Scenes from the film: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 

In this film, Jake learns about his grandfather who faced danger as a boy in Wales during World War II. When he accompanies his dad from Florida, he finds a secial portal that allows him travel back in time, finding the home where is grandfather and other boys and girls were evacuated to. It was safer than having stayed in the cities. But Jake soon finds that safe place can have its own dangers. He is surprised to learn that he has specialties like the vaious children from a time long ago.

The movie is based on the novel, "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs.

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

Sincere thanks is given the the film company, director, producer,

cast and crew of this thought provoking film.

Answers to One More Movie Trivia as We Move To Long Underwear Season!

This was a tough one, so I'm relenting and giving you the answers below to this great film!

Take a close look at these scenes from a popular film a few years back, Union Suit Fans, and give us your best answers to the questions below:

From what movie are these scenes taken from? 

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 

Name three peculiarities of any three of the kids?  

1) Emma Bloom is able to control air even under water but floats up and away into the atmosphere due to her peculiar Air Floatation challenge. She must either wear lead boots to keep her safely on the ground or be tethered by rope when removing off her boots.

2) Claire Densmore has a second mouth hidden under her hair in the back of her head. She demonstrates by holding a turkey leg at the back of her head and chomping down. 

3) Millard Nullings is the invisible boy. He can only be seen when wearing clothes but even then his hands and head are always invisible.

One character wears long underwear for pajamas. Who is the boy in his union suit pj's?  

That boy is Hugh Apiston, played by actor Milo Parker

Why is his face partially covered in bees in the first photo?

Hugh as a little boy swallowed a bee so now whenever he speaks or opens his mouth for any reason, swarms of bees fly out, staying close to him as if he is a beehive.

He is pecular because in that he commands, communicates and protects bees that live in stomach through his mind. 

Why did the kids don gas masks? They live in 1943 at the height of Germany's bombing raids on England. In a loop to keep them always at the same age, the children go outside to see the deadly approach of a German aircraft that would drop deadly poison on the ground below.

One of the three main characters in this film is a 16 year old boy who finds a way to visit this remarkable home. Who is this young actor and what is the name of his character? 

He is Asa Butterfield who plays Jake Portman, an American teenager and Abe's grandson. Jake's grandfather, Abe Portman was one of the peculiar children taken in back in the 1940's.

Jake is ready for bed and ponders his fate at a Wales hotel
with his dad before visiting the Peculiar Home

This dramatic, fantasy film was written by Jane Goldman, story of Ransom Riggs, and directed by the incomparable, Tim Burton. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, this thriller was filmed in London, England and near Tampa Bay, Florida, premiering on September 25, 2016.  Sincere thanks is given the the film company, director, producer, cast and crew of this thought provoking film.

 

Speaking of BVD Underwear  

(And I was if you paid attention to my last three postings) You can still purchase, wear and enjoy underwear similar to BVD's, the type of suits your relatives wore a mere 100 years ago, and as did Lucius in the film, The Reivers. 

Take a look at summer one-piece, short underwear that Retro Jeff and Buckeye Mike have resorted to these past smokey, sweltering, dog days of summer:

And, how about these "short johns" that Retro sports on warm days...

Let me know if you if you follow their course by purchasing some "BVDs" of your own.

  

Simply shop on line today to get yours... 

....And tell them Retro and Buckeye sent you!

A YesterYear Boy in Summer Underwear, Part Three 

Hearing all the shouting between Ned and Lucius, Boon came running to the open window to see what all the commotion was about. When he realized Ned was outside holding the reins of a horse down in the dark, he raced down the stairs and out into the garden: 

   

But where was Ned?

Surprised and now wide awake, Lucius ran out of the house in just his BVD underwear, accompanied by the entire household, to confront Ned, a most unexpected night visitor: 

Sure enough there stood Ned with a horse. But Why? 

Bewildered and not too happy, Boon confronted Ned and seeked to understand why he brought them a horse in the middle of the night!!  

Stunned beyond words, Boon had to sit down, sighing and holding his head.  This couldn't be happening!  Could it??

 

Lucius, now wrapped warmly in a blanket covering him in his BVDS's on this cold night, approached Ned and was given the low down... 

 

What Ned told the boy was a humdinger! 

But rather than spoil the second half of the film, I recommend you rent, buy or stream The Reavers!  You won't be disappointed. You really will want to get your hands on the book too!  There is so much more to this story than the movie could depict unless it had been made into a mini-series. 

Again, Special Thanks to William Faulkner, Mark Rydell, Director, Irving Ravetch, Producer, and the Production Companies: Cinema Films, Duo Films, Solar Production, and National General Pictures. And also to the outstanding cast and crew! What a joy....Chris