Back in July, Disney's live-action Moana opened in theaters, a full decade after the animated original and just two years after Moana 2 made over a billion dollars worldwide. Early reviews were not kind. One critic called it the most pointless of Disney's live-action remakes. That's saying something, considering last year's live-action Snow White lost … Continue reading Happily Never After: How Disney Rewrote the Fairy Tales We Grew Up On
Animation History
Disney 26 – The Great Mouse Detective
The Great Mouse Detective 1986 Directed by John Musker, Ron Clements, Dave Michener, and Burny Mattinson Welcome back to Movie Monday. It's the first Monday of the month, which means we're taking our usual break from the cinematic bargain bin to spend some time with something I actually enjoy. And this month, we're staying in … Continue reading Disney 26 – The Great Mouse Detective
Anime’s Invasion
There's a specific memory I've carried around since childhood that I only fully understood much later. I remember watching an animated series on HBO... Dorothy in a world that looked somehow more detailed, more cinematic, and more emotionally sincere than the cartoons I was used to on Saturday mornings. It wasn't the 1939 Judy Garland … Continue reading Anime’s Invasion
Disney 25 – The Black Cauldron
The Black Cauldron 1985 Directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich Welcome back to Movie Monday. As we do every first Monday of the month, we're setting aside the disasters for something I actually enjoy. This month we're going dark — darker than Disney had ever gone before, in fact — with the studio's 1985 … Continue reading Disney 25 – The Black Cauldron
