King Kong-The Evolving Narrative-The Annotated Novelization by Delos W. Lovelace and Micah Swanson Harris 2025 Rondo Award Runner-up! This is the first annotated edition of Delos W. Lovelace’s 1932 novelization of King Kong — and so much more! “(G)uaranteed to widen smiles (and eyes) of many a Kong fan…” “…(U)nearths gems about both film and…
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The Message of Frozen 2: Get Your Loves In Order! (Why Everyone Is Wrong About Frozen, Part Two).
“A body by its weight tends to move toward its proper place…My weight is my love: wherever I am carried, my love is carrying me.” – Saint Augustine. “I can sense you there / Like a friend I’ve always known / I’m arriving / And it feels like I’m home.” – Elsa, “Show Yourself” (lyrics…
A Principled Princess Turns Twenty-Five. The Swan Princess: An Appreciation
The true Cinderella story of animated princess films is not to be found in Disney’s Cinderella but in the real-life story of Disney rival Richard Rich’s The Swan Princess. Overlooked at its box office ball of 1994 (the belle of that ball being the re-released The Lion King), The Swan Princess has, over the years,…
Frozen 2: The Gospel According to Olaf
“But that the dead are raised, Moses showed in the account of the (burning) bush…God is not a God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him” – Jesus Christ “Water has memory” – Olaf, Frozen 2 “I think there are some really spiritual, sort-of existential, themes about it that I…