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«Chrysanthemum» is a classic tale about a mouse who is bullied for her unusual and long name.

Victor Frankenstein (PG - 13 for violence, macabre images and a scene of destruction) James McAvoy plays the title character in this variation on Mary Shelley's classic tale about a mad scientist whose experiment in reviving the dead goes horribly wrong.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, smoking and brief war violence) Brad Pitt shares the title role with several other actors in David Fincher's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale about a man born old who gradually grows younger over the course of his life.

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Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

Easter is coming soon, so we figured now would be a good time to post this classic video as a cautionary tale about the dangers of using pyrotechnics at church.

If you haven't read this classic now is the time because the movie version is just coming out and this beloved tale is about to entertain a whole new generation of kids.

When picking out classic books to read to your kids, include these timeless tales about love, friendship, and the magic of believing in yourself.

Recent events, however, have had me thinking about a different Dickens classic, namely A Tale of Two Cities.

The Wind in the Willows is a fine adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's tale about the adventures of Toad, Badger and Mole.

Forget everything you know about Little Red Riding Hood; the classic fairy tale gets a new look and a new style in this computer - animated comedy for the whole family.

It's almost the opposite of the classic tale, where it's about taming the beast.

Jupiter Ascending takes the classic «Cinderella» fairy tale and blows it up into a big, sci - fi space adventure about a girl named Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis), who dreams of a life better than the one she has.

Lynne Ramsay, the Cannes - winning director of Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk About Kevin, is to return Herman Melville's classic tale of brooding obsession on the high seas, Moby - Dick, to the big screen.

It's also the title of co - writer / director team Tom Gould and John Serpe's feature directorial debut, a cutesy classic Hollywood tale adapted for modern times, about small - town dreamers who move to Los Angeles with stars in their eyes.

Skarsgård explains to USA Today that «it's almost the opposite of the classic tale, where it's about taming the beast... This is about a man who's holding back and slowly as you peel off the layers, he reverts back to a more animalistic state and lets that side of his personality out.»

Interestingly, for such a popular historical figure, there is a dearth of biographical films about her life (the only notable film is the Norma Shearer / Tyrone Power classic from way back in 1938), except through incidental events depicting her as a supporting figure, such as tales of the French Revolution or other stories taking place in the late 18th Century.

You know, William Golding's classic novel about boys creating their own vicious society, an allegorical tale about brutal masculinity.

From visionary anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa comes a joyously hallucinogenic but family - friendly take on the classic fairy tale about a little mermaid who comes ashore to join a middle - school rock band and propel them to fame.

A classic style New York romantic comedy with touches of classic screwball and a sprinkling of terrific cameos, the former escort reminisces to a reporter (Illeana Douglas) about her rags to riches fairy tale — a chain of events affecting the lives of everyone involved, including Arnold's wife Delta (Kathryn Hahn), leading man Seth (Rhys Ifans), playwright Joshua (Will Forte) and even Isabella's therapist, Jane (Jennifer Aniston).

For the die - hard fans of the cult classic, the filmmakers have also laced this tale about male camaraderie with subtle, loving nods and nuances.

Who: Lily James, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter and Cate Blanchett What: A live - action retelling of the classic fairy tale about a servant step - daughter who wins the heart of a prince.

Official Premise: «Carrie» is a re-imagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

Cinderella: Diamond Edition Rated G Available on Blu - ray Disney's classic 1950's fairly tale about a young girl who is transformed from rags to riches and back to rags is getting the hi - def treatment with this new blu - ray release.

A funny new twist on a classic love story, WARM BODIES is a poignant tale about the power of human connection.

Tangled (PG for brief violence) Animated adventure, based on the classic Grimm Brothers» fairy tale Rapunzel, about an extraordinarily long - haired Princess (Mandy Moore), imprisoned all of her life in a 70 foot - high tower by an evil witch (Donna Murphy), who finally escapes with the help of a handsome bandit (Zachary Levi).

It covers the following National Curriculum learning objectives: - develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: listening to, discussing and expressing views about a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently - becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales - drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher - making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done - answering and asking questions - predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far - using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read - checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context

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Set in 1920's England and Hong Kong, this sad classic tale tells the story of an extremely vain and spoiled young Kitty Fane who doesn't appreciate the love of a good husband until it's too late, but learns about love and forgiveness in the end.

You make a good point about how our modern - day fractured families resemble classic fairy - tale families.

The Christmas Secret is an inspirational tale — classic VanLiere — about a single mom «with a jerk of an ex-husband.»

- Wall Street Journal «Students of writing will find «Watchman» fascinating for these reasons: How did a lumpy tale about a young woman's grief over her discovery of her father's bigoted views evolve into a classic coming - of - age story about two children and their devoted widower father?

Set at a Catholic boys» school in Dublin, Paul Murray's second work of fiction is about Daniel «Skippy» Juster, a 14 - year - old whose death occurs early in this comic - ironic novel — a classic tale of adolescence.

For fans of speculative fiction looking for a book that can go toe - to - toe with The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's classic about female oppression and rebellion, look no further: Jennie Melamed's chilling debut, Gather the Daughters, is the dazzling dystopian narrative you seek.

The free book I was talking about was The Beast, my very own twist on the classic fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast.

About Blog OLDSTYLE TALES PRESS publishes edited anthologies of classic ghost stories, tales of the supernatural, horror novels, and Weird fiction, circa 1767 - TALES PRESS publishes edited anthologies of classic ghost stories, tales of the supernatural, horror novels, and Weird fiction, circa 1767 - tales of the supernatural, horror novels, and Weird fiction, circa 1767 - 1939.

And thus begins an a tale which manages to capture the spirit of fun, innocence and adventure of those old classic children's books about strange lands and even stranger characters.

I, for one, am ecstatic about Mafia III «s take on the classic mobster revenge tale and I found Vito to be a fairly likable guy through the course of Mafia II, so I'm happy to see him make a return.

I think much of the consensus about CoL is correct: the game is good, almost unique — a side - scrolling homage to classic JRPGs, set in a fairy - tale world — and an aesthetic feast.

Cast as a young lad who must pursue the shadowy assassin who killed his father, Punch Club takes that classic tale of the untrained underdog who would become champion and thrusts it into full on «tycoon'territory with an effort that's more about careful planning and management than it is about memorising excessively long combo inputs.

(1) Burn Hollywood Burn is a classic tale of artistic intent falling prey to the powers that be, the movie machine consuming the idealistic artist in a hammed - up kitschy movie about the conditions of making movies.

Auchterarder, Perthshire About Blog The blog is actually «written» by Matilda — the «old lady» classic tandem — and features her Musings about her adventures, trials and tribulations with her «dynamic crew» on a bicycle made for two, and features amusing tales of her adventures on the road focusing on tourism and food & drink experiences en route in Scotland and abAbout Blog The blog is actually «written» by Matilda — the «old lady» classic tandem — and features her Musings about her adventures, trials and tribulations with her «dynamic crew» on a bicycle made for two, and features amusing tales of her adventures on the road focusing on tourism and food & drink experiences en route in Scotland and ababout her adventures, trials and tribulations with her «dynamic crew» on a bicycle made for two, and features amusing tales of her adventures on the road focusing on tourism and food & drink experiences en route in Scotland and abroad!

About Blog OLDSTYLE TALES PRESS publishes edited anthologies of classic ghost stories, tales of the supernatural, horror novels, and Weird fiction, circa 1767 - TALES PRESS publishes edited anthologies of classic ghost stories, tales of the supernatural, horror novels, and Weird fiction, circa 1767 - tales of the supernatural, horror novels, and Weird fiction, circa 1767 - 1939.