by Diana Vaccarelli
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As an avid Star Wars fan I was pumped to see the new film, especially based upon the title, The Rise of Skywalker and that it is the end of the Skywalker family saga.
Category: Film Review
What Makes ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ so Loved
We all love Into the Spider-Verse, yeah? This TVWriter™ minion even knows a rival major studio head who thinks it’s the best film of the year so far. The following video looks into what makes Spider-Verse work so, you know, we all can do it and make everybody who ever turned us down as envious as my studio head friend.
Herbie J Pilato sees ‘Mary Poppins Returns’
Ladies and gentlemen, TVWriter™ is proud to present a classic TV critic in top form. Here’s how it’s done:
“Mary” Pops in “Returns”
by Herbie J Pilato
A remarkable plethora of talent is resplendent throughout, behind the camera and on screen for Mary Poppins Returns, the new Disney sequel to the studio’s 1964 motion picture classic.
The ghost of Walt Disney and Julie Andrew’s original interpretation of the mystical nanny is prevalent in all the right places and frames of this thoroughly modern magical mystical tour de force. Sharing the screenwriting credit with David Macgee and John DeLuca, Marshall is clearly a fan of the original Poppins, as he makes certain Returns adheres to the visual and storied mythology of the revered first take (helmed by Robert Stevenson).
Diana Vacc sees “A Star is Born”
EDITOR’S NOTE: Speaking of A Star is Born, here is TVWriter™ Critic-At-Large Diana Vaccarelli with a bit of a different view from that we published last week. Take it away, Diana!
by Diana Vaccarelli
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October 7, 2018, Warner Bros. in association with Live Nation Productions and MGM released the fourth remake of A Star is Born. This film follows the story of famous musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) and struggling artist Ally (Lady Gaga) as they fall in love, while dealing with Jackson’s alcoholism and inner demons.
Gerry Conway Reads George Miller’s ‘Justice League’ Script
by Gerry Conway
Years late, I just read the screenplay for the abandoned George Miller “Justice League: Mortal” film (available online if you Google for it).
It’s based roughly on the Brother Eye/OMAC Justice League storyline, and while it’s infinitely better than the Justice League film that saw light last year, it has the same problems that film did– attempting to introduce a massive number of characters, backstories, and motivations in roughly two hours.
What’s ironic is you can understand why the studio balked at making “Justice League: Mortal”– the story is both too ambitious and too thin, trying to do too much and not enough– and yet, when they had a chance to address those problems in “Justice League,” they ended up doubling down on everything that was wrong and removing everything that was right. (There’s much that’s right in the “Mortal” script.)