By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Disney’s Haunted Mansion is the latest movie based on one of their theme park rides, while also serving as a reboot of their maligned 2003 film The Haunted Mansion. Directed by Justin Simien (Dear White People, Bad Hair), this is a slightly more “serious” take on the material… Read More Review: Haunted Mansion
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Harrison Ford is back cracking the whip as the titular archeologist in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, a film that earns the designation of legacy sequel as it finds Ford returning to the role fifteen years after Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. At 80 years old,… Read More Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Elemental is the latest film from Pixar (their 27th feature), and it could also be described as the studio’s first romantic comedy. Set against the imaginative backdrop of a place called Element City, where air, fire, water and earth residents live, the film works as a charming mix… Read More Review: Elemental
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Disney’s 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid is credited with kicking off the studio’s fabled Renaissance period, paving the way for a number of animated classics released throughout the 1990s. This makes it an obvious choice for a live action remake in the current IP-driven climate, considering that… Read More Review: The Little Mermaid
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