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The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
1973 | Drama, Fantasy
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"Not a horror movie but a valentine to the imagination that hinges on one little girl’s need for an imaginary friend, who turns out to be Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein monster, stepped off the screen in rural Spain when a traveling cinema brings James Whale’s movie to town in the 1930s. Victor Erice’s study of childhood wishes showcases the huge eyes of Ana Torrent and grapples fascinatingly with the importance of fantasy in eras of repression."

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Annie Baker recommended I Vitelloni (1953) in Movies (curated)

 
I Vitelloni (1953)
I Vitelloni (1953)
1953 | Comedy, Drama
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"This is my favorite Fellini movie. It’s so fun and sweet and bold and effortlessly weird. You feel this young filmmaker surprising himself. It also captures the claustrophobic yet epic feeling of growing up in a small town and hanging out with your childhood friends all the time. And the whole carnival sequence is so great . . . especially the aftermath, when Alberto Sordi is wandering around the town square at dawn dragging an oversize clown head."

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Hollywood Park
Hollywood Park
Mikel Jollett | 2020 | Biography
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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Hollywood Park, by Mikell Jollett, is an eloquently written memoir of heartbreak, identity, and turmoil. It is the story of a broken boy that grows into a man that wants not only to understand why he is broken but also how to fix the parts that he can. He spent his childhood memorizing and reciting the serenity prayer; as an adult he finally understood the line about changing the things he can.
  
    Imaginary (2024)

    Imaginary (2024)

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    When jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family her youngest stepdaughter Alice...

Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
1984 | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Comedy genius of Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Dan Akroyd (0 more)
Lots of slime (1 more)
Slimer - there's always one pointless character to ruin the fun
Classic 80s childhood movie
I can still watch this over and over again without flinching. It definitely hails as one of the tops cult movies for the 1980's, it still has charm, comedy, and a decent enough plot to be played on TVs across the globe on a weekly basis. Inspired to watch it now.
  
Stranger Things  - Season 1
Stranger Things - Season 1
2016 | Horror, Sci-Fi
Acting all-round was great (0 more)
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A little silly but mystifyingly engaging
I wasn't sure what to expect with this series after it was described as a retro sci-fi. But actually it was a lot better than expected. It was all your childhood movies - The Goonies, Alien, Ghostbusters - rolled into one. The acting is fabulous and while the story plot is a bit ridiculous, it's rather a fun treat to watch.
  
There is talk of a remake/reboot of one of my all-time favorite movies, The Last Starfighter. The original writer had held the rights for a long time I guess and even said no to Steven Spielberg at one point.

Now it sounds like it might happen from the writer of Rogue One. They are messing with my childhood here, so not sure how I feel about it.

https://uproxx.com/hitfix/last-starfighter-reboot-plot-details/
  
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Alice I Have Been
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6.0 (4 Ratings)
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This fictional biography follows the life of Alice Liddell. Her childhood friendship with the adult Charles Dodgson gives him the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland. The writing was very descriptive, but I was very creeped out by the way their relationship was portrayed. It doesn't say anything unseemly happened, but it still really bothered me.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-alice-i-have-been-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.