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The Mandalorian and Grogu makes the biggest cardinal sin of all: scamming its viewership into believing they are making entertainment when these parts of Star Wars are nothing more than a piece of capital, packaged and designed to make more toys, plushies, and general merchandise.…
Written and directed by Fede Álvarez, Alien: Romulus stars Cailee Spaeny as Rain, an orphaned young woman trapped on a sunless mining colony planet run by the all-powerful Weyland-Yutani Corporation.…
Inside Out 2 has no space to be what it is – an acceptable Pixar film which expends most of its charm and energy in the first third of the film and then dips drastically before rallying again. It’s no…
Disney’s Haunted Mansion is the third film (after 2003 Eddie Murphy-starrer and a 2021 Muppets variation) to be based on the Disney theme park ride. As the name suggests, this is yet another haunted h…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Indiana Jones movies are best when they feature the titular hero punching Nazis. James Mangold, taking the reins from Steven Spielberg, is well aware of thi…
The phenomenal success of Pixar studios has meant that audiences view it as a benchmark for family themed animation. It has also meant that when Pixar releases anything that is considered below par, a…
If you thought that five Disney remakes released four years ago would be all that the biggest entertainment company in the world would produce, then one would be sadly mistaken. It didn’t even take CO…
Disney live action remakes are curious beasts. They tend to fall into two categories – remakes of the beloved animations (such as Mulan, The Jungle Book, Dumbo and so on) or character spin-offs such a…
Available to Watch Here: Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever treads dangerous ground with its reflection of reality wi…
In 1940 Disney made one of its gold-standard animations in the form of a loose adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s moral tale Pinocchio. There is no underestimating how important the film was for Disney (an…
Disney are well known as being one of the premiere entertainment companies that have a mammoth library of family-friendly musicals, and there’s no bigger and better modern Disney musical than Frozen.…
Available to Watch Here: Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Director Mimi Cave’s debut feature Fresh is a film that can be best described as going f…