For years, the safest bet in Hollywood seemed to be simple: put Star Wars on the big screen and audiences would show up. That assumption is now being stress-tested in real time by The Mandalorian and Grogu, a theatrical return for Lucasfilm that arrived with enormous...
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is once again facing backlash—this time for making light of widespread vandalism against Tesla vehicles during a recent monologue. But the bigger question isn’t just about Kimmel’s smug quip—it’s about the network and corporate giant standing behind him.
Kimmel, whose Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs on Disney-owned ABC and routinely proves that if a tree falls in the forest with no one around it still makes a sound, used the ongoing destruction of Tesla vehicles as material for his Tuesday night opening bit.
Trigger warnings have increasingly become commonplace, often serving as tools to help audiences avoid distressing or unsettling content. Some view these as necessary, but the current political climate might be such that we could safely assume the majority of people are over being told what might “trigger” them in a movie. “Grow up and go watch Schindler’s List,” they could say. However, in the case of Disney’s recent adaptation of Snow White, the warnings provided to viewers have arguably crossed from helpful caution for the mentally fragile and into outright spoilers, detracting from the viewing experience by revealing critical plot points ahead of time.
Rachel Zegler wants you to believe she’s all about kindness and acceptance. In her recent Allure magazine interview, she spoke at length about how her portrayal of Snow White is meant to inspire a “new dawn of kindness and acceptance.” According to Zegler, movies like Disney’s Snow White can help fight division, teach audiences to reject anger, and promote unity. But when you look at how Zegler treats people in the real world—particularly those who don’t conform to her worldview—her version of “kindness” starts to look a lot more selective. Take, for example, the way Rachel Zegler treated actress Gina Carano.
It seems like Disney is once again turning its back on the families who built its empire in favor of the DINK (Dual Income No Kids) crowd and so-called Disney Adults. The latest evidence? EPCOT’s brand-new GEO-82 Spaceship Earth lounge, which is making headlines not for family-friendly offerings, but for being an exclusive, adults-only experience.
Disney’s live-action Snow White hasn’t even landed in theaters, yet the flood of early Snow White reviews paints a picture that’s almost too good to be true. Glowing headlines, social media conversions, and a tidal wave of praise for Rachel Zegler dominate the conversation. But if you’ve been paying attention, there’s something off. The outpouring of love from media personalities invited to the scaled back Hollywood premiere are so universally positive and all seem to echo one another in a way that many feel is highly coordinated.
I’ve spent the last hour or so listening to some wonderful music from the past—not the Mozart kind of past, but the EPCOT past, and it made me think more than just warm, nostalgic, and happy thoughts of good times back in those yester-decades called the 1980’s which, I know, many of you were not blessed to be around in.
Anthony Mackie has set the internet on fire with his recent comments about masculinity, and predictably, the progressive media isn’t happy. In an era where Hollywood and corporate media have spent the last decade deconstructing strong male role models, Mackie dared to say what many of us have known all along: masculinity is important, American masculinity is unique, and young men need strong male figures to look up to.
Naughty Dog’s upcoming sci-fi game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, has raised eyebrows for its seemingly deliberate focus on religion—particularly a critical portrayal of faith that echoes the company’s broader creative trajectory under Neil Druckmann. While the...
The ongoing Sony internal battle has become a massive issue in which eastern and western developers clash over the divisive issue of agenda in gaming.
There has been much talk about how Disney is seeing its summer bookings "go up" even as Epic Universe gets ready to open. From my vantage point, I don't always pay attention to what companies like TWDC say publicly with carefully worded phrases. Instead, I'm more...
Tatiana Maslany just can’t seem to let She-Hulk: Attorney at Law go. In a new interview with Newsweek, Maslany praised the show’s writers for “predicting toxic fan responses” and weaving that backlash into the series itself. One might normally stop short of praising the writers of a show that failed as spectacularly as She-Hulk given that they objectively failed in their one and only goal, but Maslany loves to blame “toxic fans” for the fact that she’s no longer a super hero.
The Dark Tower is a sprawling, genre-blending epic that follows Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, on his quest to reach the mysterious Dark Tower—a structure said to be the linchpin of all existence. Stephen King mixed elements of fantasy, horror and Westerns into the series. Among all his works, The Dark Tower stands out as one of his most ambitious. Many consider it his magnum opus.