Sorry I’m late with this but it’s still in time to make Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings a Christmas gift. If you don’t already get Disney+ or want to see more, a DVD, Blu-ray, 4K or digital purchase includes some deleted scenes that add a bit to the film. Spoiler alert. Xiang […]
Disney in a press release announced on Tuesday that they are producing a new set of Star Wars films, but not the films we are thinking of. This IS NOT the new trilogy produced by Rian Johnson, this IS NOT the Skywalker saga, This is a completely new project. The new set of […]
The live-action Beauty and the Beast movie surprised us all by recapturing our feelings for the Disney animated classic. Now it’s on Blu-ray, full of bonus features, and looks better than it even did in theaters. As expected, the Blu-ray picture is perfect. The live action sets come to life in high definition. It’s a […]
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES Character Posters Are Here! Walt Disney Pictures has released five new character posters for their upcoming film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Take 2 is the Podcast that talks about all the minutia in pop culture of the week. In this exciting episode, Chris and George talk of the latest craze to grip the country: Pokemon Go. The duo then breaks down news from Wreck It Ralph 2, the Flatliners remake, and a round of news out […]
Disney has had a hot streak. Zootopia, Jungle Book and Civil War all winners. Alice Through the Looking Glass may end up overshadowed by them, but it’s still great. I’m surprised Lewis Carroll didn’t write more sequels. Wonderland has infinite possibilities. Go back to that well! But hopefully the movies can visit Wonderland more than […]
Walt Before Mickey is an HBO level biopic of Walt Disney, which makes it better than Saving Mr. Banks, but still not the definitive Walt Disney movie. Despite the rough edges, I think it offers a worthwhile perspective on the hard times Disney faced before he became the ubiquitous Hollywood name he remains long after […]
In 2000 Disney released a revolutionary animated movie called Dinosaur. It was filmed using live action backdrops with animation of photoreal dinosaurs, who spoke English but otherwise looked like living, breathing Jurassic Park creatures in the prehistoric era. 15 years later, the only thing I remember about Dinosaur is that nobody remembers Dinosaur, but it […]
I’ve been really disturbed this summer to read reports on the failure of Tommorrowland that refer to it as an original film. Industry standards like The Hollywood Reporter and Variety have labeled it as an original. The analysis of Tomorrowland is a separate issue. As a simple matter of classification, Tomorrowland is adapted from a pre-existing intellectual […]