Posts Tagged ‘Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’
Film Review – Guardians of the Galaxy (Second Take)
The best thing about Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) is the amount of new faces now entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After years of seeing Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and other Avengers take multiple turns at the movie theater, seeing these characters introduced for…
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Film Review – Guardians of the Galaxy
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away roguish heroes taught us that being an outlaw and saving the day didn’t have to be mutually exclusive. With a confident, yet sly smile, a person could go between the halves of the world, the…
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SIFF Interview – Bonnie Arnold – How to Train Your Dragon 2
Spencer interviews producer Bonnie Arnold from the animated adventure How to Train Your Dragon 2 at SIFF 2014.
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Film Review – Million Dollar Arm
I openly admit that I’m a sucker for sports movies inspired by true stories. The Rookie, Invincible, Rudy, Miracle, Remember the Titans… I’m pretty much a fan of it all. There is something about them distilling the challenges of the underdog overcoming his obstacles that…
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Film Review – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The problem I’ve always had with Captain America is the same as my problem with Superman, they are both such goody two-shoes. Because of that, it makes them more challenging to embrace since they never really exist in any gray space, they seem more like…
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Film Review – Need For Speed
We’re only a quarter of the way through 2014, but we’ve found a candidate for Goofiest Movie of the Year. Need For Speed (2014) continues the trend of video games turned into films. The trend hasn’t been a good one. No consideration is taken for…
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Film Review – The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki has been often referred to as the Walt Disney of Japan. He has been the driving force behind Studio Ghibli. He has churned out a slew of classic animated films over the years. Being in his seventies, he is claiming that his newest…
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An Appreciation – Beauty and the Beast
One of the best sequences in Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast, 1946) comes when Belle (Josette Day) first enters the castle of the mysterious Beast (Jean Marais). Done completely in slow motion, we see her come into the main…
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