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Beatrix Potter

Peter Rabbit 2 (aka Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway) movie review: carrot and shtick

Fri, Jul 30, 2021
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Cynical sequel — you know, for kids! — doubles down on the nihilistic money-grubbing of the original. Thinks that being clever and meta about its own disenchantment will win us over. It does not.

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hidden gems from Amazon Prime, Netflix, BBC iPlayer, and Hulu

Sat, Apr 03, 2021
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Passion, creativity, and suspense in stillness… [A teaser of an essay for Patreon patrons and Substack subscribers only.]

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Peter Rabbit movie review: splat the bunny

Mon, Feb 05, 2018
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Tosses out the very sentiments that make Beatrix Potter’s work so beloved and so enduring in favor of the sullen bratty championing of cruelty and disenchantment. Nihilistic money-grubbing garbage.

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Miss Potter (review)

Tue, Jan 09, 2007
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Zellweger brings a flinty steel to Potter, a woman with the faraway imagination of an overgrown child who simultaneously has the enormous backbone…

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