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Disney

Television Review: Disney’s Live-Action “Pinocchio” — A Necessary Remake

There are cringe-worthy moments as well as scenes of mesmerizing beauty in Disney’s live-action Pinocchio. But I’ll go against the critical grain and argue, for several small reasons, and for one big one, that it was necessary to make it.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Television Tagged: Disney, Pinocchio, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks

Film Review: “Polar Bear” — A Mother’s Tale of Survival in the Arctic

The protagonist of this engrossing, and troubling, story must draw on all her accumulated knowledge in order to cope with degradations to her habitat caused by what we, the viewers, know as global warming/climate change.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Disney, Polar Bear, Polar Bears International

Film Commentary: What Disney’s “Encanto” Says About Colombian Realities

In Colombia and Encanto, willful ignorance is the price paid for reassurance.

By: Jeremy Ray Jewell Filed Under: Commentary, Editorial, Featured, Film, Uncategorized Tagged: Disney, Encanto, Yulia Pereira

Music Documentary: “The Beatles: Get Back” — Back to Where They Once Belonged

Who else, but The Beatles, could command this much attention, of this many people, for that long of a time, and still be interesting, even joyous?

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Beatles, Disney, John Lennon, Let It Be, Matt Hanson, Peter Jackson, Ringo Starr, The Beatles: Get Back

Film Review: “Raya and the Last Dragon” — An Animated Plea for Unity

In addition to generalizations about Asian cultures — the voice actors come from a variety of Asian, but not all Southeast Asian, backgrounds — there are other issues a grown-up viewer might object to.

By: Cyrisse Jaffee Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Carlos López Estrada, Disney, Don Hall, Raya and the Last Dragon

Film Review: Disney’s “Cruella” — Fashionably Evil

Cruella is by far the best of the Disney reboots.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Craig Gillespie, Cruella, Disney, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson

Television Review: “Howard” — Homage to One of the Greatest Artists of the 20th Century

The great lyricist behind the Disney renaissance receives a moving tribute.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Disney, Howard, Howard Ashman, Sarah Mina Osman

Film Review: Disney’s Revamped “Jungle Book” — A Remarkable Remake

Those familiar with –and, like me, in love with — the 1967 animated Disney film, may fear (as I did) that the new version would substitute CGI for story.

By: Jason M. Rubin Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Disney, Jon Favreau, Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

Fuse Film Review: “The Finest Hours” — Enjoyable, Reliable, Predictable

The Finest Hours gives the audience two hours of fast moving, visually pleasing, easily digestible entertainment.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Casey Affleck, Chris Pine, Coast Guard, Craig Gillespie, Disney, Paul Dervis, The Finest Hours

Movie Review: “Million Dollar Arm” — A Pleasing Baseball Movie Where Fact and Fable Meet

Given its its male-weepy genre, the “inspirational sports movie based on a true story,” Million Dollar Arm is surprisingly enjoyable.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Baseball, Betsy Sherman, Craig Gillespie, Disney, Jon Hamm, Million Dollar Arm

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