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 ...

A couple years ago, I mused whether David Lowery’s Peter Pan and Wendy (now on Disney+) or Benh Zeitlin’s 2020 film Wendy would better execute the following premise: What if Terrence Malick directed a ...

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 ...