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Babe: pigs and dogs
Some movies are cozy to watch, and then there’s Babe. At first glance, Babe seems like a sweet family film, with talking animals in a cheerful, colorful world – the perfect feel-good movie, especially around the holidays. But within the first five minutes, you realize it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. Happily, younger eyes see…
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The Golden Compass and His Dark Materials
In 1995, the first book of the “His Dark Materials” trilogy was published. Philip Pullman crafted a rather robust young adult novel about a girl in a fantasy world that resembled our own but with a touch of magic. Not quite like Harry Potter, this was a darker world where girls (and boys) needed to…
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Dune – favourite book to favourite film
Dune, also know as Arakis, the desert planet, was a place I encountered in a book. I was 15 years old. It’s a harsh and barren place, which triggered my imagination. Despite the dangerous environment it was a planet that was the center of a battle for dominance, for which people were prepared to kill…
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The Power of the Dog: makes you work for it
The Power of the Dog is quite a film. I enjoyed it and I may have some good reasons why you might enjoy it too. Or maybe reasons not to see it.