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Brett Alan Dewing
Mar 18, 2010
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Well, after a decade of wishing and waiting, I saw the first Dark is Rising movie tonight. The books were integral to my youth and formed my concept of magic realism. The film could have been great. The directing was actually quite pretty, and it was much better than horrible trailer. But it was a quickly unspiralling reimagining of the book, which was …

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