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Instead of tracking a blow-by-blow retelling, the album plays like a reintroduction where the notes feel familiar, but sound new again.
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Matthew Leimkuehler, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
As the live-action retelling swoops into theaters, here's where to stream every How to Train Your Dragon movies and animated series.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 13 June 2025
Both, nevertheless, lacked the linear roads to recovery that make for suspenseful narrative retellings.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
The streaming service has greenlit a retelling of the life of Quasimodo, the man said to have inspired Victor Hugo’s bell-ringer in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 June 2025
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Matthew Leimkuehler, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
As the live-action retelling swoops into theaters, here's where to stream every How to Train Your Dragon movies and animated series.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 13 June 2025
Both, nevertheless, lacked the linear roads to recovery that make for suspenseful narrative retellings.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
The streaming service has greenlit a retelling of the life of Quasimodo, the man said to have inspired Victor Hugo’s bell-ringer in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 June 2025
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“Retelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retelling. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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