Tag Archives: Disney

Pinocchio (2022) Review

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/pinocchio-2022-review/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Disney, Family Film, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Pinocchio, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks | Leave a comment

HBO Max, Scuttling Content and the Waste of the Streaming War

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

This week the completely dumbfounding news emerged that HBO Max has cancelled two upcoming films that had already been completed; Adil and Bilall’s BATGIRL and animated sequel SCOOB: HOLIDAY HAUNT. It’s not unheard of for studios to pull the plug … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Comment, Television | Tagged Adil El Arbi, Batgirl, BBC, Bilall Fallah, DC, Disney, Doctor Who, HBO Max, Netflix, Scoob!, Warner Brothers | Leave a comment

‘Hercules’ at 25 – Review

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Animation, Disney, Family Film, Hercules, John Musker, Ron Clements, Susan Egan, Tate Donovan | Leave a comment

‘Beauty and the Beast’ at 30 – Review

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

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Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Alan Menken, Animation, Beauty and the Beast, Disney, Gary Trousdale, Howard Ashman, Kirk Wise, Paige O’Hara, Robbie Benson | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Jungle Cruise (2021)

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

There’s a ridiculous moment in Disney’s JUNGLE CRUISE where the Rock is using a wrestling move to pin a jaguar between a scrapping scorpion and a tarantula – that’s probably the highlight. Muddy action, inane comic exchanges and bad slapstick … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Aguirre the Wrath of God, Disney, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Jaume Collet-Serra, Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

RAYA might lose some points for its narrative being a very familiar shape with key story beats you could sleepwalk between, but it makes up for it by getting the casting right and being one of the most beautiful looking … Continue reading →