I don’t have kids, so my relationship to the original “Frozen” is probably different than the one parents have with the 2013 Disney blockbuster. I didn’t have to watch it a thousand times or hear “Let it Go” sung by well-meaning children until my ears screamed with the fury of a thousand better Disney songs. I […]
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Almost Practically Perfect in Every Way
In a world where new movies are just sequels and book adaptations, Mary Poppins Returns is… both?
In a world where new movies are just sequels and book adaptations, Mary Poppins Returns is… both? The fun loving, magical somewhat of a narcissistic nanny, Mary Poppins, takes flight again in “Mary Poppins Returns.” Mary, played by Emily Blunt, yet again comes to the Banks house to help an overworked father find the importance […]
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“Tarzan,” the Musical, Swings Into Bend
The future of theatre is in BEAT’s good hands
Bend Experimental Art Theatre (BEAT) will present the Disney musical production “Tarzan” from May 6 to 15 at Summit High School. The cast for this award-winning musical includes more than five dozen young performers and a live orchestra of youth musicians. Local actor Steven Livingston is playing Tarzan and Eva Merrill plays Jane. The play […]
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PEW, PEW, PEW!
Comic book movies are supposed to be fun, remember?
After the thump-grimace-exposition-repeat pattern that turned Captain America: The Winter Soldier into such a self-serious snooze (that everyone nonetheless seemed to love), I worried I might be done with the Marvel universe. In fact, between all of Cap 2‘s winking references to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (GRR, BRAND SYNERGY!) and Edgar Wright being forced out of […]