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Howl’s Moving Castle (2005)

Posted in Animation, tagged , , , , on June 10, 2005 | No Comments »

Howl’s Moving Castle
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Written by: Hayao Miyazaki, Diana Wynne Jones
US Release: June 2005

Finally it’s released in US theaters. I love the book by Diana Wynne Jones, though it was a long time ago since I read it and my memory is failing me on the details. But my impression was still strong, [...]

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McDull, Prince de la Bun (2004)

Posted in Animation, tagged , , on February 24, 2005 | No Comments »

I love the first McDull movie My Life as McDull (2001). The new McDull movie McDull, Prince de la Bun is just as good and could be watched as a stand-alone. McDull (麥兜) is this long running cartoon piglet character created by Hong Kong illustrator Alice Mak and writer Brian Tse, a spin-off from their [...]

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Two George MacDonald Fantasy

Posted in Novel, tagged , , on November 10, 2004 | No Comments »

The Princess and the Goblin (1871)
by George MacDonald
I found these expensive luxury UK import Children books on bargain at a bookstore for only $5 each. They’re all richly cloth bound with very nice paper and printing. Inside are classic illustrations from the 19th century edition. So I picked up two that I’ve always wanted to [...]

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The Witches (1990)

Posted in Film, tagged , , , , on August 23, 2004 | No Comments »

My goodness this is one nasty movie: so grotesque and scary for a children’s film…so good! It’s just surprisingly well done all around: excellent dark British humor, amazingly real makeup and special effects, and it featured Rowan Atkinson ;). It is based on a book by the wonderfully twisted Roald Dahl, directed by Nicolas [...]

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Something Wicked This Way Come (1983)

Posted in Film, tagged , , on August 23, 2004 | No Comments »

Something Wicked This Way Come was based on a novel by Ray Bradbury that I’ve always wanted to read (but the book cover is too ugly :-(, hoping for a newly designed edition someday in future). The movie adaptation was made by Disney (uh-oh), so I could only imagine how water-down the final execution was. [...]

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