchanted
Disney’s animation studio has been on a roll for the last few years with great films like Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled, and The Princess and the Frog. But Frozen is the best film to come from the studio since Beauty and … Continue reading
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Tagged animated films, disney, enchanted, film score, films, frozen, fun, love, movie review, movies, music, parody, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack
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Forgotten Film Gems: Untamed Heart
Long before Twilight romanticized the notion of a mysterious boy sneaking into a girl’s bedroom at night to watch her sleep, Untamed Heart did it without being creepy. And long before Moulin Rouge overused the line, “The greatest thing you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, drama, film score, films, movie review, movies, music, nat king cole, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack, untamed heart
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Pleasant Surprises: Pride and Prejudice (1995)
As a man who likes Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice, I feel like I’m in on a huge secret. By that I mean that the book is a gem that is hiding in plain sight, and it requires … Continue reading
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Tagged books, drama, films, humor, jane austen, love, movie review, movies, movies based on books, music, pride and prejudice, relationships, romance
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Michael Kamen: The Best Film Composer You’ve Never Heard of
A friend of mine recently said that one of his favorite songs by composer John Williams is the main title of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He was surprised when I told him, “Actually, Michael Kamen did the music for … Continue reading
10 Movies That Will Make You Bawl (While You Have a Ball)
Some movies are so good that it doesn’t matter that they make me feel incredibly sad. I’ve compiled a list of 10 movies that have the power to make me cry my heart out, but they still keep me coming … Continue reading
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Tagged animated films, baseball, beauty and the beast, big, cats, christian slater, comedy, deep impact, dinosaurs, disaster movies, disney, don bluth, drama, elephant man, film score, films, fun, garfield, girls, humor, james horner, john merrick, john travolta, love, macaulay culkin, madonna, major league baseball, movie review, movies, music, my girl, phenomenon, relationships, romance, romantic comedy, sad, star trek, tearjerker, the land before time, tom hanks, untamed heart
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