The jazz, the stylings, the familial interactions—they all feel authentic and like a genuine step forward.
All tagged Walt Disney Pictures
The King Is Dead - The Lion King
If you are going to remake a nearly perfect film, make sure it is not a craven carbon copy. Infuse it with new ideas or daring angles. At least then, even if your movie is not revolutionary, no one can say it is what 2019’s The Lion King winds up being—boring.
Toy Story 4
Toy Story 4 has just enough fresh perspective to justify its own existence—which is more than can be said about the fourth entry in nearly every other franchise.
Not Quite - Incredibles 2
While Incredibles 2 manages to be fairly entertaining, it is mid-grade Pixar at best. It is still very good, but a number of confounding decisions left it feeling incomplete even as its runtime approached 2 hours.
Not Deep Enough - A Wrinkle In Time
In six months, we will never mention it again, which is a shame.