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Why I loved IT so much.

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The Kid Cast. It is without a doubt one of my Fav movies of my lifetime, I'm a lifelong fan of Stephen King, and have always loved the way he portrays children and teens in his stories. There is a honesty about the way they talk, and what they think, they're always true to their age which can't be said about a lot shows and films and even books that feature, children and adolescents. Kids/Preteens/Teens swear, they talk of subjects that would make George Carlin blush and kids are freakin funny, because there is no filter. With IT, the casting director got it right, the chemistry between them was perfect and just so damn believable. Putting the actors up in a Hotel room in Toronto so they could bond was a genius idea! Stand out for me was Sophia Lillis, to play a victim of abuse by her father that well, was far beyond her years, Bill may of been the leader of the Loser Club, but it was Bev that gelled them together in their fight against Pennywise. The Jump scares worked, th

Garth Brooks Anthology

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This is what Garth fans have been waiting for. For decades we have sat thru boxset's and greatest hit's and  fun interviews with Leno, Kimmel and Ellen. For the real fans though, we never really had anything on how the music got created, the process, how a song came into being, the changes that a song went thru from birth to it's release, but now we do. Garth is going to release his Anthology, it will be the first of five anthology's, and will cover the first five albums. There will be a 240 page book, that will have the original sheet music and stories and discussions about the songs, never before seen photos from the recording sessions, and indepth discussion with all the people who were involved in making Garth's music happen. There will be five CD's, the CD's aren't the first five album though. The CD's will contain demo versions, first recordings, and tthe actual discussions that happen while Garth was recording the songs. This is the part of th