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Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride

The Highlights: An arranged marriage, a bumbling groom, and a bride from the Land of the Dead make for a musical farce set in a Victorian era village.

Drink Pairing: Champagne with infused fruit (pears or blackberries)

SYNOPSIS: An arranged marriage, a bumbling groom, and a bride from the Land of the Dead make for a musical farce set in a Victorian era village. Star-crossed, Victor and Victoria love each other in spite of the arrangement their parents have made to increase their own wealth and…

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Coraline

Coraline

The Highlights: Coraline is lured into a portal which appears more appealing than her current world where she encounters doppelgangers of her parents and neighbors.

SYNOPSIS: Coraline and her parents move into an old mansion that has been subdivided into apartments, and when Coraline is left to her own devices, she befriends Wybie, the Black Cat, Mr. Bobinsky and Miss Spink, her new neighbors. She is lured into a portal which appears more appealing…

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Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania

The Highlights: What happens when the world's most famous monsters and an ordinary human collide?

Drink Pairing: Mavis Margarita

What happens when the world’s most famous monsters and an ordinary human collide? The antics unfold at Count Dracula’s Hotel Transylvania when the Count invites his friends the Invisible Man and the Mummy to celebrate his daughter Mavis’ 118th birthday but an unwitting human arrives to disrupt the party….

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Monsters Inc.

Monsters, Inc.

The Highlights: Monsters have never been so loveable as Sulley and Mike in Disney's Pixar movie which addresses the literal monster in the closet...

Drink Pairing: Blue Margarita

Monsters have never been so lovable as Sully and Mike in Disney’s Pixar movie which addresses the literal monster in the closet. This odd couple pair are best friends and hold enormous clout at the Monsters Inc. scare factory as the top ‘scare team.’ It’s a title they hold…

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Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Highlights: Two of our favorite holidays - Halloween and Christmas - join forces to entertain the entire family with this stop-motion animated musical fantasy.

Drink Pairing: Drunken Peanut Butter Cup Cocktail

Two of our favorite holidays – Halloween and Christmas – join forces to entertain the entire family with this stop-motion animated musical fantasy. The story follows Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, from Halloween Town as he stumbles through a portal to Christmas Town. Jack is hooked and obsessed with…

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