Coronavirus viewing: More people are sampling new streaming services
MCT Campus
April 14, 2020
More consumers are increasing the number of streaming services they have access to, looking for ways to entertain themselves at home as the nation deals with the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus. The average person is streaming eight hours of content each day, double the number of hours from befo...
‘Onward’ review: When a Pixar family reunion goes half-right
MCT Campus
March 5, 2020
A manic, moderately diverting babysitter of a Pixar movie, “Onward” does gets there by the end — “there” being the place where the freneticism recedes, the main characters’ emotional setbacks and defenses crumble and the audience is encouraged, by every possible storytelling mechanism, to cry ...
‘Mandalorian’ fans can now purchase their own giggling, ear-wiggling Baby Yoda toys
MCT Campus
February 25, 2020
Take our money, Disney can. The studio giant has unveiled new official merchandise modeled after the Child — better known as Baby Yoda — from “The Mandalorian.” As of Thursday, multiple wide-eyed, green-skinned items are available for preorder, including a lifelike, animatronic replica of the ti...
2020 Oscars telecast draws 23.6 million viewers on ABC, an all-time low
MCT Campus
February 11, 2020
The ratings comeback for the Oscars was short-lived as ABC’s telecast on Sunday was watched by 23.6 million viewers, an all-time low. The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony from the Dolby Theatre was down 20% from 2019. Last year, the telecast was up 12% coming off its previous all-time low of 26.5 mil...
Here are the steps for making a Baby Yoda at home, courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel
MCT Campus
December 10, 2019
Attention Baby Yoda fans: Jimmy Kimmel has stepped up to save Christmas. On Monday night’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the talk show host and his sidekick Guillermo presented viewers with a short, step-by-step video on how to make your own Baby Yoda at home. “If you want a Baby Yoda for ...
Movie review: ‘Frozen II’ doesn’t make waves, but keeps the franchise on track
MCT Campus
November 19, 2019
Disney’s 2013 animated “Frozen,” inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” wasn’t just a hit. It was a cultural tidal wave, a ubiquitous phenomenon thanks to Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez’s soaring songs, particularly the inescapable, Oscar-winning “Let It Go,” b...
Disney+ faces glitches on launch day. You’ve probably already guessed why
MCT Campus
November 12, 2019
Streaming service Disney+ launched Tuesday morning to massive anticipation — and technical glitches. Many users who tried to access the $6.99-a-month Disney app to watch heavily promoted shows like “The Mandalorian” experienced problems logging in and service failures. Some users who had issu...
‘The Little Mermaid Live!’ bringing beloved tale to new heights
MCT Campus
October 29, 2019
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Imagine a Disney cartoon that melts into a live musical. That’s just what ABC is planning for Nov. 5. And if it sounds a little bit remarkable, it is. The hybrid will commemorate the 30th anniversary of Disney’s evergreen animated movie “The Little Mermaid.” The special will accompli...
These were the best and worst movies of summer 2019
MCT Campus
September 3, 2019
Now ends the summer movie season of our discontent — and the quality of the content was the problem. We won’t know how the 2019 summer box office fared until after Labor Day, generally considered the season’s end. There have been some major hits, including Sony-Marvel’s crowd-pleasing “Spider-...
With new versions of ‘Aladdin’ and ‘The Lion King,’ Disney straddles nostalgia and novelty
Josh Rottenberg
April 30, 2019
Los Angeles Times (TNS) It’s Hollywood’s version of the circle of life: Take an old movie that’s hardwired into one generation’s childhood memory banks, give it a fresh coat of cinematic paint and send a new iteration into theaters for the next generation to hopefully fall in love with just as ...
Movie review: Stretched thin, live-action ‘Dumbo’ doesn’t achieve liftoff
Katie Walsh
March 26, 2019
(TNS) Disney’s 1941 animated feature “Dumbo,” about the little circus elephant who could fly, left some deep emotional wounds. It’s one of Disney’s most devastating films. But it was also aesthetically daring, almost avant-garde, and ahead of its time, rich with intense pathos and visual in...
After 14 long years, ‘Incredibles 2’ picks up with its family of suburban superheroes
July 20, 2018
LOS ANGELES — Brad Bird stood in front of a full orchestra on the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage on the Sony Pictures lot, his leg bouncing to the beat, a big grin on his face. At a recent scoring session for Pixar Animation Studios’ superhero sequel “Incredibles 2,” the film’s writer-director watche...
