James Jay Edwards reviews Cruella, a live-action adaptation film in the 101 Dalmations franchise and centered around the character Cruella de Vil. (Walt Disney Pictures)
Live from the Space Stage: A Halyx Story Is a Disney Story Even Hardcore Disneyphiles Might Not Know
James Jay Edwards reviews Live from the Space Stage: A Halyx Story, a documentary about a Star Wars-adjacent KISS-inspired band that rocked the Space Stage in Tomorrowland at Disneyland during the summer of 1981.
I Don’t Have Kids, but I Know the Words to Moana. Please Help.
I’ve made choices in my life. One of them was not having kids. Yet, disappointingly, I’m unable to escape the grip of Moana, or Frozen. My angst, it’s calling me.
The Nerd Reserve Podcast: Looking at Disney’s Releases in 2019
Gird your loins, Disney is playing for keeps in 2019, focusing on sequels to much-loved franchises. Do you want to make a cash cow?
Stop Insisting on James Gunn’s Reinstatement
People leaping to defend James Gunn are demonstrating an unsophisticated understanding of the world.
Why (and How) Star Wars Should Bring Back “Shadows of the Empire”
Jesse Valencia imagines a Star Wars universe where “Shadows of the Empire” exists and is a standalone film. This is Valencia’s proposal to the Lucasfilm Story Group and his bid to be the one who writes it.
It’s a Small Galaxy after All: Is Disney Ruining Star Wars?
Disney appears to want to transform the Star Wars universe into something more gritty and complex through its initial filmmaker choices, but then yanks them for safer ones and a retelling of the same old formula. Is Disney ruining Star Wars?
Sexism Makes Star Wars a Galaxy Far, Far Away
When Jordan King-Lacroix went shopping with his girlfriend for Star Wars apparel at UNIQLO, he was staggered to find archaic sexist marketing in place.