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REVIEW: The Little Mermaid (2023)

virginiakublawi | May 27, 2023 | 0

When I heard that Disney was remaking The Little Mermaid, I felt a familiar mixture of dread and tepid hopefulness. The Little Mermaid isn’t my favorite Disney movie, but it’s an undisputed classic that saved the animation studio at a crucial juncture in its storied history. And I do ...

Little Mermaid Trailer Finds its Legs

virginiakublawi | Mar 13, 2023 | 0

Disney dropped the first full trailer for The Little Mermaid remake last night during the Oscars telecast. Check it out here: This isn’t saying much, but this is the best the movie has looked yet. I think Melissa McCarthy is hamming it up way too much as Ursula, and I don’t like Awkwafi...

Little Mermaid Remake Gets a Release Date

virginiakublawi | Aug 5, 2022 | 1

This Friday, Disney officially announced that their live-action Little Mermaid remake will be released theatrically on May 26th, 2023. The film stars Halle Bailey in the titular role, with Melissa McCarthy, Daveed Diggs, Jonah Hauer-King, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, and Javier Bardem rounding out t...

REVIEW: Soul (2020)

virginiakublawi | Dec 29, 2020 | 0

Going into this year, Pixar‘s Soul was one of my most anticipated movies. The trailers didn’t make much of an impression on me, but when it comes to Disney and Pixar, I don’t go by the trailers, which are often intentionally misleading. I learned that from Tangled’s abysmal marketing cam...

Disney Investor’s Day News Round-up

virginiakublawi | Dec 13, 2020 | 0

In the vein of our coverage of various Marvel and Star Wars-related news from Disney’s Investor Day presentation, I wanted to take a look at some of the Disney and Pixar announcements as well. Quite a bit was announced for both streaming and theatrical releases, ranging from updates on project...

Soul Gets New Trailer in Wake of Disney+ Announcement

virginiakublawi | Oct 15, 2020 | 0

Disney released a surprise third trailer for Pixar’s Soul early Thursday morning. This comes only days after the film was announced as a Disney+ release for Christmas Day. The trailer displays some more dialogue and visuals, but overall exists more so to reiterate that Disney+ subscribers will hav...