REVIEW – “Wish”: A Disney Love Letter, Low on the Pixie Dust
There was once a time in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ still-current string of animated adventures where everything they did settled for just a hair above average. However, even the best…
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REVIEW – “Haunted Mansion”: Ghostly Promenade Takes Two Steps Forward, One Back
It still feels like only yesterday – in reality, it was last February – that I and a few friends were standing in the center of the elongated hallway inside…
REVIEW – “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”: Fate Takes a Turn for the Mellow
When last we saw the oft-unpredictable mishaps of Indiana Jones, a character only George Lucas could fashion as an amalgam of evergreen 50s pulp fiction and 40s adventure serials, there…
REVIEW – “Elemental”: Pixar’s Latest Love Story Stuck on Autopilot
The last time moviegoing audiences bore witness to a purely original film out of Pixar, the world was on the brink of a shutdown due to the COVID pandemic. Onward…
REVIEW – “The Little Mermaid”: Bailey Part of Everyone’s World in New Disney Remake
Will a time ever come where Disney’s ongoing string of live action reboots or remakes reaches an abrupt stoppage point? It’s still the dream. But the realistic goal of tapping…
REVIEW – “Peter Pan & Wendy”: Fresh Spin on Classic Tale Flies with Refurbished Wings
The fanciful realm of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan has stood on its own for over a century as a novel, a play, a Broadway musical, varied types of experimental theater,…
REVIEW – “Strange World”: Journey to the Center of Indecision
Imagine if you will a pitch meeting at a major Hollywood studio. The pressure is on to live up to the pedigree of past works. And even with that constant,…
REVIEW – “Pinocchio”: It’s More Like a Game than a Disney Reboot
Legacy is immortal, neither provoked nor challenged by the passage of time. When a film captures the hearts of its audience the same way first nighters back in the day,…
REVIEW – “Rise”: Basketball Biopic Answers Back To Charming Occasion
The sharp reality is here: basketball’s reached its off-season. Activity’s completely off the court until October, replaced by business offices and training rooms. What is not lost in that moment…