Sunday, January 4, 2026

Better a thousand times to die than for to live so tormented: dear, but remember it was I who for thy sake did die contented


THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX

1939
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Norman Reilly Raine and Aeneas MacKenzie (based on the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson)

Spoilers: welllll, how familiar are you with the reign of Elizabeth I?

Friday, December 19, 2025

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Disney's Challengers: Put it in a flower pot and you'll see what you shall see


THUMBELINA

1994
Written and directed by Don Bluth (based on the story "Tommelise" by Hans Christian Andersen)

Spoilers: moderate

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Friday, December 5, 2025

Sunday, November 23, 2025

No, you look like me, which is interesting, if rather impertinent


CROSSED SWORDS
aka The Prince and the Pauper

1977 UK/1978 USA
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Written by Berta Dominguez, Pierre Spengler, and George MacDonald Fraser (based on the novel by Mark Twain)

Spoilers: moderate