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Movie Review: A Child’s turn as Robinson Crusoe in “Kensuke’s Kingdom”
“Kensuke’s Kingdom” is a simply but attractively animated film based on a Michael Morpurgo novel. The novel, in turn, is based on the classic tale “Robinson Crusoe,” here modernized to place a shipwrecked boy and his dog in tropical paradise, … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Glenn Close stars in a “Beach Read” that might cure insomnia — “The Summer Book”
“The Summer Book” is a picturesque period piece based on a novel Tove Jannson wrote, inspired by her own experiences living on an island in the Gulf of Finland. It aims for “lyrical” and “meditative” as it tells the story … Continue reading
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