I have just finished Stranger Things, an 8 episode Netflix original, and it’s….good I guess. It begins with a mysterious disappearance and then meanders through how the town goes about finding said missing child. I enjoyed the first few episodes where we as the viewers are finding out things and trying to piece things together … More Stranger Things – a spoilery thought or two
Match 5 – #4 Beauty and the Beast (1991) vs #29 Oliver & Company (1988) ‘Tale as old as time…’ and a Dickens adaptation. Oliver & Company is an underseen (roughly has 10% of the number of votes as Beauty and the Beast on imdb). Billy Joel is great as Dodger and ‘Why Should I … More Disney Animated Classics Tournament – Round 1 (Matches 5-8)
To see how the seedings work etc. check out the previous post here as well as the tournament bracket. Let’s do this! Match 1 – #1 Pinocchio (1940) vs #32 Brother Bear (2003) A classic versus a pretender. Brother Bear is one of only two 2000s Disney Animated Classics that I have seen – and this … More Disney Animated Classics Tournament – Round 1 (Matches 1-4)
According to Wikipedia there are 56 Disney Animated Classics, the latest being last year’s Moana. After a quick count-up, I discovered I have seen 32 of these films and so thought it would be a bit of fun to do a bracket/tournament to try and determine my favourite of the bunch. First of all I … More Disney Animated Classics Tournament
A third film in a trilogy is a tricky thing to pull off. It needs to be enjoyable as a stand-alone but it also carries the unwritten obligation of tying up all the narrative strands from the previous two features in a satisfactory manner. Whether or not the film-makers decide to oblige is of course up … More War for the Planet of the Apes and Third Films in Trilogies
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