It is probably very telling that the most endearing characters in Oz The Great and Powerful, the ones with the most emotional gravitas and who demand an audience’s empathy, are a china doll and a bellhop-clad monkey. Because for all the many fanciful things in this new Oz, a real […]
Our kiddie movie library is pretty massive: dozens of Scholastic Storybook Treasuries, a handful of Gustafer Yellowgolds, several Christmas-y ones like A Year Without A Santa, Miser Brothers’ Christmas, and Rudolph, all the ancient Strawberry Shortcake VHS tapes, Rainbow Brite, Busytown Mysteries, and Annie. So yeah, pretty massive, and also […]
***3/4/13 UPDATE*** Wreck-It Ralph is out on DVD tomorrow and Amazon’s pre-order just got even cheaper. Order now! I used to think that it took a lot to get me jazzed about a Disney film. More than just that Pixar desk light animation title screen. Turns out though, all it […]
There’s a scene in my favorite movie of all time, Kicking and Screaming (and before you ask, no, NOT the one with Will Ferrell), when one slightly older male character says to a youthful female on her 17th birthday: “hey, now you can read Seventeen Magazine and get all the […]
We’ve been somewhat spared so far this year. Some would argue this point, but I don’t think it’s been a brutally hot summer here in SE PA. Still, a couple weeks back it got ugly. Real ugly. So ugly that we dragged all the mattresses down the hallway to the […]
Oooooooh yeah. The prequel to The Wizard of Oz looks pretty terrific in this 2-minute sneak peek. Are you excited or nervous about the modern-day screwing with a legendary tale (that doesn’t always work out, see: the cinematic Dr. Seuss oeuvre)? Will you & your kids be there on March […]
I’m beyond excited to see a Disney film. [Phew] It’s going to take me some time to come to grips with that statement. But hell, Disney Pixar has made what appears to be a movie with a strong female character, a fiery redheaded princess named Merida who wants to change […]
The parting shot on the final page of this, the official The Lorax movie themed doodle book, asks children to “Draw yourself doing something to help the Earth”. Something like, say, not blowing $6 on a fucking doodle book that Random House didn’t even have the common sense or decency […]
