I love talking about movies. I love that experience of walking out of a theater and discussing the film I’ve just seen with someone, breaking it apart, looking at the pieces, understanding how the whole thing fits together and what makes it work (or not). It’s exciting to me, and it’s the whole reason I … Continue reading Movie Review – JURASSIC WORLD
I recently lost a bet with my friend Mark Diba, and now he’s making me watch seven dreadful movies produced by DisneyToon Studios. Follow along with my decent into madness HERE. When my friend Mark Diba gave me the list of movies I was to watch for losing this bet, he gave them to me in … Continue reading “Movie” Review – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: BELLE’S MAGICAL WORLD
I recently lost a bet with my friend Mark Diba, and now he’s making me watch seven dreadful movies produced by DisneyToon Studios. Follow along with my decent into madness HERE. The most amazing quality of these silly DisneyToon movies is how utterly devoid of content they are, and it’s a quality that makes them extremely … Continue reading “Movie” Review – THE LITTLE MERMAID: ARIEL’S BEGINNING
I recently lost a bet with my friend Mark Diba, and now he’s making me watch seven dreadful movies produced by DisneyToon Studios. Follow along with my decent into madness HERE. I am now three movies into this silly bet, and already I am beginning to feel exhausted. These are movies that are not just bad, … Continue reading “Movie” Review – THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME II
Note: This article contains SPOILERS Tomorrowland is a movie that has a lot it wants to say. You can tell, because the movie frequently makes time for characters to speechify about its themes practically to the camera. And you know what, I’m totally okay with that. It’s usually preferable for a film to employ more subtlety, … Continue reading How the End of TOMORROWLAND Misunderstands Its Own Themes
Thanks to the spread of information through the Internet, what was once a unique interpretation of a film has grown into a nearly axiomatic statement. Brad Bird’s The Incredibles espouses objectivist ideals, or at least that’s what the prevailing wisdom suggests. Myself, I’m not so sure. The film unquestionably deals with objectivist themes, but it … Continue reading Movie Review – TOMORROWLAND
I recently lost a bet with my friend Mark Diba, and now he’s making me watch seven dreadful movies produced by DisneyToon Studios. Follow along with my decent into madness HERE. Tonight I revisited Atlantis: The Lost Empire for the first time in almost ten years, and was incredibly surprised by just how good it is! … Continue reading “Movie” Review – ATLANTIS: MILO’S RETURN
About a month ago, I made a bet with my friend, Mark Diba. Mark, as you may know, is the world’s foremost expert on the works of DisneyToon Studios, the Disney animation division whose catalog includes the notoriously awful direct-to-video sequels of classic (and sometimes not so classic) Disney animated films. At the time I … Continue reading “Movie” Review – 101 DALMATIANS II: PATCH’S LONDON ADVENTURE
How soon is too soon to declare a movie a classic? Is it ten years? Five years? Two years? How about one hour after the first screening? Time will tell, but right now I believe that Mad Max: Fury Road is one for the ages. It is a masterclass in action filmmaking, specifically how to … Continue reading Movie Review – MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
When Knott’s Berry Farm first announced the details for their new interactive dark ride, I despaired. A ride-through shooting gallery themed around steampunk sea creatures eating the remains of former Knott’s attractions sounded so distinctly unappealing to me. Comparisons made to Disney’s Toy Story Midway Mania – a stunningly lazy attraction that is nothing more than … Continue reading Attraction Review – VOYAGE TO THE IRON REEF
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