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A Decade of Disney: Beauty and the Beast (1991)

virginiakublawi | Jul 27, 2019 | 0

Virginia: Welcome back to A Decade Of, in which we’ve been going over Disney’s Renaissance period. Today, Munir and I will be looking at what we consider to be Walt Disney Animation’s magnum opus, 1991’s Beauty and the Beast. The Little Mermaid, and to a lesser extent, the films directly bef...

REVIEW: Beauty and the Beast (1991)

virginiakublawi | Mar 8, 2019 | 0

Beauty and the Beast is commonly regarded not only as one of the best Disney films ever made, but as a great cinematic achievement in general. Based on the original novel by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, the film changed several key aspects of the story to differentiate itself from another Disn...

You Should Be Watching: Song of the Sea (2014)

virginiakublawi | Nov 5, 2018 | 0

Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I shine a spotlight on movies and TV series that need more love. This week we’re going on an adventure through Irish folklore with Tomm Moore’s Song of the Sea. Aside from featuring the mythical characters and lore of his homeland, Moore also based a...

You Should Be Watching: Tale of Tales (2015)

virginiakublawi | Sep 30, 2018 | 0

Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend lesser known or loved movies and TV series. This week I’ll be continuing my theme of horror, creature-features and anything suitable for Halloween. For this installment we’re slaying sea monsters with John C. Reilly in Tale of Tal...

REVIEW: Frozen (2013)

virginiakublawi | Aug 23, 2018 | 0

“What power do you have to stop this winter? To stop me?” Frozen has an interesting history. A loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, it was originally intended to stay closer to the original story. It was in and out of production from Walt’s time until it was ...

REVIEW: Tangled (2010)

virginiakublawi | Jul 26, 2018 | 0

“No! You were wrong about the world. And you were wrong about me!” Disney’s main marketing strategy for their 50th animated classic release was to emulate DreamWorks. Stateside, the characters were shown with mischievous smirks and the trailers employed violent slapstick comedy and pop son...