What are The Terminator, I, Robot or even 2001: A Space Odyssey if not modern adaptations of the beloved tale of Pinocchio, the little wooden puppet who dreams of being a real boy. When Pinocchio was first written in 1883 by Italian writer Carlo Collodi, wooden carvings were the height of technology. In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, technology has … Continue reading Humans: Pinocchio for the 21st Century
Battle of the Prequels
On my 15th birthday my mother took me to see Wicked on West End. Instantly, I fell in love with the characters, the story and I have always seen it as the official prequel to The Wizard of Oz. While I did love some aspects of Oz: The Great and Powerful, I felt that it was overall … Continue reading Battle of the Prequels
Liebster Nomination
I'm taking a brief pause in film reviews to give a MASSIVE thank you to Steph for nominating me for the Liebster Award. Check out her blog if you have time http://stephinthescreentime.wordpress.com/ Liebster is German for 'favourite' so it's an award for up and coming bloggers with less than 200 followers. I've only been blogging for … Continue reading Liebster Nomination
Grimm Siblings
Has anyone ever read the original stories published by the Brothers Grimm? They were actually a lot like this movie; very little character development, lots of basic plot and even more gore! Let me say one thing here, I don't usually have the stomach for excessive bloodshed, but here I was laughing out loud. The blood may have … Continue reading Grimm Siblings
Happy With Ever After
In (belated) honour of Valentine's Day I thought I'd review what, in my opinion, is one of the better adaptations of a fairy tale romance. Truth be told, I'm not a fan of the Disney version of Cinderella, nor of the Charles Perrault telling on which Disney based their movie. Cinderella doesn't appeal to my inner feminist because she is … Continue reading Happy With Ever After
The Tale That Was Never Really Told
As you may have gathered from my last post, I have a particular dislike of Kristen Stewart. Her brand of "acting" is the kind that one rarely sees outside of Tommy Wiseau's The Room (and no, I haven't seen that film. Nostalgia Critic's review of it was more than I could take). With that said, I … Continue reading The Tale That Was Never Really Told
(Yet another!) Return of the Star-Crossed Lovers
The story of Romeo and Juliet has been done, and redone, to death (no pun intended). The Twilight franchise only served to add a new "forbidden" element intended to keep the lovers apart. This, of course, was the fact that one of the lovers was dead. This is easily rectified by turning the dull heroine into … Continue reading (Yet another!) Return of the Star-Crossed Lovers
The Stories 