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Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)

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Directors: Dan Povenmire, Robert Hughes Producers: Dan Povenmire, Jeff ‘Swampy’ Marsh. Starring: Vincent Martella (Phineas 1&2) Dee Bradley Baker (Perry the Platypus 1&2) Thomas Sangster (Ferb) Dan Povenmire (Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz 1&2) Ashley Tisdale (Candace 1&2). A (TV) movie based on Phineas and Ferb (cartoon series) , Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2 nd Dimension is a dynamic movie. The movie starts with Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Baljeet, Buford and Irving creating a device enabling them to play badminton with Perry. But they accidentally run into Dr. Doofenshmirtz and his Other dimension-inator and much to Perry’s dismay, Phineas and Ferb fix it. They then go to another dimension where a more intelligent and successful version of Dr. D exists. Then Phineas and Ferb realize that Perry was ‘Agent P’ all along (something that P&F had no idea about).   Phineas disowns Perry and Perry leaves (‘I Walk Away’). But P&F realize that 2 nd dimension Doofenshmi

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

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Director: Clyde Geronimi Producer: Walt Disney Cast: Mary Costa (Aurora), Eleanor Audley (Maleficent), Verna Felton (Flora) Barbara Jo Allen (Fauna), Barbara Luddy (Merryweather) The movie, based on the original fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, is the 16 th Disney film (and the oldest film in my collection up till now (though there will be more older movies)). The movie started with an opening narration about King Stefan, Queen Leah and Princess Aurora. The movie then cut to the time where baby Aurora was being blessed by the three good fairies (gift): Flora (beauty), Fauna (song), but Maleficent interrupted. She argued about not being invited and she ‘blessed’ Aurora by saying that before sunset, on Aurora’s 16 th birthday, will prick her finger on a spindle of a sewing machine and die! Merryweather, the last fairy said she couldn’t undo the curse, but lessen its effect. She said that Aurora will just go into a deep sleep. Want to know more? Watch the movie! I liked the m

Super 30 (2019)

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Director: Vikas Bahl Producer: Sajid Nadiwala Cast: Hrithik Roshan (Anand Kumar), Virendra Saxena (Ishwar Kumar), Aditya Srivastava (Lallan Singh)   A biopic on math whiz and teacher, Anand Kumar, Super 30 is a super adventure. The film begins in London circa 2017 where a Super 30 laureate named Fugga Kumar (Vijay Varma) from India is invited to speak about his life. His story begins in Patna, (state) in the year 1996 where Anand Kumar had solved a math problem which had eluded a solution till that point. Anand sends the problem and its solution to the editor of The Mathematical Gazette and subsequently receives an admission to Cambridge University. However. He was unable to go and study at the university as he did not have sufficient money and, a minister who had promised to help refused because the minister decided against donating money. Further, Anand’s father, the family’s sole breadwinner, died due to cardiac arrest leaving the family without any means of support.   A n