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The Famous Five

Film This!

by Venntertainment on July 9, 2009

Welcome to The Famous Five No.4 – Since the dawn of film, cinema has always looked eagerly to the novel for inspiration. Almost every single Hitchcock film is based on a book or short story. The Harry Potter books continue to transform magically into big budget gold dust, but nowadays film has its eye firmly [...]

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SCARY-TALES

by Venntertainment on July 8, 2009

Donal Cumiskey brings us The Famous Five No.3. Donal writes reviews for Inis Children’s Literature Magazine, so it’s only fitting that he’s going to be discussing: Dark Fairytales in Children’s Books and Movies. You can contact him here.
With the recent cinematic release of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, our eyes (whether buttoned or unbuttoned) turned once again to the trend [...]

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