“It’s actually perfect that Turning Red debuts in 2022—the year of the Tiger. I think it’s so cool that the Tiger represents strength, bravery, confidence, loyalty and ambition—qualities that define Mei, her mom and, really, our whole film crew. They’re the kind of qualities I’d proudly tuck into these red envelopes to share with allContinue reading “Turning red”
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After A Decade And Four Films, Actors Check Out With ‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’
Count Dracula a.k.a. “Drac” and the Pack are back for their fourth and final outing in Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. The franchise, which marries classic monsters from literature and movies with hilarious hijinks at a hotel, and features an all-star voice cast, has raked in more than $1.3 billion globally (with a combined budget ofContinue reading “After A Decade And Four Films, Actors Check Out With ‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’”
‘Sing 2’ Tops VOD Charts As It Thrives At The Box Office
Sing 2 is currently pulling a, well, whatever it is you want to call it when one title rules all five relevant VOD platforms. To wit, it “won the weekend” over at Vudu and is currently tops at Google, Amazon, iTunes and YouTube. This despite its continued existence in theatrical play, where the film had anotherContinue reading “‘Sing 2’ Tops VOD Charts As It Thrives At The Box Office”
Mom’s 2-Year-Old Son Thought Encanto Character Was Him: “It Was the Impact of Feeling Seen”
If seeing is believing, count 2-year-old Kenzo as a true believer in the power of representation. This week, during a family viewing of Disney’s Encanto, Kah Brand noticed the moment her son realized that one of the characters, a young boy named Antonio, looked very much like him. “He seemed to be in awe, justContinue reading “Mom’s 2-Year-Old Son Thought Encanto Character Was Him: “It Was the Impact of Feeling Seen””
Disney’s Encanto isn’t just about representation — it’s an act of defiance
The animated film gets to the heart of the Colombian experience that many might overlook fIf the questions I repeatedly answered on first dates while living in Los Angeles were any indication, Americans tend to think of Colombia as a violent, drug-ridden failed state, half-slum and half-jungle, which also happens to be the source of theirContinue reading “Disney’s Encanto isn’t just about representation — it’s an act of defiance”
‘Spirit Untamed’ Film Review: Animated Girl-and-Her-Horse Tale Gallops to Nowhere
When the best part of a movie is the song used in the trailer (Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams”), it’s time to rethink your strategy. “Spirit Untamed,” from Dreamworks Animation, has vivid moments of beauty, but it loses its stride with a witty tale about identity as it tries to define itself as a “empowering” filmContinue reading “‘Spirit Untamed’ Film Review: Animated Girl-and-Her-Horse Tale Gallops to Nowhere”
