Tag Archives: #alice in wonderland

‘Aladdin’ is one of the worst movies I have ever seen

Posted on May 25, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 As Disney plumbs ever deeper into its vault of classic- and renaissance-era features to remake live — or, “live” — it will inevitably begin to withdraw properties that will take more effort to translate into live-action or that make … Continue reading →

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Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ nobody’s baby

Posted on April 6, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 When a movie is advertised as “from the imagination of Tim Burton,” you tend to go into it expecting a real blue-blooded Tim Burton passion project, one that he really took ownership of and fought hard to get the … Continue reading →

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Now is not 1964

Posted on December 27, 2018 by reelentropy

3/10 The original Mary Poppins was a technical marvel, one that reinvigorated a dying genre and would be held unto this day as the crowning triumph of Disney productions. It was sold and resold and resold again on the strength of how … Continue reading →

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Once again, Disney loses tens of millions to bring you a terrible film

Posted on November 26, 2018 by reelentropy

3/10 In 2010, Alice went back into Wonderland to discover an ungodly amount of money, the kind of money that, at the time, could put a movie into the upper stratosphere of all-time projects. Disney would send her back in … Continue reading →

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Stay home! Watch the original! Save your money!

Posted on March 17, 2017 by reelentropy

2/10 Everyone’s tired of the endless stream of sequels, remakes and adaptations coming out of Hollywood these days, but they don’t have to be bad. Remakes can make an old story new again, or tell it in a completely different … Continue reading →

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