Author: Virginia Kublawi
REVIEW: The Incredibles (2004)
“We’re superheroes. What could happen?” In anticipation of Incredibles 2 coming out this week, I’d like to talk about the first film, and some of the events leading up to its initial release. In 1999 Warner Bros. animation studio released Brad Bird’s directorial debut, The Iron Giant. ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2 “Baymax Returns”
In 2014 Walt Disney Animation released Big Hero 6, a movie based on a little-known Marvel comic about a team of 6 superheroes. The film made a lot of changes, including making the characters more diverse as opposed to the original, all-Japanese team and setting the story in the fictional city of San...
Read MoreREVIEW: Westworld, Season 2, Episode 8 “Kiksuya”
“I heard a new voice inside. But before I understood it, they took everything away from me. That was the first time I lost her.” *Spoilers* “Kiksuya” is introduced to us by way of the Man in Black crawling, half dead, to the river and being discovered by one of the Ghost Nation hosts. They &...
Read MoreYou Should Be Watching – Alice: Through the Looking Glass
“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 MoreREVIEW: Lost in Space, Season 1, Episode 9 “Resurrection”
“Whatever you think of me and the things that I’ve done, I’m not a monster.” *Spoilers* “Resurrection” opens with a flashback of the Robinson family on Earth discovering that the planet has been hit by a meteor. In the present, the kids are wondering where Maureen is and why June...
Read MoreREVIEW: Home on the Range (2004)
“Well, it doesn’t work for me!” After several disappointments in the early 2000s, things were getting tense at Walt Disney Animation. A film based on the Pied Piper legend was pitched and subsequently shot down by Michael Eisner, who believed parents wouldn’t take their kids to see a mov...
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