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Small Wonder Big Amusement

Small Wonder, the sitcom aired during the late 80's which was re-telecasted on StarVijay 2 or 3 years back is one of my faves. I practically never missed the show in the evenings. For those who already know about this there's no need of description. But.. The sci-fi series is based on situations that arise in daily life of the Lawson family.                A brief character info: Vicki Lawson - A robot in the form of a human girl created by Ted Lawson. Jamie Lawson - Only son of Mr. Lawson Ted Lawson - Robotics scientist Joan Lawson - Wife of Ted. Harriet Brindle - A nosy neighbour. And others. You'll be bugged if you watched this now[i.e. late 2000s] due to the outdatedness of it. But that drew me to it. Every episode had a decent plot and a good point to consider for children. The silliness in the series is the high-spot, while the timely background laughter adds humor to it. Tiffany Brissette's[Vicki] expressionless face and spiritless eyes make her a classy

The Prestige & The illusionist

Two period drama movies which quite made a lasting impression. I'm too unworthy to judge the movies because my knowledge in this genre is just fair. Except for the genre, the movies are completely different...very different. To look into ' The Prestige ', a thriller with an unexpected climax, made me think over it for long hours before I could get it clear. The exceptional acting of Christian Bale lured me to watch the film and later I discovered that Hugh Jackman was incredible too.         Robert Angier and Alfred Borden at a show The movie simply explains what all a man can do to attain the peek of fame and glory. Both Bale and Jackman meticulously and dedicatedly persue their magic careers where Jackman owes revenge on Bale. All the time I thought Bale was the negative one where he finally turned out to be the better one. Never seen such an intriguing film as far as I could remember. Now, ' The Illusionist '... while I was flicking past the tv chan