Exclusive: Interview with Kirk Demarais of the Secret Fun Spot
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View ArticleTom Hanks May Be Playing Walt Disney for ‘Mary Poppins’ Backstory
Mary Poppins author P. L. Travers’ needed a “Spoonful of Sugar” to handle Disney creator Walt’s relentless pursuit of the writer’s printed works for a film adaptation back in the late 1930s. The Mickey...
View ArticleMind-Blowing Matte Paintings From Classic Movies
Before 3D modeling came along, filmmakers had to rely on simpler means to give the illusion of a lavish set: paint. To create a dystopic city or elegant hall without spending the entire budget on a...
View ArticleWatch Tom Hanks as Walt Disney in the ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Trailer
Today is apparently the day to drop your big-screen biopic trailer: first we saw Stringer Bell as Nelson Mandela, and now here’s Forrest Gump as Walt Disney. Truth be told, Saving Mr. Banks isn’t a...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Mary Poppins’
This is a week chock-full of anniversaries, so here’s another: 49 years ago, the film version of Mary Poppins premiered to much fanfare at L.A.’s Grauman theatre. Much-anticipated at the time, it...
View Article‘Saving Mr. Banks’: Walt Disney Pictures’ Nauseating Walt Disney Propaganda Film
Walt Disney was one of the most important figures in the history of motion pictures, a visionary storyteller, entertainer, and entrepreneur. He also allied himself with anti-Semitic organizations,...
View ArticleCalendar Casts Retirement Home Residents as Beloved Film Characters
The Contilia Retirement Group in Essen, Germany is quashing fears of retirement as sedentary and of company calendars as soporifically laden with floral or sea-mammal imagery. The home has released its...
View ArticleMary’s Poppin’ Up Again: Links You Need to See
I don’t know how to break this to you, but Disney is making a sequel to Mary Poppins. The musical film, according to Entertainment Weekly, will take place 20 years after the original film and take...
View ArticleAnne Hathaway Is Literally the Safest Bet to Play the Next Mary Poppins
Anne Hathaway is the early (very unofficial) front-runner to play Mary Poppins in the reported upcoming live-action musical sequel. Hathaway’s name is not at the top of the list in light of some...
View ArticleEmily Blunt Is Probably Popping in to New ‘Mary Poppins’
Don’t call it a remake: Emily Blunt is slated to fill the role of the fantastical nanny Marry Poppins in Disney’s planned followup to the 1964 classic that starred Julie Andrews in the titular role....
View ArticleExclusive: Interview with Kirk Demarais of the Secret Fun Spot
The Griswolds, image credit: Kirk Demarais Click to view a slideshow of Kirk’s work>> A series of dreams-come-true strung together; that’s the best way to describe the rising career of Kirk...
View ArticleTupelo Hassman’s Guide to Getting Your Literary Girl Survivor Badge
Tupelo Hassman’s brilliant debut novel Girlchild hit stands this week, and we couldn’t be more excited. The book is an inventive, electric story of youth and survival, as smart, Girl Scout-obsessed...
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