It's no secret that ever since I've gotten a child my opportunities to watch movies has decreased significantly. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade parenthood for the world, but the fact is my childless days afforded me many chances to check out movies on the big screen. However a side-benefit of having a child …
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I looked out my window and realized that the tree in my front yard is slowly starting to yellow. Pair that with the incessant back-to-school displays and the slow creep of Halloween merchandise in stores and it is increasingly clear that summer is drawing to an end. Now wise and well-adjusted people might take that …
Bambi is the final film in this series and the final great film in Disney's original golden period. As with most of the first five films, it was a tremendous creative risk for the Disney company especially since it was a film with no human characters, no typical magical elements, and with a firm focus …
Shin Godzilla is the latest reboot of an iconic character who has terrorized and terrified Japan (and parts of the USA) for many years since its debut in 1954. While this is an ambitious entry into the series and finds itself hitting a lot of the right notes, it ultimately stumbles across the finish line …
August is traditionally not a great time for movie fans. It's too late in the summer season for studios to release any of their heavy-hitting blockbusters but it is also way too early for those studios to release any of the prestige pics that they hope will make an impact come awards season. And so …
The story starts out simple and conventional enough. We meet the titular character (John Turturro) in the moment of his breakthrough triumph as he opens a successful proletariat play in New York and is summoned to Hollywood for a quick cash-grab on his presumptive journey to crafting a new and better theatre "for the common …
Dumbo came at an interesting time in the Walt Disney company. It followed two critical successes but commercial flops in Pinocchio and Fantasia. In addition World War II was raging, and with it a huge chunk of foreign box office revenue (about 45% of total box office revenue at the time) was cut off. Desperate to keep the financial …
Generally speaking it’s much easier for me to come up with “Best” lists than it is for worst lists. Most of the reason is because I have the freedom to avoid bad films. Since I’m not a professional film critic (and barely an amateur one) I’m not forced to cover movies that I know are …
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The third movie of a trilogy is always a tricky act. With the first film you get to introduce a brand new idea and a brand new world to an audience. Do that job right and you get to produce your sequel in which you expand the world, deepen the storytelling, grow your characters, and, …
If Snow White was the coming out party for Walt Disney and for feature animation, then Fantasia is the wild, slightly drunk, and fearless after-party in which all caution is thrown to the wind and the Walt Disney company simply decided to go for broke. It is hard to understate just how bizarre a movie Fantasia is. There was nothing …
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