“No matter how good something looks, you can’t beat the real thing.” The new Netflix movie Kodachrome, based a 2010 New York Times article, tells the story of a father and son who travelled across the country to develop their Kodachrome film at Dwayne’s Photography, the last Kodak locati...
Read More“No matter where I go, you will always be my mother.” Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan novels may be among the most frequently adapted literary works of all time. Games, comics, movies and TV shows have been spun off from the books since almost the very beginning. Disney’s Tarzan is one of many ...
Read MoreRemakes as a concept are unfairly maligned (the same can be said for spin-offs). There have been plenty of stinkers made in practice, but a remake doesn’t have to be a bad idea. In fact, they can be on par with or, on occasion, even better than the original. For years now Disney has been … ...
Read MoreWes Anderson’s new film Isle of Dogs tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy searching for his dog. The movie is set twenty years in the future, when Japan has become overrun with dogs and dog-specific diseases. Mayor Kobayashi sends all dogs in the country to Trash Island, which is exactly w...
Read More“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” If The Hunchback and Notre Dame was too dark for Disney’s audience and Hercules was too silly, I think it fair to say that they found a happy medium with Mulan. The film re-tells an ancient Chinese legend about a woma...
Read More“This isn’t about opportunity; it’s about integrity.” Ted Kennedy, younger brother of Jack and Bobby, was known as the Lion of the Senate. He famously championed bills for women’s rights, education, and the impoverished, and was the potential candidate Richard Nixon feared the most with re...
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