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Disney Releases First Lion King Trailer
The Pride Lands are about to get the live-action treatment as the first teaser for Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King has been released. Like most people of my generation, I loved The Lion King growing up. It was the first movie I saw four times in the theater (a record that has since … ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
It’s rare that the words “Disney sequel” mean anything good. That being said, when it was revealed that directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston were working on a sequel to Wreck-It-Ralph, I was pretty excited. Wreck-It Ralph wasn’t one of my very favorite Disney movies, and I found Va...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season 1, Episode 8 “Synara’s Score”
*Spoilers* In “Synara’s Score,” Yeager receives a message from Doza that pirates will be attacking soon. Yeager tasks Neeku with staying in the shop working all day and sends Tam and Kaz to get a tracker chip. After being unable to find it affordably, Kaz asks Synara for help findi...
Read MoreWhy I’m Excited: Rogue One TV Series
Full disclosure: I was trying to avoid writing this one, in part because I just did a Star Wars-centric piece and I wanted to space (no pun intended) out Star Wars articles. Yet when the Rogue One TV series was announced with Diego Luna reprising the role of Cassian Andor, the possibilities began ro...
Read MoreGina Carano to Fight Her Way Through The Mandalorian
It looks like MMA star Gina Carano is about to trade the ring for outer space. Variety reports that Carano has been cast in the Pedro Pascal-led The Mandalorian. Her exact role in the project is being kept quiet. Carano has had a couple of starring roles, most notably the Steven Soderbergh directed�...
Read MoreThe Nutcracker and the Problem with the Disney Brand
When I first saw the trailers for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, I was excited. It looked like a brand new fantasy world for fans to sink their teeth into, though my enthusiasm was tempered a bit by this world having a veneer of “sameness” resembling other Disney features like Alic...
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