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11 Notes About Christopher Walkens Pic as Captain Hook

1. Apparently Never Never Land is just a mural in your dentist's office.

2. It's hard to be scared of Captain Hook when he looks like Weird Al Yankovic dancing the hora.

3. "Captain Hook" is apparently code for "Jafar's aunt who works at a Renaissance Faire."

4. It's as if Steven Spielberg wanted to remake "Hook" for people who complained it wasn't embarrassing enough.

5. This could be an A.A. Milne short story called "Fabulous Christopher Robin vs. Drag Queen Eeyore."
6. This might just be a horror film where Justin Bieber slays Prince.

7. Is that Captain Hook's "scary" face? He looks he's scolding us for forgetting to walk the dog.

8. I guess Peter Pan is threatening to do a wonderful balance beam routine all over Captain Hook.

9. I can't decide whether this is a movie or a spooky miniature golf course.

10. Did you know Captain Hook is just a lost member of Twisted Sister? I didn't.

11. Walt Disney is thawing in his grave.
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Cinderella had a BIG weekend...so,

Live-Action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Set for March 17, 2017
http://collider.com/beauty-and-the-beast-live-action-release-date/

After Cinderella crushed the box office this weekend, Disney will try to reclaim the mid-March weekend in two years with another live-action adaptation of one of their classic animated films. The studio has announced that Bill Condon’s Beauty and the Beast will open in 3D on March 17, 2017.

Per the press release “The beloved tale will be retold for the big screen with a modern live-action lens and the help of transformative CG magic.” I absolutely adore the 1991 animated version so phrases like “modern live action lens” and “transformative CG magic” make my stomach turn, but I’m oddly willing to give Condon’s film the benefit of the doubt simply because I thought Cinderella would be awful and it turned out to be a nice movie.


Disney has also announced that the film has added two more talented actors to the cast. Emma Thompson will play Mrs. Potts and Kevin Kline will play Belle’s father Maurice. Emma Watson has already been cast as Belle alongside Dan Stevens as Beast/Prince and Luke Evans as Gaston. While I have no problem seeing Emma Watson as Belle—the 1991 character and Hermoine share the similar qualities of being brainy and kind—but casting Mrs. Potts raises a question I hadn’t thought about before with regards to the film.
In Cinderella, Branagh used CGI mice to convey the personality of those characters. They didn’t talk or sing, but that wasn’t a problem. I’m not exactly sure how you do that with a teapot. You can anthropomorphize it in an animated film because just about anything can anthropomorphized in animation. But blended with live-action, it can easily go creepy. A talking teapot with a human face is the stuff of nightmares.

It will also be a singing teapot. The original songs will get new recordings along with several new tunes written by Alan Menken and Tim Rice. While Cinderella ditched the music, I don’t think remaining a musical is inherently a strike against Beauty and the Beast, especially since the music is so wonderful. I’m curious to see how Menken and Rice can improve upon perfection, especially when they’re without the late Howard Ashman, who provided the lyrics for the 1991 version (not that Rice is a slouch; he did the music for The Lion King and Aladdin).

I will continue to hope that Condon can at least match Branagh’s accomplishment: making a solid film that doesn’t bastardize the original
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Review: The modernity of 'Tale of Tales' almost triumphs its visual splendor

Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention...umphs-its-visual-splendor#y70j6ehpgSOoDwXc.99

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CANNES — Once upon a time there were fairy tales that were strange and horrific. Fairy tales that were meant to entertain and to enlighten. Fairy tales that weren't just meant for young children. Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone takes you back to that time with "Tale of Tales," his loose adaptation of Giambattista Basile's "The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones," which screened Wednesday night at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The result is a slightly bumpy two hours of storytelling, but it's peppered with wonder and unexpected humor.


Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention...umphs-its-visual-splendor#y70j6ehpgSOoDwXc.99
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