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 …
With the emphasis on the exploration of what it means to have a family in addition to a couple of extended action sequences, there is no purpose in rushing the plot. The pacing is relaxed, as if the filmmakers are taking a cue out of O’Malley’s playbook and, for lack of a better term, are free-styling it. Sit back, soak in the fun, and have a good time.
Who’s your favorite member of the A-Team? Don’t look so shocked! You may well be surprised how the answer to that question connects to this week’s discussion of the 1970 Disney animated feature The Aristocats. Josh, Gabe, and Mike dig deep into the film, analyzing its music, its story, and its characters, including the raffish …
The Aristocats Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman Written by Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Garry, Tom McGowan, Tom Rowe, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas, and Ralph Wright Starring Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers Complacency is always a dangerous tone to strike in filmmaking. Combined with cheapness, it can be a killer. Those two concepts …