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The Full Scope of Disney Buying Fox

carolinepreshous | Dec 16, 2017 | 0

Disney’s acquisition of Fox means a lot more than character rights and franchises; it’s a deal that could change television and film as we know it. The deal of the year has been confirmed – Disney have bought Fox for $52.4 billion, they will also acquire $13.7 billion of debt making the de...

REVIEW: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

AlexGherzo | Dec 15, 2017 | 0

I didn’t like The Force Awakens. I hated its refusal to explain its central conflict, its misuse of – and seeming distaste for – the classic characters (one in particular), its disappointing villain, its endless dangling story threads, and, most of all, its replicating the entire plot of A New...

The 10 Best Kingdom Hearts Bosses

Geeks + Gamers | Aug 15, 2017 | 0

“What is this strange video game with Disney characters and spiky-haired anime teens?” I recalled thinking to myself as I watched a teaser for Kingdom Hearts back in 2002 on my VHS copy of Disney’s House of Villains. Little did I know that would mark the beginning of my fascination with this u...

REVIEW: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

virginiakublawi | Apr 24, 2017 | 0

A year after Pocahontas, Disney released a film with a higher budget that would earn a lower box office return, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Like so many Disney animated features, Hunchback was based on a novel. But this novel was a little different from The Fox and the Hound and Tarzan of the Apes....

REVIEW: Pocahontas (1995)

virginiakublawi | Apr 16, 2017 | 0

Following a period of financial prosperity and critical adoration, Disney released Pocahontas to disappointing box office and critical reception. Artists and storytellers at Disney expected their biggest hit yet, but it wasn’t to be. Pocahontas tells the fictionalized account of the Powhata...

REVIEW: The Lion King (1994)

virginiakublawi | Apr 7, 2017 | 0

The Disney Renaissance came to a head with 1994’s The Lion King. The past five years had been a time of change and prosperity at the studio after years of financial and critical disappointment; however, nobody had an inkling of The Lion King’s future success. Everyone and their mother has seen a...