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Hobbit: The Musical

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Deb Houdek Rule

Peter Jackson’s new movie, The Hobbit, certainly delivers value for your ticket price. The three hours you spend at the movie will feel like eight or nine! True value. The film is a brilliant example of the film editing concept … Continue reading→

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The Hunger Games

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Deb Houdek Rule

Originality of concept often isn’t as important as the freshness and the vitality of the approach. As the Harry Potter series breathed a vibrant new life into some very old fantasy concepts, The Hunger Games gives a hint of that vitality to the post-apocalyptic survival scenario, at least in the first book. Continue reading→

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Beyond the Prairie: True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Deb Houdek Rule

Beyond the Prairie: True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule Beyond the Prairie: True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, released on DVD November 23, 2010, is a made-for-TV movie from 2000 which intended to return the … Continue reading→

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Gangs of New York

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Deb Houdek Rule

Gangs of New York reviewed by Deb Houdek Rule for Civil War St. Louis What, you might well ask, has the movie “Gangs of New York” to do with the Civil War in St. Louis? On the surface, very little, … Continue reading→

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