Category Archives: Y’know, For Kids…

Yar? Nah.

Posted on 16/05/2013 by

[Contains warp-speeding SPOILERS!] To keep me inspired while writing a sorta-sci-fi script, I decided to work my way through the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I was a big fan of the show back in my student … Continue reading →

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The “Fun” In Funicello

Posted on 09/04/2013 by

My first exposure to American Beach Comedies came via a two-part episode of 90s sitcom Blossom (eps 4.19-20), in which the heroine fell asleep while watching a movie on TV, and dreamed her family and friends into a spoof of … Continue reading →

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Draggin’ City

Posted on 04/06/2012 by

She’s the Man (2006) was on TV yesterday, so I thought I’d give it another spin… mostly because I recently discovered that Alexandra Breckenridge actually has quite a substantial (though uncharacteristically chaste) role in it. For those who don’t know, … Continue reading →

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Animal-lingual Pt. 2: Pratt Falls

Posted on 24/05/2012 by

[Contains hick-hoppin’, doggy-dish-dopin’ SPOILERS!!!] Having enjoyed the first half of the Dr. Dolittle quadrilogy, I was a little hesitant to take a crack at the straight-to-DVD second half… despite the fact that Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006) finds Kyla Pratt stepping … Continue reading →

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Animal-lingual Pt. 1: Lord Have Murphy

Posted on 19/05/2012 by

[Contains bear-pokin’ SPOILERS!!!] Still on a Kyla Pratt-kick, I picked up the “Dr. Dolittle” quadrilogy boxset in Asda, where it was on sale for a fiver! For those who don’t know, Dr. Dolittle (1998), the first instalment in the series, … Continue reading →

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MehGuire: Origins

Posted on 14/05/2012 by

I spotted a couple of DVDs from the first season of Lizzie McGuire going cheap in a charity shop, and thought I’d give them a spin to see how they compared to the movie. Although the eleven episodes I saw … Continue reading →

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Space Goblins & Earth Girls

Posted on 05/04/2012 by

By a wacky coincidence, there were two kiddy-centric “alien encounter” movies on TV last weekend… First up was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning classic, starring Henry Thomas as a lonely boy named ‘Elliot’, who befriends a waddling, yelping … Continue reading →

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High School Homogeny

Posted on 02/04/2012 by

[Contains corridor-spinning SPOILERS!!!] According to the screenwriting book I’m reading at the moment, the starting point for every great story is a protagonist (hero) that your audience can cheer for, and an antagonist (villain) that they can jeer at. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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The Opposite Of Broody

Posted on 20/03/2012 by

I’m definitely not the target audience for a movie like Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), as I find it hard enough to understand why two sane, rational people would want to hobble their lives with one baby, let alone twelve of … Continue reading →

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Crazy Like A Girl

Posted on 12/03/2012 by

[Contains potentially rabid, flea-infested SPOILERS!!!] I’ve seen quite a bit of genre-bending over the last couple of days, but I was still thrown off-balance by The Fox and the Child (2007) (aka Le renard et l’enfant), which seems to be … Continue reading →

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