Of all the Main Characters on the internet, there is perhaps no creature that merits more opprobrium, more rank disgust, than the Disney Adult. Characterized by their omnipresent enthusiasm, rose-gold Minnie Mouse ears, and gum-baring grins while posing for selfies in front of Cinderella’s Castle, Disney Adults are grown people …
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Last year’s release of The Lion King and Aladdin reboots brought on a wave of disappointment and criticism — a collective realization that Disney‘s strategy of releasing live-action versions of classic animated movies was a creatively bankrupt cash-grab. In Los Angeles, this sentiment spurred Salem Ilese, Bendik Møller, and Jason …
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A review of The Mandalorian‘s second episode, “The Child,” coming up just as soon as weapons are part of my religion… In its series premiere, The Mandalorian came across as fun but slight: a pulpy adventure about a stock anti-hero with a heart of gold, played with minimal dialogue by …
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It really is incredible. Yes, the sequel to Brad Bird’s 2004 classic is not the groundbreaker that stormed the multiplex 14 years ago – you only get to be shiny new once. Pixar‘s animated miracle didn’t look or sound like anything else, being about a family of superheroes forced into …
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