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Pocahontas

why do little girls like princess stuff so much?

Mon, Feb 09, 2015
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The answer is ridiculously obvious, in fact…

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wtf: you too can be a Disney princess at your own wedding

Tue, Jun 22, 2010
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Disney has a line of bridal crap. Someone please pinch me, because I must be dreaming. Every girl may spend her entire life fantasizing about her wedding day, but I’ve spend my entire life fantasizing about my cartoon wedding day. That will limit my choice of groom to, like Buzz Lightyear and the Iron Giant, … more…

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my week at the movies: ‘Babies,’ ‘Survival of the Dead,’ ‘Princess Kaiulani,’ ‘The Losers,’ ‘The Back-up Plan,’ ‘Ondine’

Mon, Apr 19, 2010
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Awww. It’s a year in the lives of four babies from around the world. How the hell cute is Babies (opens in the U.S. and Canada on May 7; no U.K. release date has been announced) gonna be, anyway? George A. Romero has yet another zombie movie in the offing for us: Survival of the … more…

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North American box office: ‘A Christmas Carol’ generates little holiday cheer

Tue, Nov 10, 2009
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But Precious is precious indeed: 1. A Christmas Carol: $30 million (NEW) 2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: $13.2 million (2nd week; drops 43%) 3. The Men Who Stare at Goats: $12.7 million (NEW) 4. The Fourth Kind: $12.2 million (NEW) 5. Paranormal Activity: $8.3 million (4th week in wide release; drops 50%) actual numbers, … more…

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Anastasia (review)

Mon, Dec 15, 1997
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An enjoyable 90 minutes, but it never approaches the so-beautiful-you-have-to-cry sequences that have become Disney’s trademark.

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