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REVIEW: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

virginiakublawi | Apr 24, 2017 | 0

A year after Pocahontas, Disney released a film with a higher budget that would earn a lower box office return, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Like so many Disney animated features, Hunchback was based on a novel. But this novel was a little different from The Fox and the Hound and Tarzan of the Apes....

REVIEW: Pocahontas (1995)

virginiakublawi | Apr 16, 2017 | 0

Following a period of financial prosperity and critical adoration, Disney released Pocahontas to disappointing box office and critical reception. Artists and storytellers at Disney expected their biggest hit yet, but it wasn’t to be. Pocahontas tells the fictionalized account of the Powhata...

REVIEW: The Lion King (1994)

virginiakublawi | Apr 7, 2017 | 0

The Disney Renaissance came to a head with 1994’s The Lion King. The past five years had been a time of change and prosperity at the studio after years of financial and critical disappointment; however, nobody had an inkling of The Lion King’s future success. Everyone and their mother has seen a...

Give and Take in Superhero Cinema

AlexGherzo | Jul 14, 2016 | 0

The other day I was talking to a friend and he brought up the idea that there’s no such thing as a perfect movie, arguing that the best films have flaws that enhance them rather than sully them. In principle, I disagree with this (a Hitchens quote comes to mind: “It’s only true if you …...

REVIEW: Ant-Man (2015)

AlexGherzo | Jul 17, 2015 | 0

With Ant-Man, Marvel can place one more check in the win column. They’ve made another fun superhero adventure with a beating heart and a pair of heroes that it’s easy to root for. The film stumbles here and there, and it isn’t one of the better Marvel movies, but it’s still a total blast of ...

Spy Games

AlexGherzo | May 4, 2015 | 0

*Author’s Note: Like my article on Captain America, this piece was written before I saw Avengers: Age of Ultron and I decided not to alter it to accommodate that film.* Starting with Iron Man back in 2008, Marvel decided to bring the world of comic books to movie screens in a way no one had &h...