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The Jungle Book (2016)

Hi everyone, Toby's dad here again with another update from Toby via Camp Kodiak. Title:  Jungle Book (2016) The 2016 remake of Disney's Jungle Book was impressive by CGI standards.  This is how I see it. A young boy is raised by wolves led by Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito in Breaking Bad) and Patsey (Lupita Nyong'o in 12 Years a Slave) until John Luther (Idris Elba on Luther) comes after him.  His mentor, Mohandas Gandhi (Ben Kingsley in Gandhi) decides to take him to a man-village for safety.  Along the way, the boy befriends Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray in Ghostbusters), is nearly eaten by Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson in The Avengers), and is abducted by the Count Hessian (Christopher Walken in Sleepy Hollow), who wants to learn about the "Red Flower" Let me know what you think?

The Omen vs. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Did you know that Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame  is the same story as the cult horror film The Omen ? Let me tell you why. At the suggestion of a priest (Father Spiletto; the Archdeacon), a government official (Robert Thorn; Judge Claude Frollo) adopts a baby (Damien Thorn; Quasimodo) whose mother had just died (Damien's mother, a jackal, died in childbirth; Frollo cracks Quasimodo's mother's skull against the steps of the Cathedral of Notre Dame). As the child grows up, he is seen as a monster (Damien is the Antichrist; Quasimodo is deformed), though a woman (Mrs. Baylock; Esmeralda) from a rejected demographic (Satanism; Romani) supports him (Baylock grooms Damien to rule the world; Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, as they are both mistreated by society). Meanwhile, the monster's guardian works with a public employee (Keith Jennings; Captain Phoebus) with interest in the disliked group (Keith notices shadows of Damien's victims in his photos, including