Posted on July 18, 2019 at 12:23 am
Fifty years ago, a bunch of comic book fans got together to swap comics and stories and now it is a world-class extravaganza encompassing every possible category of what they call the lively arts. Television, movies, games, books, and, still comics — everything with an element of fantasy or science fiction and plenty that is …
Posted on July 17, 2019 at 8:00 am
They’re not revealing much about the technology, but this behind the scenes look at the making of the new “Lion King” is fun.
Posted on July 16, 2019 at 1:22 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | 4th - 6th Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for sequences of violence and peril, and some thematic elements |
| Profanity: | None |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Peril and violence, very sad and scary death of a parent |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 18, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: | October 21, 2019 |
I had a lot of skepticism going in to the “live action” remake of “The Lion King.” The last two live action remakes of animated Disney classics were disappointments. Even the best so far (in my opinion, “Beauty and the Beast“), could not escape its, well, remake-ness and justify itself as an independent work worthy …
Posted on July 11, 2019 at 5:30 pm
B-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for violence and language throughout, some sexual references and brief graphic nudity |
| Profanity: | Constant very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, male frontal nudity, potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drugs and drug dealing |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended and intense peril and violence with many graphic and disturbing images, many characters injured and killed, extended mayhem and destruction |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 12, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: | October 14, 2019 |
At least once every summer we have to get a dumb action comedy about a mismatched pair, so this summer it is “Stuber,” about an Uber driver named Stu. If you find that portmanteau witty — or don’t care whether it’s witty or not because it’s summer and you like to see chases and explosions …
Posted on July 8, 2019 at 3:13 pm
At the splendid Library of Congress tribute on the 70th anniversary of Disney’s Cinderella, I got to speak to Mary Walsh, the Managing Director of Disney’s animation library for thecredits.org. She told me that “Cinderella” was Disney’s first animated feature after WWII, where it was mostly working to support the war effort. So this return …
