Posts Tagged ‘Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’
Film Review – Toy Story 4
When Toy Story (1995) was first released, I was twelve years old. Now I’m in my thirties and the series is in its twenties. Time has been far kinder to the franchise. I make that correlation because it’s remarkable how the team at Disney/Pixar has…
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Episode 10 – Aladdin and Booksmart
On this episode of the podcast, Keith and Cassidy review Disney‘s live-action remake of their animated classic Aladdin and Olivia Wilde‘s directorial debut, the teen, coming of age comedy Booksmart. We also discuss sleazy pinball art, Upright Citizen’s Brigade. At the end of the program,…
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Film Review – Aladdin (2019)
Disney’s shameless practice of remaking their classic animated films into cynical live action cash grabs continues with Aladdin (2019). Perhaps I’m being a little too facetious with that last sentence. There’s nothing inherently wrong with remakes, some of the greatest pictures ever made were redone…
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Episode 7 – Avengers: Endgame and Missing Link
On this week’s podcast, we review the epic conclusion to the last decade of Marvel movies, Avengers: Endgame. We also discuss LAIKA’s new stop-motion animated feature Missing Link. Before the reviews, we share our picks for who should play in the MCU’s Fantastic Four now…
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Film Review – Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame (2019) is the most “superhero movie” superhero movie ever made. It’s a sprawling culmination of a decade’s worth of characters and storyline development. Throughout its three-hour runtime, it exhibits both the positive and negative aspects of the genre on a massive scale. Credit…
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Film Review – Mary Poppins Returns
In a time of unnecessary sequels, reboots, and remakes, it’s refreshing to come across one that actually deserves to exist. Fifty-four years after the release of Mary Poppins (1964) comes its sequel, Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Once again, we find that magical nanny – who’s…
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Interview – Kira Lehtomaki – Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spencer interviews head of animation Kira Lehtomaki from the animated adventure Ralph Breaks the Internet.
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Film Review – The Nutcracker and The Four Realms
How to create a fairly generic preteen holiday fantasy: Start with a base of a cost effective public domain property, slather in copious amounts of CGI, pepper using the money you saved on originality to hire several talented actors who should know better, stir with…
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