Most live-action Disney remakes feel like perfunctory re-treads. The exceptions, which are few and far between, include Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella, whose emphasis on kindness through adversity makes ...

The live-action film, “Peter Pan & Wendy,” debuts today, Friday, April 28, 2023, on Disney+ streaming service. The Disney+ original “is a live-action reimagining of the J.M. Barrie novel and the 1953 ...

As much as anything, it was Tim Burton’s 2010 live-action adaptation of Walt Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland,” which rocketed to more than $1 billion in ticket sales, that convinced Disney brass that ...

A thin but lovely film about embracing change, Lowery's latest is a high-flying rebuttal to the soullessness of Disney's other recent live-action remakes. For one thing, Lowery’s update doesn’t look ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. People and even ships fly in Lowery’s feminist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disney knew it would need more than faith, trust, and pixie dust for the new version of Peter Pan. Seventy years after Disney's ...

You could say “Peter Pan & Wendy,” the latest voyage to the Disney+ recycling bin, is an unexpectedly strong movie. But it’s not unexpected, so really, you shouldn’t call it that. The director and ...

Even if he could grow up, J.M. Barrie's age-defying scamp must feel like he's trapped in a time loop, so often has he been revived. This straight-to-streaming take ranks among the least imaginative.

“Peter Pan & Wendy” wants to conjure magic but turns out to be low on fairy dust, yielding a dreary live-action adaptation of the 1953 movie that transforms Neverland into what vaguely feels like a ...