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loaded question: how would you cast ‘The Muppets’ Princess Bride’?

Mon, Aug 22, 2022

I’ve illustrated this post with an image of Miss Piggy in a wedding dress purely for aesthetic purposes: I think Buttercup, as the straight woman of the story, should probably be the one character played by a human.

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street documentary review: street smart, street wise

Fri, May 07, 2021

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I bawled my eyes out in aching nostalgia with this absolutely delightful dive into the creation of the educational TV show and its carefully crafted chaos that had an outsized impact on Generation X.

movie-related flash-fiction freebie: “Disney Dystopia”

Mon, Sep 02, 2019

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“Hey, so you wanna go to the disneys tonight?”

Dora and the Lost City of Gold movie review: archeology is her religion

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

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Raiders of the Lost Ark lite for kids, but juvenile humor and a derivative plot limit its appeal for adults. Teen Dora is really cool, though, and a great role model for girls and boys alike.

The Happytime Murders movie review: schlock puppets

Tue, Aug 28, 2018

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Ugly, sordid, and proud of it, with less than no justification. “Meet the Feebles meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit” conveys a far greater sense of dignity, cohesion, and purpose than this witness movie deserves.