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Why John Carter Was a Non-Starter and Not a Three-Parter: Disney, Hubris, and the Curse of Mars
Thanks to Keith Hayes for reminding me how entertaining this film is. I’ve always loved science fiction. I was born a geek. My first visit to the library as a kid (which immediately followed my equally revelatory first visit to a bakery on the same block) was science-y: a book on bats, another on dinosaurs,…
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Kenough is Kenough! The Barbie Movie and the Big Kerfuffle.
This week’s film spiel. Special thanks to Victoria Yvette Salazar-Peña and Weena Mack I had planned on seeing the Barbie movie from the moment it was announced, in part because I’m a fan of director Greta Gerwig since seeing her 2012 film Frances Ha, as well as enjoying every performance I’ve seen by lead actress…