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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Home

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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - Home

Heading into it’s winter break, and not scheduled to return again until March, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland offers up it’s mid-season finale which will finally reunite the star-crossed lovers Alice (Sophie Lowe) and Cyrus (Peter Gadiot). But before journeying to the edge of Wonderland for their reunion, Alice drags Knave (Michael Socha) on a side-trip to find the White Rabbit (John Lithgow) and, after learning about the fate of his family, agree to rescue the Rabbit’s wife (Whoopi Goldberg) and children.

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The Desolation of Smaug

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  • Title: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
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The Desolation of SmaugThe quest of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and his dwarves to reclaim the lost kingdom of Erebor under the Lonely Mountain continues in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Captured by elves, attacked by orcs, and journeying into the depths of the lost kingdom, the sequel is more successful than The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey but still suffers from director Peter Jackson taking his damn sweet time with unnecessary subplots and a host of new characters to introduce.

Of all the new faces in the second of three films needed to adapt a 300-page children’s book, Evangeline Lilly stands out. In Tauriel we finally get a prominent female elf who is more warrior than ethereal plot device (Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler). The plot thread of Tauriel forced to balance here duty to her king (Lee Pace) and Legolas (Orlando Bloom) against her unexpected feelings for a dwarf (Aidan Turner) is one of the film’s most-successful storylines.

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Once Upon a Time – The New Neverland

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  • Title: Once Upon a Time – The New Neverland
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Once Upon a Time - The New Neverland

Reunions are the big theme of “The New Neverland” which begins with Ariel (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) and Eric (Gil McKinney) finally finding each other and the return of the Jolly Roger and its crew to Storybrooke. Wendy Darling (Freya Tingley) is finally reunited with her brothers John (Matt Kane) and Michael (James Immekus) and Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) returns home to Belle (Emilie de Ravin). Despite being relieved to be home, Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) can’t shake the feeling there’s something wrong with Henry (Jared Gilmore) and becomes even more concerned after Pan’s Shadow, who only obeys Peter Pan (Robbie Kay), begins killing members of the town.

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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – Bad Blood

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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - Bad Blood

As Alice (Sophie Lowe) and the Knave (Michael Socha) work on a plan to get into the floating tower, unaware that Cyrus (Peter Gadiot) has already escaped his prison, Jafar (Naveen Andrews) puts his latest plan into action by taking the form of Alice’s father (Shaun Smyth). Despite his clever ruse Alice sees through the deception, but that doesn’t stop the wizard from putting her father’s life in danger and forcing Alice’s hand to use her second wish to save his life and return him home.

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Once Upon a Time – Save Henry

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Once Upon a Time - Save Henry

With Henry (Jared Gilmore) slowly dying and an even more powerful Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) in control of the young boy’s heart, Regina (Lana Parrilla) is able to buy the group a little time while Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) convinces the Lost Boys to help with a desperate plea to save the life of her son and promise to see each of them home as well along with Wendy Darling (Freya Tingley) and Tinker Bell (Rose McIver). In the end it’s Regina, and her drive to do whatever needs to be done without regretting the consequences, who rips Henry’s heart from Pan’s chest and returns it back to her son’s chest where it belongs.

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