In Andor’s universe, real history doesn’t work like the movies
The Star Wars spin-off series pieces together a world far more familiar to our own.
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The pop culture branding explosion
From to Shrek eyeshadow to Squid Game whisky, nothing is left untouched by IP.
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Snow White in the age of inoffence
Disney’s live-action remake of its 1937 animation updates the material for modern audiences – and falls flat.
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The DEI trend cycle
Even Disney has become an apparatchik in Trump’s war on woke.
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Inside Out 2 can’t live up to the triumphant original
The first film was funny, touching and universally relatable. The sequel is unwieldy and narrow.
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The “Disney adult” industrial complex
The grown-up Disney superfan has become a much-mocked phenomenon online. But creating these consumers was always part of the corporation’s…
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The Little Mermaid deserves a progressive remake. This isn’t it
Its black Ariel caused a racist backlash, but Bridgerton-style casting isn’t enough to give Disney's new version any cultural depth.
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Why we should celebrate the Jilly Cooper renaissance
If a new Disney Plus adaptation of Rivals brings new readers to the books, it will do some good.
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I’m a grown woman who can’t stop listening to Disney songs. How did I get here?
At 28 I am twirling around the room, wagging my finger as I wail along with princesses Elsa, Ariel and…
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Why do we still have a problem with “unlikeable” female characters?
Warning: this article contains discussion of an imperfect woman.
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Disney proves woke capitalism isn’t as easy as it used to be
You know things are bad when even Disney isn’t a refuge from the culture wars.
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Why a “digital-first” BBC should worry us all
As it closes the CBBC and BBC Four channels, the broadcaster appears to be accepting a smaller role in public…
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Pistol reveals the major problem with rock biopics
In Danny Boyle’s adaptation of the Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones’s memoir, the cast cannot make convincing rock stars.
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Why is the American right fighting with Mickey Mouse?
Disney, that bastion of family-friendly entertainment, has aroused the wrath of leading Republicans in a row over a new law…
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The movie that doesn’t exist and the Redditors who think it does
Over the years, hundreds of people online have shared memories of a cheesy Nineties movie called “Shazaam”. There is no…
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Why is Disney producing so many live-action remakes of its most popular animated movies?
The Jungle Book, Pete’s Dragon and Beauty and the Beast are just one small part of the studio’s extensive strategy…
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