#Craig Gillespie on Villains – /Film

#Craig Gillespie on Villains – /Film

“#Craig Gillespie on Villains – /Film” Cruella is a crime movie, and director Craig Gillespie seems to relish that. Sure, this is Disney’s latest live-action reboot, an attempt to bring an iconic character back into the spotlight with an expensive origin story. But it’s also a tale of revenge set against the backdrop of the…

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#Great Costumes, Sluggish Pacing – /Film

#Great Costumes, Sluggish Pacing – /Film

“#Great Costumes, Sluggish Pacing – /Film” Each of Disney’s live-action/CGI remakes, reboots, revivals, and re-imaginings has run up against the same challenge. Whether they’re about a boy growing up in the jungle, a young woman falling in love with a beast, or a girl falling through a rabbit hole to a magical fantasy world, these…

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#It’s Aladdin, But With a Magical Dragon – /Film

#It’s Aladdin, But With a Magical Dragon – /Film

“#It’s Aladdin, But With a Magical Dragon – /Film” Do you want to see John Cho doing his best Robin Williams? Well, the new Sony Animation movie Wish Dragon is granting your…wish. Cho voices the titular wish-granting magical dragon, Long, who is unleashed from an ancient teapot by a working-class college student (Jimmy Wong), sending the two of…

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#The Borrowers Reboot in the Works – /Film

#The Borrowers Reboot in the Works – /Film

“#The Borrowers Reboot in the Works – /Film” Next up to be rebooted is…*spins wheel*…The Borrowers. Because sure, why not? We’ve all agreed that there are no more new ideas so it’s best to just keep rebooting things forever until the sun burns out, and it’s been almost 25 years since Hollywood gave this one…

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#Stuck in a Ruff Situation – /Film

#Stuck in a Ruff Situation – /Film

“#Stuck in a Ruff Situation – /Film” Since Disney transitioned almost exclusively to 3D animated films, we’re sorely lacking in old-fashioned 2D animated musicals. And Netflix is going to fill that gap with its newest animated musical feature film, Arlo the Alligator Boy. Following the adventures of a half-human, half-alligator boy (duh) in New York City,…

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