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FINDING NEVERLAND

See this movie. If there is any part of you left that enjoys a healthy dose of make-believe or magical fantasy, you must see this movie.

It's the slightly fictionalized life story of James M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan.

They take all the most beautiful and most fun elements of Peter Pan and use them to tell you about the creator's life.

It's warm and human, and beautiful and heart-wrenching, and overall a very fun time.

Johnny Depp plays Mr. Barrie and never fails to make you wish you could've met the real J.M Barrie. Kate Winslet plays his muse. Or, I should say Winslet's family are his muses. Barrie gets drawn into their real world, just as they are drawn into his fantasy world. The two of them almost make you fall in love with their little psuedo-family.

It can drag a bit from time to time, but trust me, when that happens it will pick right back up again.

4 out of 5 poops

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I met an artistic director last night. His name, and his theatre's name will remain untold, so as to avoid the accidental google.

He talked very animatedly about an adaptation he's doing coming up. He insisted I should audition for him. He was very clearly excited about the project, and even managed to get me excited about it too.

I was right there with him until he showed me a flyer. On the flyer were two men hugging. Okay, no problem there, right? One of them was naked. Still no problem there, not for me anyway.

Then he told me the naked man is the role I would be auditioning for.

...hmm. I might have to think about that one.