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Disney Finding Dory Annual 2017
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The Finding Dory Annual 2017 is packed with stories, activities, colouring, posters and puzzles...
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Exorcism: A Play in One Act
Edward Albee, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill and Louise Bernard
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Shortly after the debut of Exorcism in 1920, Eugene O'Neill suddenly canceled production and ordered...
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Wonder Wheel (2017) in Movies
Mar 12, 2018 (Updated Mar 12, 2018)
One of Allen's more theatrical movies - it certainly seems to have been made on a relatively low budget. Feels very much like a pastiche of Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill, only considerably less subtle. At least as a character piece focused on a (somewhat) older woman there are fewer of the more problematic Allen tropes on display, and no sign of a laboured message or theme. Film is carried by a tremendous performance from Kate Winslet; Juno Temple is also good in a supporting role. Watchable stuff, certainly for Allen's remaining followers, although you do still wish he'd just make one more all-out comedy in the old-school style.
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The Birth of Theater from the Spirit of Philosophy: Nietzsche and the Modern Drama
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Nietzsche's love affair with the theater was among the most profound and prolonged intellectual...
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
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A true modern classic from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers, Long Day's...
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The Iceman Cometh
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An ominous play set in a cruel world of dark realism, an acknowledged masterpiece from one of the...
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LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Finding Dory (2016) in Movies
Apr 19, 2020
There is no denying that during the first 15 minutes, all I could think about was how everything unfolding was strikingly similar to Finding Nemo, almost as if they were making little effort to hide the fact.
By the time the opening act is over, and the main plot is set in motion, I was successfully drawn in and had forgotten my initial reservations.
The main factor in this is the great cast of characters. This time around, Dory takes centre stage, on a journey to find her parents after years of being separated. The film flits between the main narrative, and (ridiculously adorable) flashbacks to when Dory was a child. We get to see a fair number of new characters, most notably Hank, a suitably grumpy octopus whose irritable personality works great alongside the oblivious nature of Dory. The two of them provide a steady stream of humour. Also Bailey, a beluga whale has a running gag that never once gets old. It's all very well crafted and genuinely funny.
Of course, Nemo and Marlin return from the first film, and although they have a big part to play, Finding Dory resists the urge to turn the narrative too much much towards them, something that would have been easy to do considering the success of Finding Nemo.
There's also a fantastic voice cast attached, including Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, Idris Elba, Eugene Levy (absolute legend), Dominic West, Bill Hader - even Sigourney Weaver appears, in one of my favourite running jokes of the film.
The animation is predictably stunning, managing to appeal to both younger and older audiences, and the narrative easily weaves between witty humour, and emotional gut punches - this is Pixar after all.
Finding Dory is a sequel that can stand proudly by it's terrific predecessor.
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Memories of Development: My Time in Irish Theatre and Broadcasting
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R oland Jaquarello is one of the few directors to have worked in nearly every major Irish theatre...