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REVIEW: Turning Red (2022)
Pixar used to be my favorite thing in the whole world. They’ve produced some of my favorite movies, and I actually wanted to be an artist there when I was a kid. I still think the legendary studio is capable of greatness, but they’ve let me down a lot in the past few years. However, &hel...
Read MoreAd-Supported Disney+ is About “Consumer Choice”
Disney CFO Christine McCarthy has refuted claims that Disney+’s upcoming “with ads” version is a “Hail Mary” play to get more subscribers. The financial executive insists that the introduction of more streaming versions is being done to offer more options to the consumer. McCarthy says Dis...
Read MoreIan McKellen Defends Helen Mirren | “We’re Acting. We’re Pretending.”
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Mar 7, 2022 | 0
We live in an era in which actors are increasingly not allowed to pretend for a living, despite that being their very job. The last few years have seen many controversies regarding the casting of certain roles where the actors in question do not fit the belief or sexual orientation of their characte...
Read MoreMovie Producer and Star Wars Savior Alan Ladd Jr. Passes Away at 84
Yesterday, Wednesday, March 2, the family of Alan Ladd Jr. announced that he had passed away peacefully at home. Ladd was a movie producer and the former president of Twentieth Century Fox, helping to bring films like Braveheart and The Man in the Iron Mask to life. He holds a special place in th...
Read MoreDisney “Pauses” Theatrical Releases From Russia Following Ukraine Invasion
Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Disney has decided to temporarily pull their theatrical films from Russian cinemas. This includes the upcoming Turning Red, which is receiving the straight-to-streaming treatment stateside. While other studios work to decide how to handle the precarious situati...
Read MoreBrad Pitt Producing Beetlejuice 2
Brad Pitt may have just resurrected the Ghost with the Most. According to The Ankler (which has the bulk of the story behind a paywall, so check out the details at ComicBook.com), Pitt’s production company, Plan B Entertainment, has picked up the production rights to Beetlejuice 2, the long-gestat...
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