I subscribe to the theory that much of a romantic comedy’s ultimate success or failure comes down to the cast even more than the script.
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The DUFF (2015)
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Dumbo (1941)
In many ways, Dumbo feels like it should have been the first Disney animated feature.
All three of the movies in the “Andy Trilogy” (as I’ve come to call it) are outright masterpieces, but none of them are perfect, and all of them are flawed in different ways.
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Scream 2 (1997)
Everything about Scream 2 indicates a rush sequel job to the massive success of Scream, but it works, almost miraculously.
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Scream (1996)
It’s 2021, so the “slasher, but meta” does not feel nearly as fresh and as clever as I’m sure it might have 25 years ago
It’s tough to think of many other movies that are more cheerful than this one — it’s a movie where it’s easy to have a smile on your face during literally the entire duration without really realizing it.
First, if you are expecting an adaptation with even a glimmer of fidelity to the source story, you will be disappointed.
This week, I watched a whole bunch of Legend of Sleepy Hollow adaptations for an episode of The Goods: A Film Podcast, including this 1999 Hallmark made-for-TV flick.
Here we have two half-hour literary adaptations of beloved works, both charming and well-animated and lively, but with almost no reason to be packaged together.
Even when you’re a kid, you just know that this movie looks different from classic early Disney, even if you can’t put a finger on it: