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speaker357 (212 KP) rated The Greatest Showman (2017) in Movies

Oct 2, 2018 (Updated Jun 14, 2019)

Hugh Jackman singing again! (2 more)

Circus oddities!

Broadway music.

Michelle Williams (Honestly, I just don't like her.) (1 more)

Too family friendly to truly paint Barnum's character.

A glance into the antics of P.T. Barnum

I do genuinely enjoy this movie, it's got a really great story that starts with a adolescent Barnum realizing what may be his calling all while pursuing a young girl. As the story progresses he begins to use the methods which gave him the prestige he's earned.

For the most part I believe that this is pretty close to the truth. Missing some of the few antics that I recalled from reading the "48 Laws of Power."

Overall, I think I wish that they showed the true colors of Barnum.

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1000 Things for Kids to Do in the Holidays

Time Out Guides Ltd

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"1000 Things for Kids to Do in the Holidays" offers inspirational and exciting ideas for children of...

Alaska by Between The Buried And Me

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Alaska is the third studio album by progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. It was...

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

4.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

Podcast

Conversations with People Who Hate Me takes hateful conversations online and turns them into...

Nancy Drew Diaries: Vol 08

Stefan Petrucha and Sho Murase

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Book

In "Tiger Counter," Nancy Drew and her friends Bess and George, have volunteered at the River...

Max Beckmann: The World as a Stage

Sebastian Karnatz, Lynette Roth, Ortrud Westheider and Christiane Zeiller

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Many of the paintings by Max Beckmann show the world of the theater, the circus, and vaudeville. He...

Awix (3310 KP) rated Vampire Circus (1972) in Movies

May 8, 2021

Vampire Circus (1972)

1972 | Horror

7.0

(3 Ratings)

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Visually striking if rather unsubtle and slightly incoherent Hammer horror movie. The usual sort of thing: humble townsfolk have enough of the local vampire and do him in, only to face a dreadful revenge years later. This time the instrument of vengeance is a circus full of (you'll never guess!) vampires.

Pretty much as extravagant as Hammer ever got, in terms of gore and nudity; the impact of the film is helped by lurid production design and cinematography. That said, the story's nothing special and most of the acting from the leads is very drab. (Extraordinary supporting cast full of culty names who don't get much to do.) The odd decent moment and sequence, not far off the average standard of early seventies Hammer. Vacuous but watchable.