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  Dracula A.D. 1972 1972

  ★★ Watched by ThePoeticCritic 25 Jan 2022

  Or, "Vampire Madness"
  Sometimes the old ways are best
  (Cushing bears that out)

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  Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925

  ★★★★½ Watched by ThePoeticCritic 25 Jan 2022

  Bold, bombastic, brash --
  And I'm a touch moved

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  Frankenweenie 2012

  ★★★½ Watched by ThePoeticCritic 24 Jan 2022

  An oldies tour as feature? In its way
  That's what this is, but Burton and the crew
  Play all the hits quite well, e'en if it's rough
  Expanding simple old with high-stakes new.

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  Into the Woods 2014

  ★½ Watched by ThePoeticCritic 17 Jan 2022

  (A pastiche of Stephen Sondheim's "Any Moment" with my apologies)

  Anything can happen in a film
  It's exciting
  Then again my hopes can be crushed
  When it's rushed

  It gets ridiculous
  Running from there to here
  Losing the momentum

  Ev'ryone is doing their own thing
  With the acting
  Shame more cheeks weren't ending up flushed

  All emotion's hung to dry
  In rampaging CGI
  Motivation's left to die
  Leaving lectures

  Disney's fairy tales all look the same
  It's a pity
  (Depp's…