Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is the second true reboot of the Clancy character, after 2014’s Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. This time around, the analyst-turned field operative is played by John Krasinski, four years into his tenure at the CIA. Ryan has been looking into a possible terrorist cell, led by ...
Read More“You find a glimmer of happiness in this world, there’s always someone who wants to destroy it.” Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend movies and shows that deserve more attention. This week I’ll be looking at Finding Neverland, Marc Forster’s fantastical po...
Read More“Everyone parts with everything eventually, my dear.” The first in a new line of live-action remakes from Disney, Alice Wonderland opened in 2010 to tremendous financial success and mixed critical reviews. I remember seeing the characters on pencil cases, bookbags, clothing and more when the mov...
Read More“You’re something special, Jim. You’re going to rattle the stars you are.” When directors John Musker and Ron Clements pitched Disney’s The Little Mermaid to the company’s executives, they also pitched a movie called Treasure Island in Space. Then-chief of Walt Disney Studios Jef...
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 MoreToday my husband and I took my sisters to see A Wrinkle in Time, Disney’s latest live action offering. There’s a lot to enjoy in the film, but like my colleague Musa and many other reviewers have said, it doesn’t ultimately live up to the messages it’s trying to convey. Rather than simply re...
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