It is getting difficult to choose a Christmas film. Then again, I make it hard on myself. In my desire to watch more than one a day,… Read more “A Dickens of a Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III”
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Good Fortune, by Albert W. Vogt III
A film can be about anything. There are happy and sad films, boring and exciting films, fun and scary films, etc. The ones that speak to my heart the… Read more “Good Fortune, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Great Expectations, by Albert W. Vogt III
Count me among those who are not fans of Charles Dickens. Like other high schoolers, I was forced to read A Tale of Two Cities (1859). I fancied myself a reader,… Read more “Great Expectations, by Albert W. Vogt III”
A Snow Globe Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III
What do you get when you combine Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843), It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), and Groundhog Day (1993)? You get A Snow Globe Christmas (2013). This works as a metaphor, too, because you… Read more “A Snow Globe Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Scrooged, by Albert W. Vogt III
With a title like Scrooged (1988), it should be apparent before seeing it what you are about to watch. If not, then know it is a modern take on Charles… Read more “Scrooged, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Man Who Invented Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III
My dander got slightly up in seeing the title for The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017). By the way, that is a period appropriate expression. Anyway, on the surface of it,… Read more “The Man Who Invented Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Disney’s A Christmas Carol, by Albert W. Vogt III
Because there have been so many cinematic renderings of Charles Dicken’s arguably most familiar work, A Christmas Carol (1843), I have to specify this one as Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009). Yet,… Read more “Disney’s A Christmas Carol, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Love at First Sight, by Albert W. Vogt III
One common mishap that befalls people and their smartphones is dropping them, leading to the glass screens cracking. This is something I pride myself on never letting happen… Read more “Love at First Sight, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Little Women (1994), by Albert W. Vogt III
It was a solitary January day circa 1996. The only thing remarkable about it is that I was home. Colds, then as now, were rarities for me, and this… Read more “Little Women (1994), by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Muppet Christmas Carol, by Albert W. Vogt III
One of the first live stage productions I remember seeing is Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol (1843). What a lot of people do not seem to realize about this classic… Read more “The Muppet Christmas Carol, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Legionnaire 