Tag: disney
Anita Is Estella and Cruella Is Baroness in 1996’s 101 Dalmatians
The Devil Wears Prada angle of Cruella might, for many, be seen as “new” in terms of approaching the world of Cruella de Vil, but [Read More…]
Two Emmas, Two-Tone Hair: Duality is the Word in Cruella
Everyone has been wondering for some time now how Disney would manage to make a sympathetic origin story about a puppy-skinning fiend. Cruella de Vil [Read More…]
Unable to Get A Mean Girls Reunion, Lindsay Lohan Settles For A The Parent Trap One
After years of being the most desperate cast member–despite being the film’s “star” (though we all know it was Rachel McAdams)–to finagle a Mean Girls [Read More…]
Maleficent Fails to Deliver on Being Much of a “Mistress of Evil”
For a woman who has long been painted as one of the most iconic evil villains of Disney’s repackaged and sanitized fairy tales, Maleficent (Angelina [Read More…]
Tim Burton Makes Dumbo His Own While Also Emphasizing the Original Message That “Normals” Lack Vision
Dumbo has been accused of being made by Disney for a fast buck, a way to further profits via the barrage of CGI remakes that [Read More…]
Beauty and the Beast Rails Against Fuckboys and Narrow-Mindedness
The epic, sweeping romance that embodies the animated Disney version of Beauty and the Beast could not possibly be translated into live action form in [Read More…]
Please Don’t Bother Making the Life-Size Sequel Without Lindsay Lohan
Life-Size was that rare Disney movie that actually attempted to forewarn of a dystopic future in which children would cease to use their imaginations as [Read More…]
Why Ever After Will Always Be the Best Live Action Version of Cinderella
With the latest incarnation of Cinderella being both live action and created, again, by Disney, there leaves a certain amount of realness to be desired. [Read More…]
The Cuntiest Disney Villains
While Disney has a somewhat sexist slant when it comes to portraying women (you’re either an angelic twit or a demonic bitch, kind of like [Read More…]
