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Contest: A Tiger’s Tail

Posted on May 30, 2014 at 3:12 pm

This is the story of young boy named Billy, his lovable dog, Buster, an adorable, curious tiger cub named Luna.  When Billy accidentally brings home Luna from a wild animal park, he turns to his best friend, Koby, and his faithful canine companion Buster to find a way to bring Luna back safely. A Tiger’s …

More About Maleficent

Posted on May 30, 2014 at 10:59 am

My friend Leslie Combemale, movie critic and animation expert, wrote a great post about the Maleficent character.  I was so glad she included information about the great character actor Eleanor Audley. who voiced Maleficent and also the evil stepmother in “Cinderella.”  Here she is being magnificently snooty in Douglas Sirk’s “All that Heaven Allows.”

Maleficent

Posted on May 29, 2014 at 5:59 pm

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Lowest Recommended Age: 4th - 6th Grades
MPAA Rating: Rated PG for sequences of fantasy action and violence, including frightening images
Profanity: None
Nudity/ Sex: Kissing
Alcohol/ Drugs: None
Violence/ Scariness: Fantasy/fairy tale peril and violence with characters injured and killed, death of parents, scary creatures
Diversity Issues: None
Date Released to Theaters: May 30, 2014
Date Released to DVD: November 3, 2014
Amazon.com ASIN: B00M4ADWTK

What makes bad guys bad?  We’ve always been told that Sleeping Beauty was cursed at birth by a wicked fairy caught up in a jealous fury because she was not invited to the christening.  In the classic 1959 Disney animated version of the story, she has a name that contains the root syllables for evil …