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The Best Live-Action Disney Remakes

December 23, 2024 by admin

Casey Chong delves into the Disney library to look at the Mouse House’s best live-action remakes… Disney’s penchant for unearthing its own library of animated features and turning them into live-action remakes has been a pivotal part of the moviemaking business since Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland became a huge hit. That 2020 movie eventually […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Movies Tagged With: Alice In Wonderland, Christopher Robin, Cinderella, Cruella, Disney, Mulan, Pete's Dragon, The Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid

Ranking Disney’s Live-Action Remakes from Worst to Best

April 13, 2019 by Liam Hoofe

Liam Hoofe ranks all of Disney’s live-action remakes from worst to best… Last Friday, Disney released their latest remake of an animated classic, with Tim Burton attempting to bring Dumbo into the real world. The movie has been met with mixed reviews but will no doubt clean up at the box office, with Disney realising […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Liam Hoofe, Movies Tagged With: 101 Dalmatians, 102 Dalmations, Alice In Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Beauty and the Beast, Christopher Robin, Cinderella, Disney, Dumbo, Maleficent, Pete's Dragon, The Jungle Book

Exclusive interview with Jon Favreau, director of The Jungle Book

April 15, 2016 by Scott J. Davis

With the live action remake of Disney’s The Jungle Book now in cinemas [read our review here], staff writer and roving reporter Scott J. Davis got the chance to sit down with the director of the film Jon Favreau earlier this week. Reviews for the film have been stellar so far, with a Rotten Tomatoes score […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Exclusives, Interviews, Movies, Scott Davis Tagged With: Captain America: Civil War, Jon Favreau, The Jungle Book

Video Game Review – Disney Speedstorm

April 24, 2023 by Harrison Abbott

Harrison Abbott reviews Disney Speedstorm… Monetisation can be a touchy subject for gamers. Ever since the birth of this medium, shrewd businesspeople have been devising craftier and craftier ways to make our wallets that little bit lighter. In the late ‘70s, many arcade machines had their difficulty levels artificially inflated — so that they could […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Video Games Tagged With: Beauty and the Beast, Disney, Disney Speedstorm, Epcot, Founder's Pack, Gameloft, Monsters Inc., Mulan, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Jungle Book

Rogue One passes $900 million worldwide, Disney now has the five biggest movies of 2016

January 8, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Disney’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story continues to dominate the multiplexes around the world, pushing its worldwide haul to $914.4 million in its fourth weekend to become the fifth biggest film of 2016, having overtaken Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and The Secret Life of Pets. This means Disney now has the top […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Captain America: Civil War, finding dory, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, The Jungle Book, Zootopia

The Highest Grossing Movies of 2016

December 31, 2016 by Luke Owen

Luke Owen charts the highest grossing movies of 2016… The box office battle of 2016 is now in the books, and Disney are the ones wearing the king’s crown. Their domestic totals are very impressive, and their worldwide takings are even better. As with the opening weekends, The House of Mouse holds six of the […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Luke Owen, Movies, US Box Office Tagged With: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, Central Intelligence, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, finding dory, Ghostbusters, Ice Age: Collison Course, Independence Day Resurgence, Jason Bourne, Kung Fu Panda 3, Mei ren yu, Moana, Monster Hunt, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek Beyond, Suicide Squad, The Jungle Book, The Lengend of Tarzan, The Secret Life of Pets, Trolls, Warcraft, X-Men: Apocalypse, Zootopia

The Biggest Opening Weekends of 2016

December 29, 2016 by Luke Owen

Luke Owen charts the biggest opening weekends of 2016… It’s fair to say that 2016 has been rather disappointing in terms of the quality of movie delivered, and the biggest opening weekend for 2016 would have been fourth last year behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World and Avengers: Age of Ultron. With that […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Luke Owen, Movies, US Box Office Tagged With: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, finding dory, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Suicide Squad, The Jungle Book, The Secret Life of Pets, Zootopia

Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2016

December 31, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2016… As 2016 draws to a close and we ring in the New Year, Flickering Myth’s writers have been putting our collective heads together to vote on the best cinematic offerings from the past twelve months. As always, we’ve voted on our individual top ten […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Gary Collinson, Movies Tagged With: Arrival, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, Creed, Deadpool, Everybody Wants Some, Hell or High Water, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, la la land, Midnight Special, Paterson, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Room, Sing Street, Son of Saul, Spotlight, Star Trek Beyond, Swiss Army Man, The Jungle Book, The Neon Demon, The Nice Guys, the witch, Train to Busan, Zootopia

Why is everyone so upset about the live-action Lion King remake?

September 29, 2016 by Luke Owen

Luke Owen looks at the backlash to Disney’s live-action Lion King remake… Since Tim Burton re-imagined Alice in Wonderland in a live-action format in 2010 to an incredible box office return (the film earned over $1 billion), Disney have their new mission statement: re-telling animated classics for a new generation in live-action. This success continued with […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Luke Owen, Movies Tagged With: Disney, Jon Favreau, The Jungle Book, The Lion King

TV Review – Prehistoric Planet

May 23, 2022 by Chris Connor

Chris Connor reviews Prehistoric Planet… Walking With Dinosaurs was a landmark achievement in 1999 providing incredible visuals and delivering the latest information available on the world of the dinosaurs, informing younger audiences and providing a sense of scale and effects previously unseen on TV.  Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, the series was followed by two follow-up […]

Filed Under: Chris Connor, Reviews, Television Tagged With: Apple TV+, BBC, David Attenborough, Jon Favreau, Planet Earth, The Jungle Book, The Mandalorian, Walking with dinosaurs

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