In the Beginning From the days of our grandparents playing Nim in the 1940s to our cooler, older siblings playing arcade games in the 1980s, video games have been part of our culture for decades, and for those of us…
Unashamed Joy: Kingdom Hearts After 15 Years
As the story goes, Kingdom Hearts literally began as an elevator pitch: a chance encounter between a Disney executive and a Square game producer in an elevator led to the creation of one of gaming’s more interesting inventions. A cross-pollination…
Top 10 Disney Couples
The new Beauty and the Beast live-action remake hits theaters next month, and it’s generating a whole lot of buzz, mostly about whether it can live up to its 1991 predecessor, which was the first animated film to be nominated…
Movie Review: The Legend of Tarzan
What an underwhelming summer movie season it has been thus far, with so many big blockbusters falling short of expectations. Unfortunately, I have to add The Legend of Tarzan to the bunch, a new spin on the classic story that…
First Trailer for The Legend of Tarzan Debuts
Apparently not content with the success of Cinderella alone, Hollywood is now reviving Tarzan, which, if anything else, had one of the best soundtracks of 1999. Being predictably rebooted, the new film stars Alexander Skarsgard as the titular Tarzan, and, more importantly and fittingly,…
Read of the Week: ‘Wild’ by Alex Mallory
The forest is full of secrets, and no one understands that better than Cade. Foraging, hunting, surviving— that’s all he knows. Alone for years, Cade believes he’s the sole survivor. At least, until he catches a glimpse of a beautiful…
TARZAN, starring Alexander Skarsgård, begins filming today
David Yates, best known for directing that last four installments of the Harry Potter series, begins principal photography on the live action version of the classic Tarzan. The cast boosts an impressive assortment of actors. Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) will…