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All posts by Josh Spiegel
“Big Hero 6”
Few words feel more apt in describing Marvel's recent domination of mainstream cinema than "inevitable." When, a week and a half ago, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced his company's release slate, through Walt Disney Pictures, for the next 5 years...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 169: “Aladdin and the King of Thieves”
Today at Mousterpiece Cinema HQ, there's singing, laughing, and references to movies as disparate as Arbitrage, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Top Gun, which can only mean one thing: it's time for another freewheeling discussion of a Disney direct-to-video sequel. This t...
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Blu-Ray Review: “Maleficent”
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MSRP: $36.99
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Region A
Buy at Amazon
Film: C+ / Video: B+ / Audio: B+ / Extras: C
The high point of the new film Maleficent comes roughly 30 minutes in, as Angelina Jolie reenacts one ...
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Blu-Ray Review: “Planes: Fire and Rescue”
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MSRP: $39.99
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Region A
Buy at Amazon
Film: D / Video: B+ / Audio: B+ / Extras: C-
One of the joys to be had in watching Planes: Fire and Rescue, and there are unsurprisingly very few, ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 168: “Ella Enchanted”
We're closing out the month of October here at Mousterpiece Cinema with a truly terrifying cinematic experience, a film that could chill your bones and send your teeth shivering with fear. What film could it be? Why, it's the 2004 fairy tale Ella Enchanted, st...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 167: “Tarzan”
Who's ready for some vine-swinging action, friends? (Not the six-second videos, please note.) Josh and Gabe are ready for some high-flying fun this week as they talk about the 1999 animated film Tarzan, the so-called end of the Disney Renaissance. Some may say...
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“Algorithms”
As the old saying goes, if you've seen one black-and-white documentary about young, blind Indian chess players, you've seen them all In truth, the new film Algorithms starts with this singular conceptual hook, but is unable to expand upon it appropriately. Par...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 166: “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”
We said hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...what's going on? What IS going on, friends? And what the hell does a 4 Non-Blondes song have to do with today's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema? Turns out more than you might think, as Josh and Gabe prepare to discuss Alexander...
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“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”
If not for the presence of Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner, the adaptation of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day might have been more fitting as a Disney Channel movie-of-the-week. It’s a mercifully brief film—75 minutes pass before t...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 165: “Arachnophobia”
We hope you're carefully bundled up for this new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, because we wouldn't want any creepy-crawlies to make their way across your arm or foot or hand, skittering up your body before it's too late OH NO. Whew, false alarm. Anyway, eigh...
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