Posts Tagged ‘Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’
Film Review – Ant-Man
As the Marvel Cinematic Universe enters its third phase, there have been questions of whether the journey the characters we’ve become familiar with (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, etc.) have started to run stale. While Avengers: Age of Ultron had plenty of fun moments, a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Inside Out
Unless you’ve been living in a cave or Dreamworks writing room the last few months, chances are you’ve caught glimpse of the relentlessly adorable marketing campaign for Pixar‘s Inside Out. Directed by Pete Docter, the stalwart, visionary leader behind Monsters, Inc. and Up, Inside Out might…
READ MORESIFF Interview – Pete Docter & Jonas Rivera – Inside Out
Spencer interviews director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera from the animated adventure Inside Out at SIFF 2015.
READ MOREFilm Review – Tomorrowland
This film is difficult to talk about. Part of the charm and fun of the new Disney film Tomorrowland is the mystery surrounding it. The Disney marketing machine has done an admirable job of whetting the public’s appetite for this story without revealing much at…
READ MOREFilm Review – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Joss Whedon appears to be of two sides with Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). On one end, the writing and direction has a deeper focus on emotionality and character development. On the other, is the requirement placed by Marvel to provide a large-scale extravaganza while…
READ MOREFilm Review – McFarland, USA
McFarland, USA (2015) is a sports movie that contains every cliché the genre has to offer. You want an underdog? You got it. How about a group of diverse people overcoming their differences for a common cause? You’ll get that here. And what about the…
READ MOREFilm Review – Big Hero 6
Walt Disney Animation has been making interesting choices in the last few years. The studio known for traditional fairytales has stepped out of the box as of late. Wreck-It Ralph (2012) tried something different, and even Frozen (2013) took well-worn tropes and flipped them to…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Hundred-Foot Journey
Let’s get something straight right off the bat: The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) is a fantasy. This is a story that does not resemble the real world, but something out of a fairy tale. It’s set in a magical village in the south of France, where…
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