(Infinity and Beyond is a regular bi-weekly column documenting the 25-year filmography of Pixar Animation Studios, film by film. In today’s column, writer Josh Spiegel highlights Finding Nemo.) Pixar Animation Studios had not stepped wrong with its first four feature films. Though they weren’t all perfect, the two Toy Story films, A Bug’s Life, and […]
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- 2/28/2020
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
(Revisiting the Renaissance is a bi-weekly series in which Josh Spiegel looks back at the history and making of the 13 films of the Disney Renaissance, released between 1986 and 1999. In today’s column, he discusses the 1996 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.) In the mid-1980s, when Jeffrey Katzenberg sat down to watch an […]
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- 8/27/2019
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
(Revisiting the Renaissance is a bi-weekly series in which Josh Spiegel looks back at the history and making of the 13 films of the Disney Renaissance, released between 1986 and 1999. In today’s column, Spiegel discusses the 1988 Charles Dickens adaptation Oliver & Company.) When Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Frank Wells joined the C-suite […]
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- 5/21/2019
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
(Revisiting the Renaissance is a bi-weekly series in which Josh Spiegel looks back at the history and making of the 13 films of the Disney Renaissance, released between 1986 and 1999. Today’s column both serves as an introduction to the series, and tackles the first film of the Renaissance, 1986’s The Great Mouse Detective.) The […]
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- 5/7/2019
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
“Ocean’s 8” is a fun heist movie with a stellar cast (Anne Hathaway gets most of the praise), but it doesn’t quite match the original “Ocean’s” trilogy, critics say.
“This caper’s a keeper. On a scale of one to 10, ‘Ocean’s 8’ scores a 9,” New York Daily News’ Stephen Whitty wrote in his review.
“The beauty of ‘Ocean’s 8’ is how it manages to transcend its status as ‘the female ‘Ocean’s 11,'” delivering a bold, funny and joyous crime caper that gives its predecessor a run for its money,” added Refinery 29’s Anne Cohen.
Also Read: 'Ocean's 8' Film Review: Sandra Bullock and Her Female Crew Idle Amiably in Heist Farce
Currently, the heist movie holds a score of 76 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Time Out’s Tomris Laffly says that the film starring Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett sticks to the formula but never “matches...
“This caper’s a keeper. On a scale of one to 10, ‘Ocean’s 8’ scores a 9,” New York Daily News’ Stephen Whitty wrote in his review.
“The beauty of ‘Ocean’s 8’ is how it manages to transcend its status as ‘the female ‘Ocean’s 11,'” delivering a bold, funny and joyous crime caper that gives its predecessor a run for its money,” added Refinery 29’s Anne Cohen.
Also Read: 'Ocean's 8' Film Review: Sandra Bullock and Her Female Crew Idle Amiably in Heist Farce
Currently, the heist movie holds a score of 76 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Time Out’s Tomris Laffly says that the film starring Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett sticks to the formula but never “matches...
- 6/6/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
(Welcome to The Disney Discourse, a recurring feature where Josh Spiegel discusses the latest in Disney news. He goes deep on everything from the animated classics to the theme parks to live-action franchises. In this edition: Peter Pan turns 65 and it’s time to grapple with this popular but problematic classic.) Few stories have endured throughout […]
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- 2/5/2018
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
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