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Aladdin’s live action remake is a whole new world of mediocre
June 20, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate Magic flying carpets, wish-granting genies, and a charming young prince eager to show you a whole new world: what else could you need? When Disney announced that a live-action remake of Aladdin would be coming to theatres, the world sat in anticipation. While the original film sparked magic in the hearts of many young children (and adults too), the 2019 release fails its attempt to relive this glory. A lot of the excitement leading up to the film could quite easily be credited to the casting of Will Smith as Genie. Genie remains as one…
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Disney should be using its resources to do more than remakes
May 16, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Disney, the omnipresent giant of entertainment, has been enthusiastically pumping out live-action remakes, fully capitalizing on the brand of its Renaissance movies like The Lion King and Aladdin. However, despite the awe-inspiring graphics and the…
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CINEPHILIA: Life, Animated exposes the limitations of a Disney ending
August 2, 2016Life, Animated, based on the book of the same name, is about Owen, a young boy with regressive autism, who learns to communicate through Disney movies. With the precision of a calculator, Owen can recite every line from every animated…
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CENTRE STAGE: Rising star Jennifer Gillis says playing Maria in West Side Story is a dream come true
July 13, 2016Jennifer Gillis is full of gratitude these days. A rising musical theatre star who was featured on the 2012 CBC reality show Over the Rainbow at only 16, she’s now in her third year at Capilano University’s musical theatre program.…
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The Boy and the Beast is anime meets Disney
June 6, 2016With over 16 years of animation and directing experience, Mamoru Hosoda knows how to churn out an anime classic. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, his first non-franchise film, came out 10 years ago and won Animation of the Year…
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CINEPHILIA: Zootopia and London Has Fallen highlight America’s ideological divide
March 14, 2016While Republicans and Democrats debated for Super Tuesday votes, another battle was about to be fought at the multiplex. Few weeks at the cinema have reflected America’s ideological divide more than March 4, which saw the release of Zootopia and…
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Which prolific director should make a live-action version of your favourite Disney movie
March 23, 2015[caption id="attachment_1646" align="alignright" width="300"] Image by Rachelle Tjahyana[/caption] Earlier this month, Disney announced that Tim Burton had been tasked with bringing a live-action version of Dumbo to the silver screen. Perhaps even more surprising is how unsurprising the announcement is,…
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