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I usually say that Little Witches is Little Witches is the messy, promiscuous older sister to The Craft. The Craft shied away from the horror end of the spectrum ,was geared to teenage girls, maintained a grey area of good or bad in witchcraft, and Little Witches didn't do any of those things. A group of girls form a coven in a catholic school and are biding their time to essentially resurrect the devil, letting nothing get in their way (or the lead character Jamie's way. The rest are essentially followers who made unbelievably bad choices) . It is violent and the acting isn't that good BUT it was incredibly bold. It's a horror movie that you can watch and accept that it isn't good. It's a full on B-movie. I don't know if its even in print anymore. The last copy I saw was a vhs in a video store that's long gone and now sells hoagies. I never bothered to find it on dvd but at the same time, it stuck with me.

This is not a documentary about the Stonewall uprising, and it doesn't pretend to be. It is, however, a powerful film inspired by the pioneers of the Stonewall uprising and gay rights movement. It's an important film that I wish more people would see because though it has a fictionalized main character and historical inaccuracies, it is a bold representation of the struggle for gay rights. I would even suggest watching the film and then following it with a Stonewall documentary so that you can see the spirit of the times but then be informed of the unsung heroes of the gay liberation movement. I was born in 1980 (in Mississippi, which didn't care about its gay residents then and I'm sad to say, still doesn't) and so I didn't see the early years of pride but I understand that living in a world where people like to pretend these things didn't happen is not only disrespectful, it's dangerous.

Amy was played by a 20 year old actress playing a twelve year old child. She was obviously too old, yet they insisted that she milk her childish ways (can you tie my skate, marmie says I'm old enough to do my own hair, etc.) to the point where I was actually laughing at scenes that weren't intended to be funny. Drug store box bleached hair (it was a ghastly shade of yellow), not a fitting actress for the part in any way. Enough said, Amy was everything that was bad about this film, well, almost.. They completely skipped the plays and left Jo and Laurie full drama. To those who say this film is to the book, I ask, what book did you read? Some say they should have used British actresses. Why would they do that for a tale that took place in Massachusetts during the Civil War? Did. I love it ? Yes! I just acknowledge that there were parts I couldn't get past. Though I thought Beth had a bit of overkill, I thought the actress was fantastic and clearly played on the directors vision. She is a fantastic actress. I preferred Claire Danes but this woman (let's face it, she's over 20) is a brilliant actress. I think that the actress that played Marmie was possibly the best of anyone that I have seen tackle the part. She pulled raw emotion from me in a way that Susan Sarandon didn't (even though I loved her in the part). The real show stopper was Maya Hawke, as Jo. She was everything that is Jo for me. It was like she had leaped from the page. I loved her on Stranger Things and have been a fan of her mother and father ever since I was a child. I loved that they led up to Jos Boys. I think in all they did a fantastic job, but I think That they should have sucked it up and used 2 actresses for Amy, and not this one. She didn't fit the part.