Captain Marvel, the 21st film in the MCU, rolls out this weekend with the comic book-based film series’ first female protagonist. Brie Larson is steady and assured as a character who keeps getting up. The story doesn’t always work, but it knows it and it doesn’t care. I haven’t made it a secret that I […]
Mary Poppins Returns Offers New Spin On Classic Story
Mary Poppins Returns is Rob Marshall’s sequel to the classic Disney film, which reminds us to treasure the inner child in all of us. Emily Blunt, Ben Whishaw and Lin Manuel Miranda are sensational. The story is not as sensational. Now in theaters. I feel it incumbent upon myself to proclaim that I have not […]
I Gripe: Oscar History Key to New Problems
Oscar is the subject of this week’s, I Gripe, a new op-ed series from film critic Ben Cahlamer as he explores the frustrating aspects of Hollywood, the constant politicking that affects the business of filmmaking, thusly poking the ire of social mediaists and general filmgoers. Oscar has a new President and New Rules; Reactions galore […]
Sticky ‘Christopher Robin’ Is Unimaginative
Marc Forster’s Christopher Robin benefits from a strong cast. The uneven story is more interested in the technology than the themes it tries to convey. It is interesting that within the span of a year, we have gotten two live-action films centered around Christopher Robin, the real-life character from A. A. Milne’s and E.H. Shepard’s Winnie […]
Funko News: TaleSpin Pop!s Coming Soon
Per Funko Blog: Friends for life, through thick and thin with another tale to spin … Take a journey to Cape Suzette, home to perhaps the only one-plane delivery service operated by a bear in the entire world. The stars of the ‘90s Disney cartoon series TaleSpin are getting the Pop! treatment, making for a rowdy, colorful addition to […]