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Calamity
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10-18-2001
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 12:59 pm
This isn't my favorite Neil Gaiman story but I did enjoy it and am looking forward to the movie (with crossed fingers!). Release date is August 10th. The push and pull between science and imagination is a recurring theme for Gaiman, as in Coraline and the novel American Gods. "I set Stardust in Victorian days because you do have science then, and people are standing around saying, 'Whatever happened to the magic?' They'd taken photographs of the moon, and they were sending messages along wires, and they were pretty sure stars were just flaming balls of gas," Gaiman says. "You have scientific England on one side, and a magical kingdom on the other side." And in between, directing traffic, stands Gaiman. More at link: Storyteller Gaiman wishes upon a star Official movie site
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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 2:56 pm
Very good imo 
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Rissa
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03-20-2006
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 3:30 pm
I just loved it. My expectations were low going in based on the previews which seemed convoluted and overlapping, hard to follow. But the movie was charming and moved at a fast, steady pace (the lead actor is easy on the eyes too LOL). Took my ten year who enjoyed it as well. My fifteen year old wants to see it but she is very sensitive about stabbings and this flick has a lot so not sure if it will be appropriate for her.
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Crzndeb
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07-26-2004
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 1:38 pm
I just watched this on DVD last night....I really, really liked it....a very sweet fairy tale sort of story...Robert de Niro was hilarious and I very much enjoyed the ghosts. I'm with Rissa, the lead actor is a cutie!! Maybe, I'll watch it again before I send it back.
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Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 12:41 pm
A friend brought this over this weekend to watch. I remember being intrigued by the previews, but was told that it was essentially a chick-flick. I don't think it was really a classic chick-flick, but rather a romantic fanstasy. I liked it, personally. I thought DeNiro's character was great, the lead actor was very good in his role, and Clare Danes was awesome. It was also good to see Pfeiffer in a new role. The special features on the DVD were very well done, including an in-depth "making of", deleted scenes, and a blooper reel. If you liked the ghosts, most of the deleted/extended scenes invlolved them.
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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 1:56 pm
Lycan, It's at the top of my must-see list!!! I was so bummed when I missed it in the theatres. Although I'm hoping it might show up in one of the rep theatres so I can see it on the big screen.
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Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 7:45 pm
I definitely recommend it, Mame.
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