Tag: Wish
Trailer: Mufasa: The Lion King
virginiakublawi | Apr 29, 2024 | 1
Today, Disney released the first full trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King. From director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk), Mufasa is part prequel, part sequel. We will see Mufasa become King of the Pridelands in the past, as well as a present timeline concerning Simba and his d...
Read MoreWish Becomes Third Most Streamed Disney+ Animation Debut
virginiakublawi | Apr 8, 2024 | 0
Disney’s Wish debuted on Disney+ last Wednesday, April 3rd. At this time, it has racked up 13.2 million views, trailing after Encanto and Frozen II, although no streaming numbers are available for those films. Pixar’s Elemental got 26.4 million views in its first five days, at least putting ...
Read MoreBob Iger Wins Disney Proxy War
AlexGherzo | Apr 3, 2024 | 0
If it were put up for a vote, do you think the passengers aboard the Titanic would have voted for the iceberg? I think it’s possible. In today’s annual shareholder meeting, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that he had won the proxy war instigated by Nelson Peltz that sought to get Peltz and Jay Ra...
Read MoreWhy Wish Doesn’t Work: Message – Messy, Muddled, and Maudlin
virginiakublawi | Dec 1, 2023 | 0
***SPOILERS*** Music and animation are musts for Disney animation. However, a good story can elevate a bland-looking film or make a good one great. The writing in Wish is a confounding mess that I just can’t get my head around. The movie is about wishes at its core but has nothing exciting or uni...
Read MoreWhy Wish Doesn’t Work: Animation
virginiakublawi | Nov 28, 2023 | 0
Disney has been at the cutting edge of animation technology since its inception, and when it’s not, it just purchases whoever is. Even if a Disney animated movie doesn’t have a strong story or characters, you can almost always expect a visual treat. I was very interested in Wish‘s�...
Read MoreWhy Wish Doesn’t Work: Characters
virginiakublawi | Nov 27, 2023 | 2
Since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney has been the master of creating memorable, lovable characters. And what would a bright-eyed protagonist be without their conniving evil counterpart? Surely, allies will be needed against such evil, be they animals, dwarfs, or enchanted objects. This is ...
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