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Daddy Long Legs/Curly Top

July 20, 2021

A novel adapted three forgettable times!

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Jane of Lantern Hill/Lantern Hill

June 15, 2021

L.M. Montgomery's last heroine, badly interpreted for Canadian television.

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The Apple Dumpling Gang

May 18, 2021

A surprisingly pleasant little novel that became a Saturday afternoon movie staple.

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The G-String Murders/Lady of Burlesque

April 20, 2021

Barbara Stanwyck is Absolutely Not Gypsy Rose Lee in this adaptation of a lighthearted murder mystery.

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The Moon-Spinners

March 16, 2021

Starting up a new column with an old favourite!

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Topper

February 16, 2021

The movie has more Cary Grant but the book has a whole lot more plot.

In Memoriam

Let’s take a sleigh ride: Fred Willard, 1933-2020

May 16, 2020

Remembering the brilliant comedic actor whose career spanned seven decades

In Memoriam

“I Feel I Have So Many Projects and I Haven’t Completed Them Yet”: Roy Horn, 1944–2020

May 9, 2020

Half of an act that never will (and probably never should) be duplicated.

… And Away

June 3, 2019

What do you see when you leave home?

Home

May 27, 2019

Where are you home?

Not/Like Other Girls

March 29, 2019

In a world of Boy movies and Girl movies, it's hard to find a space.

Taco Break

The discipline not to write setting: The Shield and The Order of the Stick

November 23, 2018

Comparing two stories that succeed not through worldbuilding, but by focusing on character and action