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The Rock: Always The Rocksmaid, Never The Rocksgroom
This Friday will see the release of The Rock’s (None of this Dwayne Johnson nonsense, he’s The Rock) newest action tentpole Hercules, with him playing the historic hero. You’ve probably already made up your mind if you’re going to see this film or not, you’re not anxiously waiting on the fence. You probably haven’t given […] More
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‘Hercules’, starring Dwayne Johnson, releases its first trailer
While Dwayne Johnson first came to the public eye as a wrestler, recent years has seen the performer making a successful segue into movies, with roles in features such as The Rundown, The Other Guys, Fast Five, and Pain & Gain to his credit. Fans of the performer were thus excited to learn that his […] More
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‘Fantasia 2000,’ and Why It Should Be Considered Part of the Disney Renaissance
“I think we’re all glad that they changed the name to Fantasia,” states Steve Martin dryly during his introduction of Fantasia 2000 regarding the film’s predecessor, which was originally called The Concert Feature. (Fantasia may be a slightly cooler-sounding title, but it’s not much more inviting to the average audience member than The Concert Feature.) […] More
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‘The Jungle Book’ and Racism in Disney’s Animated Features
The release of The Jungle Book on Blu-ray today has become, as when Saving Mr. Banks was unveiled a couple months ago, an unplanned forum on a most thorny issue for the Disney uber-fan: was Walt Disney a racist/sexist/anti-Semite, and if so, was he a super-racist/sexist/anti-Semite, or just your average, garden-variety racist/sexist/anti-Semite? Even though the […] More