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December 1st, 2013: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Dec1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Holiday, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Remake Tagged "truth behind the fairy tale", Christmas, Christmas Eve, fairy tale, father, father-son relationship, Finland, hunters, Santa Claus, single father, snowmobile, ugly Americans

October 11th, 2013: La Belle et La Bête aka Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Oct11 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Black and White, Drama, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged castle, curse, evil sisters, fairy tale, father, father-daughter relationship, forest, France, Jean Cocteau, magic, robot servant, rose, twist

March 28th, 2013: Pan’s Labyrinth

Mar28 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Coming of Age, Drama, Fantasy, Guerrillas, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, War Movies Tagged Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, co-production, Doug Jones, dream worlds, evil stepfather, fairy, fairy tale, faun, Guillermo Del Toro, labyrinth, Mexico, pregnancy, Spain, Spanish Civil War, stepfather, tyrannical officer

December 25th, 2012: Babes in Toyland aka March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)

Dec25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Comedy, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Musical, Slapstick Tagged boogeyman, fairy tale, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, Henry Brandon, MGM, Mickey Mouse, monkey, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, toy soldiers, toys, toys as weapons, Zepplin

April 2nd, 2012: Ponyo (2008)

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Animation, Anime, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Based on Myths, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day Tagged Betty White, Cate Blanchett, Cloris Leachman, Disney, dubbed, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Studio Ghibli, Tina Fey, Toho

December 11th, 2011: Careful (1992)

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5 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day Tagged attempted suicide, avalanche, brothers, Canada, duel, fairy tale, fratricide, Guy Maddin, homage, incest, low-budget, matricide, mountain climbing, sorroricide, suicide, Telefilm Canada, village, younger brother

Ponyo

May1 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Animation, Anime, Based on a Folk Tale, Family, Fantasy, Full Reviews, Reviews Tagged Betty White, Cate Blanchett, Cloris Leachman, Disney, dubbed, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Studio Ghibli, Tina Fey, Toho

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