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
After loudly complaining about the absurdity of having a fake holiday predicated on a bad pun, it looks like I too am posting Star Wars content on “Star Wars Day.” It’s unavoidable, it seems. Silly holiday or not, I had a lot of fun recording this podcast. A few weeks ago I attended Star Wars Celebration … Continue reading Podcast: Discussing STAR WARS Celebration (and More) with Castle to Castle
After the first season of Star Wars Rebels ended by blowing up the series’ status quo I’ve been looking forward to the next season with equal parts excitement and trepidation. I’ve explained all this at length, twice actually, and so going in to the Season Two premier tonight at Star Wars Celebration, I wasn’t sure … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “The Siege of Lothal” (Season Two Premier)
More so than anything else, Season One of Star Wars Rebels has gotten me excited about the future of the larger Star Wars series, so I knew that even if I couldn’t attend any other days, I had to make it to day three of Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim. After waiting in two different … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Season Two Panel and First Look
Well, the third time’s the charm, I suppose. I’ve been very vocal in my disdain for Disney’s latest scheme to mine recognizable brands for new products by taking some of their most beloved animated classics and giving them live action remakes. It plays into the larger, ugly Hollywood trend of remaking old movies not because … Continue reading Movie Review – CINDERELLA
Season One of Star Wars Rebels has come to an end, and all things considered, they had a pretty great first season. I certainly wasn’t expecting to completely fall in love with a new Star Wars cartoon, especially not to the point that it would actually compel me to go back and sit through the mostly … Continue reading Wild Speculation for STAR WARS REBELS Season Two
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