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Friday, April 20, 2012

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  • Amy & Patrick's Blog
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  • A Little Princess (1986)
  • A Little Princess (1995)
  • Anne of Green Gables (1985)
  • Back to the Future trilogy
  • Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  • Candleshoe
  • Clueless
  • Contact
  • Courage Mountain
  • Dear Frankie
  • Die Hard
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  • Flight of the Navigator
  • Forrest Gump
  • Harry Potter series
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  • Little Women (1994)
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  • Penelope
  • Peter Pan (2003)
  • Pollyanna (1960)
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  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  • Superman Returns
  • The Boy Who Could Fly
  • The Fugitive
  • The Lord Of The Rings trilogy
  • The Man In The Iron Mask
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Queen's Gambit
  • The Secret Garden (1975/1987/1993)
  • The Wedding Singer
  • Titanic (1997)
  • Where The Heart Is

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  • Antiques Roadshow
  • Awake
  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer
  • Burn Notice
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  • Columbo
  • Community*
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  • DuckTales
  • Extras*
  • Full House*
  • Gilmore Girls
  • Grimm
  • Jeopardy
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  • Merlin*
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  • Pan Am*
  • Parks & Recreation*
  • Quantum Leap*
  • Reign
  • Rick Steves' Europe
  • Road To Avonlea
  • Robin Hood (2006)
  • Tarzan (2003)*
  • The Good Place*
  • The Nanny
  • The Office (U.S.)*
  • The Pretender*
  • The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • We Bare Bears
  • Wonderfalls*

And Books, Them I Like Also

  • Anne of Green Gables
  • Beverly Cleary
  • Bridge To Terabithia
  • Charlotte's Web
  • Ella Enchanted
  • From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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  • Maniac Magee
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  • Pictures Of Hollis Woods
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • The Diary Of Anne Frank
  • The Giver
  • The Harry Potter series
  • The Little House series
  • The Love Comes Softly series

On Screen/Extra Projects

  • The Ramblin' Rod Cartoon Show (1988)
  • Candid Camera (1992)
  • Feast Of Love (2007)
  • Twilight (2008)
  • A Walk In My Shoes (2010)
  • Grimm - "Nameless" (2013)
  • Grimm - "Dyin' On A Prayer" (2014)
  • Beyond The Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary (2014)
  • Grimm - "Headache" (2015)
  • The Librarians - "And The Drowned Book" (2015)
  • The Librarians - "And The Broken Staff" (2015)
  • Grimm - "Silence Of The Slams" (2016)

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