Tag Archives: #Disney

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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Re-examining the backlash against ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ one year later

Posted on December 18, 2018 by reelentropy

Star Wars: The Last Jedi celebrated its first birthday last Saturday, though it feels like we’ve been living under its shadow for ages – time moves strangely in the era of American fascism. Criticism of the film exists at a … 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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On ‘Christopher Robin,’ ‘Eighth Grade’ and parents making movies about children

Posted on September 5, 2018 by reelentropy

2/10 Oh my shitting God, they killed Christopher Robin’s parents too. Disney’s Christopher Robin starts with the title character (Ewan McGregor, Orton O’Brien as a child) being sent to dreary, grey boarding school and necessarily abandoning his fuzzy friends that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #Batman, #Disney, #mpaa, Disney's Christopher Robin, Dumbo, Eighth Grade, Elsie Fisher, Ewan McGregor, Mary Poppins Returns, The Breakfast Club, Where the Wild Things Are, Winnie the Pooh | Leave a comment

Against all odds, ‘Solo’ is pretty good

Posted on May 27, 2018 by reelentropy

8/10 It’s finally here — Solo: A Star Wars Story, the movie-like Star Wars product that no one waited for. That’s not to say it wasn’t anticipated, but no one at Disney wasted even a moment holding their breath for … Continue reading →

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