Rating: 4/4 stars Yogi Bear is surely one of the most subversive and intelligent children’s films ever made. There, I said it. I don’t care if I am attacked by the many film...
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Watercooler Reviews: “The Mysterious Benedict Society” Episodes 5-7
Episode 5 = 3/4 stars Episode 6 = 3.5/4 stars Episode 7 = 3/4 stars Now that’s more like it. In my past reviews, I expressed concern over lazy writing in “The Mysterious Benedict...
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Watercooler Reviews: “The Mysterious Benedict Society” Episodes 3-4
Rating: Episode #3 = 3/4 stars, Episode #4 = 2/4 stars (Although I reviewed Episodes 1 and 2 of “The Mysterious Benedict Society” without giving too much away, that is not the case...
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Watercooler Reviews | “The Mysterious Benedict Society” Episodes 1 – 2
Rating: Episode #1 = 3/4 stars, Episode #2 = 2.5/4 stars If I were tasked to list the books that are closest to my heart, Trenton Lee Stewart’s “Mysterious Benedict Society” series would be...
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The Screen’s Unseen: “The Peanut Butter Solution” is Completely and Utterly Surreal
Rating: 1.5/4 stars “The Peanut Butter Solution” is the cinematic equivalent of a dream. I’m not using “dream” to convey enthusiasm for the movie; I mean to say that watching “The Peanut Butter...
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The Screen’s Unseen: “Max Magician and the Legend of the Rings” is Hilariously Bad
People say that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but paying sufficient attention to the minimal information that one can find about Max Magician and the Legend of the Rings online might...
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The Screen’s Unseen: Ride a Wild Pony is Admirable, but Mediocre
Despite the fact that I delight in both children’s fare and obscure movies, the principal emotion that the 1975 Australian-American Disney production Ride a Wild Pony evoked in me was frustration. The movie exhibits...
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